The 2023 FCS college football season will be the last without Missouri Valley Football Conference games featured on linear television.

The league announced a couple weeks ago a new television contract with ESPN, a six-year deal that will see the network broadcast one to two games a year on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

It’s a landmark deal for the conference, which has never had regular season games on linear TV. 

The new deal calls for the extension of the Missouri Valley Game of the Week on ESPN Plus, a deal that has been around for the last eight years, where one game is selected for an exclusive broadcast.

Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Patty Viverito and ESPN’s senior director of programming Dan Margulis join the podcast to discuss the two sides of how this deal came together and what it means for local broadcasters like WDAY-TV.

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One of the top college football stories in 2022 was authored by former North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman at Kansas State.

Klieman guided the Wildcats to a 10-3 record and a Big 12 Championship, as the Wildcats beat previously unbeaten TCU in the title game, earning a spot in the Sugar Bowl. K-State lost to Alabama that day 45-20.

Klieman enters his fifth year in Manhattan with sky-high expecatations. The Wildcats were picked to finish second in the Big 12 this fall, right behind Texas. It's a year of transition in the Big 12 as the Longhorns and Oklahoma will leave after this season, but are welcoming BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston into the league.

Klieman talks about the 2022 season and what to expect this coming season. He also discusses his time in Fargo and how that set up success in the Big 12. Klieman also chats about his relationship with the man that hired him in Fargo, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl.

Kindred senior to be Riley Sunram announced Tuesday night his commitment to play football at the University of Minnesota. 

Sunram was the most highly sought after prospect for the Class of 2024, with over 20 offers including North Dakota State, Nebraska, Kansas State and Miami.

Sunram visits with Dom Izzo about why he chose Minnesota and what life has been like since his first offer from the Bison came in last June.