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College Football Viewing Picks For Week 9, 10/27/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Norman, OK — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
Big Ten Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Fox College Football Preview Show — Fox Sports Net, 11:30 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network, 2 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 7 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Network, 9:45 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Network, 1:45 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Temple at Pittsburgh — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Indiana at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Jansen)

Ball State at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Geoff Easteling)

Tennessee at South Carolina — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Iowa at Northwestern — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Kentucky at Missouri — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Texas at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Dave Lapham/Desmond Purnell)
Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Melvin/Kevin Ingram)

Delaware at Old Dominion — NBC Sports Network

Mississippi at Arkansas — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
NC State at North Carolina — ACC Network

Yale at Columbia — YES

1 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Rice — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston/Philadelphia)

3 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
BYU at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Rich Waltz/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Colorado at Oregon — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
Michigan State at Wisconsin — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
USC at Arizona — ABC/ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Maria Taylor)

Kent State at Rutgers — Big East Network (Mike Corey/Rene Ingoglia)

Purdue at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Drerek Rackley/J Leman)

Florida vs. Georgia at Jacksonville, FL — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Boise State at Wyoming — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Todd Christensen/Lauren Gardner)

Towson at Villanova — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

Duke at Florida State — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins/Tom Luginbill)

Texas Tech at at Kansas State — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
TCU at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific/WMCN/WDCA/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Navy at East Carolina — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Adam Alexander/Gary Reasons/Lesley McCaslin)
Southern Illinois at North Dakota State — Fox College Sports Central (Brian Shawn/Lee Timmerman/Kevin Feeney)

Idaho State at Montana — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

4:30 p.m.
UTEP at Houston — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston)

5 p.m.
Illinois State at Northern Iowa — Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Harvard at Dartmouth — Comcast SportsNet New England

5:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Penn State — ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kussenich)

6:15 p.m.
Washington State at Stanford — Pac-12 Network (Rich Cellini/Rick Neuheisel/Curtis Conway/Jeremy Bloom)

7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Auburn — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Alison Williams)

Baylor at Iowa State — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
UMass at Vanderbilt — Fox Sports Net (regional)/NESN (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Oklahoma — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Central Florida at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Corey Chavous/Evan Washburn)

Michigan at Nebraska — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

8:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

9:45 p.m.
Cal at Utah — Pac-12 Networks (Bay Area/Mountain) (Ron Pitts/Kelly Stouffer)

10:15 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 9 Including Announcing Assignments

The Fox Sports Media Group will be distributing 12 college football games on Saturday on its various platforms. Because of the World Series, Fox will have one game at 3:30 p.m. ET, Texas Tech at Kansas State.

Big Ten Network will have an afternoon doubleheader with games at noon and 3:30 p.m.

There are a couple of holes where announcers should be. I should get an update later in the week in time for the College Football Viewing Picks.

Here’s the listing of games for Saturday on Fox Sports.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 27
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Texas Tech at K-State	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Indiana at Illinois	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky	FCS Atlantic	TBD	TBD	TBD
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Texas at Kansas	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Dave Lapham	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Purdue at Minnesota	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:00 PM	BYU at Georgia Tech	FS South	Rich Waltz	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:00 PM	UCLA at Arizona St.	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Southern Illinois at North Dakota State	FCS Central	TBD	TBD	TBD
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Navy at East Carolina	FCS Atlantic	Adam Alexander	Gary Reasons	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	TCU at Oklahoma St.	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 27	7:00 PM	Baylor at Iowa St.	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 27	7:00 PM	UMass at Vanderbilt	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau

That will do it.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 8, 10/20/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Gainesville, FL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

noon
Purdue at Ohio State — ABC/ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Virginia Tech at Clemson — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

Rutgers at Temple — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

New Hampshire at Maine — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

LSU at Texas A&M — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Minnesota at Wisconsin — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Northern Arizona at Akron — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Iowa State at Oklahoma State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Tennessee State at Jacksonville State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Belvin/Kevin Ingram)

Penn at Yale — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Kelli Johnson)

Auburn at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Stanford at Cal — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Boston College at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Northwestern — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
South Florida at Louisville — ABC (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley)
Texas Tech at TCU — ABC/ESPN2 (Dave Lamont/Kelly Stouffer)

Michigan State at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/J Leman)

South Carolina at Florida — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Indiana at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

James Madison at Richmond — Comcast SportsNet (Chicago/Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

NC State at Maryland — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)
Pittsburgh at Buffalo — ESPN Plus (Bob Picozzi/Chris Doering)

Rice at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeenan)

BYU at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
UNLV at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Montana at North Dakota — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

6 p.m.
Colorado at USC — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Marshall at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Steve Beuerlein/Evan Washburn)

Alabama at Tennessee — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)
Idaho at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

Kansas State at West Virginia — Fox/Fox Deportes (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Georgia at Kentucky — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
East Carolina at UAB — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Physioc/Ben Leber/Lesley McCann)

New Mexico at Air Force — Root Sports Rocky Mountain

8 p.m.
Baylor at Texas — ABC (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
Florida State at Miami — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Penn State at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Jon Jansen)

Central Florida at Memphis — CSS

10 p.m.
Washington at Arizona — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
San Diego State at Nevada — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Utah at Oregon State — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shannon Spake)
South Carolina State at Florida A&M — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same day coverage)

Wyoming at Fresno State — Time Warner SportsNet/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)

Fox Sports’ College Football Games For Week 8 Including Announcing Assignments

Let’s go to what college football games Fox Sports Media Group will air this week. It all begins tonight on Fox Sports Net with Houston at SMU.

Fox airs a doubleheader on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET. Check out all of the games below.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 18 & 20
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Thursday, Oct. 18	8:00 PM	Houston at SMU	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Dave Lapham	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:00 PM	Stanford at Cal	FOX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	K-State at West Virginia	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 20	12:00 PM	Tennessee State at Jacksonville State	FCS Pacific	Bob Belvin	Kevin Ingram
Saturday, Oct. 20	12:00 PM	Iowa St. at Oklahoma St.	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:00 PM	Boston College at Georgia Tech	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:30 PM	Michigan State at Michigan	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:30 PM	Rice at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	East Carolina at UAB	FCS Atlantic	Steve Physioc	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	Kansas at Oklahoma	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	Georgia at Kentucky	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Oct. 20	8:00 PM	Penn State at Iowa	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Jon Jansen

That’s it.

College Viewing Picks For Week 7, 10/13/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Uncut-Auburn — CBS, 2 p.m.
College Football Uncut-South Carolina — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 2:30 p.m.
Onward Notre Dame: South Bend to Soldier Field — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 6;30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 7 p.m.
College Football Central — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, midnight

11 a.m.
Louisville at Pittsburgh — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

noon
Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas, TX — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Syracuse at Rutgers — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Wisconsin at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Jansen)

Kent State at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Ally McKearn)

Richmond at New Hampshire — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

Iowa at Michigan State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Northwestern at Minnesota — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Heather Mitts)

Kansas State at Iowa State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
UAB at Houston — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

Brown at Princeton — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Auburn at Mississippi — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Duke at Virginia Tech — ACC Network

1 p.m.
SMU at Tulane — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Houston)

2 p.m.
Lindsey Wilson at Campbellsville — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Jim Tirey/Brian Rive)

2:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Miami (FL) — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

3 p.m.
Utah at UCLA — Fox/Fox Deportes (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Maryland at Virginia — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan — ABC/ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Lewis Johnson)
Oregon State at BYU — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
West Virginia at Texas Tech — ABC/ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kussenich)

Alabama at Missouri — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Bucknell at Harvard — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Todd Christensen/Evan Washburn)

William & Mary at James Madison — Comcast SportsNet (California/Mid-Atlantic Plus/The Comcast Network)

Oklahoma State at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WDCA/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Texas-San Antonio at Rice — Fox College Sports Pacific (Adam Alexander/Dave Lapham/Lesley McCaslin)

Stanford at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Fresno State at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Eastern Washington at Montana State — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

4:30 p.m.
Memphis at East Carolina — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Houston/Northwest)

5:30 p.m.
Boston College at Florida State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Maria Taylor)

6 p.m.
Florida at Vanderbilt — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Tom Luginbill)

7 p.m.
USC at Washington — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
TCU at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
Kentucky at Arkansas — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

Air Force at Wyoming — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

8 p.m.
Ohio State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

Southern Mississippi at Central Florida — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

South Carolina at LSU — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

9 p.m.
Tennessee at Mississippi State — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Allison Williams)
Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech at Shreveport, LA — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Kelly Stouffer)

10:30 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

midnight
New Mexico at Hawaii — Root Sports Rocky Mountain

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 7 Including Announcing Assignments

We have the college football games on Fox Sports’ family of channels this week. Take a look at what we have.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 11 & 13
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Thursday, Oct. 11	8:00 PM	UTEP at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:00 PM	Utah at UCLA	FOX/FOX Deportes	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	USC at Washington	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	Wisconsin at Purdue	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	UAB at Houston	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	K-State at Iowa State	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 13	2:00 PM	Lindsey Wilson at Campbellsville	FCS Atlantic	Jim Tirey	Brian Rive
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:00 PM	Maryland at Virginia	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:30 PM	UTSA at Rice	FCS Pacific	Adam Alexander	Dave Lapham	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:30 PM	Oklahoma State at Kansas	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	TCU at Baylor	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	Kentucky at Arkansas	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Oct. 13	8:00 PM	Ohio State at Indiana	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman

That’s all.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 6, 10/06/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Columbia, SC — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 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 Gamebreak — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

11:30 a.m.
Navy at Air Force — CBS (Spero Dedes/Steve Beuerlein/Otis Livingston)

noon
South Florida at Temple — Big East Network (Eamon McEnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Michigan State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Jansen)

Boston College at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Tommy Busterud)

Northwestern at Penn State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Arkansas at Auburn — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Tom Luginbill)
UConn at Rutgers — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Buffalo at Ohio — ESPN Plus/ESPN3 (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Kansas at Kansas State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Boise State at Southern Mississippi — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Albany at Bryant — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Cox Sports RI/Time Warner Cable Albany (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)

Mississippi State at Kentucky — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech at North Carolina — ACC Network

1 p.m.
Towson at James Madison — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Anthony Herron/Carolyn Manno)

3 p.m.
Arizona at Stanford — Fox/Fox Deportes (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Virginia at Duke — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Illinois at Wisconsin — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Oklahoma at Texas Tech — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)

LSU at Florida — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Tulsa at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Doug Chapman/Tammy Blackburn)

Maine at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet (California/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England/Northwest/Philadelphia)

Georgia Tech at Clemson — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Wake Forest at Maryland — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Iowa State at TCU — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Morgan/Laura McKeeman)

Montana at Northern Colorado — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Audience Network (DirecTV)

4 p.m.
Michigan at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

6 p.m.
Washington State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
North Texas at Houston — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Chicago/Houston/Mid-Atlantic)

Georgia at South Carolina — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)
Texas A&M at Mississippi — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Angela Mallen)
UNLV at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus/ESPN3 (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

West Virginia at Texas — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
Vanderbilt at Missouri — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Rice at Memphis — Fox College Sports Central (Steve Physioc/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

Montana State at Cal Davis — Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

7:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) vs. Notre Dame in Chicago, IL — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)

8 p.m.
Nebraska at Ohio State — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Hawaii at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Todd Christensen/Lauren Gardner)

Florida State at North Carolina State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Shelley Smith)

10 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
Washington at Oregon — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Lewis Johnson)
Southern at Alcorn State — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same day coverage)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 6 Including Announcing Assignments

We have the Fox Sports family of networks college football games for this weekend and even next Thursday. Fox has a day-night doubleheader. Big Ten Network has two games at noon and 4 p.m. ET. FX has a single game at noon. Let’s take a look at what the Fox networks have in store for college football fans below.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 6 & 11
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:00 PM	Arizona at Stanford	FOX/FOX Deportes	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	West Virginia at Texas	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Michigan St. at Indiana	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Albany at Bryant	FCS Atlantic	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Boise St. at Southern Miss	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Kansas at K-State	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:00 PM	Virginia at Duke	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:30 PM	Iowa St. at TCU	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 6	4:00 PM	Michigan at Purdue	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	Rice at Memphis	FCS Central	Steve Physioc	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	Vanderbilt at Missouri	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Thursday, Oct. 11	8:00 PM	UTEP at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman

That will do it.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 5, 09/29/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from East Lansing, MI — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6;30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

noon
Buffalo at UConn — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Indiana at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Janesen)

Stony Brook at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Linc Bradham)

Penn State at Illinois — ESPN/ESPN3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Minnesota at Iowa — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
NC State at Miami (Florida) — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Ball State at Kent State — ESPN Plus/CSS (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Baylor at West Virginia — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Missouri at Central Florida — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)
Middle Tennessee State at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Mike Hogewood/Riley Skinner/Elizabeth Moreau)
Central Connecticut Stat at Sacred Heart — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)
Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee-Martin — Fox College Sports Pacific (Kevin Ingram/Bob Belvin)

Penn at Dartmouth — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Arkansas at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Duke at Wake Forest — ACC Network

2 p.m.
Nevada at Texas State — Longhorn Network (Dave Armstrong/Kelly Stouffer)

3:15 p.m.
Marshall at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

3:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Michigan State — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Tennessee at Georgia — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
San Jose State at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

Clemson at Boston College — ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati at Landover, MD — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)
URI at Bowling Green — ESPN3 (Greg Franke/Tom Cole)

Houston vs. Rice (at Reliant Stadium) — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WMCN/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
Idaho at North Carolina — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)
West Chester at California (PA) — Fox College Sports Pacific (Stan Savern/John Sanders)

Atlanta Football Classic
Florida A&M vs. Southern — NBC Sports Network (James Verrett/Anthony Herron/Rashan Ali)

Montana State at Southern Utah — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

4 p.m.
Arizona State at Cal — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

6 p.m.
Florida State at South Florida — ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)

UCLA at Colorado — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Georgia State at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/CSS

South Carolina at Kentucky — ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Towson at LSU — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

TCU at SMU — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Texas Tech at Iowa State — Fox College Sports Central (Mike Gleason/Dave Lapham/Lesley McCaslin)

Montana at Eastern Washington — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

7:50 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma State — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

8 p.m.
Wisconsin at Nebraska — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Louisville at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

9:15 p.m.
Mississippi at Alabama — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Jessica Mendoza)

10 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
Oregon vs. Washington State at Seattle, WA — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Shelley Smith)
Grambling State at Alabama A&M — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same night coverage)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 5 Including Announcing Assignments

Let’s take a look at the college football game with announcing assignments on the Fox Sports Media Group. Overall, 15 games aired either on Big Ten Network, Fox, FX, Fox College Sports and Fox Sports Net.

Take a look at what the networks will have in conferences ranging from the Big Ten, Big 12, C-USA, Pac-12 and others.

Check it out.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
September 29
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

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DATE	TIME	GAME
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:30 PM	Texas at Oklahoma St.	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Indiana at Northwestern	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	CCSU at Sacred Heart	FCS Atlantic	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Eastern Kentucky at UT-Martin	FCS Pacific	Kevin Ingram	Bob Belvin
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Middle Tennessee State at Georgia Tech	FS South	Mike Hogewood	Riley Skinner	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Missouri at UCF	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Baylor at West Virginia	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:15 PM	Marshall at Purdue	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	West Chester at California University (PA)	FCS Pacific	Stan Savern	John Sanders
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	Idaho at North Carolina	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	Houston vs. Rice (from Reliant Stadium)	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Sept. 29	4:00 PM	Arizona St. at Cal	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 29	6:30 PM	Portland State at Northern Arizona	FCS Pacific	Mitch Strohman	Kevin Stephens	Reggie Eccleston
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:00 PM	Texas Tech at Iowa St.	FCS Central	Mike Gleason	Dave Lapham	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:00 PM	TCU at SMU	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox

That’s it.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 4, 09/22/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Tallahassee, FL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 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, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Central Michigan at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Danan Hughes/Tom Helmer)
UAB at Ohio State — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)

Lafayette at Bucknell — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook)

New Hampshire at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)
Furman at Presbyterian — CSS

Virginia at TCU — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
UTEP at Wisconsin — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Bowling Green at Virginia Tech — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
UMass at Miami (OH) — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Maryland at West Virginia — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Mississippi at Tulane — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

Kentucky at Florida — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Army at Wake Forest — ACC Network

1 p.m.
Yale at Cornell — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Blaine Fowler/Kelli Johnson)

3 p.m.
Miami at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Oregon State at UCLA — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
Temple at Penn State — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

Eastern Michigan at Michigan State — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/Rebecca Haarlow)
Idaho State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Kelly Stouffer/Damon Benning)
South Dakota at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Jon Jansen/Evan Fitzgerald)

Missouri at South Carolina — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
VMI at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

Villanova at Penn — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
Marshall at Rice — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid-Atlantic Plus)

East Carolina at North Carolina — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Indiana (PA) at California (PA) — Fox College Sports Pacific (Stan Savern/John Sanders)

4 p.m.
Colorado at Washington State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

4:30 p.m.
Harvard at Brown — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

South Florida at Ball State — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz/Infante)

6 p.m.
Cal at USC — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

7 p.m.
Delaware at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

LSU at Auburn — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Rutgers at Arkansas — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

Lehigh at Liberty — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Degler/Mike Yadush)
Wagner at Central Connecticut State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)
South Carolina State at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

7:30 p.m.
Akron at Tennessee — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering/Angela Mallen)

Kansas State at Oklahoma — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

Michigan at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)

7:45 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Georgia — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Maria Taylor)

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

Louisiana Tech at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/J Leman/Tony Banks)
Syracuse at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Matt Shephard/Chris Martin/Jay Wilson)

Fresno State at Tulsa — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

10 p.m.
Utah at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

10:30 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon State — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shelley Smith)

Nevada at Hawai’i — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 4 Including Announcing Assignments

Ok, let’s bring you the college football games on Fox Sports’ networks. Overall, there will be 16 games spanning Big Ten Network to Fox College Sports to FX to Fox Sports Net to Fox Sports itself.

