This Saturday, it’s the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The non-BCS schools comprise the Football Championship Subdivision and there will be eight second round games played on Saturday. ESPN has the rights to all of the games. They will be streamed online on the ESPN3.com platform. In addition, they’ll be made available on the ESPN GamePlan pay per view package.
The games include those involving Montana and Montana State. Both schools have games at home, but because ESPN had originally planned to stream both contests online, it made fans of both institutions scramble because ESPN3.com is not readily available in Big Sky Country. However, thanks to the intervention of the state’s two U.S. Senators, the games will be put on GamePlan and that is readily available in Montaana.
Here’s the press blurb from ESPN.
NCAA Football Championship Series Second-Round Games on ESPN3, ESPN GamePlan
Coverage of the NCAA Football Championship Series continues with second-round games Saturday, Dec. 3, on ESPN3 and ESPN GamePlan. The first game will begin at 1 p.m. with Old Dominion vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern live from Statesboro, Ga.
The schedule on ESPN3 marks the most number of FCS Championship games ever distributed live nationally. Fans will also have an opportunity to subscribe and watch the eight games on ESPN GamePlan — ESPN’s nationwide, subscription television outlet available to all multichannel video providers.
Date Time (ET) Match-Up Sat, Dec 3 1 p.m. Old Dominion vs. #3 Georgia Southern
Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Ga.2 p.m. Central Arkansas vs. #4 Montana
Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, Mont.Maine vs. Appalachian State
Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, N.C.3 p.m. Stony Brook vs. #1 Sam Houston State
Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, TexasNew Hampshire vs. Montana State
Bobcat Stadium, Bozeman, Mont.3:30 p.m. Lehigh vs. Towson
Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, Md.4 p.m. James Madison vs. #2 North Dakota State
Fargodome, Fargo, N.D.5 p.m. Wofford vs. #5 Northern Iowa
Uni-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
There you have it.
