You're talking about the last two years while I'm talking about a few years ago when we had a morning game on FSN, a 2:30 game on ABC, and a night game on TBS/FSN with an option for another ABC game. 4-5 was the high end instead of the routine. FCS, Vs, ESPN have increased the number of options as well as the league allowing games to be aired in the same time window which didn't always happen. 3 televised games going on simultaneously at 11:30 would have been impossible under that system.
We generally had 3-4 games on in 2004-2006.
My guess is that there were a limited number of crews/cameras before '07, and they couldn't produce any more games than that. I think the addition of instant replay, and the ability for Fox to produce a crap game for next-to-nothing, has helped coverage.
We are benefiting somewhat from the Big Ten network as well, I think.
At any rate, the deal hasn't changed one bit, really.