Fox has its first primetime Big 12 game with Kansas State at Oklahoma with Gus Johnson, Charles Davis and Julie Alexandria on the call.

FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader. Fox Sports Net has one national Conference USA game at noon ET.

Let’s take a look at what we have for you.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule

September 22
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:30 PM	K-State at Oklahoma	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	UAB at Ohio St.	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Central Michigan at Iowa	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Danan Hughes	Tom Helmer
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Ole Miss at Tulane	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Maryland at West Virginia	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:00 PM	Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Eastern Michigan at Michigan State	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Idaho State at Nebraska	BTN	Tom Werme	Kelly Stouffer	Damon Benning
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	South Dakota at Northwestern	BTN	Wayne Larrivee	Jon Jansen	Evan Fitzgerald
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Indiana Uni. (PA) at California Uni. (PA)	FCS Pacific	Stan Savern	John Sanders
Saturday, Sept. 22	4:00 PM	Colorado at Washington St.	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	Lehigh at Liberty	FCS Atlantic	Steve Degler	Mike Yadush
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	Wagner at CCSU	FCS Pacific	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	South Carolina St. at Texas A&M	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 22	8:00 PM	Syracuse at Minnesota	BTN	Matt Shepard	Chris Martin	Jay Wilson
Saturday, Sept. 22	8:00 PM	Louisiana Tech at Illinois	BTN	Chris Denari	J Leman	Tony Bank

That’s going to do it for this post.

Big Ten Network Pulled Off Dish

Received a statement from Big Ten Network overnight that the temporary agreement between BTN and Dish Network has expired and the channel is no longer on the satellite provider’s lineup.

Twice over the last few weeks, the two companies had come to terms on temporary agreements that would keep Big Ten Network on Dish while they would continue to negotiate a long-term arrangement. However, the last temporary agreement expired at midnight and Dish chose to pull Big Ten Network from it lineup.

No word if Dish will continue talks or if the two sides will wage a public relations battle in the interim.

Here’s BTN’s statement on the matter.

BTN Agreement with DISH Expired

As of September 14th, BTN’s distribution agreement with Dish expired despite our best efforts to finalize an agreement. We are disappointed that Dish does not see the value in the network in the same way that so many of their customers do, including Big Ten students, alumni, fans and viewers across the country who continue to pay Dish for a channel they no longer receive.

Let’s see how long this lasts. These disputes are so silly and only hurt the customer.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 3, 09/16/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame and Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Knoxville, TN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Cal at Ohio State — ABC (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)

Charleston Southern at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Matt Shepard/J Leman/Tony Banks)
Eastern Michigan at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Rebecca Haarlow)
Western Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Justin Cozemius/Stacy Paetz)

Northern Illinois at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Army Cadet Brad Strimel)

Wake Forest at Florida State — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Arkansas State at Nebraska — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

TCU at Kansas — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)

William & Mary at Towson — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
UConn at Maryland — ACC Network

Presbyterian at Vanderbilt — CSS (Dave Neal/Cole Cubelic)

3 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Oregon — Pac 12 Netowrk (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
Navy at Penn State — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
North Carolina at Louisville — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kannell/Maria Taylor)

Boston College at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Josh Lewin/Josh Jansen/Evan Fitzgerald)
UMass at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)
Northern Iowa at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Danan Hughes/Damon Benning)

Alabama at Arkansas — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
East Carolina at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook/Evan Washburn)

URI at Villanova — Comcast SportsNet (California/Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England/Philadelphia)

Virginia at Georgia Tech — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Texas A&M at SMU — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WDCA/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purcell)

4 p.m.
Stony Brook at Syracuse — Big East Network

Portland State at Washington — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

Boise State at Miami (OH) — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

6 p.m.
Florida at Tennessee — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

7 p.m.
Arizona State at Missouri — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shelley Smith)
Western Kentucky at Kentucky — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

North Texas at Kansas State — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
UAB at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Sam Houston State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central (Steve Physioc/Gary Reasons/Emily Jones)
New Mexico State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific (Mike Gleason/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

7:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Georgia — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering)

USC at Stanford — Fox, 7:50 p.m. (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Michigan State — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Ball State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/Kelly Stouffer/Antwaan Randle El)
Utah State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/Jay Wilson)

Colorado at Fresno State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

9:15 p.m.
Texas at Mississippi — ESPN (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

10 p.m.
BYU at Utah — ESPN2 (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley/Paul Carcaterra)

10:30 p.m.
Howard at Norfolk State — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker)

Houston at UCLA — Pac 12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)
South Carolina State at Arizona — Pac 12 Network Arizona (Dave Flemming/Coy Wire/Brook Oldenzam)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 3

Time for the Fox networks’ schedule of games on Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox College Sports and Big Ten Network.

Fox’s game in primetime will be in the Pac-12 with USC visiting the Stanford Cardinal. FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader starting at noon ET.

Big Ten Network has regional coverage of eight games spread out over a tripleheader at noon, 3:30 and 8 p.m. ET.

Fox Sports Net also has a tripleheader involving the Big 12 and Conference USA.

Lots of games and we also have the announcing assignments.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
September 15
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:30 PM	USC at Stanford	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Western Michigan at Minnesota	BTN	Wayne Larrivee	Justin Cozemius	Stacy Paetz
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Charleston Southern at Illinois	BTN	Matt Shepard	J Leman	Tony Banks
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Eastern Michigan at Purdue	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma St.	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	TCU at Kansas	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Massachusetts at Michigan	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Boston College at Northwestern	BTN	Josh Lewin	Jon Jansen	Evan Fitzgerald
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Northern Iowa at Iowa	BTN	Tom Werme	Danan Hughes	Damon Benning
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Texas A&M at SMU	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:00 PM	Furman at Clemson	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 15	4:00 PM	Portland State at Washington (from CenturyLink Field)	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	New Mexico at Texas Tech	FCS Pacific	Mike Gleason	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	Sam Houston St. at Baylor	FCS Central	Steve Physioc	Gary Reasons	Emily Jones
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	North Texas at K-State	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	UAB at South Carolina	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 15	8:00 PM	Utah State at Wisconsin	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	Jay Wilson
Saturday, Sept. 15	8:00 PM	Ball State at Indiana	BTN	Chris Denari	Kelly Stouffer	Antwaan Randle El

That’s going to do it. We have another Fox Sports press release involving college sports coming up.

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/08/12, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from College Station, TX — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 7 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Penn State at Virginia — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/George Smith)

NC State at UConn — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

New Hampshire at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/J Leman)

Auburn at Mississippi State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Central Florida at Ohio State — ESPN 2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Maryland at Temple — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Miami at Kansas State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Tulane at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WLVI/KICU (Rod Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

East Carolina at South Carolina — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Ball State at Clemson — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Weber State at BYU — BYU TV

North Carolina at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Eastern Washington at Washington State — Pac 12 Network (Oregon & Washington) (Dwayne Ballen/Kelly Stouffer)
Sacramento State at Colorado — Pac 12 Network (Mountain) (Matt Smith/Jeremy Bloom)
Southern Utah at Cal — Pac 12 Network (National) (Rich Cellini/Gary Plummer/Erin Coscarelli)

3:30 p.m.
Air Force at Michigan — ABC/ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
USC vs. Syracuse at East Rutherford, NJ — ABC/ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Shelley Smith)

Howard at Rutgers — Big East Network (Mike Corey/Rene Ingoglia)
Missouri State at Louisville — Big East Network

Iowa State at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Chuck Long/Jon Jansen)

South Florida at Nevada — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Florida at Texas A&M — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)
Michigan State at Central Michigan — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Rice at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU/WDCA (Joel Meyers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Carnegie Mellon at Allegheny College — Fox College Sports Atlantic (John Sanders/Ellis Cannon/Amanda McCall)

Purdue at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Delaware State at Delaware — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Western Kentucky at Alabama — SEC Network (Mike Morgan/Chris Doering/Jill Montgomery)

4 p.m.
Wisconsin at Oregon State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

6:30 p.m.
Fresno State at Oregon — Pac 12 Network (National) (Ted Robinson/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Washington at LSU — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

UTEP at Mississippi — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Western Carolina at Marshall — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Gleason/Gary Reasons/Lesley McCaslin)
Grambling State at TCU — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox College Sports Pacific (Mark Followill/JC Pearson/Emily Jones)

7:30 p.m.
Kent State at Kentucky — CSS (Matt Stewart/Cole Cubelic/Angela Mallen)

Nebraska at UCLA — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

Army at San Diego State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

7:45 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Quint Kussenich)

8 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)

Louisiana Tech at Houston — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook/Evan Washburn)

New Mexico at Texas — Longhorn Network (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley/Kaylee Hartung)

10:30 p.m.
Illinois at Arizona State — ESPN (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

Duke at Stanford — Pac 12 Network (Bay Area) (Dave Flemming/Coy Wire/Brooke Olzendam)
Oklahoma State at Arizona — Pac 12 Network (National) (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 2

Take a look at the games on the Fox Sports platforms for this week.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
September 8
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 8	7:30 PM	Nebraska at UCLA	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 8	12:00 PM	New Hampshire at Minnesota	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	J Leman
Saturday, Sept. 8	12:00 PM	Tulane at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 8	12:00 PM	Miami (FL) at K-State	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 8	3:00 PM	North Carolina at Wake Forest	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 8	3:30 PM	Iowa St. at Iowa	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin & Chuck Long	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Sept. 8	3:30 PM	Carnegie Mellon at Allegheny College	FCS	John Sanders	Ellis Cannon	Amanda McCall
Saturday, Sept. 8	3:30 PM	Rice at Kansas	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Sept. 8	4:00 PM	Wisconsin at Oregon St.	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 8	7:00 PM	W. Carolina at Marshall	FCS	Mike Gleason	Gary Reasons	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 8	7:00 PM	UTEP at Ole Miss	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 8	7:00 PM	Grambling St. at TCU	FSSW Plus	Mark Followill	JC Pearson	Emily Jones
Saturday, Sept. 8	8:00 PM	Vanderbilt at Northwestern	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington

That’s it.

