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Back For Some Sunday Linkage

Ok, back from New York after attending “Blogs with Balls 4″ at the Bloomberg world headquarters on Lexington Avenue. I’ll have a recap of the event later today. But I’ll give you some links since I was unable to blog yesterday.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says MLB Network has signed several cable providers for its new Video on Demand service.

Mike writes that Univision has signed former NBC Sports Executive Producer David Neal as its head of sports production.

At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Eric Deggans from the St. Petersburg Times writes that Fox made a huge mistake by making up Chicago Tribune headlines and portraying them as real.

SportsGrid has Fox Sports’ official apology made during Fox NFL Sunday.

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com says College GameDay heads to Wisconsin this Saturday.

A couple of screengrabs from Timothy Burke at his Mocksession site. First, here’s Erin Andrews wearing a coonskin cap on the set of ESPN’s College GameDay.

And we have a look at the monsoon in Charlotte that caused the Bank of America Stadium field to become a quagmire during the Jacksonville-Carolina game.

At Sporting Madness, Andrew Bucholz recaps one of the Blogs with Balls 4 panels during which ABC’s Josh Elliot did not have some nice things to say about his former employer, ESPN.

Brandon Costa of Sports Video Group looks at Raycom’s new HD production truck.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post decries the personal seat license.

Dick Weiss of the New York Daily News notes that the Big East’s rejection of a huge ESPN offer for TV rights paved the way for Pittsburgh and Syracuse to leave the conference.

Jim Wiliams of the Washington Examiner writes that this isn’t the first time the SEC was thinking expansion of the conference.

Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman rates the top 5 Sooner State announcing teams.

Nina Metz of the Chicago Tribune reviews the ESPN Films documentary on the Steve Bartman incident from 2003.

David Haugh of the Tribune has Fox’s Joe Buck denying that Bears QB Jay Cutler is being singled out by the networks for criticism.

The Toronto Sports Media Blog says a noted Toronto Globe and Mail columnist may be leaving for a TV career.

Sports Media Watch has some various ratings news and notes.

SMW has a few more news and notes.

And that’s where I’ll end it for now.

The ACC and Raycom Sports Team Up To Launch ACC Vault of Classic Basketball Games

Now this is something I like. The ACC and media partner Raycom have announced that they have set up a new vault at TheACC.com which has a vast archive of classic basketball games including ACC Tournament games dating back to 1983. This means you can see great players like Michael Jordan when he was at North Carolina, the late Len Bias of Maryland, Grant Hill and Christan Laettner of Duke, Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech and so much more. As a college basketball fan and of the ACC in particular, this is right up my alley.

Here’s the press release.

The Atlantic Coast Conference, Raycom Sports and Thought Equity Motion Launch

Video-Powered ACC Vault with Classic Men’s Basketball Games

Website Features Full-Length ACC Men’s Basketball Games and Allows Fans to Search, Share and Comment on Their Favorite Moments 

DENVER, Dec. 15, 2010—The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Raycom Sports  announced today the launch of the ACC Vault (www.theACC.com/vault), an online video archive of full-length, classic Tournament and regular season men’s basketball games from all 12 ACC member institutions. With a comprehensive and easy to navigate design, the ACC Vault will allow fans to access and view many of the greatest television moments in ACC Basketball history. The ACC Vault is powered by Thought Equity Motion, a leading provider of video platform and rights development services.

The ACC Vault features video dating back to 1983, including the ACC Tournament Championship Game from every year. The games have been coded within the ACC Vault in play-by-play detail, enabling fans to jump to specific game moments, view the video, and share via Facebook, Twitter, email and other social channels. Users can also explore categories such as great blocks, great finishes, and ACC Stars. In addition to games, the Vault includes special features, such as classic interviews with iconic coaches and players. After launch, a selection of “Instant Classic” games from the 2010-11 ACC Men’s Basketball Season will be added to the site.

“This is another exciting initiative for the ACC and we’re pleased to give fans a new way to experience our rich ACC Basketball history,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “The ACC Vault ties our rich collection of great games to the current season’s action and presents our tradition of excellence in an innovative way that will be a resource for fans, media, bloggers and our member institutions.”

The ACC Vault includes a Video Media Guide & Link Database, which provides direct URLs to every moment within the site. Sports writers and bloggers can access this database and link to relevant moments in articles and blogs.

“With the launch of the ACC Vault, Raycom Sports and the Atlantic Coast Conference are increasing fan engagement and building new traffic to our digital properties around some of the most timeless moments in ACC Basketball History,” stated Colin Smith, Vice-President of Distribution & New Media for Raycom Sports. “Raycom Sports and the ACC are committed to utilizing cutting edge technologies in order to deliver engaging experiences for ACC fans. Our goal is to ultimately make the ACC Vault the Official video resource guide of ACC Basketball.”

The ACC Vault’s extensive metadata enables fans to search for and share exact moments within games, for example: 

• Steve Hale hits Michael Jordan for an alley-oop against UNC’s arch rival Duke in 1984
• Georgia Tech completes an amazing comeback scoring 5 points in 5 seconds to defeat UNC in 1989

 “With the launch of the ACC Vault we’re leveraging rich metadata and delivery tools to drive new sponsor value and extend the ‘life’ of the men’s basketball season to connect to fan interest year-round,” said Kevin Schaff, CEO & Founder of Thought Equity Motion.

To explore the ACC Vault, visit www.theACC.com/vault. To learn more about Thought Equity Motion’s technology that powers the ACC Vault, visit http://platform.thoughtequity.com/acc_vault.

This is great stuff. I’m looking forward to exploring the archives.

Raycom Rebrands Its Syndicated ACC Package As "ACC Network"

This weekend, Raycom Sports will branded its syndicated ACC package as “The ACC Network”. While a new contract with the ACC doesn’t begin until next season, ESPN, Raycom and conference officials agreed that Raycom could rebrand this year to get a jump start. It means all football and basketball games on Raycom will fall under the ACC Network brand. We have the press release from the Atlantic Coast Conference and Raycom.

Raycom Sports’ Syndicated ACC Football and Basketball Telecasts Will Feature ACC Network Brand

The Raycom Sports Regional Syndicated package of Atlantic Coast Conference football and basketball telecasts will be branded as the ACC Network.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Raycom Sports and the Atlantic Coast Conference today announced that beginning this season, the Raycom Sports Regional Syndicated package of Atlantic Coast Conference football and basketball telecasts will be branded as the ACC Network. The new marketing initiative will feature ACC Network graphics and designations beginning with the first game this year, the Duke at Wake Forest telecast on Saturday, September 11th.

The ACC Network branding was part of the new television rights agreements between the ACC, Raycom Sports and ESPN that begins with the 2011 Football season. Raycom Sports and the Conference moved to begin the branding during the final year of the existing contract.

“Beginning to brand the ACC Network with the start of the first conference football game made great sense for our league, member schools, fans and partners,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “It’s a great tribute to Raycom that we’re able to roll out this initiative a year before the new contract begins.”

“The establishment of the ACC Network brand was a natural step, given our longstanding syndication exclusivity with the Atlantic Coast Conference,” said Jimmy Rayburn, vice-president of operations for Raycom Sports. “Moving forward with our new rights agreement, we were already preparing the transition. But with the volume of media coverage already surrounding the conference’s new television rights agreement, it made perfect sense to capitalize on the public’s attention now with the ACC Network designation.”

The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 58th year of competition, is one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate athletics conferences in the country. The ACC sponsors competition in 25 sports for its 12 member institutions: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 120 national team championships and 221 individual national championships. For more information on the ACC and its 12 member institutions go to:www.theACC.com.

Raycom Sports is a leading independent sports sales & marketing, syndication, event management and production firm. Raycom is the current television rightsholder of ACC men’s basketball and syndicated football telecasts. Raycom Sports’ parent company Raycom Media, located in Montgomery, AL, owns and operates 39 television stations covering over 12 percent of the United States across 18 states. For more information, please go to: www.raycomsports.com.

So ACC fans have a year to get used to see ACC Network logos rather than the Raycom bug.

Best Announcers of All-Time

Today through Saturday, I’ll be scarce on the blog. My sister is getting married and I’m not going to be blogging much. In fact, I won’t blogging at all. The Viewing Picks and the posts you’ll see for the next three days have been done ahead of time. But I don’t want to lose you the loyal reader so I’m going to provide as much original content as possible so you’ll have these to tie you over until I return, most likely on Monday.

Even if news breaks, I won’t be able to blog, but know that I’ll be thinking of you while I’m gone.

This post is going to list the best announcers of all-time. I’m going to list these by sport, then do them by play-by-play and analysts. In some cases, I’ll also list local announcers. Of course, you’ll disagree with me because that’s what people do on the internet. And you can debate away.

Let’s start with the lists and go from there.

BASEBALL

Best Play-by-Play
1. Vin Scully – Los Angeles Dodgers/NBC Sports/CBS Radio
2. Ernie Harwell – Detroit Tigers/California Angels/CBS Radio
3. Curt Gowdy – Boston Red Sox/NBC Sports/CBS Radio
4. Jack Buck – St. Louis Cardinals/CBS Radio/CBS Sports
5. Jon Miller – Boston Red Sox/Baltimore Orioles/San Francisco Giants/ESPN/ESPN Radio

At age 82, Vin has still got it. He doesn’t need a partner and continues to be the best baseball broadcaster. Ernie Harwell was a baseball historian and could weave tales with the best. Curt Gowdy was one of the first all-around broadcasters on network TV, calling baseball, football, basketball and the Olympics. Jack Buck’s call of Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series is one of the most iconic calls in the history of the sport. Jon Miller is one of the best announcers of his generation.

Best Analysts
1. Tony Kubek – NBC Sports/TSN/MSG Network
2. Don Drysdale – California Angels/ABC Sports
3. Jim Palmer – ABC Sports/MASN
4. Jerry Remy – NESN
5. Jim Kaat – CBS Sports/MSG Network/YES/MLB Network

Tony Kubek was the best network analyst, bar none. Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan don’t even come close and don’t hold candles to Tony. And even in the 1990′s some thirty years being removed from the game, Kubek continued to teach viewers on the game. Don Drysdale gave great insights on pitching. Jim Palmer was the better and less verbose half of the ABC analysts teamed with Al Michaels. Jerry Remy is one of the best local analysts and could be on the networks if he so chose. And Jim Kaat continues to be an excellent analyst.

