I have some releases from the networks from Monday and I should post them. Let’s start with a short blurb from CBS Sports announcing its SEC game selection for November 7.
CBS Sports has announced its college football game for Saturday, Nov. 7 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET) will feature *No. 9-ranked LSU at *No. 2-ranked Alabama. Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the contest, along with reporter Tracy Wolfson. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY kicks off the day (3:00 PM, ET) with host Tim Brando and analyst Spencer Tillman. The game will be available in high definition.
A few things from ESPN. First, College Gameday will heading out west this Saturday.
College GameDay Live from No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon
College GameDay (Saturdays at 10 a.m. on ESPN) will originate from Eugene, Ore., this Saturday, site of No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon (ABC at 8 p.m.). College GameDay is hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard.
Next week, College GameDay will originate from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. — site of Army at Air Force – as part of “America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans,” a weeklong initiative honoring the veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Here’s the college football schedule for this week on the ESPN family of networks.
College Football: No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon & No. 3 Texas at No. 14 Oklahoma State in Prime Time
ESPN’s college football coverage this week will be highlighted by two showdowns between ranked teams Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. on ABC: No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon and No. 3 Texas at No. 14 Oklahoma State (ESPN2 will televise the game viewers are not seeing in their market on ABC).
Also, ESPN and ESPNU will each televise an undefeated top-10 team Saturday, Oct. 31, at noon: No. 4 Iowa against Indiana on ESPN and No. 8 Cincinnati at Syracuse on ESPNU.
Date
Time (ET)
Game
Network
Wed, Oct 27
8 p.m.
East Carolina at Memphis
Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May & Rob Stone
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Thu, Oct 29
7:30 p.m.
North Carolina at No. 13 Virginia Tech
Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Erin Andrews
ESPN / ESPN360.com
Fri, Oct 30
8 p.m.
No. 21 West Virginia at South Florida
Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Sat, Oct 31
Noon
Indiana at No. 4 Iowa
Mark Jones & Bob Davie
ESPN / ESPN360.com
Noon
Purdue at Wisconsin
Pam Ward & Ray Bentley
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Noon
No. 8 Cincinnati at Syracuse
Clay Matvick & David Diaz-Infante
ESPNU
Noon
No. 25 Mississippi at Auburn
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
SEC Network **
Noon
Rutgers at Connecticut
Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Quint Kessenich
BIG EAST Game of the Week **
1:30 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Clemson
Ryan Rose & Jeremy Bloom
ESPN360.com
3:30 p.m.
No. 19 Miami at Wake Forest *
Bob Wischusen & Brian Griese
ABC
Michigan at Illinois *
Mike Patrick & Craig James
ABC
Kansas at Texas Tech
Ron Franklin & Ed Cunningham
ABC
No. 24 California at Arizona State
Terry Gannon & David Norrie
ABC
3:30 p.m.
Reverse Mirror of ABC *
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
3:30 p.m.
Duke at Virginia
Frank Giardina & Danny Kanell
ESPN360.com
3:30 p.m.
Central Michigan at Boston College
Todd Harris and Charles Arbuckle
ESPNU
4:30 p.m.
No. 12 Penn State at Northwestern
Carter Blackburn & Chris Spielman
ESPN / ESPN360.com
7 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Arkansas
Eric Collins & Brock Huard
ESPNU
7:45 p.m.
No. 24 South Carolina at Tennessee
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Erin Andrews
ESPN / ESPN360.com
8 p.m.
No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon – *
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Lisa Salters
ABC
No. 3 Texas at No. 14 Oklahoma State – *
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Holly Rowe
ABC
8 p.m.
Reverse Mirror of ABC *
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
10 p.m.
Magic City Classic: Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M (from Birmingham) – ***
Charlie Neal & Eddie Robinson, Jr.
ESPNU
* – Reverse mirror: ESPN or ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
** – Syndication
*** – Same-day delay
And ESPN has a week long celebration for Veterans Day including having College Gameday visit the Air Force Academy in Colorado.