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/01/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows: 
Inside College Football: Notre Dame-Navy Kickoff — CBS Sports Network, 7 a.m.
College GameDay live from Arlington, TX (season premiere) — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday (series premiere) — Fox, 7 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

9 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Navy at Dublin, Ireland — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson/David Feherty)

noon
Miami (OH) at Ohio State — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)

Ohio at Penn State — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Tom Rinaldi/Mark Schwartz)
Northwestern at Syracuse — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Jenn Brown)
Western Michigan at Illinois — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Marshall at West Virginia — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Appalachian State at East Carolina — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Rod Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)
Troy at UAB — Fox College Sports Pacific (Mike Gleason/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

Buffalo at Georgia — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Elon at North Carolina — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Richmond at Virginia — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Nevada at Cal — Pac 12 Network (Dave Flemming/Coy Wire/Brooke Olzendam)

3:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Boston College — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Southern Mississippi at Nebraska — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

Eastern Kentucky at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/J Leman)
Northern Iowa at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jay Wilson)

Bowling Green at Florida — ESPN (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
Iowa vs. Northern Illinois at Chicago, IL — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Tulsa at Iowa State — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mark Followill/Gary Reasons)

4 p.m.
Furman at Samford — CSS

Colorado State vs. Colorado at Denver, CO — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

7 p.m.
Clemson vs. Auburn at Atlanta, GA — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
North Texas at LSU — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

Jackson State at Mississippi State — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Savannah State at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Central (Kevin Eschenfelder/ND Kalu/Erin Bajackson)
Northwestern State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bill Land/Dave Lapham/Emily Jones)

7:30 p.m.
Hawai’i at USC — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

8 p.m.
Alabama vs. Michigan at Arlington, TX — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Indiana State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Jon Jansen/Antwaan Randle El)

Rutgers at Tulane — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Doug Chapman/Tammy Blackburn)

Texas State at Houston — CSS

Wyoming at Texas — Longhorn Network (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley/Kaylee Hartung)

10:30 p.m.
Arkansas State at Oregon — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/ Shelley Smith)
Toledo at Arizona — ESPNU (oe Davis/Mike Bellotti)

Oklahoma at UTEP — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)

San Diego State at Washington — Pac 12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 1

We have what’s in store for Fox Sports’ cable and broadcast networks this weekend in college football. Of course, it marks the debut of the new pregame show hosted by Erin Andrews with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington. Plus Fox will have primetime games throughout the season except during October when it will focus on the National League Championship Series and the World Series.

Let’s take a look at what you’ll see on the Fox Sports Media Group including Fox, Big Ten Network, FX, Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports. It’s all listed below.

FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES

A New Era in College Football Begins Saturday
Andrews, Harrington & George Gets Fans Ready for Kick-Off with FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY at 7:00 PM ET
Johnson & Davis Call FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL Premiere: Hawai’i at No. 1 USC

FOX SPORTS KICKS-OFF COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IN PRIMETIME – All eyes will be on Los Angeles Saturday, Sept. 1 (7:00 PM ET) as FOX Sports kicks-off 13 consecutive weeks of college football action, including 12 primetime games and seven doubleheaders.  Expected Heisman Trophy candidate Matt Barkley begins his quest to lead preseason No. 1 USC to a national title when the Trojans host Hawai’i. College Football on FOX’s lead broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, analyst Charles Davis and reporter Julie Alexandria call the action from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

FOX’s coverage begins with the premiere of FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY.  Erin Andrews hosts the new college football pregame show, originating live each week from FOX’s brand new state-of-the-art studio in the FOX Network Center in Los Angeles.  Joining Andrews in studio for FOX Sports’ first-ever regular-season over-the-air college football package as analysts are Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and former Oregon All-American Quarterback Joey Harrington.  Additionally, the trio handles all halftime and postgame studio coverage.

Each weekend throughout the college football season, FOX Sports Media Group will also provide a comprehensive schedule of games on its regional sports networks. Action kicks off Saturday, Sept. 1 (12:00 PM ET) with an intense in-state battle as star quarterback Geno Smith attempts to lead No. 11 ranked West Virginia to victory over Marshall on FX.  That game marks WVU’s first game as a member of the Big 12 Conference.  Other Week 1 games include Troy at UAB (12:00 PM ET) on FCS, Tulsa at Iowa State (3:30 PM ET) on FSN, Oklahoma at UTEP (10:30 PM ET) on FSN and SMU at Baylor Sunday, Sept. 2 (6:30 PM ET) on FSN.

For instant updates during the week and games from the entire CFB on FOX crew, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CFBONFOX. Fans can gain more access to exclusive FOX Sports content by logging on to www.facebook.com/foxsports.

HARRINGTON, GEORGE & ANDREWS PREVIEW 2012 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON  –  A new era in college football coverage starts this weekend with the premiere of FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY with host Erin Andrews, Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Famer Eddie George and former Oregon All-American quarterback Joey Harrington. The new team previewed the FOX College Football season yesterday afternoon. Transcribed highlights are below.

George on who can challenge the SEC for the national title: “Florida State appears loaded.  They brought back EJ Manuel and one of the best defenses in the country. They also have the easiest road to get to the championship game. Talented teams like Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, USC and Oregon are going to have something to say but Florida State has a chance.”

Harrington on the sleeper team in the SEC: “I’m not as high on LSU as everybody else is right now. The quarterback hasn’t played a down of D-1 football yet and they lost their top-two corners. As good as LSU and Alabama were on defense, South Carolina’s defense got completely ignored and were phenomenal. South Carolina is in position to make a splash.”

Harrington on starting a freshman quarterback: “There are two reasons a freshman is going to be playing: one is necessity and two is he’s just that much better. Even if he’s more physically talented than the other guys out there, there’s still going to be struggles. That’s the nature of being a freshman quarterback. The success of the team is going to be dependent on what their supporting cast is. Even with a guy who has that type of understanding of the game of football you’re going to make a lot of mistakes. It’s going to come down to young kid’s ability to bounce back from a bad game, a play of a bad series. I’ve never been in a position of making that decision as a head coach but I wouldn’t choose to play a freshman quarterback unless I really had to. ”

Andrews on her transition from sidelines to studio: “I’ll miss being on campus. I did it for 10 years. I’m a sports fan and who doesn’t love having the best seats in the house right down there on the sidelines? This is another way to become more versatile and I’ll have my opportunities to get out on the field for NFL.”

Andrews on working with Eddie George and Joey Harrington: “The No.1 thing that sold me on this college football show was Eddie and Joey. The second I sat down with those two and started talking college football I was so excited. They live and breathe it. They don’t agree on a lot of things and that will separate our show from a lot of other shows. You don’t want guys that think the same way about teams, players and coaching styles.”

George on managing the game plan with first-year quarterbacks in college football: “First-year quarterbacks play with some excitement and some fear.  You’d have to expect the game plans to be simplified and geared to their skill set which puts the onus of winning on the defense.  Any team with a first-year quarterback depends heavily on their running game. Speaking with Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy about freshman quarterback Wes Lunt, he agreed with me saying they’re not going to overwhelm him with too much work.  Simplify the game plan.”

George on challenges the once dominant Miami Hurricanes face this year:  “With the scrutiny they’ve had under the last year and a half, it’s tough for Miami to bring in the same type of talent that they have through the years.  It’ll be another year of struggle for them after losing Ray-Ray Armstrong who was a key leader in their secondary. They have a huge question mark at the quarterback position and lost key guys out of the backfield from last year. They’re going to go through their rebuilding phase and they’re right in the middle of that.”

FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP WEEKEND COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
*All Times Eastern

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 1	7: 30 PM	Hawai’i at USC	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 1	12:00 PM	Miami (Ohio) at Ohio St.	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington
Saturday, Sept. 1	12:00 PM	Troy at UAB	FCS	Mike Gleason	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 1	12:00 PM	Appalachian St. at East Carolina	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 1	12:00 PM	Marshall at West Virginia	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 1	3:00 PM	Richmond at Virginia	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreath
Saturday, Sept. 1	3:30 PM	Northern Iowa at Wisconsin	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jay Wilson
Saturday, Sept. 1	3:30 PM	Eastern Kentucky at Purdue	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	J Leman
Saturday, Sept. 1	3:30 PM	Tulsa at Iowa St.	FSN (National)	Mark Followill	Gary Reasons	TBA
Saturday, Sept. 1	4:00 PM	Colorado St. vs. Colorado (From Denver)	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 1	7:00 PM	Savannah St. at Oklahoma St.	FCS	Kevin Eschenfelder	ND Kalu	Erin Bajackson
Saturday, Sept. 1	7:00 PM	Northwestern St. at Texas Tech	FSSW Plus	Bill Land	Dave Lapham	Emily Jones
Saturday, Sept. 1	7:00 PM	Jackson St. at Miss St.	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 1	8:00 PM	Indiana State at Indiana	BTN	Wayne Larrivee	Jon Jansen	Antwaan Randle El
Saturday, Sept. 1	10:30 PM	Oklahoma at UTEP	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Sunday, Sept. 2	6:30 PM	SMU at Baylor	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox

There you have it.

Breaking Out Some Thursday Linkage

Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood.

Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing.

Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says YouTube is looking to further strengthen its live sports portfolio after streaming Olympic content in Africa and Asia.

Austin Karp of SBJ says NBC’s Olympic ratings remain ahead of Beijing’s pace.

Michael Katz of USA Today notes that USA gold medal-winning gymnast McKayla Maroney taught NBC’s Jenna Bush how to do the Dougie. Can’t wait for Colin Cowherd to criticize both for their upbringings.

Speaking of McKayla, Erin Carlson of the Hollywood Reporter notes that one of the funniest internet memes has come Maroney’s reaction to winning the silver medal last week in the individual vault event. Here is the site, “McKayla Maroney is not Impressed” which is being updated quite frequently.

Major League Baseball has released the 2012 Postseason schedule with networks.

John Eggerton at Broadcasting & Cable says Comcast is still fighting an FCC decision requiring the cable provider to make room for Tennis Channel.

Dan Alexander at Forbes writes that the U.S. Fierce Five gymnasts stand to make a lot of money in endorsements.

Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age says the 2012 Olympics may be winding down, but NBCUniversal has already sold a portion of its ad time for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Toni Fitzgerald of Media Life says NBC’s strategy to put the Olympics on NBC Sports Network is paying off.

Steve Lepore at SB Nation provides his rankings for NBC’s Olympic announcers.

Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report is surprised to learn that CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus and golf producer Lance Barrow aren’t concerned with slow play in golf.

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says critics of NBC’s tape delays should be focusing their anger at something else.

Steve Myers at the Poynter Institute says a new Gallup Poll finds viewers want their Olympics live in primetime.

Stephen Douglas at The Big Lead has video of Fox’s Erin Andrews and Eddie George dancing to “Call Me Maybe”.

NBC Sports provides a sneak peek at its new digs currently under construction in Connecticut.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group explores how the Olympics are being sent to Australia.

Bill Carter of the New York Times writes that female Olympic athletes are finding the spotlight and scrutiny rather harsh, especially Lolo Jones.

Arthur S. Brisbane, the Times’ public editor believes Jeré Longman’s article that began the public takedown of Jones was too harsh.

Sam Borden of the Times says viewers of women’s water polo are getting a bit more exposure than they anticipated.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette notes that ESPNU won’t airing any college hockey regular season games again.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record notes that local radio stations will be picking up national college and NFL broadcasts this fall.

In Press Box, Dave Hughes from DCRTV.com notes that Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic will be all over the Baltimore Ravens and DC NFL Team in the preseason.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun looks at a poll which shows a majority of Americans like how NBC is handling the Olympics.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says MLB Network’s Kevin Millar and ESPN’s Dick Vitale (?) are weighing in on the Nationals’ strategy to shut down pitcher Stephen Strasburg.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner writes that NBC is setting viewership records both online and on TV for the Olympics.

At the Bleacher Report, Jim looks at Telemundo’s coverage of the 2012 London Games.

Back to Eric Deggans, this time in his home newspaper the Tampa Bay Times, says NBC’s syndicated Olympic Zone program blurs the line between real news and advertising.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer notes that the Reds’ hot July pumped Fox Sports Ohio’s ratings.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Big Ten Network’s college football announcers have some local ties.

Danny Ecker of Crain’s Chicago Business writes that local TV ratings for the Olympics are good, but not at the top of the country.

David Brauer of the Minnesota Post looks at Minneapolis-St. Paul’s radio ratings including the sports radio wars.

Scott D. Pierce from the Salt Lake Tribune says Salt Lake has the highest ratings in the nation for the Olympics once again.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says it’s about time for the annual Vin Scully announcement on whether he’ll return for another season.

Sports Media Watch has some of the bottom feeders among the local ratings for the Olympics.

Joe Favorito says the soccer exhibition “friendlies” may now be over in the U.S., but they helped to grow the game.

The latest Awful Announcing podcast has ESPN’s Darren Rovell as the guest.

Dave Kohl at the Broadcast Booth looks at some teams making flagship radio station moves.

And that’s going to finish us for today.

Big Ten Network Unveils Its On-Air Talent For Football

This is from the Big Ten Network or BTN for short. We have the roster for the game announcers and studio teams.

As usual, Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will be your studio team for pregame, halftime and postgame shows.

There will be three main team utilized throughout the season:

Eric Collins/Derek Rackley
Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin
Matt Devlin/Glenn Mason

Other play-by-play voices include returnee Wayne Larivee, voice of the Green Bay Packers, Brian Anderson, TV voice of the Milwaukee Brewers and MLB on TBS, and Josh Lewin, a radio voice of the New York Mets and main announcer for the San Diego Chargers.

Here’s the BTN press release.

BTN Announces On-Air Talent Roster for 2012 Football Season

Network adds some names familiar to B1G fans

CHICAGO – BTN today revealed its game broadcast teams and studio talent for the 2012 football season. The network’s football schedule will feature more than 40 games, extensive pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage on Saturdays and football-themed studio shows every weeknight.

For the sixth straight year, Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will anchor the network’s game-day studio coverage on Big Ten Football Saturday, and will contribute to additional studio shows during the week.

BTN’s broadcast teams for football telecasts include Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Derek Rackley (analyst); Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Chris Martin (analyst) and Matt Devlin (play-by-play) and Glen Mason (analyst).

Additional play-by-play voices for football are returning talent Wayne Larrivee and Brian Anderson, currently the television voice of the Milwaukee Brewers who also does college basketball broadcasts for BTN and CBS and MLB games for TBS. Northwestern graduate Josh Lewin, play-by-play announcer of the New York Mets on WFAN and current radio voice of the San Diego Chargers, also joins the BTN group of announcers.

In addition to Anderson and Lewin, new voices include Antwaan Randle El (studio analyst and sideline), Tom Waddle (studio analyst), Chuck Long (studio and game analyst,) and J Leman (game analyst and sideline). Former Indiana quarterback Randle El retired from the NFL just this month after spending 10 years in the league. Waddle is a former Chicago Bears wide receiver and current Chicago radio co-host. He also will co-host The Next Level, BTN’s weekly show featuring the NFL play of former Big Ten stars and the professional potential of current Big Ten student-athletes. Long is a former Iowa quarterback and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Leman is a former Illinois linebacker.

Additional new faces on BTN include Evan Fitzgerald, Northwestern graduate and current sports anchor at CBS 58 in Milwaukee; Damon Benning, former Nebraska running back; and Justin Conzemius, former Minnesota defensive back.

Another post is coming up.

The Pre-Olympic Linkage

The Olympics get started tomorrow with women’s soccer action and while the Games don’t officially begin until Friday with the Opening Ceremony (live in most countries except the United States), today is really the calm before the Olympic storm. Starting tomorrow and going through August 12, this site will be awash in Olympics sports media coverage as it was in 2008 for Beijing and 2010 in Vancouver. While I’ll be covering other sports media news, I’ll be focusing on NBC’s coverage, the business of the Olympics and other news out of London. I hope you’ll continue to visit.

Ok, let’s do the linkage. It’s time to bring it back. I was doing so well last week, six straight days of links, then last Friday, I got bogged down with family stuff and wasn’t able to do what I wanted to. Sometimes that happens. Time to take life back now.

Starting with the great Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, he has his Media Power List for July.

Ed Sherman of the Sherman Report talks with Big Ten Network’s President about doing an about-face and covering the Penn State story wall-to-wall on Monday.

Ed talks with NBC Olympics Executive Producer Jim Bell who takes the reins from his mentor, former NBC Sports Emperor Dick Ebersol, for London.

Sports Business Journal interviews the President of the Jacksonville Jaguars about stadium technology and the NFL Blackout policy.

Daniel Frankel of paidContent says the next sports network carriage dispute will be between the Pac-12 Networks and the two major satellite TV providers.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today says NBC will provide an Olympics “Red Zone Channel” that will be online-only.

Shira Ovide of the Wall Street Journal says NBC will delay the Olympics Opening Ceremony and it won’t be seen live on cable or online.

The Big Lead says ESPN lured Brett McMurphy away from CBSSports.com to become one of its college football insiders.

Gabriel Beltone of Adweek looks at some of the best Olympic ads thus far.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says CBS Sports Network will piggyback on CBS’ coverage of the PGA Championship and US Open tennis.

