College Football Viewing Picks for August 29 — September 2, 2013

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports

Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Thursday, August 29

Studio and Pregame Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 5 p.m.
ESPNU College Football Preview — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
ESPNU College Football Kickoff Special — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Fox College Thursday — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

6 p.m.
North Carolina at South Carolina — ESPN (Rece Davis/Jesse Palmer/David Pollack//Samantha Ponder)

7 p.m.
Indiana State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/Chuck Long)
UNLV at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason)

8 p.m.
Utah State at Utah — Fox Sports 1 (Justin Kutcher/Petros Papadakis//Kristina Pink)

9:15 p.m.
Mississippi at Vanderbilt — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen//Maria Taylor)

10 p.m.
Sacramento State at San Jose State — Mountain West Network (Justin Allegri/Kevin Richardson)

10:30 p.m.
Rutgers at Fresno State — ESPNU (Dave Flemming/Mike Bellotti//Lewis Johnson)

11 p.m.
USC at Hawaii — CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon/Aaron Taylor//Lauren Gardner)

Friday, August 30

Studio and Pregame Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m.
College Football Whiparound — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

7 p.m.
Morgan State at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Tom Bradley/John Feinstein//Kristine Leahy)

8 p.m.
Western Michigan at Michigan State — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derrick Rackley//Lisa Byington)

Texas Tech at SMU — ESPN (Carter Blackburn/Danny Kanell//Allison Williams)
Florida Atlantic at Miami (FL) — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi//Brook Weisbrod)

8:30 p.m.
North Dakota at Kansas State — Fox Sports 1 (Craig Bolerjack/Joey Harrington//Ryan Nece)

10 p.m.Northern Arizona at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson/Glen Parker//Drea Avent)

Saturday, August 31

Studio & Pregame Shows
College GameDay live from Atlanta, GA — ESPN, 9 a.m.
ESPNU College Football Studio — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
College Football Whiparound — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Fox College Saturday (series premiere) — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Countdown to Kickoff — BYU TV, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
Notre Dame Football Pregame — NBC, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Pregame — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
Texas GameDay — Longhorn Network, 5:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 9:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Southern Illinois at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/J Leman)
UMass at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Jon Jansen)

Buffalo at Ohio State — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway//Paul Carcaterra)
Purdue at Cincinnati — ESPNU (Eamon McAnaney/Anthony Becht)
Villanova at Boston College — ESPNews (Ryan Ruocco/Pete Najarian//Cassidy Hubbarth)

12:30 p.m.
Florida International at Maryland — ACC Network (Wes Durham/Brian Stann/Jenn Hildreth)
Louisiana Tech at North Carolina State — ACC Network (Steve Martin/Dave Archer//Rachel Baribeau)

1 p.m.
Rice at Texas A&M — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese//Tom Luginbill)

3:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma State at Houston, TX — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Rod Gilmore//Quint Kessenich)
Syracuse vs. Penn State at East Rutherford, NJ — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham//Jeannine Edwards)

Central Michigan at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Matt Devin/Glen Mason//Lisa Byington)
Northern Illinois at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Paul Burmeister/Chuck Long//Danan Hughes)

BYU at Virginia — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Kelly Stouffer)

Temple at Notre Dame — NBC (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock//Alex Flanagan)

4 p.m.
Nicholls State at Oregon — Fox Sports 1 (Justin Kutcher/James Bates//Brady Poppinga)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Detroit Plus/Midwest/North Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/Southwest/Wisconsin Plus/SportSouth/Sun Sports) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch//Elizabeth Moreau)

5:30 p.m.
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, GA — ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman//Shannon Spake)

6 p.m.
Eastern Washington at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks (Roxy Bernstein/Anthony Herron)

7 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Randy Cross//Rashan Ali)

Old Dominion at East Carolina — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Brendan Burke/Ben Leber//Lesley McCaslin)

7:30 p.m.
Wofford at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/Midwest/North Plus/Southwest Plus/Wisconsin Plus/SportSouth/MASN2/MSG Plus) (Mark Folowill/Brian Baldinger//JC Pearson)

8 p.m.
Georgia at Clemson — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit//Heather Cox)

Wyoming at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Eric Crouch//Damon Benning)

New Mexico State at Texas — Longhorn Network (Dave Lamont/Ray Bentley//Kaylee Hartung)

9 p.m.
LSU vs. TCU at Arlington, TX — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge//Holly Rowe)

10 p.m.
Boise State at Washington — Fox Sports 1 (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis//Kristina Pink)

Nevada at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks (Kevin Calabro/Yogi Roth//Jill Savage)

10:30 p.m.
Northwestern at Cal — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard//Lewis Johnson)

Sunday, September 1

11:45 a.m.
Florida A&M vs. Mississippi Valley State at Orlando, FL — ESPN (Tom Hart/Jay Walker)

3:30 p.m.
Ohio at Louisville — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen//Maria Taylor)

6 p.m.
Colorado vs. Colorado State at Denver, CO — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Adam Archuleta//Evan Washburn)

Monday, September 2

Studio and Pregame Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Final Verdict — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
BCS Countdown — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m.

8 p.m.
Florida State at Pittsburgh — ESPN (Rece Davis/Jesse Palmer/David Pollack//Samantha Ponder)

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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