It's no longer football season and people have pretty much forgotten about how much they hate the Big Ten Network. However, the need to hate them again in the fall appears to be diminishing as they are close to reaching an agreement with Comcast.  Last football season, the Big Ten Network bought the games against Appalachian State and Northwestern ( maybe more?) from the Comcast broadcasted channels, pissing off everyone who didn't have Direct TV.  I believe they originally held the game against Illinois before it was bought back by ABC due to the game's importance/demand.

Regardless of the past, this is good news for everyone here on campus. There will no longer be students refreshing a yahoo screen or waiting in hour-long lines outside of B-dubs on Saturday mornings. The incorporation of the BTN into Comcast might even provide an opportunity for you to see your friend on the volleyball team play on TV, as the BTN provides a medley of sports at Michigan that no one really cares about. After all, they have to provide filler space when they're not showing the only 3 games of the year that people deliberately watch the channel for.

Long story short, the BTN still sucks. They should have left things the way they were and everyone would have been happy. They will have little to no success in broadcasting baseball games or whatever it is they do in the off-season. The cable bill is going to go up and even though there are a few hotties on the softball team, I can't imagine watching them play for more than 2 minutes the entire season. Maybe if Jennie Finch found a loophole that allowed her back to college and let her transfer to Michigan, I might consider watching the softball team. Otherwise, I don't want to pay for that.