ESPN’s Week-Long Salute to Veterans Day
America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans, November 4-11
ESPN will honor veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a week of programming — America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans — culminating in special SportsCenter editions from West Point on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Highlights include:
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, a special edition of Friday Night Fights from the Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina.
On Saturday, Nov. 7, College GameDay will be on site from the Air Force Academy for Army vs Air Force.
On Sunday, Nov. 8, Sunday NFL Countdown will air the first television interview with Marie Tillman, widow of former NFL player Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan. Tillman will also appear live on Monday Night Countdown from Denver before the Steelers-Broncos game on Nov. 9.
Also on Sunday, Nov. 8, Outside the Lines will broadcast live from Walter Reed Medical Center. In addition, former Dallas Cowboy and Navy veteran Roger Staubach will be the Sunday Conversation on SportsCenter.
On Monday, Nov. 9, Rocky Bleier, a 4-time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, discusses being injured in the Vietnam War and his return to the NFL on Monday Night Countdown. The tribute to America’s veterans continues with live shots from Iraq during Monday Night Football.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, Mike and Mike in the Morning will be the first broadcast from the newly commissioned USS New York. The ship and its motto, “Never Forget,” honor the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attacks.
Also, notable coaches Bill Parcells (former Army assistant coach), Bob Knight (former Army basketball coach) and Mike Krzyzewski (former Army basketball player and coach) will discuss the role that the military played in shaping their lives and careers on SportsCenter Nov. 11.
Other elements throughout the week include:
- Army Golf near Korea’s DMZ (Outside the Lines)
- How sports are used by wounded warriors in the rehab process (Outside the Lines)
- Warrior Adventure Quest – extreme sports driven program that aims to help soldiers build team spirit and deal with combat related stress. (ESPN Deportes)
- Danielle Green-Byrd-Former Notre Dame basketball player injured in Iraq (SportsCenter)
- What if baseball legends like Ted Williams never went to war? (SportsCenter)
- Tim James – Former NBA player now serving in Iraq (NBA Countdown)
- President Barack Obama will salute troops and veterans with a taped message, along with some of the biggest names in sports, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady and Lance Armstrong.
America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans
Date
Program & Time (ET)
Wed, Nov 4
Special Edition of Friday Night Fights from the Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. (ESPN2, 8 p.m.)
Sat., Nov 7
College GameDay from the Air Force Academy (ESPN, 10 a.m.)
Sun., Nov 8
Outside the Lines from Walter Reed Army Medical Center (ESPN, 9 a.m,)
Mon., Nov 9
Live shots from Iraq during Steelers-Broncos Monday Night Football game (ESPN, 830p.m.)
Tues., Nov 10
Mike and Mike in the Morning from the USS New York (ESPN Radio and ESPN2, 6-10 a.m.)
Wed., Nov 11
SportsCenter from the United States Military Academy at West Point starting at 9 a.m.
First Take from U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, N.J. (ESPN2, 10 a.m. – noon)
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Back to the SEC and FSN’s plans this week for its Southern affiliates.
THE SEC ON FOX SPORTS SOUTH – WEEK NINE
Mississippi State Visits Kentucky on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET in HDSEC Gridiron LIVE Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South
Guest Appearance by Kentucky’s John Calipari, Team Picks Top 5 Freshmen
This week, SEC football on FOX Sports South features an East vs. West showdown, as the Kentucky Wildcats (4-3) host the Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-5) at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, KY. All-around offensive threat Randall Cobb and the Wildcats face true freshman safety Johnthan Banks and a Bulldog squad that leads the SEC in non-offensive touchdowns with six, including Banks’ two picks against Florida last week, on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South in high definition. Play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun, analyst Dave Archer and sideline reporter Jenn Hildreth have the call at 7 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South.
On Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South, University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari makes a special appearance on SEC Gridiron LIVE presented by O’Charley’s to talk Wildcat football. Analysts D
avid Pollack and Randy Cross debate hot topics from around the conference including Florida’s red zone struggles, Dexter McCluster’s breakout game for Ole Miss and how Alabama will prepare for its huge match up against LSU next weekend. Host Charles Davis and the crew talk BCS standings, offer picks and count down the Top 5 freshman in the league. And throughout the show, fans will have the opportunity to interact with social media reporter Cassidy Hubbarth via Twitter, Facebook and email.Join SEC Gridiron LIVE’s Hubbarth at O’Charley’s in Jacksonville, Fla. (410 Commerce Center Drive) on Friday, October 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. ET before Florida and Georgia, the two SEC teams with the best overall records since 1999, face off on Saturday.
And here’s quotage from tonight’s Tony Barnhart Show on CBS College Sports.
NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FROM “THE TONY BARNHART SHOW” ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK
ACTRESS SELA WARD AND SEC DIRECTOR OF OFFICIATING ROGERS REDDING THIS WEEK ON
“THE TONY BARNHART SHOW” ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORKCBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK’S THE TONY BARNHART SHOW, a new weekly one-hour primetime college football talk show features actress and former Alabama Cheerleader Sela Ward, currently starting in the movie The Stepfather and the Southeastern Conference Director of Officiating Rogers Redding on Tuesday, Oct. 27 (9:00 PM, ET).
“Mr. College Football,” Tony Barnhart hosts the show along with Brian Jones. The hard-hitting program debates and analyzes the hot topics and issues facing college football both on and off-the-field. This week Barnhart and Jones, along with former Notre Dame offensive lineman, Aaron Taylor, examine the state of the Irish.
The TONY BARNHART SHOW airs each Tuesday throughout the college football season at 9:00 PM, ET. Mike Aresco serves as Executive Producer. Tyler Hale and Stefan Van Engen produce.
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The following are excerpts from the show:
(BARNHART ON THE OFFICIATING):
After this season it may be time to look at a national organization for officials. Officials would still be assigned on a regional basis, but they would be accountable to a national office with no ties to the conference of the games they work. Would this solve all of the problems? Of course not, bad calls are going to always be with us. These guys are human. Human beings make mistakes…But in my opinion, the game has outgrown the current model for handling officials. It’s another change we need to make for the good of the game.
(ROGERS REDDING ON SEC OFFICIATING CONTROVERSY THIS SEASON):
We understand that people are going to make mistakes. We’re human, we make mistakes. It’s fair game to question the officials’ judgment. It’s fair game to question their knowledge of the rules. It’s fair game to question their mechanics that they use in terms of where they are on the field. But when you question their integrity, that crosses the line. That’s where I part company with those who are criticizing football officials, because the integrity is absolutely there. We manage it. We insist on it. And I would put the integrity of every football official I know now or have ever known up against any other profession or anybody in the world…I think criticism of integrity is over the top and it’s unacceptable.
(AARON TAYLOR ON NOTRE DAME):
There are phases about this team that are good, there are phases that are bad and there are phases that are just flat out lucky. Offensively, they are doing a great job. Jimmy Clausen throwing the football. He has really stepped into his maturity role and the leadership roll and doing a great job with this offense. At the skills positions, they are doing a great job. But defensively, they are really, really hurting. They have trouble defending the pass. They don’t get a lot of pressure on the quarterback. They just don’t have the athletes up front…Hey, it’s the luck of the Irish, we got that nickname for a reason. You’ve got to give us some credit. At the least the ball is finally bouncing our way.
(ON FLORIDA)
Taylor: There are some chinks in this armor. What we see out in public, hearing that the coach having to bring together the team so they don’t point fingers. Tebow not meeting with the media afterwards. There are starting to be some chinks in this armor.
Jones: Of course he is (Tim Tebow) frustrated. But we knew coming into this season that he wasn’t going to have the firepower down the field to open up the football field. People are stacking the box, because you know you have to put pressure on Tim Tebow. You don’t have that downfield presence that they had with Percy Harvin, with Louis Murphy. That’s what is so frustrating. He just can’t throw that thing up and expect those guys to go up and get it.
And that concludes this post.