Best Local TV/Radio Teams
1. Harry Kalas/Richie Ashburn/Andy Musser/Chris Wheeler – Philadelphia Phillies
2. Ned Martin/Jim Woods – Boston Red Sox
3. Skip Caray/Pete Van Wieren/Ernie Johnson, Sr./Don Sutton – Atlanta Braves
4. Ernie Harwell/Paul Carey – Detroit Tigers
5. Jon Miller/Fred Manfra – Baltimore Orioles
6. Sean McDonough/Jerry Remy – Boston Red Sox
7. Marty Brennaman/Joe Nuxhall – Cincinnati Reds
8. Chuck Thompson/Bill O’Donnell – Baltimore Orioles
9. Harry Caray/Steve Stone – Chicago Cubs
10. Dick Enberg/Don Drysdale – California Angels

I’ve listened to a lot of baseball growing up and one of my thrills was to find the 50,000 watt AM stations carrying baseball. While I loved the Red Sox, I always enjoyed listening to the Phillies team on WCAU. Ned Martin and Jim Woods were the best radio broadcasters the Red Sox have ever had. Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren were comfortable listens on Braves games on TBS.

Boxing

Play-by-play
1. Howard Cosell – ABC Sports
2. Jim Lampley – HBO Sports
3. Tim Ryan – CBS Sports
4. Marv Albert – NBC Sports
5. Bob Papa – HBO Sports/Versus/ESPN/NBC Sports

Seriously, there wasn’t anyone better than Cosell calling a heavyweight championship fight. Jim Lampley is great now. Tim Ryan was tremendous doing CBS fights in the 1980′s. Many probably don’t know Marv Albert used to call a fight every Sunday on NBC SportsWorld in the 80′s. Bob Papa is a very good announcer now for HBO.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Best Play-by-play
1. Dick Enberg – NBC Sports/CBS Sports
2. Brent Musberger – CBS Sports/ESPN
3. Curt Gowdy – NBC Sports
4. Jim Nantz – CBS Sports
5. Verne Lundquist – CBS Sports

Nothing needs to be added to this list. Enberg did UCLA basketball in its heyday when the school was winning championships and went to NBC where he was teamed with Billy Packer and Al McGuire as the one of the best broadcasting tandems ever. The others on the list can speak for themselves.

Best Analyst
1. Billy Packer – Raycom/NBC Sports/CBS Sports
2. Al McGuire – NBC Sports/CBS Sports
3. Clark Kellogg – ESPN/CBS Sports
4. Quinn Buckner – CBS Sports/ESPN
5. Len Elmore – CBS Sports/ESPN

I used to love Billy Packer on the games up until the 21st Century when he seemed to become disinterested, bitter, crotchety and cranky. During his early career, he was very good in finding the nuances to college basketball and picking up trends, but he seemed to forget that in his later years. His overall body of work was good enough to be on top.

Best Local Play-by-play
1. Cawood Ledford – Kentucky
2. Woody Durham – North Carolina
3. Bob Harris – Duke
4. Paul Keels – Ohio State University
5. Gene Deckerhoff – Florida State University

I did the same for college basketball as I did for baseball, finding games on the radio. In addition, Cawood Ledford called the Final Four on radio for NBC and CBS Radio well into the 1980′s. Excellent announcer and still beloved by old school Kentucky fans. Woody Durham is a legend among Tar Heel fans.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Best Play-by-play
1. Keith Jackson – ABC Sports
2. Ron Franklin – ESPN
3. Brent Musburger – CBS Sports/ABC Sports/ESPN
4. Verne Lundquist – CBS Sports
5. Tom Hammond – NBC Sports

Keith was the best hands down. Ron Franklin is still great. Brent can spot a big story from a mile away. Uncle Verne on SEC games is as comfortable a fit as you can get.

Best Analyst
1. Frank Broyles – ABC Sports
2. Pat Haden – CBS Sports/NBC Sports
3. Gary Danielson – ABC Sports/ESPN/CBS Sports
4. Dan Fouts – ESPN
5. Ara Parseghian – ABC Sports/CBS Sports

NBA

Best Play-by-play
1. Marv Albert – NBC Sports/TNT
2. Dick Stockton – CBS Sports/TNT
3. Mike Gorman – Comcast SportsNet New England
4. Brent Musburger – CBS Sports
5. Mike Tirico – ESPN

Marv is probably the best ever at calling the NBA.

Best Analyst
1. Doug Collins – NBC Sports/TNT
2. Hubie Brown – USA Network/CBS Sports/TNT/ESPN
3. Bill Walton – NBC Sports/ESPN
4. Charles Barkley – TNT/TBS
5. Kenny Smith – TNT/TBS

NFL

Best play-by-play
1. Al Michaels – ABC Sports/NBC Sports
2. Dick Enberg – NBC Sports/CBS Sports
3. Pat Summerall – CBS Sports/Fox Sports
4. Charlie Jones – ABC Sports/NBC Sports
5. Don Criqui – NBC Sports/CBS Sports

Al Michaels is another announcer who can call multiple sports well, except for the NBA which he seemingly didn’t care for. But the NFL has become his calling and he’s the best.

Best Analyst
1. John Madden – CBS Sports/ABC Sports/NBC Sports
2. Hank Stram – CBS Sports/CBS Radio
3. Merlin Olsen – NBC Sports/CBS Sports
4. Dan Dierdorf – ABC Sports/CBS Sports
5. Phil Simms – ESPN/NBC Sports/CBS Sports

Seriously, could anyone be ranked over Madden?

NHL

Best Play-by-play
1. Mike Emrick – ESPN/NBC Sports
2. Dan Kelly – CBS Sports/USA Network
3. Bob Cole – CBC
4. Chris Cuthbert – CBC/NBC Sports/TSN
5. Jiggs MacDonald – SportsChannel America

For the longest time, I felt the late Dan Kelly was the best in calling hockey (I never heard Foster Hewitt), but Mike Emrick has surpassed him in this decade. Four out of the five I’ve listed have been honored with Foster Hewitt Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame and deservedly so. Cuthbert should be soon.

Best Analyst
1. John Davidson – MSG Network/Fox Sports/ESPN/NBC Sports/Versus
2. Harry Neale – CBC
3. Ed Olcyzk – NBC Sports
4. Mickey Redmond – CBC/Fox Sports Detroit
5. Don Cherry – CBC

JD’s got into the Hall of Fame last year and I’m surprised it took that long. Harry Neale was very good until his later years, but is still doing decently for MSG Buffalo on Sabres games.

Best Local Play-by-play
1. Bob Wilson – Boston Bruins
2. Ron Weber – Washington Capitals
3. Chuck Kaiton – Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes
4. Mike Lange – Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Pat Foley – Chicago Blackhawks

Again, four of out of five here are in the Hockey Hall of Fame, Weber being the most recent this year. Pat Foley should be honored. Bob Wilson really gave me my love for hockey while calling Bruins games. Ron Weber educated fans on hockey in DC. Chuck Kaiton had to endure some really bad teams in Hartford before finally calling a Stanley Cup in Carolina. Only Mike Lange can say, “You can scratch my back with a hacksaw,” or “Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, give me the brandy,” or “Tell Granny the bingo game is over.” Pat Foley is back with the Blackhawks after being exiled to the AHL Wolves. He should be in the Hall of Fame too.

TENNIS

Best Play-by-play
1. Dick Enberg – NBC Sports/CBS Sports/ESPN2
2. Jim Simpson – NBC Sports/ESPN
3. Tim Ryan – NBC Sports/CBS Sports
4. Cliff Drysdale – ESPN
5. Pat Summerall – CBS Sports

Best Analyst
1. John McEnroe – USA Network/NBC Sports/CBS Sports/ESPN2/7 Network/BBC Sport
2. Mary Carillo – USA Network/CBS Sports/NBC Sports/ESPN2
3. Bud Collins – NBC Sports/ESPN2/Tennis Channel
4. Tracy Austin – USA Network/7 Network/BBC Sport
5. Tony Trabert – CBS Sports

HOSTS

1. Bob Costas – NBC Sports/HBO Sports/MLB Network
2. Jim McKay – ABC Sports
3. Brent Musburger – CBS Sports/ABC Sports/ESPN
4. Ernie Johnson, Jr. – Turner Sports
5. James Brown – Fox Sports/CBS Sports
6. Howard Cosell – ABC Sports

So that will do it for this set of lists. Coming up later today, the Most Influential Sports Series of All-Time.

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 03/13 & 03/14/09

men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, March 13

College Gameday – ESPN, noon

men’s

America East Championship
Hartford at Vermont – ESPN2, noon

ACC Tournament – Greensboro, NC
Semifinals
Duke vs. Miami – ESPN/Raycom, 1:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech vs. NC State – ESPN/Raycom, 4 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Tournament – Atlantic City, NJ
Semifinals
Temple vs. URI – CBS College Sports, 1 p.m.
Xavier vs. Richmond – CBS College Sports, 3:30 p.m.

Big East Championship – New York, NY
Georgetown vs. West Virginia – ESPN, 9 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament – Indianapolis, IN
Semifinals
Ohio State vs. Illinois – CBS, 1:30 p.m.
Purdue vs. Minnesota – CBS, 4 p.m.

Big 12 Championship – Kansas City, MO
Kansas vs. Kansas State – ESPN, 6 p.m.

Big West Championship – Anaheim, CA
UC-Santa Barbara vs. Long Beach State – ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Conference USA Championship – Tulsa, OK
UTEP vs. Houston – CBS, 11:30 a.m.

Mid-America Conference Championship – Cleveland, OH
Akron vs. Ohio – ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship – Winston-Salem, NC
Morgan State vs. South Carolina State – ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Mountain West Championship – Las Vegas, NV
San Diego State vs. UNLV – Versus, 7 p.m.

Pac 10 Championship – Los Angeles, CA
Cal vs. Washington – CBS, 6 p.m.

