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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)

ESPN’s College Football Games For Week 6 Including Announcing Assignments

For Week 6, the ESPN family of networks has a slew of college football games. ABC/ESPN2 has two games at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Some will see Oklahoma at Texas Tech while others will watch Illinois at Wisconsin.

The primetime games will be Georgia at South Carolina on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET with Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Heather Cox. ESPN2 will carry Florida at NC State at 8 p.m. as Mark Jones, Brock Huard and Shelley Smith will be in Raleigh. ESPNU has Texas A&M at Mississippi as Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb and Angela Mallen will call the game. Then ABC’s game at 8 p.m. will be Nebraska at Ohio State with Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe live in Columbus.

The late night contest has Washington at Oregon on ESPN at 10:30 p.m. with Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen and Lewis Johnson.

For the other games, check out ESPN’s games below.

Three Prime Time Games between Ranked Teams Highlights Television Schedule

ESPN’s college football schedule this week will include telecasts of three matchups between ranked teams in prime time on Saturday, Oct. 6 highlighted by an ESPN doubleheader: No. 5 Georgia at No. 6 South Carolina at 7 p.m. ET followed by No. 23 Washington at No. 2 Oregon at 10:30 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football broadcast at 8 p.m. will pit No. 21 Nebraska at No. 12 Ohio State.

In addition, ESPN Radio will broadcast two games between undefeated, ranked squads on Saturday, Oct. 6: No. 4 LSU at No. 10 Florida at 3:30 p.m. and No. 8 West Virginia at No. 11 Texas at 7 p.m.

Overall, ESPN platforms will carry 16 of the 20 undefeated teams playing games this Saturday: No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 South Carolina, No. 8 West Virginia, No. 10 Florida, No. 11 Texas, No. 12 Ohio State, No. 20 Mississippi State, No. 22 Rutgers, No. 24 Northwestern, Cincinnati, Louisiana Tech, Ohio and Texas Tech. There are 23 unbeaten teams total with Alabama, Louisville and University of Texas-San Antonio having bye weeks.

Additional highlights for Saturday, Oct. 6:

• A showdown of Big 12 rivals at 3:30 p.m. will feature one-loss No. 17 Oklahoma at undefeated Texas Tech on ABC and ESPN2.
• No. 24 Northwestern, leaders of the Big Ten Legends Division at 5-0, will visit Penn State, winners of three straight games, at noon on ESPN and ESPN 3D.
• ESPNU will televise unbeaten No. 24 Rutgers against Connecticut at noon.
• The ESPN2 primetime game at 8 p.m. will pit No. 3 Florida State at NC State.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Thu, Oct 4	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas State at Florida International Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Midwestern State at West Alabama	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 13 USC at Utah Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele	ESPN
Fri, Oct 5	7 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Syracuse Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
	10:15 p.m.	Utah State at BYU Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Shelley Smith	ESPN
Sat, Oct 6	Noon	No. 24 Northwestern at Penn State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	Noon	Arkansas at Auburn Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Tom Luginbill	ESPN2
	Noon	Connecticut at No. 22 Rutgers Tom Hart & John Congemi	ESPNU
	Noon	No. 20 Mississippi State at Kentucky Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	Noon	South Florida at Temple Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	Noon	Buffalo at Ohio Michael Reghi & Doug Graber	ESPN3 *
	Noon	Albany at Bryant	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech at North Carolina	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Presbyterian at Virginia Military Institute	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Youngstown State at North Dakota State	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Southern Illinois at Illinois State	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Virginia at Duke	ESPN3 *
	3 p.m.	Central Michigan at Toledo Mike Gleason & John Bunting	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Ball State Jim Barbar & John Gregory	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 Oklahoma at Texas Tech Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich	ABC & ESPN2 **
		Illinois at Wisconsin Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor	ABC & ESPN2 **
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at No. 15 Clemson Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest at Maryland Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	No. 4 LSU at No. 10 Florida Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Allison Williams	ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Gardner-Webb at Liberty	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Southern at Alcorn State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 5 Georgia at No. 6 South Carolina Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Texas A&M at Ole Miss Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Angela Mallen	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 8 West Virginia at No. 11 Texas Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Owen Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Missouri Rich Hollenberg & Stan Lewter	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	UNLV at Louisiana Tech Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 21 Nebraska at No. 12 Ohio State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ABC
	8 p.m.	No. 3 Florida State at NC State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	No. 23 Washington at No. 2 Oregon Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Lewis Johnson	ESPN
	10:30 p.m.	Southern at Alcorn State Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU ***

* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Live on ESPN3 at 5 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU

More coming shortly.

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)

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)

ESPN’s College Football Games For Week 4 Including Announcing Assignments

About to complete the first month of the college football season and it all begins with some MACtion tonight on ESPNU. Gotta love the MAC.

We still have some interconference games on the schedule. ESPN’s networks have plenty of games this weekend including one ACC matchup between Top 20 teams on ABC.

Let’s take a look at the games on the ESPN family schedule for Week 4 including the announcing assignments. Take a look at what we have for you below.

All Top Five Teams on ESPN Networks Saturday, Four in Prime Time

ESPN’s college football schedule this week will be highlighted by coverage of the top five teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Saturday, Sept. 22. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will televise four of the teams in prime time:

• ABC’s weekly Saturday Night Football broadcast will showcase No. 10 Clemson at No. 4 Florida State in a contest of unbeaten ACC Atlantic Division squads at 8 p.m. ET.
• An ESPN doubleheader will kick off with No. 2 LSU at Auburn in a showdown of SEC West Division powers at 7 p.m. followed by No. 22 Arizona at No. 3 Oregon in a matchup of undefeated Pac-12 programs at 10:30 p.m. ESPN Radio will also broadcast LSU at Auburn.
• ESPN2 will televise No. 5 Georgia against SEC East rival Vanderbilt at 7:45 p.m.

ESPN3 will cover three ranked undefeated SEC teams on Saturday, Sept. 22, highlighted by No. 1 Alabama against Florida Atlantic at 5 p.m. Additional games include No. 14 Florida against Kentucky at noon (also on the SEC Network) and No. 23 Mississippi State against South Alabama at 7 p.m. (subject to local blackout).

 

ESPN’s weeknight series will be highlighted by BYU at No. 24 Boise State on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 9 p.m. and unbeaten Baylor at Louisiana-Monroe on Friday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Wed, Sep 19	7 p.m.	Kent State at Buffalo Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
Thu, Sep 20	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Alabama State Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	BYU at No. 24 Boise State Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele	ESPN
Fri, Sep 21	7 p.m.	Georgetown at Princeton Joe Beninati & Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Baylor at Louisiana-Monroe Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill	ESPN
Sat, Sep 22	Noon	Virginia at No. 17 TCU Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	Noon	UTEP at Wisconsin Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson	ESPN2
	Noon	Bowling Green at Virginia Tech Tom Hart & John Congemi	ESPNU
	Noon	Kentucky at No. 14 Florida Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	Noon	Massachusetts at Miami (Ohio) Michael Reghi & Doug Graber	ESPN3 *
	Noon	Furman at Presbyterian	ESPN3 *
	12:30 p.m.	Army at Wake Forest	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	2 p.m.	Connecticut at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Bob Chmeil & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Norfolk State at Ohio Keith Morehouse & Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Southern Illinois at Missouri State	ESPN3 *
	3 p.m.	Miami at Georgia Tech	ESPN3 * & RSN
	3:30 p.m.	Oregon State at No. 19 UCLA Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich	ABC & ESPN2 **
		Temple at Penn State Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ABC & ESPN2 **
	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina at North Carolina Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Kansas at Northern Illinois Jim Barbar & John Bunting	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Gardner-Webb at Pittsburgh Shawn Kenney, John Gregory & Rontina McCann	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Prairie View A&M at North Dakota State	ESPN3 *
	4 p.m.	Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas	ESPN3 *
	4:30 p.m.	South Florida at Ball State Eamon McAnaney & David Diaz-Infante	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	5 p.m.	Wyoming at Idaho Peter Young & John Fina	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at No. 1 Alabama	ESPN3 *
	6 p.m.	The Citadel at NC State Mike Gleason, Paul McGuire & Sarah Stankavage	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Memphis at Duke Ryan Rose, Doug Chapman & Beth McDade	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	California at No. 13 USC Rich Cellini, John Mackovic & Brett McMurphy	ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	No. 2 LSU at Auburn ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	Rutgers at Arkansas Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	South Alabama at No. 23 Mississippi State	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Southern Mississippi at Western Kentucky Dave Weekley & Cory Chavous	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Troy at North Texas Jonathon Yardley & Stan Lewter	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Coastal Carolina at Toledo Frank Giardina & Robert Griffith	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Alcorn State at Arkansas State Brock Bowling & Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 20 Louisville at Florida International Drew Fellios, Rene Ingoglia & Anastasia Saunders	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Lehigh at Liberty	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Northern Iowa at Youngstown State	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	South Carolina State at Texas A&M	ESPN3 * & FSN
	7:30 p.m.	Akron at Tennessee Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Angela Mallen	ESPN3 & CSS
	7:45 p.m.	Vanderbilt at No. 5 Georgia Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Maria Taylor	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	No. 10 Clemson at No. 4 Florida State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox	ABC
	8 p.m.	New Mexico at New Mexico State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Langston at Lamar	ESPN3 *
	10:30 p.m.	No. 22 Arizona at No. 3 Oregon Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shelley Smith	ESPN & ESPN3 (Spanish language)

* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast

That’s going to do it.

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)

ESPN’s College Football Games For Week 2 Including Announcing Assignments

Week 2 in college football doesn’t have ranked teams facing each other, but ESPN will try its best to hype games for us. You have Missouri’s and Texas A&M’s first games in the SEC. ABC doesn’t have a primetime game this week as it carries a NASCAR race. But it still has a doubleheader at noon and at 3:30 p.m. ET.

ESPN does have a primetime doubleheader so there are plenty of games on the ESPN Family.

Check out the games with the announcing assignments.

Seven of Top Nine Ranked Teams; SEC Debut for Missouri & Texas A&M

This week’s college football schedule of 48 games will include a SEC tripleheader on ESPN, the first SEC conference games for new members Texas A&M and Missouri, and seven of the top nine – and 16 of the Top 25 – teams in the AP poll.

Highlights for Saturday, Sept. 8:

• Missouri and Texas A&M will make their SEC debut Saturday, each against a ranked opponent: Texas A&M will host No. 24 Florida at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN while Missouri will host No. 7 Georgia at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN2.
• Additional ranked SEC teams in action include two games on ESPN3 and the SEC Network: No. 1 Alabama against Western Kentucky at 3:30 p.m. and No. 9 South Carolina against East Carolina at noon.
• An ESPN prime time doubleheader will include No. 3 LSU against Washington at 7 p.m. and Illinois at Arizona at 10:30 p.m.
• The ABC and ESPN2 reverse mirror telecast at 3:30 p.m. will showcase a ranked team in each game: No. 2 USC at Syracuse and No. 19 Michigan against Air Force.
• The ESPNU night game will spotlight No. 8 Arkansas against Louisiana-Monroe at 7 p.m.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Thu, Sep 6	8 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele	ESPN
Fri, Sep 7	8 p.m.	Utah at Utah State Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill	ESPN2
Sat, Sep 8	Noon	Penn State at Virginia Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & George Smith	ABC
	Noon	Auburn at Mississippi State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	Noon	Central Florida at No. 14 Ohio State Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson	ESPN2
	Noon	Maryland at Temple Tom Hart & John Congemi	ESPNU
	Noon	East Carolina at No. 9 South Carolina Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	Noon	NC State at Connecticut Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	12:30 p.m.	Ball State at No. 12 Clemson	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	1 p.m.	Maine at Boston College Bob Picozzi, Paul Maguire & Cat Whitehill	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Southern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Illinois State at Eastern Michigan	ESPN3 *
	1:30 p.m.	Austin Peay at No. 15 Virginia Tech John Sadak, John Gregory & Rontina McCann	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	North Carolina at Wake Forest	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Air Force at No. 19 Michigan Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor	ABC & ESPN2 **
		No. 2 USC at Syracuse Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shelley Smith	ABC & ESPN2 **
	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Florida at Texas A&M Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Michigan State at Central Michigan Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Indiana at Massachusetts Shawn Kenney, John Bunting & John Brickley	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky at No. 1 Alabama Mike Morgan, Chris Doering & Jill Montgomery	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Howard at Rutgers Mike Corey & Rene Ingoglia	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	3:30 p.m.	Missouri State at No. 23 Louisville	ESPN3 *
	4 p.m.	Georgia State at Tennessee	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Nicholls State at South Alabama Jared Schwartz & Stan Lewter	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Savannah State at No. 6 Florida State Dave Weekley, Ralph Friedgen & Tiffany Green	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Akron at Florida International Drew Fellios & Doug Graber	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	Montana at Appalachian State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Washington at No. 3 LSU Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at No. 8 Arkansas Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Memphis at Arkansas State Brock Bowling & Cory Chavous	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Texas Tech at Texas State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Presbyterian at Georgia Tech Ryan Rose, Warrick Dunn & LaChina Robinson	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy Jonathon Yardley & Forest Conoly	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	New Mexico State at Ohio TBD & Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Tennessee-Martin at Northern Illinois Jim Barbar & Bob Chmeil	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Eastern Illinois at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Ben Leber	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Texas Southern at North Texas	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Idaho at Bowling Green Greg Franke & Tom Cole	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	UTEP at Mississippi	ESPN3 * & FSN
	7 p.m.	Norfolk State at Liberty	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Lafayette at William & Mary	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Kent State at Kentucky Matt Stewart, Cole Cubelic & Angela Mallen	ESPN3 & CSS
	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 Nebraska at UCLA	ESPN Radio
	7:45 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at Missouri Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	New Mexico at No. 17 Texas Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Kaylee Hartung	Longhorn Network
	10:30 p.m.	Illinois at Arizona Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza	ESPN & ESPN3 (Spanish language)
	10:30 p.m.	Bethune Cookman at South Carolina State Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU ***

* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Live on ESPN3 at 6 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU

That will do it for this post.

ESPN and Wimbledon: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

I don’t know why I made a Casablanca reference in the headline, but it seemed to be right. Starting this year, ESPN begins the first of a 12 year partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to televise the Championships Wimbledon from start to finish. It marks the first time that all of the action will be seen on one network from beginning to end.

