Clemson, Alabama Face Off Live In College Football Championship Rematch Monday Night

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The stage is set for this season’s college football championship, and ESPN will carry full coverage of the rematch from last season’s title game between Clemson and Alabama.

ESPN will begin its coverage of the College Football Championship presented by AT&T tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET.  The game will be broadcast live from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.  Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder and Tom Rinaldi will have the call for the showdown between the Tigers and Red Tide.

The worldwide leader in sports and its networks will offer extensive coverage of the game throughout the day leading up to kickoff.  That extensive coverage from ESPN’s networks includes Coaches Film Room on ESPNEWS, Finebaum Filmroom on SEC Network, Homers Telecast on ESPN2 and much more.

Additional coverage on the day will air on ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN Goal Line, and ESPN3.  Those that won’t be near a TV during Monday’s college football championship can still catch the game in full online via WatchESPN and on the radio via ESPN Radio.

The game will also be simulcast live in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio and Eduardo Varela will have the call for ESPN Deportes.  Kenneth Garay and Sebastian M. Christensen will have the call for ESPN Deportes Radio.

Along with its broadcast on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio, Monday night’s game will also be broadcast worldwide.  ESPN International will carry the game for fans in more than 179 nations around the world through its networks and streaming services.

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ESPN Networks Kick Off Coverage Of The 2016 College Foootball Season This Week

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The wait is nearly over.  The 2016 college football season kicks off this Friday, August 26. And ESPN will have full coverage of Week 0.

The 2016 college football season kicks off this Friday night on ESPN when California and Hawaii face off live from ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. ESPN will carry full coverage of the game beginning at 10pm ET.  Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith will have the call for the game.

Friday’s live international event will be followed up Saturday night by a matchup between defending Big South Champion and #6 ranked Charleston Southern on the road against five-time defending champion and #1 North Dakota State at 7:30pm ET.  Adam Amin, Mack Brown, and Molly McGrath will have the call for that game live from Fargo, North Dakota.  It will mark the first time that the trio will have worked together on an ESPN broadcast.
As an additional bonus for college football fans, ESPN will air a special one-hour edition of College GameDay Saturday morning at 11am.  Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Lee Corso (via satellite) will look ahead at the season to come in this week’s special season preview edition of College GameDay.  The weekly college football broadcast will officially launch its 2016 season next Saturday, September 3rd from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin ahead of the Badgers’ game against the LSU Tigers.

The full broadcast schedule for the ESPN networks’ college football preview shows is noted in whole below.

Date	Time (ET)	Show	Commentators	Network
Mon, Aug. 22	7 p.m. – 8 p.m.	2016 SEC College Football Preview Show	Matt Schick, Tom Luginbill, Kevin Carter	ESPNU
	8 p.m. – 9 p.m.	2016 ACC College Football Preview Show	Anish Shroff, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle	ESPNU
Tue, Aug. 23	7 p.m. – 8 p.m.	2016 Big Ten College Football Preview Show	Brendan Fitzgerald, Tom Luginbill, Jason Sehorn	ESPNU
	8 p.m. – 9 p.m.	2016 Big 12 College Football Preview Show	Anish Shroff, Kevin Carter, Jason Sehorn	ESPNU
Wed, Aug. 24	7 p.m. – 8 p.m.	2016 Pac-12 College Football Preview Show	Brendan Fitzgerald, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle	ESPNU
	8 p.m. – 9 p.m.	National College Football Preview	Matt Schick, Mike Bellotti, Tom Luginbill	ESPNU
	8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.	The Herbies Preseason Special	Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit	ESPN2
Sat, Aug. 27	11 a.m. – noon	College GameDay Season Preview	Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Lee Corso (via satellite)	ESPN
Sun, Aug. 28	1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	The Heisman Trophy Preview Show	Joe Tessitore, Desmond Howard, Danny Kanell	ESPN
	1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Championship Drive: College Football Season Preview	Rece Davis	ESPN

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ESPN Networks’ College Football Media Days Schedule Announced

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It’s almost that time again.  College football season is almost upon us once again.  In anticipation of its impending return ESPN has announced its plans for the sport’s annual Media Days.