SEC Tournament – Nashville, TN
Semifinals
Kentucky vs. Tennessee – ABC, 1 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt – ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Southland Championship – Katy, TX
Stephen F. Austin vs. Sam Houston State – ESPN2, 4 p.m.

SWAC Championship – Shreveport, LA
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Texas Southern – ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

WAC Championship – Reno, NV
Utah State vs. New Mexico State – ESPN2, 10 p.m.

women’s

America East Championship
Vermont at Hartford – Comcast SportsNet New England, 8 p.m.

Big 12 Tournament – Kansas City, MO
Semifinals
Nebraska vs. Texas A&M – Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma – Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – Harrisonburg, VA
Semifinals
Old Dominion vs. Delaware – Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, noon
James Madison vs. Virginia Commonwealth – Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 2:30 p.m.

Mountain West Conference Championship – Las Vegas, NV
Utah vs. San Diego State – Versus, 4 p.m.

Pac 10 Tournament – Los Angeles, CA
Semifinals
Cal vs. Stanford – Fox Sports Net, 5:30 p.m.
USC vs. UCLA- Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.

Patriot League Championship
American at Lehigh – CBS College Sports, 6 p.m.

SWAC Championship – Bossier City, LA
Southern vs. Alabama State – ESPNU, 6 p.m.

WAC Championship – Reno, NV
Fresno State vs. Louisiana Tech – ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Sunday, March 14

College Gameday – ESPN, noon
Road to the Final Four – CBS, noon

men’s

ACC Championship – Greensboro, NC
Duke vs. Georgia Tech – ESPN/Raycom, 1 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Championship – Atlantic City, NJ
Temple vs. Richmond – CBS, 1 p.m.

Big Ten Championship – Indianapolis, IN
Ohio State vs. Minnesota CBS, 3:30 p.m.

SEC Championship – Nashville, TN
Mississippi State vs. Kentucky – ABC, 1 p.m.

College Gamenight – ESPN, 3 p.m.
NCAA Championship Selection Show – CBS, 6 p.m.
NCAA March Madness Central/Bracket Breakdown – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m.
ESPNU Bracketology Special – ESPN/ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Selection Sunday Special – Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

women’s

Big 12 Championship – Kansas City, MO
Texas A&M Vs. Oklahoma – Fox Sports Net, 1:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association Championship – Harrisonburg, VA
Old Dominion vs. James Madison – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, noon

Horizon League Championship
Cleveland State vs. Butler – ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship – Winston-Salem, NC
Hampton vs. South Carolina State – ESPNU, noon

Northeast Conference Championship
Long Island at St. Francis (PA) – ESPNU, 3 p.m.

Pac 10 Championship – Los Angeles, CA
Stanford vs. UCLA – Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 03/06 & 03/07/09

men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, March 6

College Gameday live from Durham, NC – ESPN, 11 a.m.

MEN’S

Atlantic Sun Championship – Macon, GA
ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Big South Championship – Conway, SC
Winthrop at Coastal Carolina – ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – Richmond, VA
Quarterfinals
Old Dominion vs. Towson/UNC-Wilmington – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England, noon
George Mason vs. Virginia Commonwealth/Delaware – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 2:30 p.m.
Northeastern vs. Hofstra/Georgia State – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 6 p.m.
William & Mary vs. Drexel/James Madison – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 8:30 p.m.

Horizon League Tournament – Indianapolis, IN
Semifinals
Butler vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee/Cleveland State – ESPNU, 8 p.m.

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Albany, NY
Quarterfinals
St. Peter’s vs. Rider – MSG Network/Fox College Sports, 2:30 p.m.
Siena vs. Loyola (MD)/Manhattan – MSG Network/Fox College Sports, 5 p.m.
Fairfield vs. Canisius/Marist – MSG2/MASN/Fox College Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Iona vs. Niagra – MSG Network/MASN/Fox College Sports, 10 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament – St. Louis, MO
Semifinals
Game #1 – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:30 p.m.
Game #2 – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 5 p.m.

Ohio Valley Conference Championship – Nashville, TN
ESPN2, 8 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament – Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals
San Francisco vs. Loyola-Marymount/Pepperdine – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Plus/Comcast SportsNet Northwest/Cox 4, 9 p.m.
Portland vs. San Diego/Santa Clara – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Northwest/Cox 4, 11:30 p.m.

noon
Northwestern at Indiana – Big Ten Network

West Virginia at Villanova – CBS

Texas A&M at Oklahoma – ESPN
Florida State at Miami (FL) – ESPN2

1 p.m.
Tulsa at Memphis – CBS College Sports

1:30 p.m.
Nebrasaka at Oklahoma State – Big 12 Network

Maryland at Virginia – Raycom

Auburn at Alabama – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Notre Dame at Marquette – Big East Network
UConn at South Florida – Big East Network

Kansas at Missouri – CBS

Syracuse at Louisville – ESPN
South Carolina at Vanderbilt – ESPN2

2:30 p.m.
Purdue at Penn State – Big Ten Network

3:30 p.m.
Utah at Colorado State – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Texas Tech at Colorado – Big 12 Network

UCLA at Arizona State – CBS

URI at UMass – Cox Sports RI

Texas at Baylor – ESPN

Ole Miss at Arkansas – SEC Network

Wyoming at UNLV – Versus

4:30 p.m.
Rutgers at Pittsburgh – Big East Network

5 p.m.
Georgia at LSU – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Southwest/SportSouth/Sun Sports

6 p.m.
Iowa State at Kansas State – Big 12 Network

Tennessee at Mississippi State – ESPN

Cal at Stanford – Fox Sports Net

BYU at TCU – the mtn.

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Durham, NC

Houston at Tulane – CBS College Sports

9 p.m.
North Carolina at Duke – ESPN

San Diego State at Air Force – the mtn.

WOMEN’S

ACC Tournament – Greensboro, NC
Semifinals
Game #1 – Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Game #2 – Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.

SEC Tournament – Duluth, GA
Semifinals
Game #1 – ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
Game #2 – ESPNU, 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 7

MEN’S 

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – Richmond, VA
Semifinals 
Old Dominion vs. Virginia Commonwealth – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 3 p.m.
Northeastern vs. William & Mary – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS, 5:30 p.m.

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Albany, NY
Semifinals
Rider vs. Siena – MSG Network/MASN/Fox College Sports, 4:30 p.m.
Fairfield vs. Niagra – MSG Plus/MASN/Fox College Sports, 7 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference Championship – St. Louis, MO
Northern Iowa vs. Wichita State – CBS, 2 p.m.

Northeast Conference Tournament
Semifinals
Long Island at Quinnipiac – MSG Network/Fox College Sports, 2 p.m.

Patriot League
Semifinal
American at Lehigh – CBS College Sports, 8 p.m.

SoCon Tournament – Charlotte, NC
Semifinals
Western Carolina vs. Wofford – SportSouth/Fox College Sports, 6 p.m.
Appalachian State vs. College of Charleston – SportSouth/Fox College Sports, 8:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference – Las Vegas
Semifinals
Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount – ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s vs. Portlan – ESPN2, 11 p.m.

noon
Florida at Kentucky – CBS

2 p.m.
Wisconsin at Illinois – ESPN

Boston College at NC State – Raycom

4 p.m.
Michigan at Michigan State – CBS

6 p.m.
Iowa at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

Clemson at Wake Forest – Fox Sports Net

WOMEN’S

ACC Championship – Greensboro, NC
NC State vs. Duke – Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Tournament – Upper Marlboro, MD
Semifinals  
Xavier vs. Charlotte – CBS College Sports, noon
Dayton vs. Temple – CBS College Sports, 2:30 p.m.

Big East Tournament – Hartford, CT
Quarterfinals
St. John’s vs. Notre Dame – ESPNU, noon
UConn vs. Syracuse – ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
West Virginia vs. DePaul – ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Georgetown vs. Rutgers – ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

Big Ten Championship – Indianapolis, IN
Ohio State vs. Iowa – ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.

SEC Championship – Duluth, GA
Kentucky vs. Tennessee – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.
Texas at Baylor – Fox Sports Net

College Basketball Viewing Picks

men’s basketball schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, February 27

College Gameday, live from Syracuse, NY – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
Pittsburgh at St. John’s – Big East Network

CBS Coverage Map
Kentucky at Tennessee – CBS
Notre Dame at Georgetown – CBS

Boston College at Georgia Tech – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN

Michigan at Ohio State – ESPN
Northeastern at George Mason – ESPN2

1:30 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma – Big 12 Network
Iowa State at Colorado – Big 12 Network

Vanderbilt at Arkansas – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Cincinnati at West Virginia – Big East Network

North Carolina at Wake Forest – CBS

URI at St. Bonaventure – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Cox Sports RI

Texas at Texas A&M – ESPN
Ole Miss at Alabama – ESPN2

2:30 p.m.
Maine at Boston University – Comcast SportsNet New England

3 p.m.
Arizona State at Cal – Fox Sports Net

3:30 p.m.
UNLV at Air Force – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Minnesota at Illinois – Big Ten Network

Texas Tech at Nebraska – Big 12 Network

Kansas at Oklahoma State – CBS
Lafayette at American – CBS College Sports

Virginia Commonwealth at Old Dominion – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast Sports South

Maryland at Virginia Tech – Raycom
NC State at Florida State – Raycom

Florida at Georgia – SEC Network

New Mexico at BYU – Versus

5 p.m.
women’s/UCLA at Oregon – Fox Sports Net

6 p.m.
Mississippi State at South Carolina – ESPN

Wyoming at Utah – the mtn.

7 p.m.
UMass at Dayton – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia

LSU at Auburn – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Sun Sports

8 p.m.
College Gameday, live from Syracuse, NY – ESPN

Southern Miss at Memphis – CBS College Sports

Illinois State at Northern Iowa – ESPN2
Missouri at Kansas State – ESPNU

8:30 p.m.
Colorado State at TCU – the mtn.