ESPN will start its coverage of the first four days of the Fortnight on ESPN2, Monday, June 25. Then the ESPN Mothership will air its first-ever action from SW19 starting on Friday, June 25.

What makes ESPN’s coverage unique will be that both ESPN and ESPN2 will carry matches simultaneously starting with the Round of 16 on Monday, July 2 through the Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals on Wednesday, July 4.

From Thursday, July 5 through Sunday, July 8, ESPN will be the network of record for Wimbledon ending with the Gentlemen’s Finals.

I already told you about the “Breakfast at Wimbledon” pre-match program that premieres on the middle Saturday of action on June 29 and will air consecutively from July 5 – 8.

For those of you who don’t have cable, ESPN throws scraps to ABC with a highlight program on the middle Sunday, June 30 from 3 – 6 p.m. ET and again the following weekend by showing the Ladies and Gentlemen’s Finals on tape delay. If both matches end under three hours, then they’ll be shown in their entirety.

Altogether, ESPN and ESPN2 will air a total of 140 hours of tennis action. ESPN 3D which 73 people across the country will carry the Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals through to the Final. And ESPN3 will have a lot of matches that won’t be seen on TV. Got it? Good.

And I buried the lede. The most important thing in all this? No more NBC tape delayed shenanigans! Everything will be live!

Here’s ESPN’s press release on the whole Wimbledon enchilada.

New Era of Wimbledon on TV:  First Ball to Finals in ESPN’s 10^th Championships

140 Live Hours on ESPN & ESPN2 including “Cross Court Coverage,” Highlights on ABC, Nine Screens on ESPN3
John McEnroe Makes ESPN/Wimbledon Debut, “Breakfast at Wimbledon” Returns as ESPN Preview Show

A new era of television coverage for one of sport’s most prestigious and historic events will begin when ESPN presents The Championships, Wimbledon complete, live and exclusively across its networks from first ball Monday, June 25, with day-long marathon telecasts through to the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Finals, Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8, respectively.  ESPN’s 10^th Wimbledon will expand to 140 live hours in high definition on ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD – including three days when the two networks offer all-day “cross court coverage” (airing matches simultaneously) – plus highlights and reairs of both Finals on ABC.  All the action on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available through WatchESPN online at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app.

In addition, ESPN3 will also increase its schedule to more than 800 hours of a multi-screen offering – all available TV courts (up to nine) presented from first ball to last ball each day – which will be available along with ESPN and ESPN2’s action via the WatchESPN app.  The service will also offer matches on demand after they occur.

The new schedule is the result of a 12-year agreement between ESPN and the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced just after the conclusion of the 2011 Championships.

As previously announced, ESPN 3D, which presented its first tennis at Wimbledon a year ago with one live match and others on delay, will televise five days of action live from Centre Court.  ESPN 3D’s coverage will begin with the Gentlemen’s quarterfinals Wednesday, July 4, and continue through the Finals. Each day’s telecast will be reaired that night at 9 p.m.

“This Wimbledon is the culmination of a dream we at ESPN have had for more than 10 years, to deliver every match and every key moment live as it happens to fans wherever they are,” said John Skipper, ESPN president. “The Club entrusted the care of their wonderful event to us and we intend to fulfill their trust and present a Wimbledon that uses modern technology to serve fans across all devices while being mindful of the great history and traditions of the fortnight.”

As previously announced, Hall of Famer John McEnroe is adding Wimbledon to his ESPN repertoire, having worked the US Open since 2009.  He will be joined by returnees Darren Cahill, Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver.  Chris Fowler will call matches and serve as studio host, sharing that role with Hannah Storm and Mike Tirico.  The voice of ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Tirico has worked the US Open for ESPN as a host and calling matches and will fill those roles in his Wimbledon debut. Tom Rinaldi will provide essays and features.

Surveying the Fields

Three players dominate the top of the men’s game with 28 of the last 29 Major championships – No. 1-ranked and defending  champion, Novak Djokovic, two-time champ and No. 2 Rafael Nadal who recently defeated Djokovic for the French Open crown, and No. 3 Roger Federer, who counts six Wimbledon crowns in his tally of 16 Grand Slam titles.  Everyone else – starting with British hopeful No. 4 Andy Murray seeking his first Grand Slam title and hoping to end Great Britain’s 76-year Wimbledon drought (Fred Perry, 1936) – is hoping for a slot in the semifinals.

Among the women, it’s a very different story.  Six different women have won the last six Majors, but having regained the No. 1 ranking with the French Open championship, 2004 Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova is the favorite in a crowded field.  Serena Williams has four Wimbledon trophies, and looks to rebound from her first-round ouster in Paris and her No. 6 ranking.  No. 2 Victoria Azarenka won this year’s Australian Open, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska has never reached a Major semifinal, No. 4 Petra Kvitova is the defending champ, No. 5 Sam Stosur won the 2011 US Open and former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is ranked No. 7.  The field also includes two big names with a combined 11 Major titles – Venus Williams has five Wimbledon victories among her seven Major wins, and Kim Clijsters would love to add a Wimbledon crown to her collection of four Major victories in what is likely her final Wimbledon, having announced she will retire this year.

Scheduling Highlights: All Live, ESPN & ESPN2’s “Cross Court Coverage” for “Greatest Day in Tennis”

For the first time in the U.S., ESPN networks will show all of Wimbledon live, from first ball through the finals, including up to nine courts simultaneously on ESPN3 and an unprecedented ESPN/ESPN2 dual network “cross court coverage” approach for July 2-4:

• ESPN2 HD will begin daylong live weekday programming Monday, June 25, at 6:30 a.m. and continuing each weekday through Wednesday, July 4, at 7 a.m. (except Friday, June 29)
• ESPN HD will first be live on Friday, June 29, from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. and then on Saturday, June 30, starting at 7 a.m. with Breakfast at Wimbledon, a one-hour preview of the day’s matches that marks the return of the iconic branding after that being featured on air for many years. Breakfast at Wimbledon will also precede the network’s live, national telecasts of the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Semifinals and Finals, Thursday, July 5 – Sunday, July 8.

• On the “middle Sunday,” a scheduled day off as is Wimbledon tradition, ABC will broadcast a three-hour review of the first week at 3 p.m.  ABC will also reair the finals on the day they take place, July 7 and 8 at 3 p.m.
• For the second Monday – Wednesday (July 2-4), ESPN will be live alongside ESPN2 to allow for live coverage of each and every match from the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals.  In this unprecedented “Cross Court Coverage,” ESPN will focus on Centre Court matches while ESPN2 offers fans a “grounds pass” with action from Court 1 and other courts.  The first of these three days, Monday, July 2 – when all 32 players are on the court in eight Gentlemen’s and eight Ladies’ Round of 16 matches, something that is unique to Wimbledon – is commonly referred to as “the greatest day in tennis.”
• ESPN 3D will pick up coverage with live Centre Court action Wednesday, July 4 through the Finals.
• ESPN3 will provide a multi-court offering of live play, including a simulcast of ESPN and ESPN2, with all-day coverage from all nine TV courts plus press conferences totaling more than 800 hours.  In addition, the service – which reaches more than 73 million U.S. homes – will offer replays on demand.

ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, a 24/7 destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold level members. It is currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.

The WatchESPN App – for fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription via Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV or Comcast Xfinity – will provide access to for ESPN2’s live coverage online at WatchESPN.com and through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets, in addition to ESPN3’s multi-screen offering.

ESPN On Demand (TV/Mobile) will offer historic matches and  highlights of the 2012 Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ finals.

ESPN Mobile will provide point-by-point coverage of every Wimbledon match with live scores on the ESPN mobile Web and ScoreCenter app.  Additionally, ESPN will offer video highlights of Wimbledon via the ScoreCenter app for iPhone.  ESPN Alerts will also notify fans who opt in to receive alerts of developing stories, match results and highlights.

ESPN Mobile TV will simulcast 105 hours of live ESPN/ESPN2 coverage throughout the tournament.

ESPN Interactive TV, now in its fifth year at Wimbledon, will provide multi-screen coverage of five  matches in addition to the match airing on ESPN2 or ESPN through the second Monday of the tournament on ESPN3 and through DirecTV. Fans will also receive interviews, features, press conferences and, new for 2012, a studio wrap-around presence hosted by SportsCenter anchor Ryan Burr with a roster of guest analysts. In addition to the video offerings, DirecTV viewers can access results, schedules, draws and other interactive features through the remote control “Red Button.”  In total, ESPN will provide more than 350 hours of coverage through this unique application.

ESPN Classic will air four great Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Finals from the past, each upon a significant anniversary – matches won by Bjorn Borg (1977), Jimmy Connors (1982), Andre Agassi (1992) and Roger Federer (2007). Each match will air twice on the day of the anniversary (except Federer’s 2007 victory, which took place on July 8).

Date	Times (ET)	Event
Mon, July 2	1 a.m. & 10 p.m.	1977 Gentlemen’s Final: 35th Anniversary of Bjorn Borg defeating Jimmy Connors for the second of five consecutive Wimbledon titles
Wed, July 4	1 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.	1982 Gentlemen’s Final: 30th Anniversary of Jimmy Connors defeating John McEnroe in five sets
Thur, July 5	1 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.	1992 Gentlemen’s Final:  20th Anniversary of 22-year old Andre Agassi defeating Goran Ivanisevic
Mon, July 9	2 a.m. & 11 a.m.	2007 Gentlemen’s Final: 5th Anniversary of Roger Federer’s Fifth Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal

More Wimbledon from ESPN, Inc.

ESPN.com will have previews, reviews, the latest news and videos and more:

• Courtcast: A multi-tool application with live events via the ESPN3 syndicated player, all-court scoring, match stats, Cover It Live conversations, poll questions, rolling Twitter feeds and scrolling bottom line;
• Slam Central: A daily destination for all Wimbledon fixtures;
• Five Things We Learned: Video series reviewing the top news of the day;
• Grass Stains: A daily notebook wrapping up the best and worst of the day;
• Digital Serve: Daily original videos previewing the next day;
• Star Watch: Daily blog focusing on one of the game’s elite.

espnW

espnW.com will offer daily columns, blog posts and video, with an emphasis on the women’s side of the tournament.

ESPNDeportes.com will provide live scores and draws, in depth news and coverage of Latin American players, columns, blogs, live chats, video, highlights and news, including ESPiando Wimbledon that will recap the day’s play.

ESPN International will reach 33 million homes in Spanish speaking Latin America and the Caribbean with over 90 live hours of television across ESPN Latin America and ESPN Caribbean.  In addition to daily primetime highlight programs on ESPN Latin America, ESPN+ in the Southern Cone and ESPN Dos in the Northern Cone will supplement the coverage on ESPN Latin America with an additional 50+ live hours.  Also, ESPN’s broadband service, ESPN Play, will offer over 700 hours of live coverage throughout both regions with over 10 simultaneous early round windows available.

ESPN & WIMBLEDON 2012

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Mon, June 25	6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN2/ESPN3	Live
Tue, June 16 – Thur, June 28	7 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN2/ESPN3 (begins at 6:30 a.m.)	Live
Fri, June 29	7 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
Sat, June 30	7 – 8 a.m.	Breakfast at Wimbledon	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Quarterfinals	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
Sun, July 1	3 – 6 p.m.	Highlights of Week One	ABC	Tape
Mon, July 2	7 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Round of 16	ESPN2/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Round of 16, Centre Court	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
Tue, July 3	7 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Ladies’ Quarterfinals	ESPN2/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Ladies’ Quarterfinals, Centre Court	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
Wed, July 4	7 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals	ESPN2/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals, Centre Court	ESPN/ESPN3D/ESPN3	Live
Thur, July 5	7 – 8 a.m.	Breakfast at Wimbledon	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Ladies’ Semifinals	ESPN/ESPN3D/ESPN3	Live
Fri, July 6	7 – 8 a.m.	Breakfast at Wimbledon	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
	8 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Semifinals	ESPN/ESPN3D/ESPN3	Live
Sat, July 7	8 a.m. – 9 a.m.	Breakfast at Wimbledon	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
	9 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Ladies’ Final	ESPN/ESPN3D/ESPN3	Live
	3 – 6 p.m.	Ladies’ Final	ABC	Tape
Sun, July 8	8 a.m. – 9 a.m.	Breakfast at Wimbledon	ESPN/ESPN3	Live
	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Final	ESPN/ESPN3D/ESPN3	Live
	3 – 6 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Final	ABC	Tape

And that is the end of a very lengthy press release.

ESPN 3D To Air Last Five Days of Wimbledon Including All Final Matches

ESPN 3D, a network about 64 people across the country have, will air the last five days of tournament action from the hallowed grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club also known as SW19 also known as Wimbledon.

Now that ESPN has the full rights to the entire tournament beginning this year, ESPN 3D gets into the act for the second consecutive year and with an expanded schedule that includes both the Ladies and Gentlemen’s Finals.

ESPN 3D begins its coverage with the Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals on Wednesday, July 4. All of the action that will be aired on ESPN 3D will be live.

Here’s the announcement.

ESPN 3D to Televise Final Five Days of Wimbledon Live, including Finals

Cliff Drysdale: “It’s like you are on the court!”

ESPN 3D, which presented the first televised 3D tennis last year at Wimbledon, will expand its schedule for the upcoming Championships with live telecasts for the final five days of the tournament – Wednesday, July 4, through the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Finals on Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8. All the matches aired on ESPN 3D will be competed on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court, and will be reaired that night at 9 p.m. ET.

“On the dawn of new era of Wimbledon for fans with ESPN’s exclusive and all-live multi-platform approach, it is only appropriate that ESPN 3D be there providing a unique view of Finals and the critical matches leading to them,” said Bryan Burns, ESPN vice president, strategic business planning. “We are proud to continue ESPN’s heritage as a leader in technical innovations and that the ESPN 3D schedule is filled with top-level Championship events from around the world.”

Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice president and executive producer, said, “ESPN 3D adds to our depth of coverage with a compelling new look at ESPN’s top events. It joins our long list of Emmy Award-winning innovations, including in-car cameras, the 1^st and Ten line, the K Zone, tennis’ ShotSpot and the Virtual Playbook.”