ESPN and the ESPN networks will launch their coverage of college football’s conference media days beginning next Monday, July 11^th.  In all 14 Conference Media Days will be covered across ESPN’s family of networks and will continue into August.  It all begins on College Football Live.  ESPN’s daily college football news and information show returns next Monday, July 11^th.  It will continue daily throughout the season airing regularly from 1:30 – 2pm ET on ESPN.  Joe Tessitore will anchor the show’s broadcast in its first week back.  He will be joined by college football analysts Joey Galloway and Paul Finebaum.  Greg McElroy, Booger McFarland, and Marcus Spears will each make appearances from Hoover, Alabama, the site of the SEC Media Days.

ESPNU will have 30 hours of Media Days coverage.  That includes 10 three-hour College Football Media Days specials over 15 days beginning with the SEC (July 11^th – 14^th).  The Pac-12 is next on July 14^th, followed by the Big 12 July 18^th – 19^th.  From July 21^st – 22^nd ESPNU will cover the ACC’s Media Days.  Coverage of the Big Ten conference’s Media Days rounds out ESPNU’s Media Days coverage from July 25^th – 26^th.  Brendan Fitzgerald, Matt Schick, and Anish Shroff will share time anchoring ESPNU’s Media Days broadcasts.  They will be joined primarily by analyst Tom Luginbill for additional commentary.  Kevin Carter (July 14^th) and Charles Arbuckle (July 25^th) will also make appearances during the network’s coverage of Media Days.  Anish Shroff will be live onsite in Charlotte, North Carolina for coverage of the ACC’s Media Days.  ESPNU’s coverage schedule is noted below.

 

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
Mon., July 11th	3pm	SEC
Tue., July 12th	1pm	SEC
Wed., July 13th	1pm	SEC
Thu, July 14th	1pm	SEC/Pac-12
Mon., July 18th	1pm	Big 12
Tue., July 19th	1pm	Big 12
Thu., July 21st	1pm	ACC
Fri., July 22nd	1pm	ACC
Mon., July 25th	1pm	Big Ten
Tue., July 26th	1pm	Big Ten

 

Anchor Matt Barrie and reporter Marty Smith, who will be on site in Alabama for the SEC’s Media Days, will carry coverage on ESPN’s SportsCenter.  ESPN3, ESPN.com, and the SEC Network will each carry their own additional Media Days coverage.  That information is provided below.

 

ESPN3

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
Monday, July 25th	2pm	Sun Belt
Mon., July 25th Tues., July 26th	3pm 10am	Conference  USA
Tues., July 26th Wed., July 27th	TBD	Mountain West
Thu., July 28th	12pm	Mid-American
Tue., Aug. 2nd	9am	American

 

Along with its  major conference coverage, ESPN3 will also carry coverage of four FCS schools’ Media Days.

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
July 21st	11am	NEC
July 26th	10am	CAA
July 26th	1:30pm	Big South
July 27th	8pm	Southland

 

ESPN.com will have reporters on site from a number of Media Days locations providing daily news, analysis and more.  The  reporters and their assigned sites are noted below.

Conference	Reporters
SEC	Edward Aschoff   Greg Ostendorf   Alex Scarborough   Mark  Schlabach
Pac 12	Kyle Bonagura   Kevin Gemmell   Chantel Jennings   David Lombardi   Chris Low   Ted Miller
Big 12	Max Olson   Mitch Sherman   Jake  Trotter
ACC	Andrea Adelson   Matt Fortuna   David Hale   Jared Shanker
Big 10	Brian Bennett   Josh Moyer   Dan Murphy   Adam Rittenberg   Jesse Temple   Austin Ward
American	Ivan  Maisel

 

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ESPN Networks To Carry Full Coverage Of NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals

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College baseball fans got some good news this week.  Officials with ESPN announced Monday that ESPN and the ESPN family of networks will have full coverage of the 2016 NCAA Division I College Baseball Championship this year.  It marks the fourth consecutive year that they will cover the road to the title.

The ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, and ESPN3 specifically) will have coverage of all 153 possible championship games.  This includes Regionals (up to 112 games from 16 sites June 3 – 6), Super Regionals (Up to 24 games from all eight sites June 10 – 12 or June 11 – 13) and College World Series (Up to 17 games June 18 – 29).  Each game will be simulcast online via WatchESPN.  Each Regional tournament is a double elimination format with four teams participating at each site.  The winner of each regional tournament moves on to the Super Regionals.

For the true hardcore college baseball fans, ESPN’s four-day “Bases Loaded” platform returns this year for the Regionals.  ESPN’s “Bases Loaded” platform features unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from a number of games in the Regionals.  It also features up-to-the-minute commentary from ESPN analysts.  The platform is provided once again by ESPNU and Goal Line/Buzzer Beater, with ESPN and ESPN2 to have simulcasts.  Matt Schick and Brendan Fitzgerald will anchor coverage of the Regionals.  They will be joined by analyst Kyle Peterson for additional commentary.  As an additional note, networks for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and each Game 5 across the EPNS networks will be decided the night before their broadcast.  The same applies for games on Monday, June 6^th if necessary.  The networks for Sunday’s Game 6 matchups will be determined and assigned Sunday afternoon, June 5^th. The broadcast schedule for the Regionals is noted below.

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD

Goal Line/Buzzer Beater: 1pm – 11pm

ESPNU: 3pm – 11pm

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH

Goal Line/Buzzer Beater: 1pm – 11pm

ESPNU: 2pm – 11pm

ESPN: 4:30pm – 6pm

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH

Goal Line/Buzzer Beater: 1pm – 11pm

ESPNU: 2pm – 11pm

ESPN2: 5:30pm – 7pm

 

MONDAY, JUNE 6TH

Goal Line/Buzzer Beater: 6pm – 12am

ESPNU: 6pm – 11pm

 

The full, in-depth schedule for the ESPN networks’ coverage of the NCAA Division I College Baseball Regionals is noted below.

 

NCAA Regionals Presented by Capital One (Schedule subject to change; All Times Eastern)

Site: Gainesville, Fla.

Commentators: Mike Morgan, Carlos Pena

Teams: No.1 Florida, No.2 Georgia Tech, No.3 UConn, No.4 Bethune-Cookman

Game 1 – UConn vs. Georgia Tech: June 3 at 1 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Bethune-Cookman vs Florida: June 3 at 6 p.m., SEC Network

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 12 p.m. &  6 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 6 p.m.

 

Site: Tallahassee, Fla.

Commentators: Trey Bender, Jerry Kindall

Teams: No.1 Florida State, No.2 Southern Mississippi, No.3 South Alabama, No. 4 Alabama State

Game 1 – South Alabama vs. Southern Mississippi: June 3 at noon, ESPN3

Game 2 – Alabama State vs. Florida State: June 3 at 6 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at noon & 6 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at noon & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 6 p.m.

 

Site: Raleigh, NC

Commentators: Steve Lenox, Wes Clements

Teams: No.1 NC State, No.2 Coastal Carolina, No.3 St. Mary’s (Ca.), No.4 Navy

Game 1 – St. Mary’s vs. Coastal Carolina: June 3 at 2 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Navy vs. NC State: June 3 at 7 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 7 p.m.

 

Site: Baton Rouge, La.

Commentators: Lyn Rollins, Ben McDonald

Teams: No.1 LSU, No. 2 Rice, No.3 Southeastern Louisiana, No. 4 Utah Valley

Game 1- Utah Valley vs. LSU: June 3 at 3 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2- Southeastern Louisiana vs. Rice: June 3 at 8 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 8 p.m.

 

Site: Lubbock, Texas

Commentators: Mark Neely, Greg Swindell

Teams: No.1 Texas Tech, No.2 Dallas Baptist, No.3 New Mexico, No.4 Fairfield

Game 1- Fairfield vs. Texas Tech: June 3 at 3 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – New Mexico vs. Dallas Baptist: June 3 at 7 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 3 p.m.

