The seemingly multitudious slate of night games in the Pac-12 will be reduced this fall. At least a little. Maybe by as many as 4.
The current 12 year long broadcast deals with ESPN and FOX have been in place for 3 years, and though they were worth $3 billion, they were also the direct cause of the drastic increase in night games that have frustrated not only Beaver fans, but at some point or another, every other fan base in the conference.
The contracts were also the cause of some of the morning kickoffs, with the protected broadcast windows the major broadcast networks got included in the deals to protect their viewership of their games, Pac-12 or not, by fans of Pac-12 teams, who are inclined to watch their team, or in many cases, another conference game, over what ESPN or FOX are showing, and more importantly trying to maximize ad sales and carriage numbers, for.