That constitutes a major change for the West Coast quartet, which carried a heavy burden within the Fox Friday package last season: They accounted for seven of the 18 broadcast slots, with UCLA, Washington and Oregon each appearing twice. In 2025, the Big Ten’s western members drew just three Friday night assignments.

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You may not realize it, but Oregon is one of those states that quietly produces some of the best athletes this country has ever seen. Danny Ainge to Anna Maria Lopez to the late Steve Prefontaine. Olympians Frank Loomis and Sherman Landers, WNBA rising star Cameron Brink, and of course, the legendary Cindy Brown.

Besides the two Friday games -- at home vs. Nebraska, and on the road at Oregon -- the Gophers will play another Thursday opener.

Roughly half of the fund’s distributions will go to state agencies, a quarter to pollution-impacted communities and another quarter to tribal nations.