HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Montana and Montana State football fans
might not agree on much, but they are working together in an effort
to get ESPN to televise the teams' Football Championship
Subdivision playoff games next weekend.
As it stands, ESPN plans to air the New Hampshire-Montana State
game and Montana's game against the winner of the Tennessee
Tech-Central Arkansas game on ESPN3.com, an Internet-only feed that
is not available in much of Montana.
A Missoula man started a Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/uMMsu )
on which fans are posting their pleas for ESPN to broadcast the
Dec. 3 games in Montana or sell the broadcast rights to other
stations.
Even Montana's congressional delegation sent letters to ESPN
officials on Tuesday asking the network to "take a look at this
game plan" or "call an audible" and reconsider its decision to
put most games in the first two rounds of the FCS playoffs on
ESPN3.