Last year at Wimbledon, ESPN 3D aired one Gentlemen’s semifinal live (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Novak Djokovic), plus the other semi and both Finals on a delayed basis. Cliff Drysdale, who has been with ESPN since the network’s first tennis telecast in 1979, worked that first ESPN 3D telecast with Brad Gilbert. Drysdale says, “The picture is spectacular. You get a whole different view. It’s like you are on the court and it comes right at you. It’s amazing.”

ESPN 3D at Wimbledon 2012

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Wed, July 4	8 a.m.	Two Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals	LIVE
	9 p.m.	Two Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals	Reair
Thur, July 5	8 a.m.	Two Ladies’ Semifinals	LIVE
	9 p.m.	Two Ladies’ Semifinals	Reair
Fri, July 6	8 a.m.	Two Gentlemen’s Semifinals	LIVE
	9 p.m.	Two Gentlemen’s Semifinals	Reair
Sat, July 7	9 a.m.	Ladies’ Final	LIVE
	9 p.m.	Ladies’ Final	Reair
Sun, July 8	9 a.m.	Gentlemen’s Final	LIVE
	9 p.m.	Gentlemen’s Final	Reair

And that will do it.

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.

Winners of the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards

Throughout the day, I will be posting various press releases from the networks touting their Sports Emmy Awards. Last night, I posted the winners as they were handed out. Now, we have the official press release from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences which holds the annual ceremonies.

These include the names who were involved in each category. Congratulations to all of the winners this year.

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 33^rd ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS

Jack Whitaker Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

New York, NY – April 30, 2012 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 33^rd Annual Sports Emmy® Awards at a special ceremony tonight at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.  Winners in 33 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcements, Play-by-Play Personality and Studio Analyst were honored.

The awards were presented by a distinguished group of sports figures and television personalities including Cris Collinsworth (sports analyst for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football”); Harold Reynolds (MLB Network studio analyst); Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter, NBC’s “Sunday Night Football”); Al Leiter (studio analyst, MLB Network); Mike Mayock (game analyst, NFL Network); Melissa Stark (reporter, NFL Network); Shaquille O’Neal (studio analyst, “Inside the NBA on TNT”); Joe Buck (sportscaster, FOX Sports); Curt Menefee (sportscaster and host, “FOX NFL Sunday”); Tracy Wolfson (sportscaster, CBS Sports); Gary Danielson (commentator, CBS Sports); Mary Carillo (correspondent, HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”); Sage Steele (anchor, ESPN’s “SportsCenter”); Bob Papa (HBO Sports Broadcaster); Ernie Johnson (host of “Inside the NBA on TNT”); Chris McKendry (co-anchor, ESPN’s “SportsCenter”); and Steve Levy (journalist, ESPN’s “SportsCenter”).

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Whitaker, sports commentator and essayist, by  Jim Nantz, play-by-play announcer of “The NFL on CBS,” NCAA college basketball and golf on CBS.

“We are honored to be presenting Jack Whitaker with our Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Malachy Wienges, Chairman, NATAS. “I had the pleasure of working with Jack for eighteen years at CBS, and Jack is a sports icon and a class act.”

In addition, NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell was honored with the Chairman’s Award representing the networks and their patriotic coverage of the historic 10 year anniversary of September 11^th last year.

The Sports Emmy® Award recipients were chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of industry peers.  The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2011 calendar year.

A detailed listing of all awards is below as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP. A list of winners for the 33^rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards is also available on the National Television Academy’s website at www.emmyonline.tv.

Awards by Network Group

NBC Sports Group (NBC, Versus, Golf Channel, nbcsports.com)	9
ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, ESPN 3D, espn.com)	6
Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV, NBA.com, truTV)	5
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, SPEED)	5
CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBSSports.com)	4
HBO Sports	3
MLB Network	3
NFL Network	2
PGA.com	1

Nominations by Network

NBC	8
FOX	4
TNT	4
ESPN	3
HBO Sports	3
MLB NETWORK	3
SHOWTIME	3
ESPN2	2
NFL NETWORK	2
CBSSPORTS.COM	1
ESPN 3D	1
NBA TV	1
PGA.COM	1
SPEED	1
VERSUS	1

And the list of award winners are after the jump.

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2012 Sports Emmy Awards Live Blog

The Sports Emmy Awards are being handed out in New York tonight. Through various sources at the event, I’ll be able to update this post as awards are being doled to the various winners. And no, I’m not there, but I can provide the winners as soon as they become available.

For the full list of nominees, go here.

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW — WEEKLY
Inside The NBA — TNT

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT SOUND
MLB on Fox — Fox

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
America’s Cup Highlight Show — Versus

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sunday Night Football — NBC

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE
(tie)
“Together”-E:60 — ESPN
“Time Out of Mind”-Outside The Lines — ESPN

OUTSTANDING EDITING
24/7 Pacquaio/Marquez — HBO

OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT — EPISODIC
(tie)
2011 Stanley Cup Final — NBC
A Game of Honor — Showtime

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY — SPORTS REPORTER
Michele Tafoya — NBC

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN
Sport Science — ESPN

OUTSTANDING SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
A Game of Honor — Showtime

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO
MLB Tonight — MLB Network

OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE
NFL Wild Card Saturday — NBC

OUSTANDING CAMERA WORK
2011 Ironman Triathlon — NBC

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL
Joplin: City of Hope — ESPN2

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION DIRECTION/LYRICS
Men of Mettle-Ed Sabol’s Last Football Movie — NFL Network/NFL Films

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT — INSTITUTIONAL
NBA on TNT: Shaq Get Ready — TNT

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY — STUDIO HOST
Bob Costas — NBC/MLB Network (of course)

OUTSTANDING NEW APPROACHES SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE
PGA Championship LIVE on PGA.com — PGA.com

OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE
NBA on TNT: Live Forever — TNT

OUTSTANDING POST PRODUCED AUDIO/SOUND
Sound FX: All Access — NFL Network

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY — SPORT EVENT ANALYST
Cris Collinsworth — NBC

THE DICK SCHAAP WRITING AWARD
24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY — STUDIO ANALYST
Charles Barkley — TNT

OUTSTANDING NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING
A Game of Honor — Showtime

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants — Showtime/MLB Productions

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SPORTS
Jack Whitaker — CBS/ABC Sports

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW — DAILY
MLB Tonight — MLB Network

OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE
Outside The Lines: The Man in the Red Bandana — ESPN

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE
(tie)
MLB on Fox — Fox
Winter X Games 15 — ESPN 3D

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES
Sunday Night Football — NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The College Bowl Game Money Trail — HBO

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND
Inside The Headsets — Speed

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL
The World Series — Fox

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY — PLAY-BY-PLAY
Joe Buck — Fox

That concludes the Awards for tonight.

The Masters on ESPN

Starting next Wednesday, the annual rite of Spring, The Masters^® takes place at the scenic Augusta National Country Club in Augusta, GA. For five days starting with the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, April 4 through to the Final Round on Sunday, April 8, we’ll hear the familiar “Augusta” theme that has accompanied CBS’ as well as USA Network’s and now ESPN’s coverage of The Masters^®.

This year mark’s the fifth consecutive year that ESPN will air the Par 3 as well as the first two rounds of the tournament.

Instead of “fans”, we’ll hear about “Patrons.” Instead of the “rough,” announcers will describe the “second cut.” And instead of Gary McCord, we have nobody.

Anyway, ESPN will have extensive coverage of the PGA Tour’s first major of the year starting with the annual Par 3 contest on Wednesday, April 4 where the golfers will be able to “let down their hair” so to speak and have fun on the golf course.

Then ESPN will get its coverage going in earnest on Thursday, April 5 with the 1st round airing live at 3 p.m. ESPN 3D which about 17 people across the country can watch will have three hours of daily coverage from Thursday through Sunday.

Other ESPN platforms covering The Masters include ESPN Radio, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews and ESPN International. To say ESPN has The Masters^® is a huge understatement.

ESPN’s Live Masters Coverage Returns for Fifth Year

Live Play on WatchESPN; ESPN 3D Coverage Expands; SportsCenter Reports Start Monday

In its fifth year of live coverage of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, ESPN will air 4.5 hours of live Tournament play daily from the first two rounds, the traditional Par 3 Contest the day preceding the Tournament and 14 total hours of action on the ESPN 3D Network. Expansive news, information and analysis will appear on a variety of ESPN platforms in the U.S. and around the world, including television, radio, online and mobile devices.

ESPN and ESPN HD will air 4.5 hours of live first and second round action on Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, from 3-7:30 p.m. ET with an edited encore presentation in prime time each night from 8-11 p.m. ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s Spanish-language U.S. sports network, also will televise the first and second rounds live from 3-7:30 p.m. and the ESPN 3D Network will air three hours of live play from the first two rounds each day starting at 4:30 p.m. as well as live play from the Saturday and Sunday rounds and the Par 3 Contest.

Prior to the live television windows Thursday and Friday, ESPN’s flagship news and information program SportsCenter will air updates every 30 minutes beginning at 9 a.m. daily.

Mike Tirico will serve as host of ESPN’s Thursday and Friday telecasts and will conduct player interviews from Augusta National’s Butler Cabin with analyst Curtis Strange. CBS will again produce the telecasts with CBS’ golf announce crew also contributing to the coverage. Paco Aleman and analyst Silvia Bertolaccini will present on ESPN Deportes with John Sutcliffe serving as the on-course reporter.

SportsCenter at the Masters
Live reports on SportsCenter from Augusta National Golf Club begin Monday, April 2, in the afternoon and continue through Sunday. Media Day is Tuesday, April 3, and SportsCenter will air the news conferences of Tiger Woods (1 p.m.) and Phil Mickelson (2:30 p.m.). Tirico and Scott Van Pelt will host SportsCenter reports from the Masters and will be joined by analysts Andy North, Paul Azinger and Strange, and reporter Tom Rinaldi. Van Pelt, North and Rinaldi also will present a special one-hour preview SportsCenter at the Masters on Wednesday, April 4, at 5 p.m. following the Par 3 Contest telecast. ESPN the Magazine’s Rick Reilly will provide essays for SportsCenter Wednesday through Sunday.

The Masters on ESPN 3D
ESPN’s television coverage will include 14 hours of programming in 3D on the ESPN 3D network, an additional 2.5 hours from last year’s coverage. Included will be three hours daily from all four rounds of Tournament action plus two hours of Wednesday’s Par 3 Contest. Thursday and Friday’s telecasts begin at 4:30 p.m. while the weekend telecasts begin at 4 p.m. The Par 3 Contest airs at 3 p.m. In 2010, the Masters became the first major sporting event produced and broadcast live in 3D internationally on television and the Internet. Gannon will host ESPN 3D’s telecasts with analyst Azinger Wednesday through Friday, while Tirico, Azinger and Strange will have the call Saturday and Sunday.

Masters Par 3 Contest
The Masters Par 3 Contest will air live Wednesday, April 4, from 3-5 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN 3D and ESPN3. The Par 3 Contest, which began in 1960, was first televised by ESPN in 2008. On ESPN, Tirico, North and Strange will be joined by Rinaldi, who will conduct interviews on the putting green, and on-ground reporter Peter Kostis. Host Terry Gannon and analyst Azinger will be the announcers on ESPN 3D.

The Masters on ESPN Digital Platforms

WatchESPN
All Masters programming on ESPN also is available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app, which are accessible to fans who receive their video service from an affiliated provider.

ESPN.com 

• News, blogs and columns from ESPN.com national columnist Gene Wojciechowski and golf writers Farrell Evans and Bob Harig.
• “CoverItLive” application moderated by Michael Collins.
• “Championship Central” on the ESPN.com/Golf index page focusing on the majors and the Ryder Cup.
• The ESPN Golf Cast application, which offers an easy-to-use interface with scoring, “CoverItLive,” video and social media elements.
• “Road to The Masters” series tracking the latest news and historical look backs of the year’s first major. Included are 50+ Masters Moments video highlights.
• ESPNRadio.com with highlighted player interviews, course analysis and up-to-the minute updates of the Masters
• Video clips from ESPN golf analysts Andy North, Curtis Strange and Paul Azinger.
• Photo Galleries
• Live scoring from Masters.com
• ESPNDeportes.com editorial coverage of the Masters in Spanish will include comprehensive daily print and video content, with analysis from on-air talent Aleman, Bertolaccini and Sutcliffe.

ESPN3
ESPN’s multi-screen, live event sports network will simulcast ESPN’s telecast of the Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, April 4, from 3-5 p.m.

Additional coverage of the Masters on ESPN platforms:

ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio will present updates from Augusta National Golf Club throughout the Masters Tournament Wednesday-Sunday, April 4-8. Reporter Dan Davis will have live hourly updates (4:40-9:40 p.m.) during the first two rounds and twice-an-hour reports at 20 and 40 minutes past the hour (1:20-8:40 p.m.) throughout the weekend’s SportsCenter Saturday and SportsCenter Sunday programs as well as during ESPN Radio’s NBA and MLB studio shows. Reports will also run on weekday’s SportsCenter AM (5-6 a.m.) and in SportsCenter Tonight (10 p.m.-1 a.m.) throughout the week.

ESPN the Magazine
The April 2 issue of ESPN the Magazine contains a multi-page Masters preview by Scott Miller. The Masters scorecards of three of this year’s favorites, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, are analyzed and Miller says the most crucial holes for each man lie back-to-back-to-back at Augusta (McIlroy – 10, Woods – 11, Mickelson – 12). Miller breaks down why the holes have made a difference to the three superstars in the Masters.

ESPN InternationalThis year 95 countries will see the Masters on ESPN platforms. Fans in these countries can follow the Masters on ESPN television, online, mobile and broadband platforms. The Masters is available in:

• Asia (17.5 hours to 22 countries and 174 million households via ESS), plus  two hours of Par 3 Contest coverage.
• Latin America and the Caribbean (all four rounds and the Par 3 Contest coverage to 51 Countries and more than 36 million households).
• In Canada, TSN and TSN-HD will air the first two rounds of the Masters and the Par 3 Contest live with same day re-airs in primetime of the final rounds. TSN’s networks reach approximately 15 million households.
• In Northern Africa and the Middle East, all four rounds and the Par 3 Contest will be televised to 21 countries.
• The Par 3 Contest, all four rounds of the Masters and exclusive broadband coverage of “Amen Corner,” a featured group and holes 15 and 16 will be live on ESPN Play in Spanish-speaking Latin America and on ESPN 360 in Brazil. Additionally, for the first time, a mobile/tablet version of ESPN Play will be available in Chile.

