0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2011
It’s time for me to bring back the annual College Football TV Awards. I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. Because of my schedule over the last week, I have not been able to bring it to you until now. Thanks for your patience. Let’s get this started. The College GameDay Award for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2011
Due to being away from my computer for the entire daylight hours, I was unable to update the site. I’m back now so expect a few posts here before I have to prepare for Friday. Let’s give you what CBS is saying about its SEC regular season college football package. CBS is claiming a ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2011
On Saturday in New York, ESPN will air the 77th Heisman Trophy Presentation. The network will fill 55 minutes with features, interviews and speculation on the voting. Then at about 8:55 p.m. Eastern time, Chris Fowler will go to the stage at the Best Buy Theater and announce the winner among the five finalists who […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2011
With all of the bowl matchups announced, let’s provide you with the TV schedule and network. Let’s be honest, the ESPN Family of Networks airs all but two of the games. CBS has the Sun Bowl while Fox continues to air the Cotton Bowl. There was a time when the bowls were aired on all […]
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I’ll be away for most of the day as my Sunday has been planned behind my back once again. I’ll have the Sunday NFL pregame quotage later in the afternoon. Let’s provide some sports media thoughts. As always, they’ll go in bullet form. In its first college football conference championship weekend, Fox Sports had a […]
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On Sunday at 8:15 p.m., ESPN will provide the final BCS standings and then release the matchups in the BCS games followed by the matchups in all 35 postseason bowls. ESPN will have the BCS Selection Show at 8:15 p.m. Then at 9 p.m., the College Football Bowl Selection Special will unveil the bowl matchups. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2011
Let’s give you some linkage on this Friday. Been a busy day. You deserve some links The Weekend Viewing Picks provide your sports and entertainment TV watching. And now to your links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy debate whether networks should hire ex-coaches knowing full well they could make news and leave […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from the SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. ACC Championship, Charlotte, NC Virginia Tech vs. Clemson — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m. Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, IN Wisconsin vs. Michigan State — Fox, 8 p.m. Conference USA Championship, Houston, TX Southern Mississippi at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2011
This week has been a bad one for me. Haven’t been able to provide links since last Friday and that’s not good. Been busy and it’s cutting into bringing you the latest sports media news. I’ll try to do better over the next few days. We’ll begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who speaks with […]
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Unless LSU pulls a stinker on Saturday in the Georgia Dome, it appears we’re headed towards an LSU-Alabama rematch in the BCS National Championship Game on January 9, 2012 in New Orleans. This Saturday, SEC Western Division Champion LSU takes on Eastern Division Champion Georgia in Atlanta at 4 p.m. on CBS. Uncle Verne Lundquist, […]
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Fox Sports gets some college football to make for a busy weekend. The Pac-12 Championship airs on Friday night from Eugene, Oregon as the UCLA Bruins take on the Oregon Ducks in the first-ever championship game for the Pac-12. Then there’s the inaugural Big Ten Championship on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2011
The ESPN family of networks will air a total of 33 college bowl games including those that comprise the Bowl Championship Series. Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call the BCS National Championship Game which will be held January 9 from New Orleans. They’ll also call the Rose Bowl on January 2. Brad Nessler and […]
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This Saturday, it’s the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The non-BCS schools comprise the Football Championship Subdivision and there will be eight second round games played on Saturday. ESPN has the rights to all of the games. They will be streamed online on the ESPN3.com platform. In addition, they’ll be made […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/29/2011
Fox has two conference championship games on consecutive nights, the Pac-12 Championship and Big Ten Championship, Friday and Saturday. Fox Sports Net also has one game and that will end Fox’s college football coverage for the season. Overall, it’s been great having Gus Johnson calling college football, although the quality of games weren’t great, quite […]
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I’ve been away from the computer again today so it led to minimal blogging. Let’s provide some links now. We begin with some breaking news from the New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman who reports that TNT will air the NBA season opening game on Christmas Day between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2011
This Saturday for all intents and purposes ends college football before we head to the inexorable bowl season leading to the BCS and the debates whether it’s a viable system. But before we get to all that, there’s the Conference Championship Games. The ESPN Fam will air the MAC, Conference USA and ACC Championships. ABC […]
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While I’m away from a computer this morning, I provide these thoughts to you so you have some fresh material here. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend. As usual, I’ll go in bullet form. We’re three games into NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule and the duo of Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2011
I can’t wait until I can write NBC Sports Network in January. Anyway, NBC Sports and Versus will team up for 2 games today. The NBC Mothership will have the annual Bayou Classic between traditional rivals Southern University and Grambling State. The best part of the game is halftime when the two schools also fight […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2011
I hope you survived the Black Friday experience if you went out today. If you decided to shop online, better to do that than wait outside in the cold especially in the Northeast where the temperatures dropped below freezing overnight. No fun. Anyway, I’ll provide the links. The Weekend Viewing Picks are here. To the […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Auburn, AL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Ohio State at Michigan — ABC Cincinnati at Syracuse — Big East Network Michigan State at Northwestern — Big Ten Network Georgia at Georgia Tech — ESPN Rutgers at UConn — ESPN2 NCAA FCS Playoffs, 1st […]