9 p.m.
Villanova at Syracuse – ESPN

10 p.m.
Fresno State at San Jose State – ESPNU

Sunday, February 28

noon
Marquette at Seton Hall – Big East Network

Northwestern at Penn State – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Richmond at Xavier – ESPN2

women’s/Richmond at St. Louis – CBS College Sports

women’s/Oklahoma State at Texas Tech – Fox Sports Net

2 p.m.
Louisville at UConn – CBS

women’s/Minnesota at Michigan State – Big Ten Network

3 p.m.
women’s/Florida State at Maryland – ESPN2

women’s/Duke at North Carolina – Fox Sports Net

4 p.m.
Michigan State at Purdue – CBS

women’s/Penn State at Indiana – Big Ten Network

5 p.m.
women’s/Kansas at Baylor – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State – Fox Sports Net

6 p.m.
Indiana at Iowa – Big Ten Network

7:45 p.m.
Duke at Virginia – Fox Sports Net

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/20 & 02/21/10

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 20

College Gameday live from Seattle, WA – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
St. John’s at South Florida – Big East Network

CBS Coverage Map
Florida at Ole Miss – CBS
North Carolina at Boston College – CBS

Temple at St. Joseph’s – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast Sports South

Seton Hall at West Virginia – ESPN
Morgan State at Murray State – ESPNU

1 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Northeastern – ESPN2

women’s/Texas at Texas A&M – Fox Sports Net

1:30 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma State – Big 12 Network

Tennessee at South Carolina – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Navy at Army – CBS College Sports

Texas at Texas Tech – ESPN
Louisville at DePaul – ESPNU

Georgia Tech at Maryland – Raycom
Wake Forest at NC State – Raycom

3 p.m.
Nevada at Missouri State – ESPN2

Stanford at Oregon State – Fox Sports Net

3:30 p.m.
Air Force at New Mexico – the mtn.

4 p.m.
UConn at Rutgers – Big East Network

Colorado at Kansas – Big 12 Network
Texas A&M at Iowa State – Big 12 Network

UTEP at Tulsa – CBS College Sports

Virginia at Clemson – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports South/NESN/Sun Sports

Illinois at Purdue – ESPN
Akron at Virginia Commonwealth – ESPNU

Alabama at Georgia – SEC Network
Mississippi State at LSU – SEC Network

6 p.m.
Penn State at Michigan – Big Ten Network

Missouri at Nebraska – Big 12 Network

Colorado State at UNLV – CBS College Sports

Kentucky at Vanderbilt – ESPN
Kansas State at Oklahoma – ESPNU

BYU at Wyoming – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Arkansas at Auburn – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Seattle, WA – ESPN

Indiana at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

College of Charleston at George Mason – ESPN2
Western Carolina at Kent State – ESPNU

9 p.m.
UCLA at Washington – ESPN

Utah at San Diego State – the mtn.

10 p.m.
New Mexico State at Pacific – ESPNU

11 p.m.
women’s/Washington at USC – Fox Sports Net

11:59 p.m.
Wichita State at Utah State – ESPN2

Sunday, February 21

noon
CBS Coverage Map
Ohio State at Michigan State – CBS
Villanova at Pittsburgh – CBS

women’s/Minnesota at Indiana – Big Ten Network

women’s/SMU at Marshall – CBS College Sports

1 p.m.
Dayton at Duquense – ESPN2

2 p.m.
Marquette at Cincinnati – Big Ten Network

Northwestern at Wisconsin – Big 12 Network

Lehigh at Lafayette – CBS College Sports

3 p.m.
women’s/Michigan State at Ohio State – ESPN2

women’s/Oklahoma at Kansas State – Fox Sports Net

5 p.m.
women’s/Purdue at Illinois – Big Ten Network

women’s/Georgia at Florida – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona – Fox Sports Net

7:45 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Duke – Fox Sports Net

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/13 & 02/14/10

Men’s basketball schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 13

College Gameday live from Lexington, KY – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
Cincinnati at UConn – Big East Network

Montevallo at Augusta State – CBS College Sports

Delaware at Drexel – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

Miami (FL) at Clemson – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN

Michigan State at Penn State – ESPN
Kent State at Buffalo – ESPNU

women’s/Baylor at Iowa State – Fox Sports Net

1 p.m.
Maryland at Duke – CBS

1:30 p.m.
Missouri at Baylor – Big 12 Network

LSU at Vanderbilt – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Indiana at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State – ESPN
Providence at Villanova – ESPNU

women’s/Dayton at UMass – CBS College Sports

women’s/USC at UCLA – Fox Sports Net

3:30 p.m.
TCU at Wyoming – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Iowa at Purdue – Big Ten Network

Nebraska at Texas – Big 12 Network

Tulane at Central Florida – CBS College Sports

George Mason at Old Dominion – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Hartford at Boston University – Comcast SportsNet New England
URI at Temple – Cox Sports RI/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast Sports South

NC State at North Carolina – ESPN
Dayton at St. Louis – ESPNU

Washington State at Cal – Fox Sports Net

Arkansas at Alabama – SEC Network
South Carolina at Georgia – SEC Network

UNLV at San Diego State – Versus

5 p.m.
Texas A&M at Texas Tech – ESPN2

6 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas State – Big 12 Network

Virginia Commonweath at James Madison – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

Xavier at Florida – ESPN

Air Force at BYU – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Columbia at Penn – Comcast Network

Auburn at Mississippi State – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

Memphis at Tulsa – ESPN2

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Lexington, KY – ESPN

Iowa State at Kansas – ESPNU

Georgia Tech at Wake Forest – Raycom
Virginia at Virginia Tech – Raycom

8:30 p.m.
South Florida at Marquette – Big East Network

9 p.m.
Tennessee at Kentucky – ESPN
St. Mary’s at Portland – ESPN2

New Mexico at Utah – the mtn.

10 p.m.
San Diego at Gonzaga – ESPNU

Sunday, February 14 (Happy Valentine’s Day)

noon
DePaul at Seton Hall – Big East Network

12:30 p.m.
women’s/Ohio State at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Ohio State at Illinois – CBS

Louisville at Syracuse – ESPN

2 p.m.
Holy Cross at Bucknell – CBS College Sports

2:30 p.m.
women’s/Northwestern at Michigan State – Big Ten Network

3:30 p.m.
women’s/Arkansas at South Carolina or DePaul at Notre Dame or Houston at SMU – ESPN2

4 p.m.
Georgetown at Rutgers – Big East Network

St. Joseph’s at UMass – CBS College Sports

5 p.m.
Minnesota at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

5:30 p.m.
women’s/Louisville at Pittsburgh or Miami (FL) at NC State or Ole Miss at Mississippi State – ESPN2

7:30 p.m.
St. John’s at Notre Dame – Big East Network

Boston College at Florida State – Fox Sports Net

8 p.m.
Missouri State at Wichita State – ESPNU

10 p.m.
UCLA at USC – Fox Sports Net

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/06 & 02/07/10

men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV 

Saturday, February 6

College Gameday live from Champaign, IL – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Marquette at Providence – Big East Network

North Carolina-Wilmington at Delaware – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

Villanova at Georgetown – ESPN
Xavier at Dayton – ESPN2
West Virginia at St. John’s – ESPNU

Wake Forest at Virginia – Raycom

women’s/George Washington at Duquense – CBS College Sports

1 p.m.
women’s/Texas A&M at Nebraska – FSN

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech – Big 12 Network

Auburn at Arkansas – SEC Network
Mississippi State at Florida – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Minnesota at Penn State – Big Ten Network

UMass at URI – Cox Sports RI

Duke at Boston College – ESPN
Kansas State at Iowa State – ESPN2
Temple at Richmond – ESPNU

3 p.m.
women’s/Washington State at Arizona State – FSN

3:30 p.m.
women’s/New Mexico at San Diego State – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Rutgers at Lousville – Big East Network

Baylor at Texas A&M – Big 12 Network
Missouri at Colorado – Big 12 Network

CBS Coverage Map
Cal at UCLA – CBS
Wisconsin at Michigan – CBS

Old Dominion at Virginia Commonwealth – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

Texas at Oklahoma – ESPN
Gonzaga at Memphis – ESPN2

Clemson at Virginia Tech – Raycom
NC State at Georgia Tech – Raycom

Kentucky at LSU – SEC Network

BYU at UNLV – Versus

6 p.m.
Seton Hall at Pittsburgh – Big East Network

South Carolina at Tennessee – ESPN
Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa – ESPN2
Nebraska at Kansas – ESPNU

Alabama at Ole Miss – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

San Diego State at New Mexico – the mtn.

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Champaign, IL – ESPN

DePaul at UConn – Big East Network

Wright State at Butler – ESPN2
Miami (FL) at Florida State – ESPNU

Vanderbilt at Georgia – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

9 p.m.
Michigan State at Illinois – ESPN

Wyoming at Colorado State – the mtn.

10 p.m.
Tulsa at UTEP – ESPN2
Nevada at Utah State – ESPNU

10:30 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington – FSN

Sunday, February 7

noon
South Florida at Notre Dame – Big East Network

Iowa at Ohio State – Big Ten Network

Colgate at Army – CBS College Sports

2 p.m.
Syracuse at Cincinnati – Big East Network

North Carolina at Maryland – FSN

women’s/Tulsa at UTEP – CBS College Sports

2:30 p.m.
Indiana at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

4 p.m.
women’s/USC at Stanford – FSN

4:30 p.m.
women’s/Michigan State at Iowa – Big Ten Network

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/30 & 01/31/10

Men’s Basketball schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, January 30

College Gameday live from Manhattan, KS – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
Marquette at UConn – Big East Network

James Madison at George Mason – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast Sports South

Louisville at West Virginia – ESPN
LaSalle at Temple – ESPN2
Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH) – ESPNU

1 p.m.
Duke at Georgetown – CBS

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Nebraska – Big 12 Network

LSU at Mississippi State – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Syracuse at DePaul – Big East Network

Oklahoma State at Missouri – ESPN
Indiana at Illinois – ESPN2
Murray State at Tennessee-Martin – ESPNU

3 p.m.
Florida State at Boston College – Raycom

3 p.m.
Washington State at Washington – FSN

Wyoming at Air Force – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Baylor at Texas – Big 12 Network

Old Dominion at Northeastern – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast Sports South

Vanderbilt at Kentucky – ESPN
Youngstown State at Cleveland State – ESPNU

Alabama at Auburn – SEC Network
Arkansas at Ole Miss – SEC Network

4:30 p.m.
Iowa at Michigan – Big Ten Network

6 p.m.
College Gameday live from Manhattan, KS – ESPN

New Mexico at TCU – CBS College Sports

Notre Dame at Rutgers – ESPN2
Charlotte at UMass – ESPNU

San Diego State at Colorado State – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Northwestern at Michigan State – Big Ten Network

Kansas at Kansas State – ESPN

Georgia at South Carolina – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

UCLA at Oregon State – Fox College Sports/Fox Sports West/FSN Northwest/FSN Rocky Mountain

8 p.m.
Pacific at Cal-Riverside – ESPN2
Providence at Cincinnati – ESPNU

9 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas A&M – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Southwest

Utah at BYU – the mtn.