 

Site: Charlottesville, Va.

Commentators: Taylor Zarzour, Nick Belmonte

Teams: No. 1 Virginia, No.2 Bryant, No.3 East Carolina, No.4 William & Mary

Game 1 – William & Mary vs. Virginia: June 3 at 1 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – East Carolina vs. Bryant: June 3 at 6 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 6 p.m.

 

Site: Fort Worth, Texas

Commentators: Roxy Bernstein, Keith Moreland

Teams: No.1 TCU, No.2 Arizona State, No.3 Gonzaga, No.4 Oral Roberts

Game 1 – Gonzaga vs. Arizona State: June 3 at 3 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Oral Roberts vs. TCU: June 3 at 7:30 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 4 p.m.

 

Site: College Station, Texas

Commentators: Clay Matvick, Gabe Gross

Teams: No.1 Texas A&M, No.2 Minnesota, No.3 Wake Forest, No.4 Binghampton

Game 1 – Wake Forest vs. Minnesota: June 3 at 4 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Binghamton vs. Texas A&M: June 3 at 9 p.m., SEC Network

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 4p.m. & 9p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 9 p.m.

 

Site: Louisville, Ky.

Commentators: Dave Neal, Chris Burke

Teams: No.1 Louisville, No.2 Ohio State, No.3 Wright State, No.4 Western Michigan

Game 1 – Wright State vs. Ohio State: June 3 at 2 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Western Michigan vs. Louisville: June 3 at 6 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at noon & 4 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at noon & 4 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 4 p.m.

 

Site: Nashville, Tenn.

Commentators: Mike Keith, Rusty Ensor

Teams: No.1 Vanderbilt, No.2 UC Santa Barbara, No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Xavier

Game 1 – Washington vs. UC Santa Barbara: June 3 at 2 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Xavier vs. Vanderbilt: June 3 at 8 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 3 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 9 p.m.

 

Site: Columbia, SC

Commentators: Matt Stewart, Jay Walker

Teams: No.1 South Carolina, No.2 UNCW, No.3 Duke, No.4 Rhode Island

Game 1 – Duke vs. UNCW: June 3 at 1 p.m. 

Game 2 – Rhode Island vs. South Carolina: June 3 at 7 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 6 p.m.

 

Site: Clemson, SC

Commentators: Tom Hart, Mike Rooney

Teams: No.1 Clemson, No.2 Oklahoma State, No.3 Nebraska, No.4 Western Carolina

Game 1 – Western Carolina vs. Clemson, June 3 at 7 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Nebraska vs. Oklahoma State, June 3 at noon, ESPNU

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 12 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 12 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 7 p.m.

 

Site: Starkville, Ms.

Commentators: Doug Sherman, John Gregory

Teams: No.1 Mississippi State, No.2 Cal State Fullerton, No.3 Louisiana Tech, No.4 Southeast Missouri State

Game 1 – Louisiana Tech vs. Cal State Fullerton: June 3 at 2:30 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Southeast Missouri State vs. Mississippi State: June 3 at 7:30 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Site: Lafayette, La.

Commentators: Brett Dolan, Tom Holiday

Teams: No.1 UL Lafayette, No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Sam Houston State, No. 4 Princeton

Game 1 – Sam Houston State vs Arizona: June 3 at 2 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Princeton vs. UL Lafayette: June 3 at 8 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 8 p.m.

 

Site: Oxford, Ms.

Commentators: Richard Cross, David Dellucci

Teams: No.1 Ole Miss, No. 2 Tulane, No.3 Boston College, No. 4 Utah

Game 1 – Boston College at Tulane: June 3 at 4 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Utah vs. Ole Miss: June 3 at 8 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 8 p.m.

 

Site: Miami, Fla.

Commentators: Anish Shroff, Alex Cora

Teams: No. 1 Miami (Fla.), No. 2 Florida Atlanta, No.3 Long Beach State, No. 4 Stetson

Game 1 – Long Beach State vs. Florida Atlantic: June 3 at 1 p.m., ESPN3

Game 2 – Stetson vs. Miami: June 3 at 7 p.m., ESPN3

Games 3 & 4: June 4 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Games 5 & 6: June 5 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Game 7 (if necessary): June 6 at 7 p.m.

