Overview

• Fox will carry the Week 4 Big Ten game nationally from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
• Michigan State’s official account acknowledged the timing with “It’s gonna be a late one folks,” and head coach Jonathan Smith has not publicly reacted.
• Fans flooded social media with complaints about East Coast viewing access and a potential competitive disadvantage for the visiting Spartans.
• Fox has leaned on late-night Big Ten programming since the conference’s expansion, after contributing funds in 2023 tied to West Coast additions such as Oregon and Washington.
• A comparable Rutgers–USC broadcast last October drew about 2 million viewers after a World Series lead-in, whereas this game follows Arizona State–Baylor on Fox.