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Football fans rejoice? Pac-12 to curb night football games in upcoming season

(Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian)

Divided by school loyalties and geography, college football fans rarely find common ground on anything.

Yet if there is a chorus of agreement on any one topic from fans spanning both coasts, it is the near-united outcry against kickoffs that begin after 7 p.m. on the West Coast.

The Pac-12 on Tuesday sent a message — we hear you.

Three years after it inked a 12-year broadcast rights deal worth $3 billion with FOX and ESPN, the conference announced Tuesday it has modified that deal to reduce the number of Saturday night football games played next season by potentially four.