 

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ESPN Reaches New TV Deal With C-USA

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College Football fans are going to get more of their favorite sport this fall.  That is because ESPN has signed a new television deal with Conference USA.

Beginning this fall ESPN will air five C-USA football games and the C-USA Conference Championship game.  The deal currently runs through the 2017 season.  Three of those five games will feature C-USA teams hosting non-conference teams in the early portion of the season.  The last week of the regular season will be comprised of two conference matchups.  The C-USA Conference Championship is currently scheduled to be played Saturday, December 3^rd.

The 2016 schedule opens with Indiana at Florida International University on Thursday, September 1^st.  It is scheduled to air at 7:30pm ET on ESPNU.  Two more games will be played Friday, September 16^th.  Rice will host No. 7 Baylor at 8pm on ESPN in the night’s first game.  The second, UTSA hosting Arizona State, will be at 9:30pm ET on ESPN2. ESPN’s C-USA football schedule winds down with Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss on Friday, November 25^th and Western Kentucky University on the road against Marshall on Saturday, November 26^th.  Times for those two games and the conference championship will be announced at a later date.  The ESPN networks’ current C-USA football broadcast schedule is noted below.

 

ESPN Network’s Conference USA Television Schedule for 2016

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	Indiana at FIU	ESPNU
Fri, Sept. 16	8 p.m.	No. 7 Baylor at Rice	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Arizona State at UTSA	ESPN2
Fri, Nov. 25	TBD	Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss	TBD
Sat, Nov. 26	TBD	WKU at Marshall	TBD
Sat, Dec. 3	TBD	C-USA Football Championship Game	TBD

Rankings are per ESPN.com’s “way too early top 25” (May 10)

 

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ESPN Kicks Off Its 2015 College Football Post Season Coverage This Weekend

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College football’s post season is officially here. And ESPN kicks off coverage this weekend with a broadcast of the annual awarding of the Heisman Trophy.

ESPN kicks off coverage of the 2015 college football bowl season this Saturday, December 12^th with the broadcast of the annual Heisman Trophy Award ceremony. The ceremony will be carried live at 8pm ET on ESPN. The finalists in the running for the award were announced this past Monday December 7^th. They are: Derrick Henry (RB – Alabama), Christian McCaffrey (RB – Stanford), and Deshaun Watson (QB – Clemson). Chris Fowler and Joe Tessitore will co-anchor Saturday night’s broadcast. They will be joined at the desk by analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Tim Tebow and Lee Corso. This year’s broadcast of the Heisman Trophy presentation has been extended to ninety minutes.

Saturday’s broadcast of the Heisman Trophy presentation is just one small part of the ESPN networks’ college football post season coverage. Beginning next Saturday, December 19^th ESPN Events and the ESPN networks will carry all thirteen bowl games that are owned and operated by ESPN Events. The networks’ coverage runs right up to December 30^th with the Birmingham Bowl.  That’s not where the games end, though.  ESPN and its networks will carry full coverage of the college football post season right up to the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl on January 2nd. Details on each ESPN Events game are noted below along with the other games that will be presented via the ESPN networks.