ESPNEWS
ESPNEWS will offer all the latest Masters news beginning Monday, April 2, with interviews, pre- and post-round news conferences and analysis from Scott Van Pelt, Andy North and Mike Tirico.

ESPN Classic
ESPN Classic will televise a 43-hour Masters Tribute featuring Official Masters Films beginning Tuesday, April 3, at 8 p.m. The tribute will include highlights from every year of the Masters from 1960 through 2011, with programming continuing all day Wednesday and through 3 p.m. on Thursday when first round coverage begins.

The Masters – Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA

Day/Date	Program	Start	End	Networks
Wednesday, April 4	Masters Par 3 Contest	3 p.m.	5 p.m.	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN3D
Wednesday, April 4	SportsCenter at the Masters	5 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Thursday, April 5	First Round	3 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Thursday, April 5	First Round	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	ESPN 3D
Thursday, April 5	First Round (encore)	8 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Friday, April 6	Second Round	3 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Friday, April 6	Second Round	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	ESPN 3D
Friday, April 6	Second Round (encore)	8 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Saturday, April 7	Third Round	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN 3D
Sunday, April 8	Final Round	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN 3D

That is it for this post.

ESPN Family of Network Takes 52 Sports Emmy Nominations

I had to step out earlier and from the time I posted the Sports Emmy Award nominations until now, a few networks have been sending press releases touting the number of nods they have received. We begin with ESPN’s Family of Networks which received a total of 52 Sports Emmy Awards noms, the most of any network group. The NBC Sports Group consisting of NBC Sports, Golf Channel, Versus (now NBC Sports Network) and nbcsports.com had the closest amount with a total of 32.

ESPN’s group includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN 3D, espn.com and ABC.

ESPN received nominations in many categories including Live Sports Special (Women’s World Cup), Live Sports Series (Monday Night Football), Outstanding Playoff Coverage (Big East Tournament and NASCAR’s Chase), Outstanding Sports Documentary, Weekly Studio Show (College GameDay & Sunday NFL Countdown), Daily Studio Show (multiple nominations), Sports Journalism, Studio Analyst (inexplicably including Skippy Bayless of ESPN2) and Game Analyst (Jon Gruden).

We have ESPN’s press release on the nominations.

ESPN, Inc. – Industry Leading 52 Sports Emmy Nominations

Outside the Lines, E:60, NFL Programming, NASCAR & FIFA Women’s World Cup Lead the Way
Two Nominations for ESPN 3D, First Nominations for NASCAR Now, SportsNation, Bayless & Dilfer

For the 12^th consecutive year, ESPN, Inc. led the industry with the most Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2011, 52 across its platforms (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN 3D, ABC and ESPN.com), it was announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The bulk of ESPN’s nominations honor the company’s efforts in enterprise journalism and storytelling, along with technical excellence in both studio and event production, including ESPN 3D. The winners will be announced Monday, April 30, in New York.

ESPN’s nominations were led by 30 for its studio, news and journalism efforts, capped by eight for Outside the Lines, seven for E:60 and four for ESPN Films documentaries:

• ESPN earned four nominations in three different categories – Short Features, Long Features and Studio Show Daily (four-time winner SportsCenter, 2010 winner Pardon the Interruption and first-time nominees NASCAR Now and ESPN2’s SportsNation).
• ESPN grabbed three nominations each in Sports Documentary (ESPN Films’ Catching Hell, The Marinovich Project and Unguarded, which was also cited for Editing) and Sports Journalism (all for E:60).
• College GameDay – winner of Studio Show Weekly three of the last four years – was again nominated, as was seven-time winner Sunday NFL Countdown. The latter was also nominated in Production Design/Art Direction.
• Among studio commentators, College GameDay’s Kirk Herbstreit – named Best Studio Analyst the last two years – is nominated again, alongside first-time nominees Skip Bayless of ESPN2’s weekday morning  FirstTake and NFL analyst Trent Dilfer.

In Event Production, multiple nominations were earned by Monday Night Football, FIFA Women’s World Cup, motorsports, the Winter X Games, golf and Grand Slam tennis:

• MNF was nominated in Live Series, its analyst Jon Gruden was nominated for the third time in his three years with the series, and it was cited for Graphic Design and Music.
• In the wake of the honors last year for ESPN’s ground-breaking presentation of the FIFA World Cup from South Africa – three Sports Emmys including Outstanding Live Special for the final match – ESPN earned three nominations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany, including another nod in the Live Special category, for the U.S. vs. Japan final.
• NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup received a nod in the Playoff Coverage category, the on-site NASCAR studio presence received mention in Tech Team Studio and the Indianapolis 500 on ABC received a nomination in Opens/Teases.
• The Winter X Games received three nominations, for Live Sound, Short Feature, and for ESPN 3D in Tech Team Remote.  ESPN 3D’s presentation of The Masters was nominated for the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award.
• In addition to the ESPN 3D nomination, ESPN’s golf team received two other nods – in Opens/Teases and Writing (the Dick Schaap Award), both for The Open Championship – Day Three.
• ESPN’s coverage of all four of tennis’ Grand Slam events was cited for excellence in its features and bumps/teases in two categories, Editing and Camerawork.

ESPN.com was nominated in New Approaches – Sports Programming for Sports Science. The TV version of the show was also nominated in Graphic Design, which it won last year. Also, the “It’s not crazy, it’s sports” brand awareness promotional campaign is a nominee in Promotional Announcement – Institutional category for the “Fanwiches,” “Proposal” and “Towel around the World” spots.

In addition, as previously announced, Jack Whitaker, who covered all of sports’ biggest events during his remarkable long career with CBS and ABC, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Overall, ESPN has won 142 Sports Emmy Awards in 24 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.

We’ll have another Sports Emmy Award nominations-related post next.

33rd Annual Sports Emmy Nominations Announced

We have the nominations, all 170 in 33 different categories, for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They just came out today. There are some surprises like massive hockey charlatan Pierre McGuire nominated in the Sports Reporter category and for some really strange reason, Skippy Bayless of ESPN2′s First Take was nominated for Best Studio Analyst. What analysis does he do besides yelling and having massive manlove for Tim Tebow?

There are some of the usual suspects are nominated, Bob Costas for Best Studio Host, Al Michaels in Play-by-Play, Cris Collinsworth for both Studio and Game Analyst.

Some of the nominations I agree with include Mike Mayock for Best Game Analyst, College GameDay and Football Night in America as Best Studio Shows and all of the movies in the Sports Documentary category. Sports documentaries were strong this year and I have trouble picking one although Catching Hell, the ESPN Films effort on Steve Bartman and the Chicago Cubs might be the weakest of the bunch, but the doc was still very good.

Ok, get ready to scroll, the entire list is below. We do need a page break so the list of nominees will after the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences press releases.

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR THE 33^RD ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS

Winners to be Honored During the April 30^th Ceremony At Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jack Whitaker to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

New York, NY – March 20, 2012 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 33^rd Annual Sports Emmy® Awards.

More than 170 nominees were announced in 33 categories including outstanding live sports special, live series, sports documentary, studio show, promotional announcements, play-by-play personality and studio analyst.  The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on April 30^th, 2012 in New York City.

This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports will go to the Sports Commentator and Essayist, Jack Whitaker.

“This is an outstanding year for the sports community and for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,” said Malachy Wienges, Chairman, NATAS. “The entries received in this year’s Sports Emmys resulted in a record 175 nominees, illustrating the quality of these entries.  We are also honoring Jack Whitaker with our Lifetime Achievement Award.  I had the pleasure of working with Jack for eighteen years at CBS, and Jack is a sports icon and a class act.”

In addition to Jack Whitaker, many of the today’s leading sports broadcasters, personalities and television professionals will be in attendance as presenters at the event.

The networks of ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, ESPN 3D & espn.com) lead the nomination totals with 55, the NBC Sports Group (NBC, Versus, Golf Channel & nbcsports.com) garnered 32, CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBSSports.com) entries received 26 nominations, while Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV, NBA.com & truTV) have 22.

A complete list of all nominees is attached below.

33^rd Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network Group

ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, ESPN 3D, espn.com) – 55
NBC Sports Group (NBC, Versus, Golf Channel, nbcsports.com) – 32
CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBSSports.com) – 26
Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV, NBA.com, truTV) – 22
HBO Sports – 19
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, SPEED) – 16
NFL Network – 12
MLB Network – 8
DIRECTV – 2
MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com, MLBAM) – 2
NFL.com – 2
NCAA.com – 1
PGA.com – 1

33^rd Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network

ESPN – 36
NBC – 22
HBO Sports – 19
CBS – 15
FOX – 15
TNT – 15
ESPN2 – 14
NFL NETWORK – 12
SHOWTIME – 10
MLB NETWORK – 8
VERSUS – 7  
TBS – 3
ABC – 2   
DIRECTV – 2
ESPN 3D – 2
GOLF CHANNEL – 2
NBA TV – 2
NFL.COM – 2
CBSSPORTS.COM – 1
ESPN.COM – 1
MLB.COM – 1
MLBAM – 1
NBA.COM – 1
NBCSPORTS.COM – 1
NCAA.COM – 1
PGA.COM – 1
SPEED – 1
truTV – 1

BREAKDOWN OF MULTIPLE PROGRAM/SERIES NOMINATIONS

Program/Nominations/Network

24/7: 8 -  HBO
E: 60: 7 – ESPN2
A Game of Honor: 5 – Showtime/CBSSports.com
MLB on FOX: 5 – FOX
NASCAR on FOX: 5 – FOX
NBA on TNT: 4 – TNT
NBC Sunday Night Football: 4 – NBC
FIFA Women’s World Cup: 3 – ESPN/ESPN2
Outside the Lines: 3 – ESPN
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: 3 – HBO
SportsCenter: 3 – ESPN
The Army/Navy Game: 3 – CBS
The Franchise: 3 – Showtime
Winter X Games 15: 3 – ESPN/ESPN3D
2011 Open Championship: 2 – ESPN
2011 Stanley Cup Final: 2 – NBC/Versus
ESPN Monday Night Football: 2 – ESPN
Football Night in America: 2 – NBC
Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN: 2 – ESPN2
Inside the NBA on TNT: 2 – TNT
Joplin: City of Hope: 2 – ESPN2
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice: 2 – HBO
MLB Tonight: 2 – MLB Network
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: 2 – CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV
NFL Films Presents: 2 – NFL Network
NFL GameDay Morning: 2 – NFL Network
NFL on FOX: 2 – FOX
Sports Science: 2 – ESPN/ESPN.com
Sunday NFL Countdown: 2 – ESPN
Unguarded: 2 – ESPN

And after the page break, all of the nominees for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards which will be handed out April 30 in New York City.

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College Basketball Viewing Picks for 03/10 & 03/11/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, March 10

College GameDay — ESPN, noon

Men’s

ACC Tournament, Atlanta, GA
Semifinals
North Carolina State vs. North Carolina — ACC Network/ESPN, 1 p.m.
Florida State vs. Duke — ACC Network/ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

America East Championship, Stony Brook, NY
Vermont at Stony Brook — ESPN, 11 a.m.

Atlantic 10 Tournament, Atlantic City, NJ
Semifinals
UMass vs. St. Bonaventure — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Dayton vs. St. Louis — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.

Big East Championship, New York, NY
Cincinnati vs. Louisville — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 9 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis, IN
Semifinals
Michigan State vs. Wisconsin — CBS, 1 p.m.
Michigan vs. Ohio State — CBS, 3:30 p.m.

Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, MO
Baylor vs. Missouri — ESPN, 6 p.m.

Big West Championship, Anaheim, CA
Long Beach State vs. UC-Santa Barbara — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Conference USA Championship, Memphis, TN
Marshall vs. Memphis — CBS, 11:30 a.m.

MAC Championship, Cleveland, OH
Akron vs. Ohio — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

MEAC Championship, Winston-Salem, NC
Bethune-Cookman vs. Norfolk State — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, NV
San Diego State vs. New Mexico — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Pac-12 Championship, Los Angeles, CA
Arizona vs. Colorado — CBS, 6 p.m.

SEC Tournament, New Orleans, LA
Semifinals
Kentucky vs. Florida — ABC, 1 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Southland Championship, Katy, TX
Lamar vs. McNeese State — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

SWAC Championship, Garland, TX
Mississippi Valley State vs. Texas Southern — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

WAC Championship, Las Vegas, NV
New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech — ESPN2, midnight

Women’s

Big South Tournament, High Point, NC
Liberty vs. Charleston Southern — SportSouth, 1:30 p.m.
High Point vs. Radford — SportSouth, 4 p.m.

Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, MO
Baylor vs. Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net, noon

CAA Tournament, Upper Marlboro, MD
Semifinals
Delaware vs. UNC-Wilmington — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England), CSS, The Comcast Network, noon
James Madison vs. Drexel — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England), CSS, The Comcast Network, 2:30 p.m.

Conference USA Championship, Memphis, TN
UTEP vs. Tulane — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

MAC Championship, Cleveland, OH
Central Michigan vs Eastern Michigan — STO, 1 p.m.

MEAC Championship, Winston-Salem, NC
Howard vs. Hampton — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Missouri Valley Tournament, St. Charles, MO
Semifinals
Missouri State vs. Creighton — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:30 p.m.
Drake vs. Wichita State — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 5 p.m.

Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, NV
San Diego State vs. New Mexico — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.

Pac-12 Championship, Los Angeles, CA
Stanford vs. Cal — Fox Sports Net, 2:30 p.m.

WAC Championship, Las Vegas, NV
Louisiana Tech vs. Fresno State WAC Sports Network, 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 11

Men’s

College GameDay — ESPN2, 11 a.m./ESPN, noon
Bracketology — ESPN, 3 p.m.

ACC Championship, Atlanta, GA
North Carolina vs. Florida State — ACC Network/ESPN, 1 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Championship, Atlantic City, NJ
St. Bonaventure vs. Xavier — CBS, 1 p.m.

Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, IN
Michigan State vs. Ohio State — CBS, 3:30 p.m.

SEC Championship, New Orleans, LA
Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt — ABC, 1 p.m.

NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show — CBS, 6 p.m.
Bracketology — ESPN, 7 p.m.
NCAA Hardcore Brackets — truTV, 7 p.m.
Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Crunch Time — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Duke ’91 & ’92: Back to Back — truTV, 8 p.m.
Bracketology — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
NIT Selection Show — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Tournament Countdown: The Experts — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

Women’s

Big South Championship, High Point, NC
Liberty vs. High Point — SportSouth, 4 p.m.

CAA Championship, Upper Marlboro, MD
Delaware vs. Drexel — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)/CSS, 12:30 p.m.

Horizon League Championship
Green Bay vs. Detroit — ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Missouri Valley Championship, St. Charles, MO
Creighton vs. Drake — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 3 p.m.

Northeast Championship, Fairfield, CT
Monmouth at Sacred Heart — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

ESPN’s College Basketball Schedule is Highlighted With North Carolina-Duke

This week wraps up the regular season for college basketball. Some conferences are starting their tournaments this week as well, so it’s an eclectic mix of games as we get ready for one of the best parts of sports calendar, March Madness. For me, my three favorite months of the sports calendar are January for the NFL playoffs, March for the conference tournaments and NCAA Tournament and October for the MLB Postseason and World Series.

So we have the beginning of what should be an exciting month of college basketball and it begins with this weekend’s mid-major conference tournaments and the jockeying for positioning for seeding in the “BCS” conferences and we have the 2nd North Carolina-Duke game on Saturday which ESPN will carry.

We have the schedule of games for the ESPN family of networks coming up, but first, ESPN tells us that College GameDay will be live in Durham, NC for Carolina-Duke and for the first time, the show will have a special Friday night presentation on ESPNU.

College GameDay Returns to Duke-UNC Rivalry on Saturday

ESPN’s College GameDay returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University on Saturday, March 3 (10 a.m., ESPNU & ESPN 3D; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., ESPN & ESPN 3D). Rece Davis serves as the College GameDay host, and is joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Hubert Davis.

The weekly show originates from the site of ESPN’s Saturday Primetime telecast – this week, pitting the top two teams in the ACC – No. 6 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke (7 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN3 & ESPN 3D). Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale and Erin Andrews will call the telecast. GameDay is at the site of the Duke-UNC rivalry for the fourth time since the show’s debut in 2005.

Coverage will begin with a special first-time Friday edition of College GameDay, March 2, at 11 p.m.  The following day, ESPNU will dedicate eight hours of Duke vs. UNC programming, including the recent thriller from February 8 when the Blue Devils stunned the Tar Heels with a last second, three-pointer from freshman Austin Rivers.

Date	Time (ET)	Program	Network
Fri, March 2	11 p.m.	College GameDay: North Carolina vs. Duke Special (Durham, N.C.)	ESPNU
Sat, March 3	3:30 a.m.	Re-air: College GameDay: North Carolina vs. Duke Special (Durham, N.C.)	ESPNU
	4 a.m.	Duke vs. North Carolina (Feb. 5, 1992)	ESPNU
	6 a.m.	North Carolina vs. Duke (Feb. 9, 2005)	ESPNU
	7:30 a.m.	Duke vs. North Carolina (Feb. 8, 2012)	ESPNU
	9 a.m.	Re-air: College GameDay: North Carolina vs. Duke Special (Durham, N.C.)	ESPNU
	9:30 a.m.	First Take: College Basketball	ESPNU
	10 a.m.	College GameDay (Durham, N.C.) Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps & Hubert Davis	ESPNU/ESPN 3D
	11 a.m. & 6 p.m.	College GameDay (Durham, N.C.) Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps & Hubert Davis	ESPN/ESPN 3D
	7 p.m.	Saturday Primetime: No. 6 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Erin Andrews	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D

And here’s that ESPN schedule for the rest of the week.

Men’s College Basketball: No. 6 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke Showdown

ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule will be highlighted by No. 6 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke in a showdown between the ACC rivals, which have identical 12-2 records in the conference. Duke defeated North Carolina in a thrilling 85-84 last-second victory on February 8.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup	Network
Wed, Feb 29	7 p.m.	Maryland at No. 6 North Carolina John Saunders & Dick Vitale	ESPN/ESPN3
		No. 7 Marquette at Cincinnati Bob Wischusen & Bob Knight	ESPN2/ESPN3
		St. John’s at Pittsburgh Adam Amin & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Oklahoma at Texas Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2/ESPN3
		Iowa at Nebraska Mitch Holthus & Miles Simon	ESPNU
Thu, March 1	7 p.m.	No. 16 Michigan at Illinois Dave O’Brien, Stephen Bardo & Jalen Rose	ESPN/ESPN3
		No. 22 Florida State at Virginia Mike Patrick, Len Elmore & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN2/ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Georgia at No. 1 Kentucky Rece Davis & Hubert Davis	ESPN/ESPN3
		Villanova at Rutgers John Saunders & Tim Welsh	ESPN2/ESPN3
	11 p.m.	New Mexico State at Nevada Dave Flemming & Miles Simon	ESPN2/ESPN3
Fri, March 2	7 p.m.	Akron at Kent State TBD & Dan Dakich	ESPN2/ESPN3
Sat, March 3	Noon	Pittsburgh at Connecticut Dave Pasch & Doris Burke	ESPN/ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Cincinnati at Villanova TBD & TBD	ESPN/ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Tennessee Brad Nessler & Jimmy Dykesw	ESPN/ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 6 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Erin Andrews	ESPN/ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Texas at No. 4 Kansas Brent Musburger & Bob Knight	ESPN/ESPN3
Sun, March 4	Noon	Clemson at No. 22 Florida State Mike Patrick & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3
	1 p.m.	No. 16 Michigan at Penn State TBD & Dan Dakich	ESPN/ESPN3
	6 p.m.	ACC Sunday Night Basketball: N.C. State at Virginia Tech Jon Sciambi, Hubert Davis & Jeannine Edwards	ESPNU

That will do it.

Your February 1st Links

It seems like last week we rang in the New Year. Now, we’re one month into 2012. Didn’t take long.

Let’s do some linkage.

Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, we learn that NBC has quite a bit in store for its six hour Super Bowl pregame show.

Also in USA Today, Michael Coppinger finds that new HBO Sports President Ken Hershman plans on cleaning up the network’s shaky boxing reputation.

And Reid Cherner at USA Today has a preview of the upcoming season of “Eastbound & Down” featuring Kenny Powers. I’ll admit, I don’t get the chi of “Eastbound & Down” and find it unwatchable, but the show has its fans.

John Ourand at Sports Business Daily says the NFL is issuing a tablet-only commemorative Super Bowl appl

At Bleacher Report, Dan Levy tells us that NFL Network’s Deion Sanders came out the winner at yesterday’s Super Bowl Media Day.

At Deadspin, Barry Petchesky has video of reporters leering at Televisa Deportes reporter Marisol Gonzalez during Media Day.

Barry also has a series of photos taken by perverts reporters as original Mexican bombshell Inês Sainz was traversing her way through Media Day.

The Olympic newsletter Around the Rings notes that the International Olympic Committee is in no hurry to negotiate a Canadian TV rights deal after the lone bid failed to come up to its standards.

Around the Rings also notes that broadcasters for the 2014 Winter Games including NBC are gathering in Sochi to discuss plans for that Olympiad.

To All Things D where Liz Gannes has new ESPN President John Skipper saying he wants people to see his content, just not for free.

And All Things D has the video highlights of Skipper’s comments.

Lisa Richwine of Reuters notes that Skipper is bullish on ESPN 3D. Oh great.

Lucas Shaw at The Wrap says John Skipper and ESPN are in love with Silicon Valley.

David Griner of Adweek has the Volkwagen Super Bowl ad that has been hyped for a couple of weeks. I like the teaser with the dogs barking better.

Katy Bachman at Adweek says the FCC is seeking public comment on the NFL’s antiquated TV blackout rules.

Best Buy won’t be using rock stars, but tech stars in its Super Bowl ad. Last year, Best Buy used Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber in a very lame ad.

Natalie Zmuda of Advertising Age says Pepsi will emphasize music in its Super Bowl ads.

Louisa Ada Seltzer of Media Life Magazine previews tonight’s “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials” special on CBS.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell wishes advertisers wouldn’t release their Super Bowl spots before they air in the Big Game.

Kristi Dosh of ESPN.com says Super Bowl advertising has gone beyond just buying time during the game.

Alex Sherman and Andy Fixmer of Bloomberg Businessweek write that NBC is using the Super Bowl to heavily promote “Smash” in what it hopes will save its primetime lineup.

The NBC’s Sunday Night Football Facebook page has a gallery of photos from yesterday’s media event in Indianapolis.

The Nielsen Wire blog looks at whether the New England Patriots or the New York Giants do better than the other in social media.

To SportsGrid and Tom Lorenzo who has video of TSN’s Ray Ferraro throwing out an “F” bomb not once, but twice during a broadcast last night.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group writes that ESPN was technically prepared to air the Australian Open epic men’s final.

James Careless of TV Technology looks at NBC’s online streaming of the Super Bowl.

Steve Donohue of Fierce Cable says Time Warner Cable seems to be doing just fine without MSG Network.

Lou Modestino of the Quincy (MA) Patriot-Ledger says Fox Sports was mostly responsible for moving the Daytona 500 forward one week.

Bill Pennington in the New York Times looks at fans getting to attend Super Bowl Media Day for the first time.

Richard Sandomir of the Times says a new media company wants to become the ESPN for kids. Already, the NFL, several sports stars and NBC Sports Network have signed up to partner with the company.

Good story by Jim Yardley of the Times Magazine exploring how some American NBA players are faring in Communist China and how the NBA made a huge miscalculation in trying to launch a league there.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union writes that Time Warner Cable will extend its free Sports Pass option to residential customers affected by the company’s dispute with MSG Network.

Pete says NFL Network will air the Pro Football Hall of Fame announcement for the Class of 2012 on Saturday.

Dan Gross of the Philadelphia Daily News writes that a local TV reporter is back at work after being on suspension for prematurely tweeting that Joe Paterno had died.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner speaks with CBS Sports Network’s Tom Lemming about National Signing Day.

Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman notes a ratings record for the Oklahoma City Thunder on Fox Sports Oklahoma.

Matthew Tully of the Indianapolis Star says foreign journalists covering the Super Bowl are enjoying Indy as the host city.

The Star has a roundup of what journos are saying about Indianapolis.

Bob Kravitz of the Star filed a diary with his observations of Super Bowl Media Day.

Anthony Schoette of the Indianapolis Business Journal writes that the Super Bowl has helped to focus a spotlight on IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway which has been hosting  media events this week.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers will be a guest analyst on NBC’s Super Bowl XLVI pregame.

Ed Sherman at Crain’s Chicago Business looks at Super Bowl Week in Indianapolis and wonders “what if” had the Bears built a domed facility.

Steve Eighinger of the Quincy (IL) Herald Whig is thankful for ESPN as it helped him to endure the Great Midwest Blizzard of 2011.

Roman Augustoviz of the Minneapolis Star Tribune notes that CBS Sports Network has signed a TV deal with the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference known in local circles as “The National.”

Eli Segall of the San Jose Business Journal says the Sharks are scoring big for Comcast SportsNet California.

Bruce Dowbiggin of the Toronto Globe and Mail says the man who broke the Sidney Crosby neck injury story stands by his scoop.

Sports Media Watch says the NFL Pro Bowl’s ratings were down from last year, but still outpace the other All-Star games.

SMW has some various ratings news and notes.

Dave Kohl at the Broadcast Booth says last week was pretty slow for any kind of sports news.

Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing notes that Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News crime writer Sarah Ganim has been given much deserved Pulitzer Prize consideration for her reporting on the Penn State story.

Barry Janoff at The Big Lead writes that Mean Joe Greene is redoing his iconic Coke Super Bowl ad from the 1970′s for Proctor & Gamble.

And we have more links that I ever thought I would find today. That’s good for you.

Bringing Out Some Tuesday Links

Let’s do some links on this Tuesday.

Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that a tepid LSU-Alabama rematch drew the BCS National Championship Game’s lowest overnight rating ever on ESPN.

Mike McCarthy of USA Today reports that former ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury has either quit or been fired from his MTV2 Lingerie Football League gig. There’s always a gray area with Sean.

Bruce Horovitz from USA Today says Kim Kardashian has been booted from Sketchers’ Super Bowl ad and replaced by a dog.

Sports Business Daily looks at the reviews of ESPN’s production of the BCS National Championship Game.

At Fox Sports, Brian Lowry feels ESPN did a better job in stepping up than LSU-Alabama last night.

Erin Carlson of the Hollywood Reporter notes that NBC will air the London Summer Olympics in 3-D.

Todd Spangler from Multichannel News reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that ESPN admits a lack of 3-D programming for owners of 3-D sets, but the network says that should change.

Ben Drawbaugh of Engadget was at ESPN 3D’s demonstration of the BCS National Championship Game.

Jaymar Cabebe at CNET looks at ESPN Radio now streaming live through Slacker apps.

Erin Griffith of Adweek says the popular sound recognition app Shazam will power almost a third of this year’s Super Bowl ads.

Rich Thomaselli of Advertising Age says Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow could reach the marketing and endorsement stratosphere as long as he keeps winning.

Michael Bradley at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says a lackluster game between LSU and Alabama should lead the BCS to change its system.

Noam Cohen of the New York Times looks at NBC going 3-D for the Olympics.

Jerry Barmash at Fishbowl NY looks at the NYC Marathon’s new deal to have WABC-TV carry the race live starting this year.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union discusses the end of Jim Rome’s tenure at ESPN.

The Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg says in the DC Sports Bog that former WaPo writers Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon say they would take Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio over Washington’s John Wall right now.

David Knox of the Birmingham (AL) News says last night’s BCS National Championship Game drew a big rating locally for Alabama-LSU, but not as big as last year’s involving bitter archrival Auburn.

Doug Segrest at the News says Alabama quickly took the wind out of ESPN’s sails for a close game.

W. Scott Bailey at the San Antonio Business Journal says the Alamo Bowl on ESPN drew good numbers as compared to some of the BCS games.

Mark Dawidziak of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports that the voice of the Browns and WKYC Sports Director Jim Donovan will co-anchor the 7 p.m. edition of the station’s newscast.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that local ratings for the NFL Wild Card weekend were very good.

Ed Sherman at Crain’s Chicago Business looks at a new series on Big Ten Network.

