College Football Viewing Picks for October 3 — 5, 2013

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Announcing Assignments courtesy of Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air

Thursday, October 3

Studio & Pregame Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Fox College Thursday — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.
Texas at Iowa State — ESPN (Rece Davis/Jesse Palmer/David Pollack//Samantha Ponder)
Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe — ESPNU (Mark Neely/Jay Walker)

8 p.m.
Harding at Southern Arkansas — CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover/Corey Chavous//Lisa Byington)

10 p.m.
UCLA at Utah — Fox Sports 1 (Justin Kutcher/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis//Kristina Pink)

Friday, October 4

Studio & Pregame Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
ESPNU Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Football Report — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 8 p.m.

8 p.m.
BYU at Utah State — CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon/Aaron Taylor//Lauren Gardner)

9 p.m.
Nevada at San Diego State — ESPN (Carter Blackburn/Danny Kanell//Allison Williams)

Saturday, October 5

Studio & Pregame Shows
College GameDay live from Evanston, IL — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Inside College Football: Armed Forces Special — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
College Football Whiparound — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Countdown– ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Fox College Saturday Extra — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Central — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday Extra — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Pac-12 Footbal Pregame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 9:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

11:30 a.m.
Air Force at Navy — CBS (Spero Dedes/Steve Beuerlein//Evan Washburn) *

noon
Louisville at Temple — AAC Network (Eamon McAnaney/Anthony Becht//Brooke Weisbrod)

Penn State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason//Jon Jansen)

Lehigh at Fordham — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Tom Bradley//Rashan Ali)

Maryland at Florida State — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese//Tom Luginbill)
Michigan State at Iowa — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway//Paul Carcaterra)
Illinois at Nebraska — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Rutgers at SMU — ESPNews (Dave Lamont/David Diaz-Infante)
Eastern Michigan at Buffalo — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Texas Tech at Kansas — Fox Sports 1 (Adam Alexander/Chris Simms)
Ball State at Virginia — Fox Sports Net-regional: Arizona/Detroit Plus/Midwest Plus/North Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Southwest/STO/Sun Sports/YES/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain) (Ron Thulin/Ovie Mughelli//Dave Baker)

New Hampshire at Towson — NBC Sports Regional Networks: Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston/Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England/Philadelphia) (Scott Graham/Andy Gresh)

Georgia State at Alabama — SEC TV, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware//Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Virginia Tech — ACC Network (Steve Martin/Dave Archer//Rachel Baribeau)

3:30 p.m.
Clemson at Syracuse — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman//Shannon Spake)
Kansas State at Oklahoma State — ABC (Bob Wischusen/Rod Gilmore//Quint Kessenich)
Minnesota at Michigan ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham//Jeannine Edwards)

Georgia at Tennessee — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson//Tracy Wolfson)
Rice at Tulsa — CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover/Corey Chavious//Lisa Byington)

East Carolina at Middle Tennessee — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mark Folowill/Brian Baldinger//JC Pearson)
North Texas at Tulane — Fox College Sports Central (Brendan Burke/Ben Leber//Lesley McCaslin)
Northern Iowa at North Dakota State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Brian Shawn/Lee Timmerman/Kevin Fenney//Jamal Spencer)
North Carolina State at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net-regional: Midwest Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Southwest Plus/STO/Sun Sports/YES/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Root Sports Pittsburgh (Wes Durham/Brian Stann/Jenn Hildreth)

4 p.m.
Washington State at Cal — Fox Sports 1 (Justin Kutcher/James Bates//Brady Poppinga)

6 p.m.
Oregon at Colorado — Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Drea Avent)

7 p.m.
LSU at Mississippi State — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen//Maria Taylor)
Arkansas at Florida — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard//Kaylee Hartung)
Mississippi at Auburn — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb//Dawn Davenport)

TCU at Oklahoma — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis//Kristina Pink)

7:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Texas-El Paso — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Adam Archuleta//Susannah Collins)

Missouri at Vanderbilt — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering//Joe Budden)

Kentucky at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net-regional: Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/Midwest/North Plus/South/Southwest/West/STO/Sun Sports Plus (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch//Elizabeth Moreau)

Arizona State vs. Notre Dame at Arlington, TX — NBC (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock//Alex Flanagan)

8 p.m.
Ohio State at Northwestern — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit//Heather Cox)

West Virginia at Baylor — Fox Sports 1 (Craig Bolerjack/Joey Harrington//Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
Washington at Stanford — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge//Holly Rowe)

midnight
San Jose State at Hawaii — Oceanic Time Warner Cable/Mountain West Network (Robert Kekaula/Dick Tomey)

*pending Government Shutdown

About Ken Fang

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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