We have the ESPN family of networks college football schedule and announcing assignments for this weekend. The games are highlighted by Texas vs. Oklahoma in the renewal of the Red River Shootout from the Cotton Bowl at 3:30 p.m. (and a regional telecast for the first time in several years instead of the normal noontime national broadcast) and Stanford at Oregon in primetime. Here’s the rather extensive press release from ESPN.
College GameDay from Oregon, Schedule Includes Matchups of Unbeatens & ESPNU Road Trip in Boise
College GameDay and College GameDay on ESPN Radio to Originate from No. 9 Stanford at No. 4 Oregon; Schedule Highlighted by Showdowns between Unbeaten TeamsCollege GameDay – expanded to three hours and now beginning on ESPNU at 9 a.m. ET and continuing on ESPN at 10 a.m. every Saturday and simulcast on ESPN Radio – will originate live from Eugene, Ore., this Saturday, site of No. 9 Stanford at No. 4 Oregon in a showdown between unbeaten Pac-10 programs (televised on ABC and ESPN2 at 8 p.m.). In addition, College GameDay on ESPN Radio – aired Saturdays from noon to 7 p.m. – will originate from Eugene for the matchup.Chris Fowler hosts the Emmy Award-winning program with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard. Erin Andrews anchors several segments of the first hour on ESPNU and contributes reports, interviews and features during the ESPN portion. College GameDay on ESPN Radio is hosted by Ryen Russillo with analysts Trevor Matich and Brad Edwards.The schedule for this week across ESPN networks includes three additional matchups between unbeaten teams:
- Texas A&M at Oklahoma State in a Big 12 contest Thursday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com;
- No. 11 Wisconsin at Big Ten foe No. 24 Michigan State Saturday, Oct. 2, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN and ESPN3.com;
- No. 19 Michigan at Indiana on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
Additional games between ranked teams Saturday, Oct. 2:
- No. 21 Texas vs. undefeated Big 12 rival No. 8 Oklahoma in the 105th Red River Rivalry from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN and ESPN3.com.
- No. 22 Penn State at No. 17 Iowa in a showdown between one-loss Big Ten teams at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Network(s) Thu, Sep 30 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma State
Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn BrownESPN / ESPN3.com Fri, Sep 31 8 p.m. BYU at Utah State
Joe Tessitore & Rod GilmoreESPN / ESPN3.com Sat, Sep 25 Noon Northwestern at Minnesota
Bob Wischusen & Brian GrieseESPN / ESPN3.com Noon No. 16 Miami at Clemso
TV: Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Bob Griese
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad
ESPN 3D: Dave Lamont, Tim Brown & Ray BentleyESPN2 / ESPN3.com / ESPN Radio / ESPN 3D Noon Louisiana-Monroe at No. 10 Auburn
Clay Matvick, Herm Edwards & Erin MoreauESPNU 2 p.m. Tulane at Rutgers
Trey Bender & Eddie RobinsonESPN3.com 3:30 p.m. No. 21 Texas vs. No. 8 Oklahoma (from Dallas) **
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly RoweABC and ESPN / ESPN3.com No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 24 Michigan State **
Mike Patrick, Craig James & Quint KessenichABC and ESPN / ESPN3.com Virginia Tech at No. 23 N.C. State
Ron Franklin & Ed CunninghamABC 3:30 p.m. No. 19 Michigan at Indiana
Pam Ward & Danny KanellESPNU 3:30 p.m. East Carolina at North Carolina
Matt Sweirad & Jay TaylorESPN3.com 3:30 p.m. Florida International at Pittsburgh
Dave Popkin & Jeremy BloomESPN3.com 6 p.m. Duke at Maryland
Jim Barbar & Drew HensonESPN3.com 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Wake Forest
Rob Stone & David PollackESPNU 7 p.m. Florida Atlantic at South Florida
Dave Weekley & Rene IngogliaESPN3.com 7 p.m. Louisville at Arkansas State
BJ Schaben & Curt WarnerESPN3.com 8 p.m. No. 9 Stanford at No. 4 Oregon ***
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin AndrewsABC / ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Notre Dame at Boston College
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather CoxABC / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. No. 22 Penn State at No. 17 Iowa
Mark Jones, Bob Davie & Jeannine EdwardsESPN / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. Washington at No. 18 USC ***
Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard, Mike Bellotti & Shelley SmithESPN2 / ESPN3.com 10:30 p.m. South Carolina State at Florida A&M *
Todd Harris & Jay WalkerESPNU * Same-day delay
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will televise Stanford at Oregon to markets receiving Notre Dame at Boston College on ABC and Washington at USC to markets receiving Stanford at Oregon on ESPN2
That’s it for now.