Ed says the Big Ten Conference remains steadfastly opposed to a Plus One or anything resembling a playoff in college football.

At the Salt Lake Tribune, Scott D. Pierce says NBC and ESPN have snubbed Real Salt Lake in their MLS schedules.

Houston Mitchell of the Los Angeles Times says you can bid on the chance to have NBA Hall of Famer and TV analyst Bill Walton at your house.

At the Biz of Baseball, Maury Brown says it’s best to wait a year before expanding the MLB playoffs.

I’ll end it there for now. If anything warrants, I’ll add some more links.

UPDATE, 6 p.m.: Some more links for you now.

Chad Finn of the Boston Globe looks at the record ratings for the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game between Pittsburgh and Denver.

Newsday’s Neil Best says the NFL is seeing more monster ratings.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette notes what Time Warner Cable subscribers are missing on MSG Network in Day 10 of the two companies’ dispute with each other.

Ryan Yoder at Awful Announcing notes that ESPN Radio premieres a new show tonight.

That’s going to do it.

Comcast Subscribers To Get Access To Watch ESPN App

Just received a joint statement from Comcast and the Walt Disney Company on a wide ranging distribution agreement for Disney networks including ESPN. Since this is a sports media blog, we’ll focus on the sports part of this agreement.

Comcast subscribers will be able to access ESPN on their tablets through the Watch ESPN app. This increases access to the app from just Bright House Cable, Time Warner Cable and Verizon Fios subscribers to Comcast. Access is not available to Comcast yet, that’s expected in the very near future.

ESPN3, Full Court and GamePlan will now be seen on Comcast’s Sports and Entertainment tiers. We have the press release which also includes news about Disney’s entertainment content on Comcast.

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND COMCAST CORPORATION ANNOUNCE A LONG-TERM, COMPREHENSIVE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT THAT ADVANCES THE SUCCESSFUL MULTICHANNEL BUSINESS MODEL

DEAL PROVIDES XFINITY TV CUSTOMERS BROAD ACCESS TO TOP SPORTS, NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCREENS IN AND OUT OF THE HOME

PHILADELPHIA AND BURBANK –– JANUARY 4, 2012 –– Comcast Corporation  and The Walt Disney Company today announced a long-term, comprehensive distribution agreement that will deliver Disney’s top quality sports, news and entertainment content to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers into the next decade on television, online, on tablets and handheld devices. The new agreement enhances the multichannel business model and supports the companies’ mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms using the latest technology and cloud innovation. For the first time ever, Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers will be able to watch ESPN, ABC or Disney shows live or on demand and across multiple screens. The companies also agreed to collaborate over the term of the deal to create new, innovative viewing experiences for Xfinity TV customers.

The networks and services covered by the agreement include: ABC, ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Buzzer Beater, ESPN 3D, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FullCourt and ESPN3; retransmission consent for seven ABC-owned broadcast television stations (WABC-TV New York, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco, KTRK-TV Houston, KTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham, and KFSN-TV Fresno) as well as more than 10 high-definition networks.  Additionally, Comcast will launch Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for preschool-age children, parents and caregivers.  Comcast will also provide its Xfinity TV customers with broad access to a suite of live Disney networks on an authenticated basis and expanded Xfinity On Demand content through Disney’s comprehensive TV+ initiative. In total, 70 services are covered by the broad scope of this new agreement. License fee schedules for different services under the deal will be phased in over time.

“Comcast was the first video provider to create technology that enabled us to deliver content to customers where and when they want it across any viewing experience,” said Neil Smit, President and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable. “We are very pleased to have reached this unprecedented and innovative, long-term agreement with Disney which embraces the future of entertainment and allows Comcast to continue to bring our vision of TV Everywhere to Xfinity customers whether at home or on the go.”

Anne Sweeney, Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, added, “This landmark deal is a great example of what can be achieved when programmers and distributors collaborate and innovate together to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers and enhance the viewing experience. By combining the best news, sports and entertainment content available today with cutting-edge technologies, we’re able to fully realize our comprehensive TV+ initiative, and introduce a brand new suite of authenticated services to Comcast subscribers.”

Added George Bodenheimer, Executive Chairman, ESPN, Inc., “Given the scope of assets Comcast and Disney/ABC/ESPN are making available to consumers, this agreement is unprecedented in our industry. It reinforces the value of the multichannel subscription and takes full advantage of new technologies, which serve all of our viewers.”

The extensive and expanded rights package for Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers includes rights across multiple platforms for:

• Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers will receive more ABC, ABC Family, Disney and ESPN content through their set-top-box and, at this time, Disney and ESPN content online, including:
  • ABC On Demand, ABC’s fast-forward-disabled On Demand service, which currently features a selection of top-rated primetime entertainment programming, including episodes of such popular current ABC shows as “Castle,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Once Upon A Time,” “Private Practice” and “Revenge.” Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows.  Additionally, Xfinity TV customers will have access to a variety of ABC News programming as well as some local ABC owned-station content.
  • ABC Family On Demand, which features a variety of top-rated full episodes, refreshed monthly, from such popular millennial favorites as “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Switched at Birth,” and “Melissa & Joey.” Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows. ABC Family original movies like “12 Dates of Christmas” will also be available.
  • Disney-branded On Demand offerings, including Disney Channel On Demand, Disney Junior On Demand, and Disney XD On Demand. Refreshed each month, the Disney Channel On Demand offering will include episodes from such series as “Handy Manny,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” and “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” for preschoolers, as well as variety of episodes from “A.N.T. Farm,” “Good Luck Charlie,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” and other popular series for older kids. Select episodes featured on Disney Channel On Demand will be available in innovative new offerings, such as playlists and monthly programming blocks, in addition to a number of episodes available in multiple languages. Disney Channel Original Movies such as “Lemonade Mouth,” “Geek Charming” and “Phineas and Ferb:  Across the Second Dimension” will also be available. Disney XD On Demand features a variety of episodes from such series as the Emmy Award-winning animated hit “Phineas and Ferb.”
  • Disney Channel’s subscription Video On Demand service, which offers on demand access to select episodes before they air, will now be available to Xfinity TV customers who receive Disney Channel, a service that Comcast will offer to these customers for no additional fee.
  • Expanded on demand content from ESPN, including content from ESPN Deportes and ESPN’s award-winning original content from ESPN Films.
  • The subscription On Demand service “Disney Family Movies,” which features a selection of classic and contemporary feature films and animated shorts from The Walt Disney Studios.

• Xfinity TV customers will receive broad access to existing authenticated products like WatchESPN, as well as upcoming authenticated products, including WatchDisneyChannel, WatchDisneyXD and WatchDisneyJunior. These services will give Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers more opportunities to access live and video on demand content, both in-home and out-of-home, on their computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles.
• Xfinity TV customers will also receive the recently announced Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for children ages 2-7, parents and caregivers.  Upon its debut in 2012, the new channel will feature animated and live action programming that blends Disney’s unparalleled storytelling and beloved characters with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills.
• Comcast also obtained rights to air certain content from ESPN3, ESPN FullCourt and ESPN GamePlan on Comcast’s Xfinity Sports Entertainment Package.

And that does it.

2011-12 College Bowl Schedule With TV Networks

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 of the networks, but ESPN has made it big business for itself.

This comes courtesy of Matt’s College Sports. We give you the schedule below.

There you have it.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 14, 12/03/11, All Times Eastern

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 Houston — ABC, noon

SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA
LSU vs. Georgia — CBS, 4 p.m.

noon
UConn at Cincinnati — ESPN
Syracuse at Pittsburgh — ESPN

12:30 p.m.
Iowa State at Kansas State — Fox Sports Net (national)

2 p.m.
Wyoming at Colorado State — the mtn.

2:30 p.m.
UNLV at TCU — Versus

3:30 p.m.
Texas at Baylor — ABC

4 p.m.
Idaho at Nevada — WAC Sports Network

6 p.m.
New Mexico at Boise State — the mtn.

7:30 p.m.
BYU at Hawaii — ESPN2

8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State — ABC

Fresno State at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network

ESPN Assigns Announcers For All of Its College Bowl Games

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 Todd Blackledge will do the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. Sean McDonough will call bowls on consecutive nights for both ESPN and ESPN Radio.

We have the entire schedule of games plus the announcing assignments. It’s all listed below for you and you can see who will call the game that will involve your team.

Football’s Top Commentators to Work ESPN’s Bowl Game Coverage

ESPN’s extensive college football coverage will continue with 33 bowl games, highlighted by all five of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) matchups, including the BCS National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9, at 8:30 p.m. ET. It will mark the second straight year the entire BCS will be available on ESPN, ESPN3 and ESPN Radio.

ESPN 3D, the first 3D network to launch in the industry, will continue its extensive schedule of college football with exclusive 3D coverage of six bowl games, concluding with the BCS National Championship. The network televised the Fiesta Bowl and BCS National Championship last year.

Overall, ESPN will utilize a minimum of 64 on-air commentators to provide play-by-play, analysis and sideline reports for the network’s exclusive multiplatform coverage of the 33 bowl games. Highlights:

• The BCS National Championship (Jan. 9 at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio): For the second consecutive year Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi will call ESPN’s telecast. ESPN’s Monday Night Football signal caller Mike Tirico will work ESPN Radio’s broadcast with ESPN college football analyst Todd Blackledge and reporter Holly Rowe.

It will mark Musburger’s and Herbstreit’s fifth consecutive BCS National Championship, the first two on ESPN Radio, followed by the BCS National Championship Game from the Rose Bowl on ABC two years ago and last season’s Championship from Glendale, Ariz. on ESPN.

• Sean McDonough, Matt Millen and Heather Cox will work BCS bowls on consecutive days, calling the Fiesta Bowl on ESPN on Monday, Jan. 2, at 8:30 p.m. and ESPN Radio’s broadcast of the Sugar Bowl Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 8:30 p.m. They will also work the Insight Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30, at 10 p.m. on ESPN.
• Musburger, Herbstreit and Andrews – the ESPN on ABC Saturday Night Football announcers – will also call the Rose Bowl on ESPN on Monday, Jan. 2, at 5 p.m.
• Tirico will be joined by Monday Night Football analysts Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski on ESPN’s telecast of the Orange Bowl with reporter Lisa Salters on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 8:30 p.m. Tirico, Gruden and Salters will also work the Outback Bowl on ABC, Monday, Jan. 2, at 1 p.m. on ABC.
• In addition to the BCS National Championship, Blackledge and Rowe will work ESPN’s coverage of the Sugar Bowl with their regular-season play-by-play partner Brad Nessler on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 8:30 p.m.
• Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore, ESPN’s regular Friday night game announcers, will call ESPN Radio’s broadcast of the Orange Bowl on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 8:30 p.m.; ESPN’s telecast of the Capital One Bowl Monday, Jan. 2, at 1 p.m.; and ESPN’s coverage of the Champs Sports Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 5:30 p.m.

Bowl Championship Series

Mon, Jan 2	5 p.m.	Rose Bowl ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews ESPN Radio: Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Tom Rinaldi	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	8:30 p.m.	Fiesta Bowl ESPN: Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Tue, Jan 3	8:30 p.m.	Sugar Bowl ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN Radio: Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Wed, Jan 4	8:30 p.m.	Orange Bowl ESPN: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Ron Jaworski & Lisa Salters ESPN Radio: Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Mon, Jan 9	8:30 p.m.	BCS National Championship ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews & Tom RinaldiESPN Radio: Mike Tirico, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio

Additional Postseason Bowl Games

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Dec 17	2 p.m.	New Mexico Bowl ESPN: Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Jessica Mendoza ESPN Radio: TBA, David Diaz-Infante & TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	5:30 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl ESPN: Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	9 p.m.	New Orleans Bowl ESPN: Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith ESPN Radio: Adam Amin, Jay Walker & Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio
Tue, Dec 20	8 p.m.	St. Petersburg Bowl ESPN: Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jeannine Edwards ESPN Radio: Rob Stone, Danny Kanell & TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio
Wed, Dec 21	8 p.m.	Poinsettia Bowl ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Lou Holtz, Mark May & TBA ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Thu, Dec 22	8 p.m.	Las Vegas Bowl Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Tom Rinaldi	ESPN/ESPN3
Sat, Dec 24	8 p.m.	Hawaii Bowl ESPN: Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jessica Mendoza ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher & Trevor Matich	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Mon, Dec 26	5 p.m.	Independence Bowl Rob Stone, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams	ESPN2/ESPN3
Tue, Dec 27	4:30 p.m.	Little Caesars Bowl Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti & Eamon McAnaney	ESPN/ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Belk Bowl Bob Wischusen, Brian Griese & Shannon Spake	ESPN/ESPN3
Wed, Dec 28	4:30 p.m.	Military Bowl Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN/ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Holiday Bowl ESPN: Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Thu, Dec 29	5:30 p.m.	Champs Sports Bowl ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Holly Rowe ESPN Radio: Mike Gleason, John Congemi & TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio
	9 p.m.	Alamo Bowl ESPN: Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich ESPN Radio: Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Eamon McAnaney	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Fri, Dec 30	Noon	Armed Forces Bowl ESPN: Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN Radio: Adam Amin, Tim Brown & Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	3:20 p.m.	Pinstripe Bowl ESPN: Chris Fowler, Jesse Palmer & Tom Rinaldi ESPN Radio: TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	6:40 p.m.	Music City Bowl Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN/ESPN3
	10 p.m.	Insight Bowl ESPN: Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec 31	Noon	Texas Bowl ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Brian Griese & Eamon McAnaney ESPN Radio: Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti & TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Liberty Bowl ABC: Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & Quint Kessenich ESPN Radio: Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins & TBA	ABC/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Fight Hunger Bowl Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith	ESPN/ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Chick-fil-A Bowl ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN Radio: Dave Neal, David Diaz-Infante & Cara Capuano	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio
Mon, Jan 2	Noon	TicketCity Bowl Clay Matvick, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams	ESPNU/ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Outback Bowl ABC: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden & Lisa Salters ESPN Radio: Bob Wischusen, John Congemi & Joey Galloway	ABC/ESPN Radio
	1 p.m.	Capital One Bowl ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ESPN Radio: Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & TBA	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio
	1 p.m.	Gator Bowl Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN2/ESPN3
Sat, Jan 7	1 p.m.	BBVA Compass Bowl ESPN: Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAananey ESPN Radio: Clay Matvick, Charles Arbuckle & Jessica Mendoza	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
Sun, Jan 8	9 p.m.	GoDaddy.com Bowl Rob Stone, Danny Kanell & Cara Capuano	ESPN/ESPN3

As part of an extensive four-year agreement with the Bowl Championship Series that began last year, ESPN will provide exclusive worldwide television coverage, radio broadcasts, digital content and more for the five annual BCS games from January 2011 through January 2014. Last season was the first time ESPN televised BCS games while ESPN Radio has broadcast every BCS game since 2000.

