This just in from Fox Sports Media Group, the six announcing teams for college football this season. Of course, they’re led by Gus Johnson and Charles Davis on FX. Craig Bolerjack moves from CBS Sports to Fox Sports Net where he’ll inexplicably be lead Pac-12 announcer and Joel Myers will call both the Big 12 and Pac-12 for FSN. As reported by Michael Hiestand of USA Today, Fox will utilize sideline analysts like ex-Minnesota coach Tim Brewster who will be teamed with Gus and Charles. Petros Papadakis will be the sideline analyst for Pac-12 games with Bolerjack and new analyst Joel Klatt. Former Colorado Buffalo and Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom will be a sideline analyst on Conference USA games that will be called by Rod Thulin and JC Pearson.
Notice that Brian Baldinger, a former NFL on Fox analyst, will be on both the Big 12 and Pac-12 teamed mostly with Joel Myers.
Here is the announcement from Fox Sports. We don’t have a full schedule of games on FX and FSN. When that comes in, I will post it here at Fang’s Bites. Take a look at who will be calling games for the Fox Sports platforms for Conference USA, Big 12 and Pac-12 games.
FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES 2011 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCAST TEAMS
Gus Johnson Teams With Veteran Analyst Charles Davis & Former Univ. of Minnesota Head Coach Tim Brewster On FX Game Of The Week
More Than 60 Premier Big 12, Pac-12 & C-USA Match-Ups Showcased on FSN
Mike Pereira Debuts as CFB Rules Analyst on FXNew York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG), today unveiled its lineup of announcers for national telecasts of the upcoming 2011 college football season on FX, FOX Sports Net (FSN), and Fox College Sports (FCS). The details were announced today by Eric Shanks, President, FSMG and FOX Sports and Doug Sellars, Executive Vice President, Production and Executive Producer, FSMG.
FX, Fox Network Group’s popular entertainment basic cable network as seen in more than 99 million households, teams with FSMG in 2011 to carry a major college football game of the week featuring a 14 game schedule highlighted by premier conference matchups from the Big 12, PAC-12 and Conference USA beginning Saturday, September 3, with one game televised weekly. This game of the week matchup is called by perhaps the most exciting play-by-play broadcaster in the business, Gus Johnson. Johnson is alongside University of Tennessee standout and veteran college football analyst Charles Davis in the booth with former University of Minnesota head coach and University of Illinois standout linebacker Tim Brewster, rounding out the broadcast team as an on-field analyst. Additionally, Johnson, Davis and Brewster call one of FOX’s two conference football championship games (PAC-12 or Big Ten) and the 2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
FSN, which reaches over 85 million homes through its owned and affiliated networks, will televise a selection of more than 60 Pac-12, Big 12 and Conference USA football games in 2011.
Pac-12 games on FSN are called by veteran college football play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack. Bolerjack is joined by FSN college football analyst and former University of Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt with FOX Sports Radio personality and former USC fullback Petros Papadakis reporting from the sidelines. For Big 12 conference football telecasts on FSN, Klatt is joined by Big 12 football play-by-play voice Joel Meyers with FSN Southwest sportscaster Jim Knox contributing as a sideline reporter. Additionally, Meyers teams with analyst Brian Baldinger and Knox for select Big 12 matchups on FSN. During Conference USA college football contests on FSN, football announcers Ron Thulin and Jeremy Bloom are joined by analyst JC Pearson. Pearson joins play-by-play voice Thulin in the booth with Bloom serving as an on-field analyst. FSN Southwest’s broadcast team led by play-by-play broadcaster Bill Land, college football analyst Dave Lapham and sideline reporter Emily Jones cover both Big 12 and Conference USA matchups for FSN this season.
“Led by Gus, Charles and Tim, our roster of college football talent is very experienced, knowledgeable and deep on all levels of production,” said Sellars. “This is the widest array of college football ever broadcast on our family of networks and we look forward to giving fans informative and entertaining coverage of their favorite college teams all season long.”
FOX NFL SUNDAY rules analyst Mike Pereira now adds college football to his television resume and will be available live during each college football game of the week broadcasts on FX. Just like his NFL debut last season, this is believed to be the first time in history that a rules official has commentated during a weekly college football game broadcast.
In addition, FCS will televise a minimum of six Big 12 football contests and will feature Kansas State alum Steve Physioc calling play-by-play and former USC football staff member Yogi Roth as game analyst.
Additionally, for the first time in its history, FOX Sports boasts exclusive coverage of college football’s inaugural PAC-12 Conference Championship Game on Friday, December 2followed by the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday, December 3 from Indianapolis.
Following are the pairings for college football on FSMG in 2011:
Fox College Football (FX package)
Play-by-Play – Gus Johnson
Analyst – Charles Davis
Sideline Analyst – Tim BrewsterPAC-12 on FSN
Play-by-Play – Craig Bolerjack
Analyst – Joel Klatt
Sideline Analyst – Petros Papadaikas
BIG 12 on FSN
Play-by-Play – Joel Meyers
Analyst – Joel Klatt/Brian Baldinger
Sideline Reporter – Jim Knox
BIG 12 on FSN
Play-by-Play – Joel Meyers
Analyst – Brian Baldinger
Sideline Reporter – Jim Knox
CUSA on FSN
Play-by-Play – Ron Thulin
Analyst – JC Pearson
Sideline Analyst – Jeremy Bloom
BIG 12 on FSN/CUSA on FSN
Play-by-Play – Bill Land
Analyst – Dave Lapham
Sideline Reporter – Emily Jones
That is all.
