Missouri’s centennial Homecoming against Iowa State will be a historic day for both the university and the Athletics Department.
After the game was left off this weekend’s Big 12 Conference television package, the MU athletics department announced Wednesday the Iowa State Homecoming game would be streamed live online for the first time in Tiger football history.
The broadcast will be free for Mizzou All-Access subscribers, but will cost non-subscribers $9.95 to view. The video feed on the webcast will be similar to the one on the scoreboard at Faurot Field while the Mizzou Radio Network broadcast will provide the audio.
The Big 12 will air four games on FX, Fox Sports Net, ABC and ESPN2, but Missouri’s game is not included. It will be the second conference game in as many weeks that won’t be televised, since Oklahoma State’s game at Kansas last week was not broadcast. Each of Missouri’s eight games was televised last season.
The announcement comes only a few months before the department launches the Missouri Network, an online-based sports network that will be free to the public. The network is set to broadcast multiple sporting events, including at least one football game. According to a report in the Kansas City Star last month, the university wishes to keep the network free of charge. Instead of being a source of revenue, the school hopes it will positively impact recruiting.
There is no indication whether the Iowa State webcast will be a preview of things to come from the network.
An MU spokesperson could not be reached for comment.