Many people went into the BYU Football Media hoping that a new contract with ESPN would be announced by Athletic Director Tom Holmoe. During the State of the Program broadcast, an interview between Dave McCann and Holmoe revealed that there is not currently a new deal in place. Both McCann and Holmoe revealed that while BYU is pleased with the deal as it is written regarding the regular season games, there are still negotiations that need to be made regarding the bowl games. Holmoe made it sound like BYU may be negotiating a tiered bowl agreement; i.e., BYU will play in a better bowl game if it finishes with a certain amount of wins.