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[So will you be able to watch the game live or not?]
Oregon-Purdue: TV information
Posted by Jeff Smith, The Oregonian September 09, 2009 18:57PM

Here's some information on Saturday's Oregon-Purdue television coverage. As seems to be the case with local sports programming over the past couple years, Comcast subscribers receive better options.
The official release from the UO:
EUGENE - Due to Fox Sports Net Northwest's commitment to televise Saturday's baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers at 5 p.m., the University of Oregon understands there is a strong possibility that the Ducks' football game vs. Purdue will not air on FSN Northwest until after the conclusion of the baseball game.
Kickoff for Oregon's intersectional football game is scheduled for a 7:23 start, with the game to be joined in progress by FSN Northwest should the Mariners' baseball game run past the start of the football game.
As a result, several providers have worked hard to find a solution to the unfortunate FSN Northwest scheduling conflict that interferes with the timely telecast of Oregon's game vs. Purdue in the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. To accommodate this scheduling issue, Oregon's partners at Comcast have graciously agreed to provide fans a "free preview" of Fox College Sports, enabling anyone with Comcast digital service to be able to see the Oregon game in its entirety on channel 415. In addition, the Oregon-Purdue game can be seen in its entirety on the following channels:
- Comcast Digital Cable - FCS Pacific Channel. 415. (Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Salem, Vancouver)
- DirecTV - Channel 688 [SD channel], Channel 688-1 [HD channel] (everywhere)
- Dish Network - Channel 444 [SD channel], Channel 9514 [HD channel] (everywhere)
- FSN on other cable providers - Joined in progress after the Seattle Mariners game.
The FSN selection of Oregon's game against Purdue is under the Pacific-10 Conference television agreement, and therefore the University of Oregon does not have a choice on what time the game starts or the liberty to provide the telecast by other means not approved by FSN Northwest or the Pac-10 Conference. As in the past, Oregon will comply with Pac-10 rules and has asked for clarification from the conference on how this scheduling conflict for FSN Northwest programming occurred, and what other options they, and FSN Northwest propose to implement to allow the game distributed in its entirety to fans throughout all of the Northwest.
Viewers without Comcast service are encouraged to call their local cable providers to inquire about carrying Fox College Sports, or another alternate channel so they can view the Oregon vs. Purdue game in its entirety. For those that are not able to view the Oregon-Purdue football game in its entirety because of this scheduling conflict, the game will be joined in progress on all FSN Northwest outlets at the conclusion of the Mariners baseball game.

[This is yet one more example of why we need Universal Health Care.]