Is the BTN biased against Penn State

I saw an article on Black Shoe Diaries that claimed that BTN had a bias against Penn State. Regardless of the fact that now is a good time for the BTN to focus on other schools the proof is based on the following spreadsheet.


Ohio State

37 Football (74 hours)
32 Basketball (64 hours)
3 Tailgate 48 (3 hours)
4 BIG Championships (8 hours)
8 Icon (4 hours)
1 School Days 6/19, 7/10, 8/1
Total = 153 hours (6.375 days)

Penn State

11 Football (22 hours)
5 Basketball (10 hours)
1 Misc (30 min)
7 BIG Championship (14 hours)
2 Icon (1 hour)
1 School Days 6/20, 7/11, 8/2
Total = 47.5 hours (1.97916 days)
Football – 6 Wins, 5 Loss; Basketball – 1 Loss, 4 Wins; BIG Championships– 7 Losses

 It included all the schools but Ohio State had the most time. If you look at the schedules the difference is Ohio State 153 hours to Penn State's 47.5, a difference of 105.5. That seems a clear indication of bias. The B1G hates Penn State it is obvious.

A deeper look at the details tells a different story. If you add the football games to the basketball games you get a total of Ohio State 138 hours to Penn State's 32, a difference of 106.

Why is there a difference?

 Because right now beating Ohio State in football/basketball is a bigger deal than beating Penn State. On Nebraska's team day you can see last year's Ohio State game. Purdue will show a basketball game and the "Get Used to it" loss from 3 years ago. Do you really think Ohio State fans want to see those games again? They were tough enough to deal with the first viewing.

 These games are a treat to whichever school is being shown and Ohio State gets shown more often. Frankly if there is any bias it anti-Ohio State.