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Oates: Angry fans can blame Fox Sports, Comcast

Even Barry Alvarez is asking the question:

What can the University of Wisconsin’s increasingly angry fans do so they can watch football games such as Saturday’s showdown between UW and No. 1 Ohio State that are televised on the fledgling Big Ten Network?

Alvarez, UW’s athletic director, asked the question directly of Kevin Weiberg, a Big Ten Network vice president, last month when Weiberg was updating the UW Athletic Board on the stalemated negotiations between the network and the four major national cable TV providers — including Charter in Madison.