ESPN’s coverage of last year’s BCS title game averaged 27,316,000 viewers and 17,718,000 households, making it the most watched program in the history of cable television.

That will do it.

ESPN’s Family of Networks College Football Games For Week 14

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 also airs the annual Bedlam Game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State that will decide the Big 12 Championship.

In addition, the ESPN3.com will stream the NCAA Division I Football Championship featuring schools in the Football Championship Subdivision. Yes, the NCAA holds a Division I Championship while the BCS schools are mired in the muck and malarkey that’s the bowl system which just provides debate and more questions.

Anyway, here’s the schedule.

Conference Championships, Four Matchups between Ranked Teams & Complete NCAA Division I Second Round Coverage

ESPN’s college football schedule this week includes four conference championships, four games between ranked teams and all eight of the second-round NCAA Division I Football Championship matchups.

ABC and ESPN will each televise a conference title game between ranked teams Saturday, December 3:

• Conference USA Championship at noon on ABC: No. 24 Southern Miss vs. undefeated No. 6 Houston
• ACC Championship Game at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3: No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 20 Clemson

On Friday, Dec. 2, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will carry the MAC Championship pitting Ohio against Northern Illinois at 7 p.m.  In addition, ESPN Radio will broadcast the inaugural Pac-12 Championship featuring UCLA vs. No. 9 Oregon at 8 p.m.

ABC will broadcast two Big 12 games between ranked teams Saturday, December 3: No. 22 Texas at No. 17 Baylor at 3:30 p.m. followed by No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 3 Oklahoma State at 8 p.m., which will determine the Big 12 champion.

ESPN3 will offer exclusive coverage of the entire second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Saturday, December 3 beginning at 1 p.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network
Thu, Dec 1	8 p.m.	No. 23 West Virginia at South Florida Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Fri, Dec 2	7 p.m.	MAC Championship: Ohio vs. Northern Illinois Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN2/ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Pac-12 Championship Game: UCLA at No. 9 Oregon Dave Flemming, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec 3	Noon	Conference USA Championship: No. 24 Southern Miss at No. 6 Houston Mike Patrick, Craig James & Lisa Salters	ABC
		Connecticut at Cincinnati Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3
		Syracuse at Pittsburgh Dave Lamont & Mike Bellotti	ESPN2/ESPN3
	1 p.m.	NCAA Division I Football Championship: Old Dominion at No. 3 Georgia Southern Doug Bell & John Bunting	ESPN3*
	2 p.m.	NCAA Division I Football Championship: Maine at Appalachian State John Sadak & Rene Ingoglia	ESPN3*
		NCAA Division I Football Championship: Central Arkansas at No. 4 Montana Ryan Rose & Adam Archuletta	ESPN3*
	3 p.m.	Troy at Arkansas State	ESPN3
		NCAA Division I Football Championship: New Hampshire at Montana State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3*
		NCAA Division I Football Championship: Stony Brook at No. 1 Sam Houston State Dan Gutowsky & Warrick Dunn	ESPN3*
	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Texas at No. 17 Baylor Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Samantha Steele	ABC
		Utah State at New Mexico State	ESPN3
		NCAA Division I Football Championship: Lehigh at Towson Bob Picozzi & John Gregory	ESPN3*
	4 p.m.	Idaho at Nevada	ESPN3
		NCAA Division I Football Championship: James Madison at No. 2 North Dakota State Jim Barbar & Jay Walker	ESPN3*
	5 p.m.	NCAA Division I Football Championship: Wofford at No. 5 Northern Iowa Shawn Kenney & Rob Harley	ESPN3*
	7:30 p.m.	BYU at Hawaii Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard	ESPN2/ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 3 Oklahoma State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ABC
		ACC Championship Game: No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 20 Clemson ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, Danny Kanell & Joe Schad	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D/ESPN Radio

* ESPN3 exclusive.

And College GameDay will end its travel around the country just as it began, in Atlanta in SEC country this time for the SEC Championship.

College GameDay at SEC Championship in Atlanta

ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning College GameDay will originate from the SEC Championship in Atlanta, on Saturday, Dec. 3, in advance the title game between the Eastern Division champion No. 12 Georgia and the Western Division champ No. 1 LSU. The GameDay set will be in Centennial Olympic Park and will air from 9-10 a.m. on ESPNU and 10 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

GameDay will be visiting the SEC Championship for the fourth time, and the third time in the last four years. Alabama takes part for the third time this season, the second straight week and the 22^nd time overall, while Georgia will be appearing for the 12^th time.

That’s it.

ESPN Family of Networks College Basketball Games For Week 3

Here are your college basketball on the ESPN family of networks for what the alleged Worldwide Leader calls “Feast Week”. Lots of games and plenty of early season tournaments. Take a look.

Men’s College Hoops Feast Week Continues

ESPN’s annual Feast Week coverage, celebrating all the men’s college basketball matchups surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday, will continue this week. The action began on Monday, Nov. 21, and is highlighted by multiple early-season tournaments. Highlights through Sunday, Nov. 27:

• The entire Old Spice Classic available on ESPN 3D and across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3
• All 12 games of the 76 Classic from Anaheim across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3
• The third place and championship games of the NIT Season Tip-Off from New York City Friday, Nov. 25, at 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively
• Action from the Las Vegas Invitational, including No. 1 North Carolina against South Carolina on Friday, Nov. 25, at 10 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN3

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com schedule through Sunday, Nov. 27:

Thu, Nov 24	Noon	Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal): Texas Tech vs. Indiana State (Orlando) Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	2 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal): Minnesota vs. DePaul (Orlando) Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	2 p.m.	76 Classic (Quarterfinal): Boston College vs. Saint Louis (Anaheim) Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	4:30 p.m.	76 Classic (Quarterfinal): Villanova vs. UC Riverside (Anaheim) Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPN2/ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal): Dayton vs. Wake Forest (Orlando) Mark Jones & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	9 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal): Arizona State vs. Fairfield (Orlando) Mark Jones & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	9 p.m.	76 Classic (Quarterfinal): New Mexico vs. Santa Clara (Anaheim) Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	11:30 p.m.	76 Classic (Quarterfinal): Oklahoma vs. Washington State (Anaheim) Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPN2/ESPN3
Fri, Nov 25	Noon	Old Spice Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Orlando)Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	2:30 p.m.	76 Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Anaheim) Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU/ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	NIT Season Tip-Off (3rd Place): TBD (New York) Mike Breen & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU/ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Consolation): TBD (Orlando) Rich Hollenberg & Tim Welsh	ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	5 p.m.	NIT Season Tip-Off (Championship): TBD (New York) Mike Breen & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN/ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Orlando)Bob Picozzi & Len Elmore	ESPN2 or ESPNU/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	5 p.m.	76 Classic (Consolation): TBD (Anaheim)Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPN2 or ESPNU/ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Green Bay at Virginia Jim Barbar & Cory Alexander	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast at Maryland Byron Kerr & Glenn Consor	ESPN3*
	7 p.m.	Furman at Clemson	ESPN3*
	7 p.m.	Marshall at Cincinnati Dave Weekley & Mark Adams	ESPN3*
	7:30 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Consolation): TBD (Orlando) Rich Hollenberg & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	7:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Invitational: UNLV vs. USC (Las Vegas) John Suchon & Tony Ronzone	ESPN3*
	9:30 p.m.	76 Classic (Consolation): TBD (Anaheim)Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	10 p.m.	Las Vegas Invitational: South Carolina vs. No. 1 North Carolina (Las Vegas) Jon Sciambi & Jay Bilas	ESPN2/ESPN3
Sat, Nov 26	12 a.m.	76 Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Anaheim) Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPN2/ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Oregon State at Towson	ESPN3*
	4 p.m.	Northeastern at St. John’s Mike Crispino & Dereck Whittenberg	ESPN3*
	7:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Invitational: TBD (Las Vegas)John Suchon & Tony Ronzone	ESPN3*
	10:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Invitational: TBD (Las Vegas) Jon Sciambi & Jay Bilas	ESPN2/ESPN3
Sun, Nov 27	11:30 a.m.	Old Spice Classic (7th Place): TBD (Orlando)Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPN 3D/ESPN 3
	Noon	Michigan State at Eastern Michigan Jim Barbar & Tim McCormick	ESPNU
	1:30 p.m.	76 Classic (7th Place): TBD (Anaheim)Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPN3*
	2 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (5th Place): TBD (Orlando)Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPNU/ESPN 3D
	4 p.m.	76 Classic (5th Place): TBD (Anaheim) Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	4:30 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (3rd Place): TBD (Orlando)Mark Jones & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	6 p.m.	St. Bonaventure at Virginia Tech Dave Weekley & Glenn Consor	ESPN3*
	6:30 p.m.	Old Spice Classic (Championship): TBD (Orlando) Mark Jones & Len Elmore	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
	6:30 p.m.	76 Classic (3rd Place): TBD (Anaheim) Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	76 Classic (Championship): TBD (Anaheim)Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPN2/ESPN3
	9:30 p.m.	VCU at No. 13 Alabama Dave Lamont & Jimmy Dykes	ESPNU

And that will do it.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 12, 11/19/2011, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

College GameDay live from Houston, TX — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Louisville at UConn — Big East Network

Big Ten Network Channel Finder
Indiana at Michigan State — Big Ten Network
Iowa at Purdue — Big Ten Network
Minnesota at Northwestern — Big Ten Network

William & Mary at Richmond — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Maine at UNH — Comcast SportsNet New England

Nebraska at Michigan — ESPN
Wisconsin at Illinois — ESPN2
Cincinnati at Rutgers — ESPNU

Kansas at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net (national)

Kentucky at Georgia — SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

Harvard at Yale — Versus

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

Lafayette at Lehigh — Fox College Sports Atlantic

2 p.m.
South Dakota at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central

Minot State at Texas San-Antonio — Longhorn Network

New Mexico at Wyoming — the mtn.

2:30 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M at Orlando, FL — ESPN Classic

3 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC
College Football Today — CBS

Tulsa at UTEP — CBS Sports Network

Maryland at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net (regional)

3:30 p.m.
Clemson at NC State — ABC/ESPN
Penn State at Ohio State — ABC/ESPN
Texas Tech at Missouri — ABC

Mississippi State at Arkansas — CBS

Florida Atlantic at Troy — CSS

Miami (FL) at South Florida — ESPNU

Washington at Oregon State — Fox College Sports Pacific/Root Sports Northwest
SMU at Houston — Fox Sports Net (national)

Delaware vs. Villanova at Chester, PA — The Comcast Network

Colorado State at TCU — Versus

4 p.m.
Boston College at Notre Dame — NBC

5 p.m.
Utah at Washington State — Fox College Sports Atlantic

6 p.m.
UNLV at Air Force — the mtn.

7 p.m.
LSU at Mississippi — ESPN
Vanderbilt at Tennessee — ESPNU/ESPN 3D

Central Florida at East Carolina — Fox Sports Net (national)

7:30 p.m.
Virginia at Florida State — ESPN2

Colorado at UCLA — Versus

8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Baylor — ABC
USC at Oregon — ABC

Boise State at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network

Kansas State at Texas — FX

9:30 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Prime Ticket

10:15 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — ESPN
New Mexico at BYU — ESPNU

11 p.m.
Fresno State at Hawaii — WAC Sports Network

ESPN Fam of Networks College Football Schedule For Week 12

We’re getting close to the end of the college football regular season. After this weekend, there’s the traditional Thanksgiving rivalry games, then the conference championship games and finally, the Army-Navy game before heading into the inexorable Bowl season in December. Anyway, Saturday Night Football on ABC will have a split national broadcast between Oklahoma and Baylor and USC at Oregon. Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Erin Andrews will be in the Great Northwest to cover Trojans-Ducks. It’ll be the second straight Pac-12 game for the crew.

ESPN will carry the Oklahoma State-Iowa State game on Friday and the first-ever Nebraska-Michigan Big Ten Conference game will be aired on ESPN, Saturday at noon ET.

The entire schedule is below.

College Football: Coverage Involving All Top Five Teams & Eight of Top Nine in Action on ESPN Networks

ESPN’s college football schedule this week includes telecasts involving the top five teams, eight of the top nine and 17 ranked teams overall. Highlights:

• Two of the top five as part of an ABC Saturday Night Football split-national broadcast November 19 at 8 p.m.: No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 22 Baylor and USC at No. 4 Oregon.
• Unbeaten No. 1 LSU at Mississippi on ESPN on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.
• A Friday night Big 12 showdown pitting undefeated No. 2 Oklahoma State at Iowa State on ESPN2 on November 18 at 8 p.m.
• No. 3 Alabama hosting Georgia Southern on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. on ESPN3.
• No. 16 Nebraska at No. 18 Michigan in a Big Ten showdown Saturday, Nov. 19, at noon on ESPN.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Wed, Nov 16	8 p.m.	Ohio at Bowling Green Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley	ESPN/ESPN3
		Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio) Mike Morgan & Charles Arbuckle	ESPN2/ESPN3
Thu, Nov 17	8 p.m.	North Carolina at No. 8 Virginia Tech Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Fri, Nov 18	8 p.m.	No. 2 Oklahoma State at Iowa State Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore	ESPN/ESPN3
		Toledo at Central Michigan Sam Gore & Tom Luginbill	ESPNU
Sat, Nov 19	Noon	No. 16 Nebraska at No. 18 Michigan Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
		No. 17 Wisconsin at Illinois Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti	ESPN2/ESPN3
		Cincinnati at Rutgers Mike Morgan & Danny Kanell	ESPNU
		Kentucky at No. 14 Georgia Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3/SEC Network
		Louisville at Connecticut Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaney	ESPN3/BIG EAST Network
		The Citadel at No. 12 South Carolina	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Duke	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Samford at No. 24 Auburn	ESPN3
		Furman at Florida	ESPN3
		Army at Temple	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Georgia Southern at No. 3 Alabama	ESPN3
		Minot State at Texas-San Antonio	Longhorn Network
	2:30 p.m.	Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman Tom Werme & Jay Walker	ESPN Classic / ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Maryland at Wake Forest	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Penn State at Ohio State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ABC/ESPN/ESPN3
		No. 7 Clemson at NC State Mike Patrick & Craig James	ABC/ESPN/ESPN3
		Texas Tech at Missouri Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley	ABC/ESPN3
		Miami at South Florida Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Navy at San Jose State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Utah State at Idaho	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 1 LSU at Mississippi Bob Wischusen & Bob Davie	ESPN/ESPN3
		Vanderbilt at Tennessee Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams	ESPNU/ESPN 3D
		Arkansas State at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
		North Texas at Western Kentucky	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Virginia at No. 25 Florida State Mark Jones & Ed Cunningham	ESPN2/ESPN3
	8 p.m.	USC at No. 4 Oregon Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews	ABC/ESPN3*
		No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 22 Baylor Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Heather Cox	ABC/ESPN3*/ESPN Radio
	10:15 p.m.	California at No. 9 Stanford Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard	ESPN/ESPN3
		New Mexico State at BYU Adam Amin & David Diaz-Infante	ESPNU
	11 p.m.	Fresno State at Hawaii	ESPN3
Tue, Nov 22	7 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Ohio Dave Lamont & Tim Brown	ESPN2/ESPN3

* Alternate game of ABC’s split national telecast available on ESPN3, WatchESPN.com and ESPN GamePlan

And College GameDay will be in Houston for the SMU-Houston game.