10 p.m.
Hawai’i at Nevada – ESPNU

Sunday, January 31

noon
Lehigh at Holy Cross – ESPNU

women’s/Ohio State at Indiana – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at South Florida – Big East Network

CBS Coverage Map
Florida at Tennessee – CBS
Minnesota at Ohio State – CBS

Virginia Tech at Miami (FL) – Raycom

women’s/Oklahoma State at Texas A&M – FSN

2 p.m.
Manhattan at St. Peter’s – ESPNU

women’s/Tulane at Central Florida – CBS College Sports

3 p.m.
Penn State at Purdue – Big Ten Network

women’s/Purdue at Iowa – ESPN2

3:30 p.m.
Cal at Arizona – FSN

4 p.m.
women’s/Marquette at DePaul – ESPNU

5 p.m.
women’s/Northwestern at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network

women’s/Baylor at Texas – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Maryland at Clemson – FSN

6 p.m.
women’s/Georgia at Auburn – ESPNU

7:45 p.m.
Virginia at North Carolina – FSN

8 p.m.
Wichita State at Southern Illinois – ESPNU

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/23 & 01/24/10

men’s basketball schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, January 23

College Gameday live from Clemson, SC – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
Rutgers at Georgetown – Big East Network

CBS Coverage Map
Michigan State at Minnesota – CBS
Mississippi State at Alabama – CBS
Army at Navy – CBS College Sports

Hofstra at Drexel – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South/MSG Network

Villanova at St. John’s – ESPN
Akron at Kent State – ESPN2

women’s/Kansas State at Nebraska – FSN

1 p.m.
Midldle Tennessee at Western Kentucky – ESPN2

1:30 p.m.
Colorado at Texas A&M – Big 12 Network

Boston College at Virginia Tech – Raycom

Auburn at Vanderbilt – SEC Network
Ole Miss at LSU – SEC Network

2 p.m.
DePaul at Notre Dame – Big East Network

CBS Coverage Map
Ohio State at West Virginia – CBS
Oregon State at Cal – CBS

VCU at Northeastern – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

Kansas at Iowa State – ESPN
Marquette at Syracuse – ESPNU

women’s/Stanford at Oregon – FSN

3:30 p.m.
Colorado State at New Mexico – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State – Big 12 Network

Texas at UConn – CBS

Georgia State at Delaware – Comcast Network/Comcast Sports South

Michigan at Purdue – ESPN
UMass at Baylor – ESPNU

Washington State at UCLA – FSN

Virginia at Wake Forest – Raycom

Arkansas at Kentucky – SEC Network

women’s/St. Joseph’s at Charlotte – CBS College Sports

5 p.m.
Tennessee at Georgia – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

6 p.m.
URI at Xavier – A-10 Network/Cox Sports RI

Nebraska at Missouri – Big 12 Network

South Carolina at Florida – ESPN
NC State at Maryland – ESPN2
Dayton at St. Joseph’s – ESPNU

Air Force at Utah – the mtn.

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Clemson, SC – ESPN

Illinois at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

UNLV at TCU – CBS College Sports

Houston at Memphis – ESPN2
South Florida at Providence – ESPNU

9 p.m.
Duke at Clemson – ESPN

10 p.m.
UC-Davis at Pacific – ESPNU

BYU at San Diego State – the mtn. 

Sunday, January 24

noon
Cincinnati at Louisville – Big East Network

Central Connecticut State at Quinnipiac – NESN

Georgia Tech at Florida State – Raycom

women’s/Indiana at Michigan – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
women’s/West Virginia at Notre Dame – ESPNU

women’s/South Carolina at Florida – Fox Sports South/SportSouth/Sun Sports

2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Seton Hall – Big East Network

women’s/American at Holy Cross – CBS College Sports

2:30 p.m.
Penn State at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network

3 p.m.
women’s/Michigan State at Minnesota – ESPN2

women’s/Arkansas at Alabama – Fox Sports South/Sun Sports

4 p.m.
women’s/Oklahoma State at Colorado – FSN

5 p.m.
women’s/Houston at UAB – CBS College Sports

6 p.m.
Iowa at Indiana – Big Ten Network

women’s/Tennessee at LSU – ESPNU

women’s/Arizona State at Arizona – FSN

8 p.m.
Missouri State at Creighton – ESPNU

women’s/Duke at Maryland – FSN

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/16 & 01/17/10

Saturday, January 16

schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

College Gameday live from Storrs, CT – ESPN, 10 a.m.

11 a.m.
Dayton at Xavier – ESPN2

noon
Louisville at Pittsburgh – Big East Network

Towson at Delaware – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Network

Syracuse at West Virginia – ESPN
Ohio at Miami (OH) – ESPNU

Clemson at NC State – Raycom

12:30 p.m.
women’s/Texas at Texas Tech – FSN

1 p.m.
Penn State at Iowa – Big Ten Network

Missouri at Oklahoma – ESPN2

women’s/San Diego State at TCU – the mtn.

1:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Kansas – Big 12 Network

Alabama at Arkansas – SEC Network
Ole Miss at Tennessee – SEC Network

2 p.m.
URI at Fordham – A10 Network/Cox Sports RI

George Mason at George Madison – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Altlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast Sports South

Georgia Tech at North Carolina – ESPN
Tennessee State at Austin Peay – ESPNU

women’s/Louisville at Georgetown – Big East Network

2:30 p.m.
Cal at Washington – FSN

3 p.m.
Georgia at Mississippi State – ESPN2

3:30 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan State – CBS

New Mexico at Wyoming – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Kansas State at Colorado – Big 12 Network
Oklahoma State at Baylor – Big 12 Network

Notre Dame at Cincinnati – ESPNU

Maryland at Boston College – Raycom

Kentucky at Auburn – SEC Network

women’s/St. Bonaventure at Dayton – CBS College Sports

4:30 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon – FSN

5 p.m.
Wichita State at Creighton – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Purdue at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at South Carolina – Comcast Sports South

Texas A&M at Texas – ESPNU

Virginia Tech at Florida State – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN

Colorado State at BYU – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Morgan State at South Carolina State – ESPN2

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Storrs, CT

Central Florida at Tulsa – CBS College Sports

Miami (FL) at Virginia – ESPNU

LSU at Florida – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

8:30 p.m.
women’s/Oregon State at Arizona State – FSN

9 p.m.
Wisconsin at Ohio State – Big Ten Network

Prairie View A&M at Jackson State – ESPN2

women’s/Notre Dame at UConn – ESPN

10 p.m.
Utah at UNLV – CBS College Sports

TCU at San Diego State – the mtn.


Sunday, January 17

noon
Georgetown at Villanova – Big East Network

women’s/Iowa at Purdue – Big Ten Network

women’s/Duquense at Fordham – CBS College Sports

1:30 p.m.
UConn at Michigan – CBS

2 p.m.
DePaul at St. John’s – Big East Network

Colgate at American – CBS College Sports

Boston University at Vermont – ESPNU

women’s/Indiana at Ohio State – Big Ten Network

3 p.m.
women’s/Nebraska at Baylor – FSN

4 p.m.
Providence at Marquette – Big East Network

St. Louis at Charlotte – CBS College Sports

women’s/West Virginia at Pittsburgh – ESPNU

4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana – Big Ten Network


5 p.m.
UAB at Central Florida – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
women’s/UCLA at USC – FSN

6 p.m.
women’s/Vanderbilt at Tennessee – ESPNU

8 p.m.
Illinois State at Drake – ESPNU

Wake Forest at Duke – FSN

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/09 & 01/10/10

Men’s Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV
 
Saturday, January 9

noon
St. John’s at Louisville – Big East Network

Northeastern at Georgia State – Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports South

UConn at Georgetown – ESPN
Florida at Vanderbilt – ESPN2
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois – ESPNU

women’s/Kansas at Kansas State – FSN

Virginia at NC State – Raycom

1:30 p.m.
Purdue at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network

Colorado at Texas – Big 12 Network

Mississippi State at Ole Miss – SEC Network
South Carolina at Auburn – SEC Network

2 p.m.
Marquette at Villanova – Big East Network

Towson at James Madison – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Sports Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic

Duke at Georgia Tech – ESPN
Kansas State at Missouri – ESPN2
Creighton at Wichita State ESPNU

women’s/Ohio State at Michigan – CBS
women’s/Missouri at Colorado – FSN

3:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

TCU at Utah – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Nebraska at Texas A&M – Big 12 Network

Hofstra at Old Dominion – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic/MSG Network

Northern Iowa at Illinois State – ESPN2
North Dakota State at Iowa State – ESPNU

Boston College at Clemson – Raycom

Georgia at Kentucky – SEC Network

UNLV at New Mexico – Versus

women’s/North Carolina at UConn – CBS
women’s/Oregon at Oregon State – FSN

5 p.m.
Alabama at LSU – FSN’s South affiliates

5:30 p.m.
Michigan State at Iowa – Big Ten Network

6 p.m.
Cincinnati at Seton Hall – Big East Network

Oklahoma at Baylor – Big 12 Network

Murray State at Austin Peay – ESPN2
Wake Forest at Miami (FL) – ESPNU

San Diego State at Wyoming – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Tulsa at Houston – CBS College Sports

8 p.m.
Rutgers at Providence – Big East Network

Illinois at Indiana – Big Ten Network

West Virginia at Notre Dame – ESPNU

9 p.m.
BYU at UTEP – CBS College Sports

Air Force at Colorado State – the mtn.

