I’m behind a day in posting press releases and I have quite a few to catch up on. This is one of them. And the main ESPN/ABC crew of Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Erin Andrews will be doing a noon game, the annual Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma. I know the politically correct thing is to say “Rivalry”, but this isn’t a real shootout, so I think it’s ok to call it “Shootout”.
Sean McDonough, football charlatan Matt Millen and Heather Cox get the ABC primetime slot covering Ohio State at Nebraska marking the Cornhuskers first Big Ten home game.
And there are a whole slew of games on ESPN3.com if you want to watch the action online.
Here’s the schedule.
College Football: Two Top 25 Matchups Plus Six Top 10 Teams Across ESPN Networks
ESPN’s college football schedule this weekend is highlighted by two top 25 games, plus six teams in the Top 10 of the poll:
- No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas (noon, ABC) and No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas (7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3) – both Saturday, Oct. 6
- No. 9 Oregon hosts California Thursday in the ESPN College Football Primetime game (9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D) and No. 5 Boise State travels to Fresno State Friday for the ESPN College Football Primetime game (9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3)
- No. 2 Alabama hosts Vanderbilt in an SEC tilt Saturday (7 p.m., ESPNU)
In addition, a three-game split-national telecast Saturday, Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN includes an ACC matchup with Miami (Fla.) at No. 21 Virginia Tech and Big Ten tilt of Iowa at Penn State. The third game on ABC will be a Big 12 contest between Missouri and No. 20 Kansas State (Big 12). All three games will be available on ESPN3.
Date Time (ET) Game Network Thu, Oct 6 7:30 p.m. Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee
Anish Shroff & Jay WalkerESPNU 9 p.m. California at No. 9 Oregon
Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn BrownESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D Fri, Oct 7 9 p.m. No. 5 Boise State at Fresno State
Joe Tessitore & Rod GilmoreESPN / ESPN3 Sat, Oct 8 Noon No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas (from Dallas)
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin AndrewsABC Noon Minnesota at Purdue
Beth Mowins & Mike BellottiESPN / ESPN3 Noon Louisville at North Carolina
Bob Wischusen & Bob DavieESPN2 / ESPN3 Noon Maryland at No. 13 Georgia Tech
Rob Stone & Danny KanellESPNU Noon Connecticut at No. 16 West Virginia
Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaneyESPN3 /
BIG EAST NetworkNoon Murray State at Georgia State ESPN3 Noon Kentucky at No. 18 South Carolina
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara CapuanoESPN3 /SEC Network 12:30 p.m. No. 23 Florida State at Wake Forest ESPN3 1 p.m. Army at Miami (Ohio) ESPN3 2 p.m. Bowling Green at Western Michigan ESPN3 3 p.m. Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin ESPN3 3 p.m. North Dakota State at Southern Illinois ESPN3 3 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Toledo ESPN3 3 p.m. Chattanooga at Georgia Southern ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at No. 21 Virginia Tech
Mike Patrick & Craig JamesABC / ESPN / ESPN3 Iowa at Penn State
Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint KessenichABC / ESPN / ESPN3 Missouri at No. 20 Kansas State
Carter Blackburn & Brock HuardABC / ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Rutgers
Pam Ward & Dan HawkinsESPNU 3:30 p.m. Boston College at No. 8 Clemson ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Central Michigan at NC State
Dave Weekley & Rene IngogliaESPN3* 3:30 p.m. Gannon at California University (Pa.) ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Ohio at Buffalo ESPN3 4 p.m. UNLV at Nevada ESPN3 4 p.m. Liberty at Gardner-Webb ESPN3 5:30 p.m. South Alabama at Texas-San Antonio
Andrew Monaco & Ahmad BrooksLonghorn Network 7 p.m. No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly RoweESPN / ESPN3 7 p.m. Georgia at Tennessee
Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine EdwardsESPN2 / ESPN3 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at No. 2 Alabama
Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison WilliamsESPNU 7 p.m. Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette
Jim Barbar & Warrick DunnESPN3* 7:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic at North Texas ESPN3 8 p.m. Ohio State at No. 14 Nebraska
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather CoxABC 9 p.m. Wyoming at Utah State ESPN3 10:15 p.m. San Jose State at BYU
Adam Amin & David Diaz-InfanteESPNU * – Exclusive to ESPN3
That’s going to do it.