How to watch Buffalo @ Minnesota: Game time, TV, live stream, and more

Thursday night’s matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers marks the opening of the 105th season of Buffalo Bulls football, but it it will be a tall order for the Bulls to celebrate with a victory. On the road, halfway across the country, against a Big Ten opponent isn’t the easy layup that some of the Bulls’ conference brethren is launching into 2017 with. By almost any measure, 2016 was a disappointment for the Bulls, who are picked to finish fifth in the MAC East this season. A win against a marquee opponent would do wonders for Lance Leipold. After a 2-10 season in 2016, his Bulls’ head coach record of 7-17 is a far cry from his 109-6 Wisconsin-Whitewater mark. It’s early for hot seat chatter for the 2017 season, but Leipold needs to be concerned without a significant boost of program performance.

For Minnesota, it’s the opening of the Fleck-era, and what an opening of the new regime it’s been. From ESPN specials chronicling the Gophers to PJ Fleck being the belle of the B1G ball so far as a young up and comer enamoring himself to a whole new batch of media, the offseason seems to be more continuation of success than outright rebuild. Fleck is familiar with Buffalo and I have to believe this being his first game against his former conference in addition to his coming out party in the Twin Cities, it has to mean quite a bit.

Your pertinent information:

Kickoff time: 7:00PM

Television: Big Ten Network

Stream: BTN mobile app or via BTN website, pending cable provider

Radio: Buffalo radio network, 1520AM in Buffalo

Weather: Sunny, 69 degrees (nice!)

Line: Minnesota -26