Rich Thomaselli of Advertising Age writes that the Penn State scandal could hurt the school’s marketability down the road.

David Goetzl at MediaPost says McDonald’s has begun its Olympic marketing campaign.

Steve McClellan at MediaPost writes that the Olympics help brand awareness.

Evan Weiner of Examiner.com says the International Olympic Committee should honor the Israeli athletes who were massacred during the 1972 Munich Games.

Sports Video Group notes that the MLB At Bat mobile and tablet app had its 5 millionth download.

Merrill Knox of TVSpy says a former Washington DC sports anchor returns home to the Bay Area.

Excellent story from Jason Schwartz of Boston Magazine on the hard fall of Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios. Nothing to do with sports media, but very good reporting.

The Boston Bruins announced Monday that it has signed an extension with radio flagship WBZ-FM.

The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir says you’ll be able to see all of NBC’s live Olympics streams, provided you sign up.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks about Sports Illustrated coming to TV.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union says the Open Championship received its highest overnight rating in four years.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record writes that NBC’s Olympic specialty channels will be picked up locally.

Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer says Comcast will be all over the Olympics on its cable platforms.

David Selig of the Baltimore Sun says an Orioles pitching prospect will be featured on tonight’s premiere of Sports Illustrated on NBC Sports Network.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog notes that the area’s sports radio stations are getting ready for the Robert Griffin III era in DC.

Dan notes that Maryland’s field hockey coach Missy Meharg who will be an Olympics analyst for NBC.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner talks with Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci who will be a part of the magazine’s TV premiere tonight.

KSAT-TV in San Antonio named Jessica Ghawi an honorary member of its sports department. She was one of the 12 victims killed in the Aurora, CO movie theater massacre.

Jerry Garcia of the San Antonio Express-News writes about the KSAT honor for Jessica.

Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch says MLB Advanced Media is bad for baseball.

Dusty Saunders of the Denver Post says NBC’s Olympic coverage begins and ends with the Holy Diminutive One, Bob Costas.

Ben Fong-Torres of the San Francisco Chronicle profiles Ron Barr and his Sports Byline USA network which keeps plugging along from the Bay Area in a world dominated by ESPN Radio.

Joe Lucia at Awful Announcing says Big Ten Network got the job done in covering the Penn State sanctions on Monday.

Sports Media Watch has some various ratings news and notes.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says ESPN should air TSN’s SportsCentre to gain street cred with hockey fans.

Tony Manfred of the Business Insider’s Sports page notes that the Olympics helped to transform one of London’s seedier neighborhoods into a showcase.

And that’s going to do it.

Doing Some Tuesday Linkage

I was expecting to be out of the office today, but with the temperatures over 90 in Southern New England, being inside with air conditioning is probably the way to go today. I hope wherever you are, you’re staying cool and away from the sun.

I have some links.

Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter says the BBC is defending the size of its staff devoted to covering the London Olympics pointing out that NBC is bringing almost four times BBC’s number.

Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable writes that ESPN has hired an internationally-known soccer journalist to bolster its website.

Tim says Golf Channel has made a couple of hires.

George Winslow at Broadcasting & Cable writes that the Pac-12 Networks have selected Cisco to distribute video throughout its systems.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says a US-based martial arts network is attempting to gain a foothold in Europe.

Gabriel Belton of Adweek looks at a new Olympics-themed ad from GlaxoSmithKline.

Rupal Parekh at Advertising Age says Ralph Lauren is taking a huge PR hit over its “Made in Communist China” US Olympic Opening Ceremony uniforms.

Michelle Smith of espnW profiles Lydia Murphy-Stephens who’s helping to launch the Pac-12 Networks.

Timothy Burke at Deadspin notes that NBC’s Today Show ran video of the wrong man during an interview with Philadelphia Eagles’  quarterback Michael Vick.

John Koblin of Deadspin says Sports Illustrated will not run an excerpt of Joe Posnanski’s upcoming book on Joe Paterno.

Ed Sherman in The Sherman Report says a promotional video for Posnanski’s book seems to be seriously outdated in the wake of the Freeh Report released last week.

Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing explores whether Baseball Night in America was a ratings success for Fox.

Matt Yoder of AA talks with ESPN tome author James Andrew Miller in a podcast.

And Matt speaks with Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel about Penn State and the BCS in a new podcast.

How about one more podcast? Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina interviews Fox’s Erin Andrews on why she left ESPN.

Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo’s Puck Daddy explores whether the NHL’s new TV deals with NBC and HBO could prevent a prolonged lockout unlike the last one which wiped out an entire season.

At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times says the Freeh Report shows that journalists cannot take a college football program at face value.

Also at the National Sports Journalism Center, Michael Bradley blasts ESPN and Big Ten Network for their coverage of the Freeh Report.

Sports Video Group looks at a company that is streaming the Olympics to 70 countries worldwide.

Cork Gaines of the Business Insider Sports Page says ESPN actually censored its own Body Issue cover of New England  Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski this morning.

Newsday’s Neil Best ventures into NBC’s “Billion Dollar Lab” for the 2012 Olympics.

Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY notes that WFAN’s Mike Francesa tops the Talkers Magazine Heavy Hundred Sports Radio Talk Show Hosts.

The Albany Times Union’s Pete Dougherty discusses Golf Channel’s new hires.

Evan Weiner in the New Jersey Newsroom says the NFL is pricing out the regular fan.

Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning News says a former Eagles and Steelers offensive lineman is now working for NFL Films.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun is telling readers that Taylor Teagarden’s inadvertent “S” bomb after the Orioles win over Detroit on Fox Saturday is not a big deal.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog looks at where the local sports radio talkers rank on Talkers Heavy Hundred List.

Dan has video of a new Robert Griffin III commercial.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner explores the Nationals’ TV and radio ratings.

Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman notes that native Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers will be profiled on HBO’s Real Sports tonight.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer has video of Charlie Sheen appearing with Joe Morgan (?) on Jay Leno’s Show of Hacks.

Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch says ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue included a local Olympic volleyballer.

The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Chris Scott says the site’s own online TV service will be live from the Del Mar Racetrack this week for Opening Day.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News notes that the White House had trouble transcribing ESPN’s Mark Jones’ interview of President Obama during last night’s USA vs. Brazil pre-Olympic basketball exhibition game.

Bruce Dowbiggin at the Toronto Globe and Mail says NHL fans may not see hockey until at least Thanksgiving at the earliest.

Paulsen at Sports Media Watch has some ratings news and notes.

That’s going to end the links for today.

Preliminary 2012 SEC Football TV Schedule

This comes from the SEC’s website via CBSSports.com. This is the TV schedule for the SEC football season to date. We know the games through September 15 and a few other selections after that. But as we go further into the season, CBS and ESPN will make their selections and then the rest of the games will fall to the SEC Network, Fox Sports Net, CSS and other partners.

That will do it.

Some Rare Sunday Linkage

It used to be that I would be able to provide linkage all seven days of the week, but my schedule has been crazy lately especially on the weekends. My apologies for not being able to provide more weekend content.

But as I’m free right now, let’s not dilly-dally any longer and here are some links for you on this Sunday.

Christoper S. Stewart of the Wall Street Journal looks at NBC’s massive undertaking to provide online content for NBCOlympics.com.

Eddie Kim of Variety says it’ll be consumers, not the television networks who will decide how second screen usage in sports viewing will evolve.

Michael Malone of Broadcasting & Cable writes that NBC’s owned-and-operated will be sending reporters to cover the 2012 Olympics in London.

At The Sherman Report, Ed Sherman says ESPN Radio and Big Ten Network failed in covering the Louis Freeh report on Penn State and Joe Paterno.

Ed hears from fired San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Tim Sullivan who landed on his feet in Louisville.

The excellent ESPN.com college basketball writer Dana O’Neill has a response to those who feel female sportscasters must be hot in order to be on television, knowledge in sports be damned. Thanks to Trenni Kusnierek of WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee for the link.

The Associated Press has announced its Olympic coverage plans.

At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Ronnie Ramos looks at some of the more interesting ideas in sports and social media.

Sports Video Group has looks at the Olympic venues that we’ll be seeing over the 16 days of competition starting on July 27. Actually a couple of days earlier if you count the Soccer Tournament. Here’s Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Joe Favorito looks at the return of the New York Cosmos.

Chad Finn of the Boston Globe notes that despite a .500 season, NESN still drew viewers in the first half of the 2012 campaign.

Chad also has the Boston radio ratings for the Spring Arbitron book.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times writes about baseball stadia increasingly putting out the welcome mat for soccer exhibition games to generate new revenue.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post says the Freeh Report on Penn State shows that football was above the law.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union writes that the local NBC affiliate has a conflict with the Olympics and the New York Giants preseason opening game.

Pete has NFL Network’s extensive preseason game schedule.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says Giants fans will have to do a little searching for the team’s preseason games in August.

Ken has the Olympic Basketball Tournament viewing schedule.

Greg Connors of the Buffalo News looks forward to hearing the dulcet tones of Peter Alliss on the Open Championship this week.

Jim Williams at the Washington Examiner recaps the local reaction to the release of the Penn State report.

