The Cyclone football schedule has changed to allow another game to be televised, bringing the total number of games to be televised to three.

Fox Sports Net offered to televise the Cyclones’ season finale against Kansas, but there is a catch. The game would have to be pushed back a week in order to do so.

The game is still in Lawrence, Kan., but it will now be played the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26 at 11:30 a.m.

Tom Kroeschell, director of ISU Media Relations, said Fox Sports Net approached both Iowa State and Kansas with a request to televise the game.

“Ultimately, it is the home team that makes the decision,” Kroeschell said.

Larry Keating, senior associate athletic director at Kansas University, said he thought both teams would welcome the exposure and that if either team had a problem with pushing the game back then they wouldn’t have gone through with it.

“It’s a little unusual to be having a week off the week before the end of the season; usually you’d like to have it somewhere in the middle,” Keating said.

“We think this will be a significant game. I think both teams believe they have a shot at winning the Big 12 North, and maybe it’ll come down to this game to see who wins it.”

Keating said it’s not unusual for teams to move games to accommodate television.

Tony Alford, assistant head coach and running backs coach, said being on TV is great exposure for the football program.

“Any time you can get on national television is great,” Alford said. “It’s good for recruiting, and our players enjoy it.”

Alford said neither team had a problem with pushing the game back a week.

“Hopefully, we’ll be playing for something at the end of the year,” he said.

Kroeschell said both universities stand to gain some financial reward for being broadcast.