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ESPN has announced the on-air roster for this season’s coverage of college football on Thursday and Friday nights..
Thursday night broadcasts will be led by Dave Flemming and college football analyst Jesse Palmer. Laura Rutledge will join the duo as a sideline reporter for the network’s Thursday night games. This is in addition to her previously announced duties with The SEC Network’s SEC Nation broadcasts. Friday night coverage will be led by Adam Amin. He will be joined in the booth by analyst Mack Brown. Molly McGrath will be on the sidelines for each game with all of the latest in-game news and interviews.
As an additional note, David Pollack has signed a new extension with ESPN that will see him appear on ESPN’s College GameDay each week for the foreseeable future. The terms of his new deal also include a more prominent role on College Football Live and will also see him contributing more to the network’s studio shows this season. Pollack originally joined ESPN in 2009 as a studio analyst before joining the College GameDay on-air crew in 2011.
Before moving to Thursday nights, Flemming handled play-by-play duties on ESPN’s Friday night college football games. Amin previously worked the Saturday college football games for ESPN/ABC. Rutledge most recently served as a sideline reporter for the SEC Network’s college football broadcasts. Pollack most recently served as a game analyst on ESPN’s Thursday night college football broadcasts last season alongside play-by-play man Joe Tessitore and analyst Jesse Palmer.
Lee Fitting, Senior Coordinating Producer, was entirely supportive of the new appointments in discussing them and the related importance of ESPN’s college football coverage. “The new opportunities for Dave, Adam and Laura prove, once again, the quality of our on-air lineup and the growth opportunities that exist at ESPN, while Molly’s addition adds another high-caliber reporter and host to our roster as we enter a new season,” Fitting said. “Thursday and Friday night telecasts are an integral part of our college football coverage and we look forward to these two new commentating teams working these primetime games each week.” Fitting also shared his thoughts on Pollack’s experience in relation to his new deal noting, “David’s analysis, insights and, most importantly, his opinions have elevated him to a top college football analyst. Having him on our studio programming, nearly on a daily basis throughout the season, maximizes his strengths and makes ESPN’s college football coverage better.”
This week’s new appointments are just the latest on-air moves made by ESPN for its upcoming college football broadcasts. The network also recently announced moves involving Brian Griese, Steve Levy, Greg McElroy, Samantha Ponder, and Allison Williams for its college football broadcasts. New contracts were also announced for Dave Pasch and Bob Wischusen.
More information on ESPN’s new college football broadcast teams is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:
Website: http://espn.go.com/college-football
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