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times wonders if the future of talk radio lies with sports rather than politics.

Stephen F. Holder of the Times writes that the Buccaneers will adhere to the new NFL TV blackouts bucking what the Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers and Tennessee Titans had already announced.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Sentinel writes that the MLB All-Star Game received its lowest local ratings since 2005.

Back to Ed Sherman, he has an article in today’s Chicago Tribune on NBC’s new thinking about presenting every Olympic event live online.

Eric Zorn of the Tribune remembers a blind sportscaster who did his job so well, many listeners had no idea he was sightless. Thanks to Ed Sherman for the link.

The Reno Gazette-Journal talks with ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News notes that reports of Heather Cox replacing Erin Andrews on the sidelines for Saturday Night Football may be premature.

Sports Media Watch has a look at Fox’s primetime MLB ratings over its eight week span.

SMW says Detroit leads all local markets in the MLB ratings.

Paul M. Banks at the Sports Bank wonders if it’s time for Matt Millen to leave ESPN.

Media Rantz looks at the NFL teams deciding not to adhere to the new TV blackout rules.

EPL Talk has the schedule for some of exhibition soccer games on TV over the next few weeks.

And that’s going to complete our links for today. I hope to have another post for you later. I hope time will allow me to do so. It’ll be good, I promise.

Bringing You A Few Wednesday Sports Media Thoughts And More…

Let’s do a few sports media thoughts and a couple non-sports thoughts. They’re in bullet form, of course.

• Fox did its usual good job in covering the MLB All-Star Game. The production was spot on. Joe Buck was decent. Ken Rosenthal was good in his role. Fox did not shove Erin Andrews down our throats in her Fox debut as she made just a few appearances. Tim McCarver’s analysis still is lacking and there were times when his statements were head scratchers (“Electric stuff is a new baseball term”). Basing it on the pictures and replays, Fox usually steps up and it did so on Tuesday.

  However, the postgame ceremonies with All-Star Game MVP Melky Cabrera were quite awkward as MLB Commissioner Bud Selig looked confused and wooden like he always does and MLB Nerwork’s Matt Vasgersian wasn’t helpful as Cabrera had difficulty speaking English, yet Matt didn’t try to bail him out. He just let Melky struggle. Bad spot by Matt there.

  While the game was a blowout early and there was most likely a late tune out factor, the All-Star Game’s ratings will probably be on a par with last year’s all-time record low 6.9 rating.

• On Monday night, ESPN carried the Home Run Derby and while ratings for this year’s event were up compared to 2011, one had to think the numbers increased despite Chris Berman’s presence behind the mic.

  While the Derby itself was dull, the highlight of the broadcast was Hall of Fame Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett bringing barbecue ribs to the set and seeing John Kruk demolish them.

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Chris Berman’s act is old. ESPN puts him on the U.S. Open and Home Run Derby every year and the complaints about his performance pick up on social media. Every ball that was hit started with either a “WOW!” or an “OH!” How is that a good call? And when Berman tried to get cute with geography by saying one blast was headed to Omaha, Brett chimed in with “Wrong direction,” which made my night.

  Berman is not a play-by man and I wish he was taken off the Home Run Derby.

  The social media bashing of Berman will rise to new heights next month when he handles his first NFL play-by-play assignment.

• The Big Lead reported on Tuesday that ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball voice Dan Shulman could be in demand when his contract expires later this year.

  Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead wrote that Fox and possibly, NBC would be interested in Shulman’s services. Of course, Shulman can call baseball and basketball, both of which he calls very well. If Fox retains baseball, Shulman could easily supplant Joe Buck as lead voice, call the entire season of Fox Saturday Baseball which Buck does not do, and have a role in the MLB Postseason for the network. He could also call college basketball for either Fox’s cable entities, Big Ten Network or Fox Sports Net.

  Should NBC get a piece of the MLB contract, then Shulman again could be the lead voice and also call basketball if NBC gets Big East rights. Of course, NBC could also give Shulman an Olympic sport to call every two years.

  And there’s always the option that Dan could remain with ESPN where he calls the League Championship Series and World Series on Radio and call college basketball with a few NBA games thrown in for good measure.

  Shulman certainly has some options after the final out is recorded at this year’s World Series.

• After failing to come to an agreement, Viacom pulled 17 networks off DirecTV including MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Spike, among others. No one wins in these disputes. Both sides blame the other. It all comes down to money. Viacom wants more money from DirecTV, but the satellite provider says it doesn’t want to pay it. No matter what, I see a slide in the Viacom Network’s place. This is all unnecessary and avoidable, yet it happens time and time again.
• Is there a better network meteorologist than Ginger Zee of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News? I didn’t think so. She can chase storms for me any time.

And we’re done.

BTN2Go Now Available For Android Devices

The Big Ten Network, known as BTN for short, has announced that its popular BTN2Go app for iOS platforms is now available for download on Android devices.

BTN2Go allows cable subscribers who authenticate through an easy process to watch linear BTN programming live on their mobiles and tablets. I have BTN2Go on my iPad and it’s quite the joy to watch. In addition to watching the same BTN that’s available on TV, there are hundreds of other Big Ten Conference events that aren’t available on TV and can only be seen online.

According to Big Ten Network, the BTN2Go app is available for download at the Android Marketplace. Here’s the Big Ten Network press release.

BTN2Go NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID

Live BTN Games Headline an Extensive Slate of Programming Offered to Authenticated Subscribers

CHICAGO – BTN2Go, a 24/7 mobile extension of BTN delivering live and on-demand programming to existing BTN subscribers of participating providers via the web, smartphones and tablets, is now available for Android users.

BTN2Go is a live feed of all BTN television programming, including more than 40 football games, over 100 men’s basketball games and hundreds of other live events, as well as Extra Football Game Channels, on-demand programming and archived content. BTN2Go is one of only two nationally distributed TV Everywhere sports services, and has been available on the internet, iPad and iPhone platforms since last fall and is now available to Android users on both mobile devices and tablets.

“BTN2Go has been widely praised by our viewers who are, more than ever, demanding access to our content when and where they want it,” said Michael Calderon, BTN vice president, digital and interactive media.  “Adding Android’s mobile market share allows us to significantly increase access to Big Ten sports and an expanding portfolio of live and on-demand programming.”

There are more than 300 million activated Android devices, and every day more than 900,000 new devices are activated in more than 169 countries around the world.
BTN2Go is offered exclusively through BTN’s participating cable, satellite and telco distribution partners as an authenticated digital service to subscribers who already receive BTN as part of their video subscription. Current distribution partners are Bright House, Cablevision, Charter, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Time Warner Cable, Wide Open West, and Verizon FiOS.

Fans whose television providers already offer BTN2Go and wish to download it on their Android devices can go to Google Play.  More information about BTN2Go is available at BTN2Go.com

That’s all.

Fox Sports Announces 2012-13 College Football Schedule

Over the last hour or so, it’s been all-Pac-12, all the time. Let’s break that up with this post on the complete Fox Sports college football schedule for 2012-13. It will be filled with national matchups featuring the Big 12, Conference USA and Pac-12 including regional games on the Fox Sports Net affiliates from the ACC, Big East, Big Sky, SEC, Southland and WAC. Also, the Fox Sports-run Big Ten Network will air games involving teams from the Big Ten Conference.

Overall, the Fox Sports Media Group will carry 135 games across its various platforms, Fox Sports, FX, Fox Sports Net and the Big Ten Network.

This marks the first year of Fox Sports airing games across the Fox network in primetime on Saturday nights. Most of its schedule will involve the Pac-12. Let’s go to the Fox press release. And there will be a jump break to provide the entire schedule.

FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP TO TELEVISE OVER 165 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES IN 2012

Hawai’i at USC Kicks-Off FOX Sports’ Inaugural College Football
Broadcast Schedule on Sept. 1 in Primetime
Pac-12, Big Ten and Cotton Bowl Classic Titles Settled on FOX

New York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group’s college football coverage kicks into high gear with more than 165 games airing nationally across FOX, FX, FOX Sports Networks (FSN), Big Ten Network (BTN) and FOX College Sports. The master schedule features teams from the Pac-12, Big 12,  Conference USA and Big Ten (on BTN), as well as regional match-ups from the ACC, SEC, Big East, Big Sky, WAC and Southland Conferences.

Week 1 action begins Saturday, Sept. 1 with seven exciting match-ups highlighted by the debut of FOX Sports’ first-ever regular-season over-the-air college football package. The schedule culminates with coverage of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, Big Ten Football Championship Game and Cotton Bowl Classic all airing in primetime on FOX.

All eyes will be on Los Angeles Saturday, Sept. 1 (7:30 PM ET) as FOX Sports kicks off 13 consecutive weeks of regular-season action, including 12 prime time games and seven doubleheaders.  Expected Heisman Trophy candidate Matt Barkley begins his quest to lead potential preseason #1 USC to a national title when the Trojans host Hawai’i in the Coliseum. First-year head coach Jim Mora takes the field Saturday, Sept. 8 (7:30 PM ET) when his UCLA Bruins host top 25 contender Nebraska Cornhuskers from the storied Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. Barkley & Co. are back on FOX Week 3 when the Trojans travel to Stanford on Saturday, Sept. 15 (7:30 PM ET) to take on the nationally-ranked Cardinal.