10 p.m.
Gonzaga at Portland – ESPNU

10:30 p.m.
USC at Cal – FSN

Sunday, January 10

noon
women’s/Indiana at Penn State – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Temple at URI – Cox Sports RI

women’s/Rutgers at Pittsburgh – ESPNU

2 p.m.
South Florida at Syracuse – Big East Network

2:30 p.m.
Northwestern at Michigan – Big Ten Network

Washington State at Arizona State – FSN

3 p.m.
women’s/Temple at Xavier – ESPN2

4:30 p.m.
Kansas at Tennessee – CBS

women’s/Minnesota at Illinois – Big Ten Network

5 p.m.
women’s/Southern Miss at Marshall – ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Florida State at Maryland – FSN/NESN

6 p.m.
women’s/Florida at Georgia – ESPNU

8 p.m.
Virginia Tech at North Carolina – FSN/NESN

10:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon – FSN

College Football Viewing Picks for 11/21/09, All Times Eastern

College Gameday live from Tucscon, AZ – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Ohio State at Michigan – ABC

Louisville at South Florida – Big East Network

Maine at New Hampshire – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic

Minnesota at Iowa – ESPN
North Carolina at Boston College – ESPN2
Duke at Miami (FL) – ESPNU

Maryland at Florida State – Raycom

Chattanooga at Alabama – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)
Mississippi State at Arkansas – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

Harvard at Yale – Versus

12:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas Tech – FSN

2 p.m.
TCU at Wyoming – the mtn.

2:30 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M at Orlando, FL – ESPN Classic
UConn at Notre Dame – NBC

3 p.m.
College Football Today – CBS

3:30 p.m.
ABC/ESPN Coverage Map
Penn State at Michigan State – ABC/ESPN
Virginia at Clemson – ABC/ESPN

Big Ten Network Gamefinder
Purdue at Indiana – Big Ten Network
Wisconsin at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

LSU at Ole Miss – CBS
Air Force at BYU – CBS College Sports

Delaware at Villanova – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast Network

4 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA – FSN
San Diego State at Utah – Versus

6 p.m.
Colorado State at New Mexico – the mtn.

7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard – ESPN

Vanderbilt at Tennessee – ESPNU

7:30 p.m.
Tulsa at Southern Miss – CBS College Sports

Cal at Stanford – Versus

Kansas State at Nebraska – ESPN (7:45 p.m. kickoff)
Kentucky at Georgia – ESPN2 (7:45 p.m. kickoff)

8 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
Kansas at Texas – ABC
Oregon at Arizona – ABC

10:30 p.m.
Nevada at New Mexico – ESPNU

College Football Viewing Picks for 11/14/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

College Gameday, live from Fort Worth, TX – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Louisville at Syracuse – Big East Network

Big Ten Network Gamefinder
Indiana at Penn State – Big Ten Network
Michigan at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network
South Dakota State at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

Tennessee at Ole Miss – CBS
Houston at Central Florida – CBS College Sports

James Madison at UMass – Comcast SportsNet New England/The Comcast Network

Michigan State at Purdue – ESPN
Georgia Tech at Duke – ESPN2
Northwestern at Illinois – ESPN Classic
Florida State at Wake Forest – ESPNU

Texas at Baylor – FSN

Clemson at NC State – Raycom

Kentucky at Vanderbilt – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

12:30 p.m.
Missouri at Kansas State – Versus

2 p.m.
BYU at New Mexico – the mtn.

3 p.m.
College Football Countdown – ABC
College Football Today – CBS (immediately following Tennessee- Ole Miss)

3:30 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Nebraska at Kansas – ABC
Iowa at Ohio State – ABC/ESPN2
Miami (FL) at North Carolina – ABC/ESPN2

Florida at South Carolina – CBS
Delaware at Navy – CBS College Sports

Stanford at USC – FSN

6 p.m.
UNLV at Air Force – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State – ESPN
Auburn at Georgia – ESPN2
Louisiana Tech at LSU – ESPNU

Texas A&M at Oklahoma – FSN

Arizona at Cal – Versus

7:30 p.m.
Utah at TCU – CBS College Sports

Troy at Arkansas – Comcast Sports South

8 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh – ABC
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State – ABC

10 p.m.
Wyoming at San Diego State – the mtn.

10:15 p.m.
Arizona State at Oregon – ESPN

College Football Viewing Picks for 11/07/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

College Gameday live from Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO – ESPN, 10 p.m.

noon
Louisville at West Virginia – Big East Network

Big Ten Network Gamefinder
Illinois at Minnesota – Big Ten Network
Purdue at Michigan – Big Ten Network
Western Michigan at Michigan State – Big Ten Network
Wisconsin at Indiana – Big Ten Network

URI at New Hampshire – Comcast SportsNet New England/The Comcast Network

Northwestern at Iowa – ESPN
Syracuse at Pittsburgh – ESPNU

Central Florida at Texas – FSN

Virginia at Miami – Raycom

South Carolina at Arkansas – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

12:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Kansas – Versus

1 p.m.
Brown at Yale – YES

2 p.m.
BYU at Wyoming – the mtn.

2:30 p.m.
Navy at Notre Dame – NBC

3 p.m.
College Football Today – CBS

3:30 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Oklahoma State at Iowa State – ABC
Ohio State at Penn State – ABC/ESPN2
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech – ABC/ESPN2

LSU at Alabama – CBS
Army at Air Force – CBS College Sports

Duke at North Carolina – ESPNU

Oregon at Stanford – FSN

4 p.m.
TCU at San Diego State – Versus

6 p.m.
New Mexico at Utah – the mtn.

7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard – ESPN

Vanderbilt at Florida – ESPN2 (7:15 p.m. kickoff)
Memphis at Tennessee – ESPNU

Oregon State at Cal – FSN

7:30 p.m.
Houston at Tulsa – CBS College Sports

Florida State at Clemson – ESPN (7:45 p.m. kickoff)

Northern Arizona at Ole Miss – Comcast Sports South

8 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
Oklahoma at Nebraska – ABC
UConn at Cincinnati – ABC
USC at Arizona State – ABC

10 p.m.
Colorado State at UNLV – the mtn.

10:30 p.m.
Fresno State at Idaho – ESPNU

College Football Viewing Picks for 10/31/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

College Gameday, live from Eugene, OR – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Rutgers at UConn – Big East Network

New Mexico State at Ohio State – Big Ten Network

Indiana at Iowa – ESPN
Purdue at Wisconsin – ESPN2
Cincinnati at Syracuse – ESPNU
Akron at Northern Illinois – ESPN Plus

NC State at Florida State – Raycom

Ole Miss at Auburn – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

12:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Baylor – Versus

1:30 p.m.
Missouri at Colorado – FSN

3 p.m.
College Football Countdown – ABC
College Football Today – CBS

3:30 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN2 Coverage Map
California at Arizona State – ABC
Kansas at Texas Tech – ABC
Miami (FL) at Wake Forest – ABC/ESPN2
Michigan at Illinois – ABC/ESPN2

Florida vs. Georgia at Jacksonville, FL – CBS
Temple at Navy – CBS College Sports

UMass and UMaine – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia

Central Michigan at Boston College – ESPNU

4 p.m.
Air Force at Colorado State – the mtn.

UNLV at TCU – Versus

4:30 p.m.
Penn State at Northwestern – ESPN

7 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Arkansas – ESPNU

Kansas State at Oklahoma – FSN

Mississippi State at Kentucky – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

7:30 p.m.
New Mexico at San Diego State – CBS College Sports

Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt – Comcast Sports South

Washington State vs. Notre Dame at San Antonio, TX – NBC

South Carolina at Tennessee – ESPN (7:45 p.m. kickoff)

8 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Texas at Oklahoma State – ABC/ESPN2
USC at Oregon – ABC/ESPN2

Michigan State at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

Wyoming at Utah – the mtn.

College Football Viewing Picks for 10/17/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

College Gameday, live from Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon
Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas, TX – ABC

Louisville at UConn – Big East Network

Big Ten Network GameFinder
Delaware State at Michigan – Big Ten Network
Ohio State at Purdue – Big Ten Network

Iowa at Wisconsin – ESPN
Northwestern at Michigan State – ESPN2

Wake Forest at Clemson – Raycom

Georgia at Vanderbilt – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

12:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Middle Tennessee State – ESPNU

Princeton at Brown – Versus

2 p.m.
Wyoming at Air Force – the mtn.

3 p.m.
College Football Today – CBS

3:30 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN Coverage Map
California at UCLA – ABC
NC State at Boston College – ABC
Minnesota at Penn State – ABC/ESPN
Texas Tech at Nebraska – ABC/ESPN

Marshall at West Virginia – Big East Network

Arkansas at Florida – CBS
Houston at Tulane – CBS College Sports

New Hampshire at Massachusetts – Comcast SportsNet New England

USC at Notre Dame – NBC

4 p.m.
Virginia at Maryland – ESPNU

Colorado State at TCU – Versus

6 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech – ESPN2

BYU at San Diego State – the mtn.

7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard – ESPN

Illinois at Indiana – Big Ten Network

Kansas at Colorado – FSN

UAB at Ole Miss – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

7:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Central Florida – CBS College Sports

South Carolina at Alabama – ESPN (7:45 p.m.)
Kentucky at Auburn – ESPNU

Stanford at Arizona – Versus

9:15 p.m.
Missouri at Oklahoma State – ESPN2

10 p.m.
Utah at UNLV – the mtn.

