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A primetime phenomenon

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 18, 2003

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Though it sickens faculty senates across America to read it on the football team's schedule, Thursday Night Football on ESPN is big. What started as an experiment 11 years ago has become a bona fide event. Players and administrators both refer to it as college's Monday Night Football. That may not be accurate on the business end, but it conveys how the participants feel. Players love it because they know that not only can Mama see them, but every player in the country is wat ...

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