2015-16 ESPN/ABC Bowl Coverage Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game, Matchup and Commentators	Network(s)
Sat, Dec. 19	Noon	Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl: Alcorn State at North Carolina A&T Mark Neely, Jay Walker, Tiffany Greene	ABC
	2 p.m.	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Arizona vs. New Mexico TV: Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman, Laura Rutledge Radio: Drew Goodman and TBD	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs. No. 22 Utah Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor	ABC and ESPN Deportes
	5:30 p.m.	Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs. Appalachian State TV: Dave Neal, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra Radio: TBD, Cole Cubelic, Dawn Davenport	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	9 p.m.	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech TV: Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Dr. Jerry Punch Radio:  Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad	ESPN and ESPN Radio
Mon, Dec. 21	2:30 p.m.	Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. South Florida Dave Lamont, Desmond Howard, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
Tue, Dec. 22	3:30 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Akron vs. Utah State TV: Mark Neely, Mike Bellotti, Kevin Weidl Radio: TBD	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	Marmot Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo vs. No. 24 Temple TV: Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, Tiffany Greene Radio: Dave Lamont, John Congemi, Brett McMurphy	ESPN and ESPN Radio
Wed, Dec. 23	4:30 p.m.	San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: Boise State vs. Northern Illinois TV: Beth Mowins, David Diaz-Infante, Shelley Smith Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	8 p.m.	GoDaddy Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
Thu, Dec. 24	Noon	Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan Steve Levy, Mack Brown, Mark May, Kaylee Hartung	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Hawai’i Bowl: San Diego State vs. Cincinnati TV: Adam Amin, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe Radio: TBD, Mike Golic Sr., Mike Golic, Jr.	ESPN and ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec. 26	11 a.m.	St. Petersburg Bowl: Connecticut vs. Marshall TV: Tom Hart, Anthony Becht, Tiffany Greene Radio: TBD, Rene Ingoglia, Brett McMurphy	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	2:20 p.m.	Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl: Washington vs. Southern Mississippi Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, Kayce Smith	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Indiana vs. Duke TV: Rece Davis, Danny Kanell, Joey Galloway, Paul Carcaterra Radio: TBD	ABC and ESPN Radio
	5:45 p.m.	Camping World Independence Bowl: Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley, Jane Slater	ESPN and ESPN Deportes
	9:15 p.m.	Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA vs. Nebraska TV: Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, Shelley Smith Radio:  Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
Mon, Dec. 28	2:30 p.m.	Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman: Pittsburgh vs. No. 21 Navy TV: Eamon McAnaney,Rocky Boiman, Quint Kessenich Radio:  TBD, Mike Golic Sr., Mike Golic, Jr.	ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN Radio
	5 p.m.	Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith	ESPN2
Tue, Dec. 29	2 p.m.	Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: California vs. Air Force Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti, Allison Williams	ESPN
	5:30 p.m.	Russell Athletic Bowl: No. 10 North Carolina vs. No. 17 Baylor TV: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry PunchRadio:  Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
	9 p.m.	AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl: No. 20 LSU vs. Texas Tech TV: Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Maria Taylor Radio: Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
Wed, Dec. 30	Noon	Birmingham Bowl: Auburn vs. Memphis TV: Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, Tiffany Greene	ESPN and ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Belk Bowl: NC State vs. Mississippi State TV: Clay Matvick, John Congemi, Dawn Davenport Radio: Taylor Zarzour, Charles Arbuckle, and Quint Kessenich	ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Texas A&M vs. LouisvilleTV: Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge Radio: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN Radio
	10:30 p.m.	Holiday Bowl: No. 25 USC vs. Wisconsin TV: Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan Radio: Drew Goodman and TBD	ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN Radio
Fri, Jan 1	Noon	Outback Bowl: No. 13 Northwestern vs. No. 23 Tennessee TV: Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
	1 p.m.	Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl: No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 19 Florida TV: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch Radio: Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra	ABC and ESPN Radio
Sat, Jan 2	Noon	TaxSlayer Bowl: Penn State vs. Georgia TV: Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, Tiffany Greene Radio: Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi,	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
	3:20 p.m.	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arkansas TV: Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport Radio: Mark Neely, Jay Walker, Kevin Weidl	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
	6:45 p.m.	Valero Alamo Bowl: No. 15 Oregon vs. No. 11 TCU TV: Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams Radio: Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio
	10:15 p.m.	Motel 6 Cactus Bowl: West Virginia vs. Arizona State TV: Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith Radio: Drew Goodman, David Diaz-Infante, Olivia Harlan	ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio

 

*For those not near a television, ESPN and its networks will simulcast each game online via WatchESPN.