10:15 p.m.
Washington at Arizona State – FSN

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/19/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

College Gameday, live from Austin, TX – ESPN, 10 a.m.

noon

Big Ten Network Gamefinder
Eastern Michigan at Michigan – Big Ten Network
Northern Illinois at Purdue – Big Ten Network
Temple at Penn State – Big Ten Network
Wofford at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network

Ball State at Army – CBS College Sports

Cal at Minnesota – ESPN
East Carolina at North Carolina – ESPN2
Louisville at Kentucky – ESPNU

Boston College at Clemson – Raycom

North Texas at Alabama – SEC Network (12:21 p.m. kickoff)

Duke at Kansas – Versus

3 p.m.
College Football Countdown – ABC
College Football Today – CBS

3:30 p.m.
ABC Coverage Map
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Arizona at Iowa – ABC/ESPN2
Nebraska at Virginia Tech – ABC/ESPN2
USC at Washington – ABC

Tennessee at Florida – CBS
Virginia at Southern Mississippi – CBS College Sports

Utah at Oregon – ESPN
Indiana at Akron – ESPNU

Tulsa at Oklahoma – FSN

Michigan State at Notre Dame – NBC

5 p.m.
Florida International at Rutgers – Big East Network

6:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Oregon State – FSN

7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard – ESPN
Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU – ESPNU

Mississippi State at Vanderbilt – Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/SportSouth/Sun Sports

Florida State at BYU – Versus

7:30 p.m.
Air Force at New Mexico – CBS College Sports

Southeast Louisiana at Ole Miss – Comcast SportsSouth

7:45 p.m.
Georgia at Arkansas – ESPN
West Virginia at Auburn – ESPN2

8 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas – ABC

10:15 p.m.
Kansas State at UCLA – FSN

11 p.m.
Hawai’i at UNLV – the mtn./CBS College Sports

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/12/09, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

College Gameday, live from Columbus, OH – ESPN, 10 a.m.

Noon

Eastern Michigan at Northwestern – Big Ten Network
Syracuse at Penn State – Big Ten Network
Western Michigan at Indiana

Duke at Army – CBS College Sports

Fresno State at Wisconsin – ESPN
Central Michigan at Michigan State – ESPN2
North Carolina at UConn – ESPNU

Iowa at Iowa State – FSN

Stanford at Wake Forest – Raycom

Troy at Florida – SEC Network (kickoff at 12:21 p.m.)

3:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Michigan – ABC

Howard at Rutgers – Big East Network

Louisiana Tech at Navy – CBS College Sports

BYU at Tulane – ESPN2
TCU at Virginia – ESPNU

Houston at Oklahoma State – FSN

Texas at Wyoming – Versus

4 p.m.
UCLA at Tennessee – ESPN

7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard – ESPN

Air Force at Minnesota – Big Ten Network
Illinois State at Illinois – Big Ten Network

South Carolina at Georgia – ESPN2
Vanderbilt at LSU – ESPNU

Mississippi State at Auburn – FSN

7:30 p.m.
Kansas at UTEP – CBS Collegfe Sports

8 p.m.
USC at Ohio State – ESPN

Tulsa at New Mexico – the mtn.

10:15 p.m.
Purdue at Oregon – FSN

10:30 p.m.
Utah at San Jose State – ESPNU

11 p.m.
Oregon State at UNLV – CBS College Sports

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/21/09 and 02/22/09, All Times Eastern

Saturday, February 21 (BracketBuster Saturday)

11 a.m.
College Gameday live from Austin, TX – ESPN

Northeastern at Wright State – ESPN2
Liberty at Old Dominion – ESPNU

noon
Notre Dame at Providence – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Butler at Davidson – ESPN

Women’s/Texas at Texas A&M – FSN

1 p.m.
Army at Navy – CBS
Tennessee at Kentucky – CBS

Buffalo at Vermont – ESPN2

Virginia at NC State – Raycom

1:30 p.m.
Baylor at Colorado State – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus
Missouri at Colorado – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

2 p.m.
Louisville at Cincinnati – Big East Network/ESPN Plus
South Florida at UConn – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Indiana at Purdue – Big Ten Network

Southern Mississippi at UAB – CBS College Sports

Marquette at Georgetown – ESPN

3 p.m.
Northern Iowa at Siena – ESPN2

Washington State at UCLA – FSN

Vanderbilt at Florida – Raycom

San Diego State at New Mexico – Versus

3:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Maryland – ABC

Miami (OH) at Evansville – ESPNU

TCU at Wyoming – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Nebraska at Kansas – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

Memphis at UTEP – ESPN

5 p.m.
Utah State at St. Mary’s – ESPN

5:30 p.m.
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Long Beach State – ESPNU

6 p.m.
Charlotte at Richmond – CBS College Sports

Colorado State at Air Force – the mtn.

7:30 p.m.
DePaul at Pittsburgh – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Boise State at Portland State – ESPNU

8 p.m.
College Gameday live from Austin, TX – ESPN

9 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas – ESPN

Women’s/Oregon State at Cal – FSN

Women’s/Air Force at Colorado State – the mtn.

9:30 p.m.
George Mason at Creighton – ESPNU

11 p.m.
BYU at Utah – CBS College Sports

11:30 p.m.
Pepperdine at Gonzaga – ESPNU

Sunday, February 22

noon
Lafayette at Lehigh – ESPNU

1 p.m.
Illinois at Ohio State – CBS
Villanova at Syracuse – CBS

Women’s/Iowa State at Kansas – FSN

Clemson at Georgia Tech – Raycom

2 p.m.
Women’s/Notre Dame at UConn – ESPNU

3 p.m.
West Virginia at Rutgers – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Wisconsin at Michigan State – ESPN

Women’s/Georgia at Auburn – FSN

4 p.m.
Women’s/Ohio State at Indiana – ESPN2

5 p.m.
Seton Hall at St. John’s – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Michigan at Iowa – Big Ten Network

Women’s/Duke at Maryland – FSN

7 p.m.
Northwestern at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

7:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at Duke – FSN

10 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State – FSN

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/14/09 and 02/15/09, All Times Eastern

I put together this list every week and I must give credit to the tremendous College Sports on TV site for doing the heavy lifting. The site has every game that’s on national, regional and local TV. I take the list and cull it down to the major networks and syndicators, but give credit to the site for compiling the list.

Saturday, February 14

College Gameday, live from Madison, WI – ESPN, 11 a.m.

noon
UConn at Seton Hall – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Georgetown at Syracuse – ESPN

1 p.m.
Kentucky at Arkansas – CBS
UCLA at Arizona – CBS

Colgate at American – ESPNU

Women’s/Texas Tech at Nebraska – FSN

1:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Penn State – Big Ten Network

Nebraska at Missouri – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus
Texas Tech at Oklahoma – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

NC State at Georgia Tech – Raycom

2 p.m.
St. Louis at URI – Cox 3

Texas at Colorado – ESPN

3 p.m.
Oregon at Washington – FSN

South Carolina at Alabama – Raycom
Vanderbilt at Tennessee – Raycom

3:30 p.m.
Florida at Georgia – ABC
Kansas at Kansas State – ABC

4 p.m.
Purdue at Iowa – Big Ten Network

Iowa State at Oklahoma State – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh – ESPN

Florida State at Wake Forest – Raycom
Virginia Tech at Maryland – Raycom

Air Force at Utah – the mtn.

5 p.m.
Memphis at Southern Mississippi – CBS College Sports

Creighton at Southern Illinois – ESPN2

Stanford at Cal – FSN

7 p.m.
Rutgers at Providence – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Tennessee State at Austin Peay – ESPN2
Western Michigan at Miami (OH) – ESPNU

7:30 p.m.
BYU at TCU – the mtn.

8 p.m.
College Gameday, live from Madison, WI – ESPN

9 p.m.
St. John’s at Marquette – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Ohio State at Wisconsin – ESPN
Niagra at Fairfield – ESPN2
Texas State at Lamar – ESPNU

10 p.m.
Wyoming at San Diego State – the mtn.

11 p.m.
Gonzaga at San Francisco – ESPNU

Women’s/Cal at Stanford – FSN

Sunday, February 15

11 a.m.
Women’s/Northwestern at Ohio State – Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Illinois at Indiana – CBS

Women’s/Georgia at Vanderbilt – ESPN2
Women’s/Illinois at Purdue – ESPN2
Women’s/Marist at Hartford – ESPN2
Women’s/Rutgers at Maryland – ESPN2

Clemson at Virginia – Raycom

2 p.m.
South Florida at Notre Dame – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Women’s/West Virginia at Marquette – ESPNU

3 p.m.
Michigan at Northwestern – Big Ten Network

Temple at Duquense – CBS College Sports

Women’s/Arizona at USC – FSN

3:30 p.m.
Women’s/Pittsburgh at UConn – ESPN2
Women’s/Southern Mississippi at Marshall – ESPN2
Women’s/Texas at Iowa State – ESPN2
Women’s/Virginia at NC State – ESPN2

4 p.m.
DePaul at Louisvile – ESPNU

Women’s/San Diego State at Wyoming – the mtn.

5 p.m.
Women’s/Minnesota at Michigan – Big Ten Network

5:30 p.m.
Duke at Boston College – FSN

7 p.m.
Illinois State at Drake – ESPNU

7:45 p.m.
North Carolina at Miami (FL) – FSN

10 p.m.
USC at Arizona State – FSN

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/10/09 and 01/11/09, All Times Eastern

Saturday, January 10

noon
West Virginia at Marquette – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Louisville at Villanova – ESPN, Dave Pasch/Len Elmore

Georgia Tech at Maryland – Raycom
NC State at Clemson – Raycom
Tennessee at Georgia – Raycom

1 p.m.
Kansas at Michigan State – CBS, Verne Lundquist/Clark Kellogg

Providence at Georgetown – ESPNU, Lou Cannellis/Jack Armstrong

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas State – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus
Texas Tech at Baylor – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

2 p.m.
Seton Hall at Notre Dame – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

URI at St. Joseph – Cox 3

Duke at Florida State – ESPN, Mike Patrick/Jay Bilas
Missouri at Nebraska – ESPN2, Terry Gannon/Stephen Bardo

Oregon at Arizona State – FSN

Vanderbilt at Kentucky – Raycom

3 p.m.
Indiana at Illinois – Big Ten Network

East Carolina at Marshall – CBS College Sports

Austin Peay at Murray State – ESPNU, Dave Weekley/Mark Adams

BYU at Colorado State – the mtn.

