Fox Sports Unveils College Football Announcing Teams For 2012 Season

Fox Sports has unveiled the announcing teams for the upcoming college football season. With Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox College Sports and Big Ten Network all carrying games, Fox has a lot of announcing teams.

Returning are Gus Johnson and Charles Davis as the main team. They’ll be on the Fox mothership calling Big 12 and Pac-12 games on the network. Joining them on the sidelines will be Julie Alexandria, formerly of SNY and the Big Ten Network.

Calling games on Fox and FX will be Craig Bolerjack and Joel Klatt. They’ll be accompanied by Petros Papadakis of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio.

Another FX team will be Justin Kutcher, Tim Couch and Darius Walker.

The Fox Sports Net teams will include Joel Myers, Brian Baldinger and Jim Knox and Mike Morgan, JC Pearson and Laura McKeeman.

Let’s take a look at the entire Fox Sports college football announcing teams for 2012.

FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES 2012 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCAST TEAMS

Gus Johnson & Charles Davis Joined by Newcomer Julie Alexandria On Lead CFB on FOX Team;
Sideline Analyst Petros Papadakis Teams with Craig Bolerjack & Joel Klatt;
Justin Kutcher, Heisman Trophy Winner Eric Crouch & Former Notre Dame Standout Darius Walker
Call Action on FX
Erin Andrews, Eddie George & Joey Harrington Anchor CFB on FOX Studio Coverage

Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. – FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) unveiled its broadcast teams for the upcoming 2012 college football season on FOX, FX, FOX Sports Net Regional Networks (FSN), Big Ten Network (BTN) and FOX College Sports (FCS).  Executive Producer, Co-President & COO, FOX Sports Media Group, Eric Shanks announced details today at the Group’s annual college football preseason production seminar, held in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, one of sports television’s most enthusiastic voices and analyst Charles Davis, a former Tennessee standout, FSMG’s lead college football announce team from a year ago, return in 2012 and are joined by exciting newcomer and Emmy nominee Julie Alexandria, who serves as the crew’s sideline reporter.  FOX Sports kicks off its first-ever regular season over-the-air college football package with Hawaii at #3 USC, live from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 1 (7:00 PM ET).  Alexandria previously co-hosted the BTN series TAILGATE 48, and her credits also include hosting The Seven on MTV, Mets Weekly on SNY where she was nominated for two Emmy Awards, the New York City Marathon on ABC, Slamball on CBS Sports and Weekend pregame on Spike.

In addition to calling the premier game-of-the-week during FOX Sports’ 13 consecutive weeks of regular season action, the trio calls the Pac-12 Conference Football Championship Game on Friday, Nov. 30 (8:00 PM ET) followed by the Big Ten Conference Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 1 (8:00 PM ET).  Johnson, Davis and Alexandria wrap up the 2012-13 campaign with an exciting Big 12/SEC match-up in the Cotton Bowl Classic live from Cowboys Stadium on Friday, Jan. 4 (8:00 PM ET).

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL’s No. 2 team is led by veteran college football play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack and college football analyst and former University of Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt, with FOX Sports Radio personality and former USC fullback Petros Papadakis providing sideline analysis.  Bolerjack, Klatt and Papadakis call games on FOX and FX, FOX Network Group’s widely distributed general entertainment basic cable network seen in more than 99 million households.

Heisman Trophy winner and Nebraska standout Eric Crouch joins FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL as an analyst for games on FX, and he’s joined by play-by-play announcer Justin Kutcher and former Notre Dame standout Darius Walker who serves as the team’s sideline analyst.

In addition to 21 games on FOX and 20 games on FX, FSN, which reaches over 85 million homes through its owned and affiliated networks, televises dozens of games this fall and has three broadcast teams led by veteran play-by-play broadcaster Joel Meyers, with analyst Brian Baldinger and sideline reporter Jim Knox.  Other teams feature Mike Morgan on play-by-play, analyst JC Pearson and sideline reporter Laura McKeeman and play-by-play man Ron Thulin, who is joined by analyst Shaun King and sideline reporter Desmond Pernell.  Adam Alexander calls games on FCS.

Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Famer Eddie George and former Oregon All-American quarterback Joey Harrington partner with host Erin Andrews to form the brand new FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame, halftime and postgame team.  George and Harrington also team with host Patrick O’Neal for studio updates during FX’s coverage.

Kevin Frazier, co-anchor of the hit television magazine program The Insider and former Super Bowl MVP and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen return for their second season handling studio pregame, halftime and postgame coverage on FSN.

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL rules analyst Mike Pereira is also available each week to offer perspective on rules interpretation and analysis on controversial plays live from his FOX Network Center command post in Los Angeles.

BTN’s college football schedule features more than 40 games, extensive pregame, halftime and postgame coverage on Saturdays and football-themed studio shows every weeknight. Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith anchor the network’s game-day studio coverage on BIG TEN FOOTBALL SATURDAY for the sixth straight season and contribute to additional studio shows during the week. BTN’s football broadcast teams include Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Derek Rackley (analyst); Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Chris Martin (analyst) and Matt Devlin (play-by-play) and Glen Mason (analyst).

Following are FSMG’s 2012 college football broadcast teams:

FOX
Play-by-Play – Gus Johnson
Analyst – Charles Davis
Sideline Reporter – Julie Alexandria

FOX/FX
Play-by-Play – Craig Bolerjack
Analyst – Joel Klatt
Sideline Analyst – Petros Papadaikas

FX
Play-by-Play – Justin Kutcher
Analyst – Eric Crouch
Sideline Analyst – Darius Walker

FSN
Play-by-Play – Joel Meyers
Analyst – Brian Baldinger
Sideline Reporter – Jim Knox

FSN
Play-by-Play – Mike Morgan
Analyst – JC Pearson
Sideline Analyst – Laura McKeeman

FSN
Play-by-Play – Ron Thulin
Analyst – Shaun King
Sideline Reporter – Desmond Pernell

FCS
Play-by-Play – Adam Alexander
Analyst – TBA
Sideline Reporter – TBA

BTN
Play-by-Play – Eric Collins
Analyst – Derek Rackley

Play-by-Play – Kevin Kugler
Analyst – Chris Martin

Play-by-Play – Matt Devlin
Analyst – Glen Mason

Play-by-Play – Brian Anderson
Analyst – Jon Jansen

Play-by-Play – Wayne Larrivee
Analyst – J. Leman

Play-by-Play – Josh Lewin
Analyst – Danan Hughes

Play-by-Play – Tom Werme
Analyst – Kelly Stouffer

Play-by-Play – Matt Sheppard
Analyst – Chuck Long

Play-by-Play – Chris Denari
Analyst – Justin Conzemius

And that will do it.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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