I cant prove it, but I would dare say that ESPN is well aware of Texas culture and the historical importance of HS football on friday nights. Its similar to Florida and our football tradition. USF has been asked to do several Thursday night games but Friday is pretty infrequent. Most of our games were on Saturday.
TCU is new and a great addition. Everybody will be wanting to see how they adapt to their new Conference and I would dare say ESPN will showcase that on a stronger time slot then Friday night. I'll put money that you get quite a few saturday night games and a few afternoon games. Probably 1 thursday game, since it seems all BE schools get asked to do one....but it will probably be an away game.
btw...I do love that its already starting to have a few pissing matches on your board. By the time yall hit the field in 2012, I think a few fans and teams could have a good solid hate fest! Welcome to the BE.
I agree that ESPN would be well aware of the Texas HS football culture. Friday Night Lights didn't come out of nowhere, after all (hell, the later seasons' problem is that the writers are going too far in DOWNPLAYING the importance of HS football to a Texas school district).
I grew up in Florida. Florida produces amazing high school football players, but the culture around HS football in Florida is NOTHING compared to the Texas HS football culture.