College GameDay to Make Another First-Time Visit; SMU at Houston

ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning College GameDay will originate from a new college campus for the second straight week – visiting the University of Houston, on Saturday, Nov. 19, in advance of the Conference USA matchup between No. 11 Houston and SMU. The GameDay set will be located on Cullen Circle on Houston’s campus. The weekly show airs at 9-10 a.m. on ESPNU and 10 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

Houston and SMU are each making their first appearance on College GameDay.

That will do it.

ESPN 3D Announces College Basketball Schedule

Catching up on this press release which was sent last month. ESPN 3D starts its college basketball schedule on Veterans Day with the Carrier Classic and ends with the Big East Tournament in March. In between, ESPN 3D will air a total of 43 games including its first ever women’s contest on February 13.

Not only will ESPN 3D air games, it will also pick up four airings of College GameDay as well. Here’s the schedule for ESPN 3D.

ESPN 3D’s College Basketball Schedule Announced

More Games Slated in Second Year
Four College GameDay Telecasts Included
Extensive Men’s Schedule and First ESPN 3D Women’s College Basketball Game

ESPN 3D will present 43 college basketball games this year, increasing the network’s coverage in its second year.  The schedule includes ESPN 3D’s first-ever women’s basketball game – Kentucky at Tennessee on February 13 — as well as the first 3D editions of College GameDay, televising four editions of the Saturday morning show during the season.

College basketball fans will see some of the best teams compete again this year when ESPN 3D televises several top matchups.  The action tips off Friday, Nov. 11, with the Carrier Classic featuring Michigan State vs. North Carolina at 7 p.m. ET. The game is the first men’s college basketball game to be played on the deck of a United States military aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson. This unique Veterans’ Day event will honor the men and women in the armed forces and will take place in the San Diego harbor.

From Nov. 24 – 27, ESPN 3D will once again televise all 12 games from the Old Spice Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. Other upcoming basketball highlights include the return of the men’s Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and the BIG EAST Championship in March.

The ESPN 3D college basketball schedule follows (schedule subject to change; additional games may be added).

Carrier Classic

Date	Time (ET)	Game
Fri, Nov. 11	7 p.m.	Michigan State vs. North Carolina

Old Spice Classic Nov. 24, 25, & 27

The Old Spice Classic tournament, held at the HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla., will feature Arizona State, Dayton, DePaul, Fairfield, Indiana State, Minnesota, Texas Tech and Wake Forest.

Date	Time (ET)	Game
Thurs, Nov 24	12 p.m.	Texas Tech vs. Indiana State
	2:30 p.m.	Minnesota vs. DePaul
	7 p.m.	Dayton vs. Wake Forest
	9: 30 p.m.	Arizona state vs. Fairfield
Fri, Nov. 25	Noon	Game 5
	2:30 p.m.	Game 6
	5 p.m.	Game 7
	7:30 p.m.	Game 8
Sun, Nov. 27	11:30 a.m.	Game 9
	2 p.m.	Game 10
	4:30 p.m.	Game 11
	7 p.m.	Game 12 (Championship)

Jimmy V Classic

The men’s doubleheader, held at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden for the ninth consecutive year, will feature Missouri vs. Villanova  at 7 p.m. and Washington vs. Marquette at 9:30 p.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Game
Tues, Dec. 6	7 p.m.	Missouri vs. Villanova
	9:30 p.m.	Washington vs. Marquette

Additional 2012 Games

Date	Time (ET)	Game
Wed, Feb. 1	9 p.m.	Oklahoma at Kansas
Sat, Feb. 4	10 a.m.	College GameDay, Mizzou Arena, Columbia
	9 p.m.	Kansas at Missouri
Wed, Feb. 8	9 p.m.	Duke at North Carolina
Sat, Feb. 11	10 a.m.	College GameDay, Memorial Gym, Nashville
	9 p.m.	Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Mon, Feb. 13	7 p.m.	Women’s College Basketball: Kentucky at Tennessee
Sat, Feb. 18	10 a.m.	College GameDay; Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor
	9 p.m.	Ohio State at Michigan
Sat, Feb. 25	10 a.m.	College GameDay; Gampel Pavilion, Storrs
	9 p.m.	Syracuse at Connecticut
Wed, Feb. 29	7 p.m.	Maryland at North Carolina
Sat, Mar. 3	7 p.m.	North Carolina at  Duke

2012 BIG EAST Championship

Date	Time (ET)	Game
Tues, Mar. 6	12 p.m.	First Round – TBD
	2:30 p.m.
	7 p.m.
	9:30 p.m.
Wed, Mar. 7	12 p.m.	Second Round – TBD
	2:30 p.m.
	7 p.m.
	9:30 p.m.
Thurs, Mar. 8	12 p.m.	Quarterfinals – TBD
	2:30 p.m.
	7 p.m.
	9:30 p.m.
Fri, Mar. 9	7 p.m.	Semifinals – TBD
	9:30 p.m.
Sat, Mar. 10	9 p.m.	Championship – TBD

 

That will do it.

ESPN Family of Networks’ College Football Schedule For Week 10

It’s already Week 10 of the college football season. Just four more weeks of games after Saturday. Kind of sad when you think of it. Games will be played from Tuesday through Saturday on the various ESPN platforms. With this weekend being the Breeders’ Cup, the focus for the Alleged Worldwide Leader is more on the horses than college football. But games will still be played and we have the list of games that will be aired among the family of networks this week.

Take a look at the schedule posted below on the blog.

Five of the Top Nine Teams & Two Matchups between Ranked Teams This Week

ESPN’s college football schedule for Saturday, Nov. 5, is highlighted by five of the top nine teams and two telecasts showcasing a matchup of ranked opponents:

• Undefeated No. 3 Oklahoma State hosts No. 14 Kansas State at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN3
• No. 9 South Carolina at No. 7 Arkansas at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3

In addition, the Saturday ABC and ESPN2 telecasts at 3:30 p.m. will include two of the top six teams: unbeaten No. 4 Stanford at Oregon State and No. 6 Oklahoma against Texas A&M. Both games will be available on ESPN3, subject to local blackouts.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Tues, Nov 1	8 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Toledo	ESPN2/ESPN3
Wed, Nov 2	8 p.m.	Temple at Ohio Mark Neely & Ray Bentley	ESPN/ESPN3
Thu, Nov 3	7:30 p.m.	Akron at Miami (Ohio) Anish Shroff & Jay Walker	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Florida State at Boston College Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Fri, Nov 4	8 p.m.	Central Michigan at Kent State Mike Morgan & Tom Luginbill	ESPN2/ESPN3
	9 p.m.	USC at Colorado Dave Lamont & Rod Gilmore	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Sat, Nov 5	Noon	No. 15 Michigan at Iowa Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3
		Syracuse at Connecticut Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
		Louisville at No. 24 West Virginia Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaney	ESPN3/BIG EAST Network
		Vanderbilt at Florida Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3/SEC Network
		Ball State at Eastern Michigan	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	New Mexico State at Georgia	ESPN3
		Virginia at Maryland	ESPN3
		North Carolina at NC State	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Duke at Miami (Fla.)	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 6 Oklahoma Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
		Purdue at No. 20 Wisconsin Mike Patrick & Craig James	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
		No. 4 Stanford at Oregon State Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard	ABC/ESPN3
		Mississippi at Kentucky Clay Matvick, Bob Griese & Allison Williams	ESPNU
		UL-Monroe at UL-Lafayette	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Idaho at San Jose State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Rob Stone & Danny Kanell	ESPNU
		South Florida at Rutgers	ESPN3*
		Middle Tennessee at Tennessee	ESPN3
	7:15 p.m.	No. 9 South Carolina at No. 7 Arkansas ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN Radio: TBD	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN Radio
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee-Martin at Mississippi State	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 14 Kansas State at No. 3 Oklahoma Stat Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Lisa Salters	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
		Notre Dame at Wake Forest Mark Jones & Ed Cunningham	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
	10:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Fresno State Adam Amin & David Diaz-Infante	ESPNU
		No. 8 Oregon at Washington TBD	ESPN Radio
Sun, Nov 6	12:00 a.m.	Utah State at Hawaii	ESPN3

* ESPN3 Exclusive.

That’s going to do it.

ESPN Family of Networks College Football Schedule For Week 9

Games are being played from Tuesday and the way through early Sunday morning on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN2 has a game on Tuesday, ESPN airs one game each from Wednesday through Friday. And of course, Saturday has a whole plethora of games.

Among the highlights on Saturday, Michigan State taking on Nebraska on ESPN at noon ET, Oklahoma at Kansas State on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET, Stanford at USC on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, and Wisconsin at Ohio State on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.

We have your schedule in full and look below for the notice on where College GameDay will be on Saturday.

Two Matchups between Ranked Teams, Six of Top 10 Teams across ESPN Networks & Top Players in Prime Time

ESPN’s college football schedule for Saturday, Oct. 29 is highlighted by two showdowns between top 25 teams:

• No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas State at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN3
• No. 11 Michigan State at No. 14 Nebraska at noon on ESPN and ESPN3

Additional telecasts featuring top 10 teams include No. 3 Oklahoma State (against Baylor at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN3); No. 5 Clemson (at Georgia Tech at 8 p.m. on ABC and ESPN3); No. 6 Stanford (at USC at 8 p.m. on ABC and ESPN3) and No. 10 Arkansas (at Vanderbilt at noon on ESPN3).

The ABC Saturday Night Football split national broadcast at 8 p.m. (also available on ESPN3) will showcase top players: Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Andrew Luck will lead No. 6 Stanford against USC, led by its own dynamic quarterback in Matt Barkley and No. 5 Clemson, with quarterback Tajh Boyd, at Georgia Tech. In addition, ESPN will televise No. 15 Wisconsin, led by Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Russell Wilson, at Ohio State at 8 p.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Tue, Oct 25	8 p.m.	Troy at Florida International Dari Nowkhah & Danny Kanell	ESPN2/ESPN3
Wed, Oct 26	8 p.m.	Connecticut at Pittsburgh Joe Tessitore, Mark May, Lou Holtz & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3
Thu, Oct 27	8 p.m.	Virginia at Miami Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown	ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Fri, Oct 28	8 p.m.	BYU vs. TCU (from Arlington, Texas) Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Samantha Steele	ESPN/ESPN3
Sat, Oct 29	Noon	No. 11 Michigan State at No. 14 Nebraska Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich	ESPN/ESPN3
		Purdue at No. 18 Michigan Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti & Shelley Smith	ESPN2/ESPN3
		NC State at Florida State Rob Stone & Danny Kanell	ESPNU
		Syracuse at Louisville Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaney	ESPN3/BIG EAST Network
		No. 10 Arkansas at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3/SEC Network
		Central Michigan at Akron Michael Reghi & Doug Garber	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	No. 12 Virginia Tech at Duke	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Boston College at Maryland	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Illinois at No. 19 Penn State Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Lisa Salters	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
		Baylor at No. 3 Oklahoma State Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jeannine Edwards	ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
		No. 25 West Virginia at Rutgers Mark Neely & Ray Bentley	ABC/ESPN3
		No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas State Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox	ESPN/ESPN3
		Wake Forest at North Carolina Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
		No. 22 Georgia vs. Florida (from Jacksonville) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN Radio
		Buffalo at Miami (Ohio)	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Hawaii at Idaho Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Mississippi at No. 23 Auburn Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams	ESPNU
		Mississippi State at Kentucky	ESPN3
		Kansas at No. 24 Texas Dave Lamont, Tim Brown & Samantha Steele	Longhorn Network
	7:15 p.m.	No. 13 South Carolina at Tennessee Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jessica Mendoza	ESPN2/ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Lafayette at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 6 Stanford at USC Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews	ABC and ESPN3 *
		No. 5 Clemson at Georgia Tech Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jenn Brown	ABC and ESPN3 *
		No. 15 Wisconsin at Ohio State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ESPN/ESPN3
		Nevada at New Mexico State	ESPN3
	10:30 p.m.	Alabama State at Alabama A&M Adam Amin & Jay Walker	ESPNU **
Tue, Nov 1	7 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Toledo TBD	ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Wed, Nov 2	8 p.m.	Temple at Ohio Mark Neely & Ray Bentley	ESPN/ESPN3

* Alternate game of ABC’s split national telecast available on ESPN3, WatchESPN and ESPN GamePlan
** Same day delay, available live on ESPN3 at 3:30 p.m.

College GameDay is headed back to the West Coast on Saturday for the Stanford-USC game.

College GameDay Returns to the West Coast for Stanford-USC

ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning College GameDay travels to Los Angeles, on Saturday, Oct. 29, in advance of the Pac-12 matchup of No. 6 Stanford at USC (8 p.m., ABC). USC will host College GameDay the eighth time, and the set will be located outside the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. The weekly show airs at 9-10 a.m. on ESPNU and 10 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

And we’ll shut down the blog for the night.