Portland State Athletics and Comcast SportsNet have teamed up to present a minimum of four Viking football games during the 2011 season.
The Vikings can be seen on CSN on Sept. 3 vs. Southern Oregon, Sept. 17 vs. Northern Arizona, Oct. 8 vs. Montana State, and Oct. 15 at Montana. There is a possibility that additional Viking games will be televised on CSN. That will be determined later in the season.
The first two games will be produced by Viking Athletics, with veteran broadcasters Bob Akamian and Rashad Floyd on the call. It marks the first televised games produced by PSU Athletics since the 2000 season.
Games against Montana State (Max Media) and Montana (KPAX) will be shared feeds produced by the opponents' television partners.
THE VIKINGS RECORD ON TV: Last season, PSU had three televised games that were available locally in the Portland area. PSU had four locally televised games in 2005 and five locally televised games in 2001. So the possibility exists that PSU will have the most televised games ever this season.
Since joining the Big Sky Conference in 1996, Portland State has appeared on television locally in Portland 36 times. PSU is 14-22 in those games, 8-7 at home, 6-15 on the road. The Vikings have lost 11 straight games televised in Portland dating to the 2005 season (10 of which were road games). The last televised win was a 28-12 decision over Sacramento State on Sept. 17, 2005 (Comcast).
Comcast SportsNet is available in the Portland area on Comcast cable systems, channel 37/HD 737.
Other metro-area affiliates aside from Comcast are:
· Beavercreek Cooperative Telephone SD 38/HD 638
· Canby Telcom SD 33/HD 733
· Oregon Cable Group SD 53/HD 753
· Frontier Communications SD 77/HD 577
· Wave Broadband SD 37or45(depending upon location)/HD 737
Televised game times, as of Aug. 30
Sept. 3, Southern Oregon, 1 p.m.
Sept. 17, Northern Arizona, 5 p.m.
Oct. 8, Montana State, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15, at Montana, Noon PT
About Comcast SportsNet
Comcast SportsNet is the 24/7 home of Northwest sports featuring the Portland Trail Blazers, NHL coverage, in-depth regional college coverage, and outdoors. Comcast SportsNet offers daily sports news updates, talk and analysis to give fans the inside look at the teams and players that matter most in the region.
Comcast Sports Group, part of the NBC Sports Group, consists of 14 local networks that deliver 2,400 sporting events annually and breaking news and analysis to more than 50 million cable and satellite homes. Comcast Sports Group's sports networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, SNY, The Mtn. – Mountain West Sports Network, CSS and Comcast Sports Southwest. Comcast Sports Group also manages NECN (New England Cable News), the nation's largest regional news network, and The Comcast Network, based in Philadelphia and Washington, which delivers community-oriented programming. For more information, see ComcastSportsNet.com.