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Weather Forces Changes To ESPN’s Weekend CFB Broadcast Schedule

Courtesy: ESPN

South Carolina has been devasted by the recent rains that came through the area last week. The effects of the low pressure system that went through the area were far reaching to say the very least. Homes and lands have been flooded, and roads have been washed out. So far fourteen people have lost their lives as a result of the weather. It goes without saying that all of those affected by that weather system are in the thoughts and prayers of the country. Today it was announced that that same system has had even more effect as this weekend’s matchup between the Gamecocks and Tigers has been moved.

Officials with LUS and South Carolina have announced that the game, which was previously scheduled to be held in South Carolina Saturday at noon will now be played at LSU Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm ET. The game will still be broadcast live on ESPN despite the change. Five others games have seen some changes in their scheduling on the ESPN networks as a result of this change. Those games are: Indiana @ Penn St., Illinois @ #22 Iowa, Tulane @ Temple, Minnesota @ Perdue, and Connecticut at UCF. Those games will still be played at their original times and at their original venues. The only changes will be the networks on which audiences can see them. Those changes are all listed below.

The updated schedule for the six impacted games:

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Sat, Oct 10	Noon	Indiana at Penn State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
	Noon	Illinois at No. 22 Iowa Clay Matvick, John Congemi	ESPN2
	Noon	Tulane at Temple Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 LSU vs. South Carolina (from Baton Rouge, La.) Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Minnesota at Purdue Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
	3:45 p.m.	Connecticut at UCF Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks	ESPNEWS

The full schedule for ESPN Radio’s Saturday football coverage is listed below.

The complete schedule of games for Saturday, Oct. 10, on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio:

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Sat, Oct 10	Noon	Texas vs. No. 10 Oklahoma (from Dallas) Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay	ABC
	Noon	Indiana at Penn State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
	Noon	Illinois at No. 22 Iowa Clay Matvick, John Congemi	ESPN2
	Noon	Tulane at Temple Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	Noon	New Mexico State at No. 14 Ole Miss Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge	SEC Network
	Noon	Central Michigan at Western Michigan	ESPN3 *
	Noon	Sacred Heart at Robert Morris	ESPN3
	Noon	Culver-Stockton at Benedictine	ESPN3 *
	12:30 p.m.	Virginia at Pittsburgh	ESPN3 *
	1 p.m.	Furman at Chattanooga	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Samford at VMI	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Massachusetts at Bowling Green Jim Barbar, John Gregory	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Ohio	ESPN3 *
	2 p.m.	Presbyterian at Coastal Carolina	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Wofford at The Citadel	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Valdosta State at West Georgia	ESPN3 *
	2 p.m.	Clarion at Edinboro	ESPN3 *
	2 p.m.	Northern Iowa at North Dakota State	ESPN3 *
	2 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State at Eastern Illinois	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Kent State at No. 24 Toledo Dave Weekley, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Akron at Eastern Michigan Michael Reghi, Josh Cribbs	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Wake Forest at Boston College	ESPN3 *
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at No. 6 Clemson TV: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ABC & ESPN2, ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Wisconsin at Nebraska Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan	ABC & ESPN2
	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 LSU at South Carolina Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Minnesota at Purdue Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Ball State at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Al Groh	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Appalachian State at Georgia State Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy	ESPN3
	3:45 p.m.	Connecticut at UCF Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks	ESPNEWS
	4 p.m.	Troy at Mississippi State Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	South Dakota at Western Illinois	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Nicholls State at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Tulsa Joel Meyers, Pete Najarian	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Stetson at Jacksonville	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Arkansas at No. 8 Alabama Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7 p.m.	No. 21 Oklahoma State at West Virginia Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette Brett Dolan, Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Illinois State at Youngstown State	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Indiana State at South Dakota State	ESPN3 *
	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina at BYU Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	No. 11 Florida at Missouri Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Miami (Fla.) at No. 12 Florida State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox	ABC
	8 p.m.	Angelo State at Texas A&M Commerce	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Abilene Christian at Lamar	ESPN3
	10 p.m.	No. 23 Cal at No. 5 Utah Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill	ESPN
	10:15 p.m.	Wyoming at Air Force Mike Couzens, David Diaz-Infante	ESPN2

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