Trying to catch up with blogging after being away from the office all day. We have a release from CBS Sports Network announcing its schedule and announcing teams for the 2011 college football season. Names like James Bates, Tim Brandt, Todd Harris, Josh Lewin and Gary Thorne join the network to call games along with the returning Dave Ryan. Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez will be an analyst along with Doug Chapman, Randy Cross and Aaron Taylor. The press release from CBS Sports Network is below.
CBS SPORTS NETWORK KICKS OFF NINTH COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
Rich Rodriguez, Gary Thorne and James Bates Join CBS Sports Network
Network to Feature Three Boise State Football Games;
Returns as Home of Service Academy FootballCBS Sports Network kicks off its ninth season of college football coverage with an extensive lineup of games featuring the best of the Mountain West, Conference USA, Army and Navy football, NCAA Division II and the Patriot League. The Network will air 42 games this season and again feature a top roster of announcers and analysts including seven new voices highlighted by former University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez and veteran play-by-play announcers Gary Thorne and James Bates.
Rodriguez teams with play-by-play announcer Dave Ryan to call Conference USA and Mountain West games. Thorne pairs with returning analyst Randy Cross for Army home games. Cross will continue to be the analyst for Navy home games, teaming this season with announcers Tim Brant and Josh Lewin, who will handle two games each. With his role this season, Cross becomes the first announcer to call both Army and Navy home games throughout a season.
Bates, a former University of Florida linebacker, also joins CBS Sports Network after five years as a play-by-play announcer with the Mtn. – Mountain West Sports Network. Bates is joined in the booth by analyst Aaron Taylor to call Conference USA and Mountain West games. Also new to the Network is play-by-play announcer Todd Harris and analyst Doug Chapman, who will serve as the broadcast team for Division II games and select Conference USA match-ups. Brooke Olzendam and Kaylee Hartung return as sideline reporters in 2011.
CBS Sports Network’s studio programming is anchored by Adam Zucker. Former University of Texas and NFL linebacker Brian Jones returns as a studio analyst on the Network’s various college football shows. Molly Qerim and Brent Stover also serve as studio hosts this season.
CBS Sports Network again serves as the broadcast home for Armed Forces football, airing 10 games featuring Army, Navy and Air Force, highlighted by Rutgers vs. Army at Yankee Stadium on November 12 and Southern Miss at Navy on October 10.
The Network also enters its sixth year as a broadcast partner of the Mountain West and seventh year with Conference USA. CBS Sports Network will air three Boise State games during the Broncos’ first season in the Mountain West and will showcase other top teams including: Purdue at Rice (9/10), Boston College at UCF (9/10), Northwestern at Army (9/17), Virginia Tech at Marshall (9/24), SMU at TCU (10/1), North Carolina at ECU (10/1), ECU at Houston (10/8) and TCU at San Diego State (10/8).
And after a jump break, you’ll have the entire CBS Sports Network college football schedule.
2011 CBS SPORTS NETWORK COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)
Sept. 1 (Thursday) — UMass at Holy Cross, Fitton Football Stadium, Worcester, MA, 8:00 PM
September 3 — Delaware at Navy, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD, 3:30 PM
September 8 (Thursday) — Central Washington at Humboldt State, Redwood Bowl, Arcata, CA, 8:00 PM
September 10 — San Diego State at Army, Michie Stadium, West Point, NY, 12:00 NOON
September 10 — Purdue at Rice, Rice Stadium, Houston, TX, 3:30 PM
September 10 — Boston College at UCF, Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL, 8:00 PM
September 15 (Thursday) — Bloomsburg at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, George P. Miller Stadium, Indiana, PA, 8:00 PM
September 17 — Northwestern at Army, Michie Stadium, West Point, NY, 3:30 PM
September 17 — Hawaii at UNLV, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV, 10:00 PM (Mtn. Simulcast)
September 22 (Thursday) — Missouri Western State at Washburn, Washburn Yager Stadium, Topeka, KS, 8:00 PM
September 24 — Virginia Tech at Marshall, Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV, 3:30 PM
September 24 — Tulsa at Boise State, Bronco Stadium, Boise, ID, 8:00 PM
Sept. 29 (Thursday) — Houston at UTEP, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX, 8:00 PM
October 1 — Tulane at Army, Michie Stadium, West Point, NY, 12:00 NOON
October 1 — SMU at TCU, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX, 3:30 PM
October 1 — North Carolina at ECU, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX, 8:00 PM
October 6 (Thursday) — Colorado School of Mines at Colorado State-Pueblo, The Thunderbowl, Pueblo, CO, 8:00 PM
October 8 — Southern Miss at Navy, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD, 3:30 PM
October 8 — ECU at Houston, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA, 7:00 PM
October 8 — TCU at San Diego State, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA, 10:30 PM
October 13 (Thursday) — San Diego State at Air Force, Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO, 8:00 PM
October 15 — UAB at Tulsa, Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK, 8:00 PM
October 20 (Thursday) — Ashland at Saginaw Valley State, Wickes Memorial Stadium, University Center, MI, 8:00 PM
October 22 — ECU at Navy, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD, 3:30 PM
October 22 — SMU at Southern Miss, Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS, 8:00 PM
October 27 (Thursday) — Augustana College at Minnesota State, Blakeslee Stadium, Mankato, MN, 8:00 PM
October 29 — Lehigh at Colgate, Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, NY, 12:00 NOON
October 29 — Fordham at Army, Michie Stadium, West Point, NY, 3:30 PM
October 29 — Southern Miss at UTEP, Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX, 8:00 PM
November 3 (Thursday) — Tulsa at UCF, Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL, 8:00 PM
November 5 — Troy at Navy, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD, 3:30 PM
November 5 — Houston at UAB, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL, 7:00 PM
November 5 — Boise State at UNLV, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV, 10:30 PM
November 10 (Thursday) — Houston at Tulane, Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS, 8:00 PM
November 12 — Rutgers vs. Army, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, 3:30 PM
November 12 — UCF at Southern Miss, Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS, 8:00 PM
November 17 (Thursday) — Southern Miss at UAB, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL, 8:00 PM
November 19 — Colorado State at TCU, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX, 3:30 PM
November 19 — Boise State at San Diego State, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA, 8:00 PM
November 25 (Friday) — UTEP at UCF, Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL, 7:00 PM
November 26 — ECU at Marshall, Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV, 3:30 PM
December 3 — Fresno State at San Diego State, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA, 8:00 PM
* All dates and game times subject to change
That is it.
