Let’s post some college football press releases for tonight. Lots of good stuff to get to.
First, this is the schedule of games the ESPN networks will air this week.
College Football: Three Undefeateds in Action, Plus No. 10 Ohio State at Michigan & No. 11 Oregon at Arizona
ESPN’s college football coverage this week will include telecasts involving three of the remaining six undefeated teams, No. 10 Ohio State at Michigan in one of sports’ greatest rivalries and No. 11 Oregon at Arizona in a key matchup that could help decide the Pac-10 title. The telecasts involving unbeaten teams include:
- No. 2 Alabama against Chattanooga Saturday, Nov. 21, at noon on ESPN Regional Television’s SEC Network;
- No. 3 Texas against Kansas Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. on ABC’s Saturday Night Football;
- No. 6 Boise State at Utah State Friday, Nov. 20, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
- The Thursday night game on ESPN Nov. 19 will feature a Big 12 showdown pitting Colorado at No. 12 Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m.
Date
Time (ET)
Game
Network
Wed, Nov. 18
6 p.m.
Buffalo at Miami (Ohio)
TBD & Tom Luginbill
ESPNU
8 p.m.
Central Michigan at Ball State
Dave Lamont & Trent Dilfer
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Thu, Nov. 19
6 p.m.
Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois
Charlie Neal & Jay Walker
ESPNU
7:30 p.m.
Colorado at No. 12 Oklahoma State
Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Erin Andrews
ESPN / ESPN360.com
Fri, Nov. 20
5:30 p.m.
Akron at Bowling Green
Kevin Negandhi & David Jon Berger
ESPNU
9:30 p.m.
No. 6 Boise State at Utah State
Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Sat, Nov. 21
Noon
No. 10 Ohio State at Michigan
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Holly Rowe
ABC
Minnesota at No. 13 Iowa
Dave Pasch, Bob Griese & Chris Spielman
ESPN / ESPN360.com
North Carolina at Boston College
Pam Ward & Ray Bentley
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Duke at No. 20 Miami
Clay Matvick & David Diaz-Infante
ESPNU
Mississippi State at Arkansas
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
SEC Network ** ^
Chattanooga at No. 2 Alabama
Doug Bell & Chris Doering
SEC Network ** ^
Louisville at South Florida
Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Quint Kessenich
BIG EAST Game of the Week **
2:30 p.m.
Florida Classic: Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman (from Orlando)
Charlie Neal & Jay Walker
ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com
3:30 p.m.
No. 14 Penn State at Michigan State *
Mike Patrick, Craig James & Heather Cox
ABC
Virginia at No. 23 Clemson *
Bob Wischusen & Brian Griese
ABC
Reverse Mirror of Big Ten and ACC games on ABC *
ESPN / ESPN360.com
N.C. State at No. 15 Virginia Tech
Todd Harris & Charles Arbuckle
ESPNU
Rutgers at Syracuse
TBD & TBD
ESPN360.com
7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Eric Collins & Brock Huard
ESPNU
7:45 p.m.
Kansas State at Nebraska
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Erin Andrews
ESPN / ESPN360.com
Kentucky at Georgia
Mark Jones & Bob Davie
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
8 p.m.
No. 11 Oregon at Arizona
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Lisa Salters
ABC
Kansas at No. 3 Texas
Ron Franklin & Ed Cunningham
ABC
10:20 p.m.
Nevada at New Mexico State
Terry Gannon & David Norrie
ESPNU
* Reverse mirror: ESPN or ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
** Syndication
^ Split window
To CBS College Sports which previews Tuesday’s Tony Barnhart Show.
“THE TONY BARNHART SHOW” ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK GETS BLINDSIDED WITH DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK AND CO-STARS
PHILLIP FULMER AND TOM LEMMING PLUS CBS SPORTS’ JIM NANTZ
Barnhart to Look at Coaching Situation at Notre Dame – Is Charlie Weis In or Out and Who Could Replace Him?
CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK’s THE TONY BARNHART SHOW, a new weekly one-hour primetime college football talk show, features John Lee Hancock, director of the new movie The Blind Side, along with two of its co-stars, CBS College Sports Network’s announcers Phillip Fulmer and Tom Lemming; plus CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz on Tuesday, Nov. 18 (9:00 PM, ET).
“Mr. College Football” Tony Barnhart hosts the show along with Brian Jones. The hard-hitting program will debate and analyze the hot topics and issues facing college football both on and off-the-field. This week Barnhart and Jones look at the Notre Dame coaching situation: should Charlie Weis stay? Should he be fired? And who should replace him?
Throughout the season Barnhart will invite a variety of high-profile guests from the college football community, including coaches, administrators, writers, broadcasters and former players to the program.The distinguished guests will offer in-depth, lively, opinionated, topical discussions on the world of college football.
The TONY BARNHART SHOW will air 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.
And finally, CBS has made its pick for November 28’s SEC game.
CBS Sports has announced its college football game for Saturday, Nov. 28 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET) will feature Florida State at undefeated and *No. 1-ranked Florida. 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, Spencer Tillman and Tony Barnhart. The game will be available in high definition.
* AP Poll as of 11/16/09
I’ll do a couple of more posts before shutting off the computer.
