College Football Viewing Picks for Week 1 — 09/03-07/2015

All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV
Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Thursday, September 3

Pregame and Studio Shows
College Football Live — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 5 p.m.
FS1 College Football Pregame Show — FS1, 7 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

6 p.m.

Florida International at Central Florida — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Corey Chavous//Lauren Gardner)

College Kickoff Game, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
North Carolina vs. South Carolina — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Jesse Palmer/David Pollack//Kaylee Hartung)

7 p.m.

Southeastern Louisiana at Northwestern State — American Sports Network (Lyn Rollins/Rene Nadeau/Kelsey Wingert)

Oklahoma State at Central Michigan — ESPNU (Adam Amin/Kelly Stouffer//Olivia Harlan)

7:30 p.m.

Alcorn State at Georgia Tech — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net (Tom Werme/James Bates//Jenn Hildreth)

Villanova at UConn — SNY (Eric Frede/Andy Gresh//Kerith Burke)

8 p.m.

Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt — SEC Network (Tom Hart/Andre Ware//Laura Rutledge)

8:30 p.m.

Michigan at Utah — FS1 (Gus Johnson/Joel Klatt//Molly McGrath)

9 p.m.

TCU at Minnesota — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese//Tom Luginbill)

9:30 p.m.

Duke at Tulane — CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz/Adam Archuleta//Cassie Gallo)

10 p.m.

Texas-San Antonio at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks (Roxy Bernstein/Glenn Parker//Jill Savage)

Abilene Christian at Fresno State — Mountain West Network (Ray Crawford/Sherdrick Bonner)
Cal-Davis at Nevada — Mountain West Network (Ryan Radtke/Chris Vargas)

Friday, September 4

Pregame and Studio Shows
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 a.m.
CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 11:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight

1 a.m.

Colorado at Hawaii — CBS Sports Network (Carter Blackburn/Aaron Taylor//Jenny Dell)

3:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Georgia State — ESPNU (Jason Benetti/Charles Arbuckle)

7 p.m.

Fordham at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Jay Feely//John Schriffen)

Baylor at SMU — ESPN (Dave Flemming/Mack Brown//Allison Williams)
Michigan State at Western Michigan — ESPNU (Allen Bestwick/Dan Hawkins//Paul Carcaterra)

8 p.m.

Weber State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks (Kevin Calabro/Yogi Roth//Lewis Johnson)

9 p.m.

Kent State at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Glen Mason//J Lehman)

10:15 p.m.

Washington at Bose State — ESPN (Mark Jones/Rod Gilmore//Quint Kessenich)

Saturday, September 5

Pregame and Studio Shows
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 2 a.m.
College GameDay live from Fort Worth, TX — ESPN, 9 a.m.
SEC Nation live from Fayetteville, AR — SEC Network, 10 a.m.
B1G Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 10:30 a.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
College Football Fantasy Focus — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
ESPN Goal Line — Check your local listings, 11:30 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 1 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPNU, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
Fox College Football Pregame Show — Fox, 3 p.m.
B1G Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPNews, 3:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame Pregame Show — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
B1G Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Postgame Report — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, midnight

noon

Illinois State at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Matt Millen//Lisa Byington)

Colgate at Navy — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Randy Cross//Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

Stanford at Northwestern — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham//Dr. Jerry Punch)
Norfolk State at Rutgers — ESPNews (Shawn Kenny/Al Groh)
Richmond at Maryland — ESPNU (Ryan Ruocco/Mike Bellotti)

South Dakota State at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (Brendan Burke/Ben Leber/Christian Steckel)

Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia — SEC Network (Dave Neal/Matt Stinchcomb//Kayce Smith)
Tennessee-Martin at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus (Mike Couzens/Cole Cubelic//Kevin Weidl)

12:30 p.m.

Wofford at Clemson — ACC Network (Tim Brandt/Dave Archer//Roddy Jones)

2 p.m.

Portland State at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks (JB Moore/Evan Moore//Ashley Adamson)

3:30 p.m.

Kickoff Game, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Louisiana vs. Auburn — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson//Allie LaForce)

BYU at Nebraska — ABC (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman//Todd McShay)

Old Dominion at Eastern Michigan — American Sports Network (Dave Armstrong/Rich Baldinger)
Wagner at Rice — American Sports Network (Brett Dolan/Keith Moreland)

Florida Atlantic at Tulsa — CBS Sports Network (Sean Grande/Corey Chavous//Melanie Collins)

Penn State at Temple — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Brock Huard//Shannon Spake)
Texas-El Paso at Arkansas — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/John Cogemi)

Virginia at UCLA — Fox (Joe Davis/Brady Quinn//Kris Budden)
Sam Houston State at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Net (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson//Steffi Sorensen)

Morgan State at Air Force — Mountain West Network/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest Plus) (Marc Stout/Sherdrick Bonner/Tori Holt)

4 p.m.

Southern Illinois at Indiana — ESPNews (Roy Philpott/David Diaz-Infante)

Savannah State at Colorado State — Mountain West Network (Gary Miller/Brian Roth//Kevin McGlue)

Bowling Green vs. Tennessee at Nashville, TN — SEC Network (Tom Hart/Andre Ware//Laura Rutledge)
Southeast Missouri at Missouri — SEC Network Plus (Beth Mowins/Anthony Becht//Paul Carcaterra)

5 p.m.

Grambling at Cal — Pac-12 Networks (Roxy Bernstein/Pawlawski//Drea Avent)

7 p.m.

Texas Kickoff, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
Arizona State vs. Texas A&M — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge//Holly Rowe)

Southern at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network (Mike Gleason/Michael Young)

Louisiana-Lafayette at Kentucky — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Ahmad Brooks)

7:30 p.m.

UNLV at Northern Illinois — CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon/Adam Archuleta//Rashan Ali)

Georgia Southern at West Virginia — Fox Sports Net (Mark Followil/Brian Baldinger//Lesley McCaslin)

Texas at Notre Dame — NBC (Dan Hicks/Doug Flutie//Kathryn Tappen)

New Mexico State at Florida — SEC Network (Brent Musburger/Jesse Palmer//Maria Taylor)
McNeese State at LSU — SEC Network Plus (Adam Amin/Kelly Stouffer//Olivia Harlan)

8 p.m.

Alabama vs. Wisconsin at Arlington, TX — ABC (Chris Fowler/Kirk Herbstreit//Heather Cox)

Texas State at Florida State — ESPNews (Dave Lamont/Ray Bentley//Dawn Davenport)

San Diego at San Diego State — Mountain West Network (Ray Crawford/Darius Walker//Shae Peppler)

Eastern Washington at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks (Kevin Calabro/Yogi Roth//Lewis Johnson)

10 p.m.

Mississippi State at Southern Mississippi — FS1 (Tim Brando/Spener Tillman)

11 p.m.

Arkansas State at USC — Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker//Jill Savage)

Sunday, September 6

Pregame and Studio Shows
Pac-12 Final Score — Pac-12 Networks, 2:30 a.m.
College Football Sunday (series premiere) — ESPNU, 8 a.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPNews, 9 a.m.
FS1 College Football Pregame Show — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

3 p.m.

Purdue at Marshall — FS1 (Justin Kutcher/Steve Hutchinson/Petros Papadakis)

3:30 p.m.

2015 MEAC/SWAC Challenge, Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
South Carolina State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff — ESPN (Mark Neely/Jay Walker//Tiffany Greene)

Monday, September 7

Pregame and Studio Shows
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Crunch Time — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.

8 p.m.

Ohio State at Virginia Tech — ESPN (Chris Fowler/Kirk Herbstreit//Heather Cox)

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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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