Bob Stoops and his perennial top 10 Oklahoma Sooners are also featured Week 1 when they head to El Paso, TX for a Saturday, Sept. 1 (10:30 PM ET) showdown with UTEP on FSN. Other exciting match-ups include the battle of Colorado when Colorado St. takes on the Buffaloes from Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, Sept. 1 (4:00 PM ET) and the Wisconsin Badgers look to build on last year’s Rose Bowl season when they travel to Oregon St. on Saturday, Sept. 8 (4:00 PM ET) for a match-up against the Beavers on FX. These games headline doubleheader coverage on FX for the first five weeks of the season.

Coming off its most successful season yet, with record ratings and 16 games featuring a top 25-ranked team, BTN airs 15 Big Ten games during the first three weekends of the 2012 season, including the debut of the Urban Meyer era at Ohio State and the return of defending Big Ten champion Wisconsin Badgers. Overall, BTN televises over 40 football games this fall, again ensuring that all Big Ten home football games are televised nationally.

Additionally, FOX Sports boasts exclusive coverage of college football’s Pac-12 Conference Football Championship Game on Friday, November 30 (8:00 PM ET) followed by the Big Ten Conference Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 1 (8:00 PM ET) from Indianapolis.  FOX Sports wraps up its 2012-13 campaign with an exciting Big 12/SEC match-up in the Cotton Bowl Classic live from Cowboys Stadium on Friday, Jan. 4 (8:00 PM ET).

And after this jump break, the entire Fox Sports Media Group college football schedule. Look out.

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Let’s Get To Some Linkage

Before the day is through, let’s do some linkage for you.

Steve Berkowitz from USA Today looks at the Pac-12′s TV contract which is the richest in college sports (for now).

Speaking of USA Today, Ed Sherman of The Sherman Report says the newspaper is restructuring its sports department and about a dozen staffers have been laid off. That includes Friend of Fang’s Bites Mike McCarthy and Game On! blogger Tom Weir. Very sad to see this. I met Mike a few years ago when we covered an event at ESPN. Good reporter and writer. I hope to be linking to him again soon.

Ed also writes about ESPN holding onto the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

ESPN Ombudsman Jason Fry of the Poynter Institute watches ESPN’s interviewing guru critique the questioning style of some of its reporters.

Marisa Guthrie at the Hollywood Reporter looks at NBCUniversal’s plans to offer some 5,500 hours of coverage on the Olympics.

John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable says Golf Channel will have live coverage of U.S. Open qualifying on June 4.

Tim Baysinger at B&C recaps last night’s Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily’s Sports Business Awards.

Rich Thomaselli from Advertising Age says the NHL’s social media and traditional ad campaigns have helped bring casual fans to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

After being disrespected by its own local media last week, the Los Angeles Kings made this infographic giving a brief history on its logo, names of players and number of times the team has been in the postseason. This season, the Kings have stepped its social media campaign and website to provide fans with a very humorous, but also informative experience. Keep it up, Kings. You guys rock!

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times, writing in the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, notes the difficultly for women to find a proper role in sports television.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell says Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton’s past is preventing collectors from lining up at his doorstep.

Congratulations to Steve Lepore of Puck The Media who has become SB Nation’s NHL Media writer. Steve is a hard worker who has created a very good niche for himself. And his first column for SB Nation is about the ratings for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final clincher.

Steve also writes about the controversy over NHL on NBC charlatan Pierre McGuire’s withholding of information over an incident between the benches during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final.

Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY says MSG Network will air two specials on the upcoming Belmont Stakes in which I’ll Have Another will go for horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette says in addition, MSG Plus will air some horse races this summer.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union writes that ESPN has expanded its 3-D coverage of Wimbledon.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says Al Jazeera will be launching two soccer channels this summer.

Keith Groller at the Allentown (PA) Morning Call looks at ESPN on ABC’s plans for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says former ESPN’er Dave Feldman is leaving the local market to go home to his native Northern California.

Dan says former DC NFL Team running back and sports radio host John Riggins will be hosting an outdoors show next year.

Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner says a deadline is fast approaching in which the Nationals will find out how much MASN will be paying them for TV rights.

Mark Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times says the Rays are paying tribute to Fox Sports MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal by wearing bow ties.

Tom Jones of the Times says MLB Network analyst Mitch Williams ripped Tropicana Field.

David Barron from the Houston Chronicle looks at the proposed uses for the abandoned Astrodome.

John Kiesewetter in the Cincinnati Enquirer says Fox Sports is on the Reds’ bandwagon.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that MLB Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest Bud Selig is holding firm to his retirement date.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch says the Big Ten Network has helped to expand the league and in part, raise Northwestern’s profile.

Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune says even though the Utah Jazz bought the sports radio station where he works, he’ll remain an independent voice.

Chris Jenkins from the San Diego Union-Tribune says Fox Sports San Diego’s Mark Sweeney is a natural fit as Padres analyst.

Tim Sullivan of the Union-Tribune says he enjoys listening to the Padres on the radio.

The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth can’t believe he’s seeing a farmers dating service ad on NBC Sports Network.

Laura Stone of the Toronto Star writes that a new feature by CBC for the NHL Stanley Cup Final has some hardcore female sports fans hopping mad.

Timothy Burke at Deadspin looks at the Twitter police for college sports programs.

Sports Media Watch notes the increased ratings for the series-clinching game of the NHL Stanley Cup Western Conference Final on NBC Sports Network.

Joe Favorito examines the right way and the wrong way to attract Twitter followers.

Dave Kohl at The Broadcast Booth marvels at the LA media for getting the Kings logo and players wrong during local newscasts.

And I’ll end the linkage there for now. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You Need Linkage On That Wall….

Yes you do. It’s overdue. I thought being on unemployment would give me more time for doing the site. Instead, I have less. I don’t know how that’s happened.

Anyway, here are some links for you.

USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has soon-to-be NBC’s Michelle Beadle saying even she’s sick of the coverage on where she’s going next.

Michael takes a look at the Weekend TV ratings.

Nicole Auerbach of USA Today says Laurie Fine, wife of ex-Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, has officially filed her libel lawsuit against ESPN.

At Sports Business Journal, John Ourand and Michael Smith report that the Southeastern Conference, in the midst of restructuring its media rights deal with CBS and ESPN, could be resurrecting its plans to start an SEC Channel.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News goes over the “trade” between TBS and MLB Network giving the young network its first postseason action this season.

Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says ESPN 3D will air the last five days of Wimbledon later this summer.

David Mercer of the Associated Press says citing low ratings, the Big Ten Network will drop academic non-sports programming in order to air higher rated sports.

Anthony Crupi of Adweek talks about GM pulling out of advertising in Super Bowl XLVII.

Brian Clapp at Sports TV Jobs tells aspiring sports TV anchors how to thrive in local markets despite the shrinking amount of time in newscasts.

Dan Fogarty from SportsGrid has video of TNT’s Charles Barkley admitting to America that he waxes his eyebrows.

Eric Goldschein of SportsGrid has this funny video of Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharoah getting Stephen A. “A is for Acrimonious” Smith down pat.

From the New Haven Register, David Borges talks with long-time Red Sox radio voice and Connecticut native Joe Castiglione about his career and his new book.

Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette talks about CBS Sports sublicensing some college basketball games from ESPN.

Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union has the French Open TV schedule.

Pete says the overnight ratings for the Preakness Stakes dropped double digits from last year.

Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com says NBC Sports Network will tap some familiar names to call MLS action this weekend.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun says NBC got the job done in its Preakness Stakes production.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is on the RGIII train.

The increasingly bitter Thomas Boswell of the WaPo feels MASN should pony up for the Washington Nationals media rights.

Jim Williams at the Washington Examiner writes that outgoing NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora is looking forward to working and writing for CBS.

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times says two writers from the newspaper including sports media writer Tom Jones will co-host a new morning show for the local sports radio station. Jones will now stop covering sports radio to avoid a conflict of interest.

Iliana Limón Romero of the Orlando Sentinel says the Big East is hopeful of finding a suitable TV suitor for the league.

David Barron from the Houston Chronicle has some sports media observations.

Mel Bracht at The Oklahoman writes that TNT’s Charles Barkley is looking forward to visiting Oklahoma City for the NBA Western Conference Finals.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that the Reds gave local radio station WLW a big ratings win last month.

Bob Wolfley in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel looks at the local weekend ratings.

Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says a technical glitch forced Cardinals fans to watch Fox Sports San Diego’s feed of last night’s Redbirds-Padres game and listen to Dick Enberg which is not a bad thing at all.

Bryce Miller of the Des Moines Reigster says Iowan and Olympics hurdler Lolo Jones is on a media blitz.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says the Dodgers will honor long-time Spanish radio voice Jaime Jarrin next month.

Timothy Burke at Deadspin has video of NBC Sports Network’s Doc Emrick ripping diving in soccer.

Steve Lepore of Puck The Media says ratings for the NHL Conference Finals on the NBC Sports Group are down.

Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing has some of Pam Ward’s “Greatest” hits over her years calling college football.

That will do it for now.