Thanks to goyotes at SS for this. Midco tried for the NDSU contract, but didn't get it. It also sounds like all home FB games will be TV as part of the NDSU/Hoak contract. Midco might still get some Bison basketball games this year, and will likely try again next year for a full package. Midco is also planning on offering their sports channel to other cable networks in the next year or two.
http://callingallsportssd.com/_Displ...20SEG%202_.mp3
The interview with Tom Nieman of Midco Sports starts about halfway through the clip. The NDSU stuff is at the beginning of the Nieman interview.
edit: Here's the transcript of the NDSU part of the interview:
The chuckling is because those games are in Vermillion, Sioux Falls and Brookings and were going to be aired on Midco whether there was an NDSU deal or not.