4 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech – ACC/FSN Regional

Texas at Iowa State – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus

Oregon State at Arizona – FSN Regional

Utah at San Diego State – Versus

4:30 p.m.
UConn at Cincinnati – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

5 p.m.
Bucknell at Navy – ESPNU, Bob Socci/John Feinstein

Memphis at Central Florida – CBS College Sports

5:30 p.m.
UNLV at TCU – the mtn.

7 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Boston College – ESPNU, Clay Matvick/Dickey Simpkins/Andy Katz

7:30 p.m.
Syracuse at Rutgers – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

9 p.m.
Texas A&M at Oklahoma State – ESPNU, Brad Sham/Stephen Howard

9:30 p.m.
Air Force at New Mexico – the mtn.

11 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at Pepperdine – ESPNU, Steve Physioc/Krista Blunk

Sunday, January 11

11:30 a.m.
Iowa at Michigan – Big Ten Network

noon
St. John’s at Pittsburgh – Big East Network/ESPN Plus

Women’s/Xavier at Charlotte – ESPN2

1:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Purdue – CBS, Gus Johnson/Bill Raftery

LSU at Alabama – Raycom

2 p.m.
Women’s/Houston at UTEP – ESPN2
Women’s/Rutgers at Louisville – ESPNU

3:30 p.m.
Penn State at Minnesota – Big Ten Network

7 p.m.
Wichita State at Drake – ESPNU, Dan McLaughlin/Mac McCausland

8 p.m.
Temple at LaSalle – CBS College Sports

North Carolina at Wake Forest – FSN

10:30 p.m.
UCLA at USC – FSN

Beginning of the Workweek Links

We have lots of material on this first real workday of 2009.

We begin with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch who jumped on NESN for botching the end of the Boston College-North Carolina game.

The lovely Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald has the tepid NESN explanation of what happened.

Jessica reports that WEEI has signed Big Show blowhard Glenn Ordway to a new contract.

We now have the arrival of Jay The Rat on the internet. Tom Mantzouranis of AOL Fanhouse reports that Jay Mariotti along with the lovely Lisa Olson, formerly of the New York Daily news and Kevin Blackstone will be writing for the site.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS Sports has signed Bill Cowher to a contract extension for 2009. Michael says former Detroit Lions GM Matt Millen could return to TV full-time, especially after his performance this past weekend on NBC.

Newsday’s Neil writes that NBC plans to have Millen join its Super Bowl coverage.

Now let’s go to some stories from the Sports Business Journal. The SBJ has an in-depth section on college sports media. The following stories are from that section.

First, John Ourand talks about ESPN and CBS trying to make their numbers work for their new college football contracts.

John writes that regional sports networks are also trying to stay ahead of the changing landscape in college sports.

Michael Smith discusses how colleges are trying to manage their web content.

Michael looks at how Raycom Sports is fighting to keep the rights to the ACC after losing the SEC syndication rights to ESPN.

And the SBJ lists the people to watch in college sports media.

Now to stories from this week’s SBJ issue.

Tripp Mickle and John Ourand give us the major players in the Olympics US TV rights negotiations.

Tripp says the United States Olympic Committee is going into overdrive to sell sponsorships for the 2009-2012 period.

John Ourand has some predictions for the sports media in 2009.

Don Muret profiles the architect who helps to fix sports stadium projects when they go awry.

There’s the Terrible Towel and now Terry Lefton says the Super Bowl gets a “trophy towel”.

Eric Fisher says the NFL is now marketing high definition online game replays.

Jon Show says golfer Vijay Singh has agred to make Stanford Financial the dominant logo on his bag and clothing.

Plenty of links from the SBJ and thanks to Bill McGrath for letting me know what stories are available each week. It’s greatly appreciated.

The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick feels the NFL Wild Card games were overloaded with statistics and useless replays. This is the first time in months that I actually agree with Mushie.

The Baltimore Sun’s Ray Frager shares some notes that he scribbled during the Ravens-Dolphins game yesterday. And Ray says Baltimore watched the NFL playoffs even when the Ravens weren’t involved.

Tom Jones of the St. Petersburg Times reviews the weekend in TV sports.

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News wonders why it took so long for Bill Cowher to announce that he’s not going to coach in 2009. Barry also looks at the weekend in the NFL. Finally, Barry sees Morning News colleague Tim Colishaw taking a sports radio gig.

Ed Sherman of Crain’s Chicago Business talks about the ratings success of the NHL Winter Classic. And Ed talks about Jay Mariotti joining AOL Fanhouse.

Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune says the MLB Network shows some early promise.

Leonna Heuring of the Sikeston (MO) Standard-Democrat writes that a local native who competed for the Miss USA title and now a model, will appear in a Super Bowl ad.

Dusty Saunders of the Rocky Mountain News says the MLB Network is off to a “perfect” start.

The San Francisco 49ers have announced that Ted Robinson will become its radio voice starting next season.

William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail writes that the death of a junior hockey player has sparked debate among Canada’s hockey analysts.

Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star says TSN’s Gord Miller and Pierre McGuire went a bit overboard with the praise at the end of the Canada-Russia game during the World Junior Hockey Championships.

Thanks to the Big Lead for the following links. Apparently, Jason Whitlock of Fox Sports.com has lost his mind, attacking fellow writers and wanting someone to police us sports bloggers like AJ Daulerio of Deadspin. Of course, Deadspin reponds.

This will do it for now. More later.

A Few Saturday Morning Links

Ok, I have yet to leave for New York, but I’m about to so I’ll give you a few links as I eat breakfast and dash out the door.

First, I’ll ask you to visit the Eye on Sports Media blog where Christopher Byrne is live blogging from the SEC Championship as Raycom says goodbye to the SEC. He’ll have pictures and all types of posts today so visit as much as possible and drive his numbers up.

The New York Post reports that three sports columnists are among the 100 staffers laid off.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times looks back the NFL’s Greatest Game Ever and the ESPN documentary that will have some “new” footage.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette says the cause for the broadcast of today’s UAlbany-Jacksonville game will be a big winner.

Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News spent time with the Bills radio team last Sunday.

Jim Williams of the DC Examiner says Army-Navy properly kicks off your last college football Saturday of the season.

Jerry Garcia of the San Antonio Express-News writes that the next test for 3-D will be the BCS Championship Game which will have a wider audience than the NFL’s 3-D experiment earlier this week.

In his Saturday column, Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News talks with ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale. In his blog, Barry has five Saturday observations. Barry feels Sunday’s Cowboys-Steelers game will be the most watched program of the week.

The Sports Media Watch gives its regular weekend ratings predictions.

Brett Zarda of Popular Science looks into ESPN’s Virtual Playbook feature.

And that’s going to do it for today. I’ll try to give you a taste of what’s going on at TARCon during The Amazing Race finale.

The Friday Megalinks …. At Night

Due to me being all over the place today, Southern Rhode Island, Northern Rhode Island, Eastern Massachusetts, then Central Rhode Island, I was not able to do the megalinks during the day, so I’m doing them at night. One of these Fridays, I’ll be able to provide them to you at its regular time. And I have to get ready to go to New York for TARCon. But I’ll do the links while doing laundry and packing, I’m that loyal to you, my readers.

So we begin as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks.

Your college football Saturday has a bunch of conference championships including the two biggies, the SEC Championship involving Alabama and Florida (CBS, 4 p.m.) and the Big 12 Championship which has Missouri and Oklahoma (ABC, 8 p.m.). The winner of the SEC Championship will most likely advance to the BCS Championship game on January 8. Most of the country is rooting for Missouri to correct an injustice in the last BCS poll when the Sooners leapfrogged over Texas. But the most important game is of course, Army vs. Navy which kicks off the day on CBS at noon. You can check out the national viewing schedule in the very last College Football Viewing Picks of the season. When all the dust is settled, Fox has the BCS Selection Show, Sunday night at 8.

The NFL has a full schedule of games for Week 14 including six, count ‘em six late games, four regional games on CBS and two on Fox. The feature late game will be Dallas and Pittsburgh on Fox at 4:15 p.m. On Sunday night, NBC has the Washington Redskins taking on the Baltimore Ravens. Check out the entire schedule in the NFL Viewing Picks.

College Basketball is underway and there a lot of games this weekend. If I were home this weekend, I would focus on my University of Rhode Island Rams playing in-state rival, the Providence College Friars (Big East Network, 2 p.m., Saturday), but there’s also Duke at Michigan (ESPN, 3:30 p.m., Saturday). Take a gander at the College Basketball Viewing Picks for the weekend to see if your favorite team is playing on television.

There’s also the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquaio fight which is on HBO pay per view, Saturday night at 9.

Now to your links.

National

USA Today’s Michael Hiestand visits MLB Network’s headquarters at the old MSNBC studios in Secaucus, NJ and finds that there’s a half-regulation infield that will be the showcase for its studio shows.

Alex Weprin of Broadcasting & Cable says the MLB Network studios honor two of baseball’s greatest players.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News also toured the MLB Network studios.

Linda Moss of Multichannel News says GolTV and Dish Network are locked in a massive dispute over carriage fees.

Christopher Byrne has some thoughts on Raycom’s last SEC production before giving way to ESPN Regional Television next year.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell has the last word on a mini-controversy that brewed this week regarding an ESPN/ABC factoid that Florida State University invented Gatorade. Darren says Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach is one weird dude.

Steve Lepore’s Puck The Media has another round of its NHL Tournament of Announcers. And Steve loves the fact that CBC is carrying another tripleheader on Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday (the last two games will be carried on NHL Network in the States).

Deadspin has an interesting story about why Fred Hickman no longer works at ESPN.

And New York Magazine says the Fred Hickman story is just part of an embarrassing week at ESPN.

SportsByBrooks has this year’s Playboy Sexiest Sportscaster Poll participants.

East and Mid-Atlantic

Nancy Marrapese-Burrell of the Boston Globe talks about the NFL’s 3-D experiment that was showcased in movie theaters in selected cities (including Boston).

Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette writes that Charter Channel 3 is committing its resources to bringing high school sports to the local area.

Newsday’s Neil Best says the Plaxico Burress mess got all types of coverage in the New York media this week. Neil has a little more on the Plax mess in his blog. Neil says the New York Jets and Brett Favre have become national attractions this season. Neil has noticed Jerry Seinfeld has appeared on WFAN quite a bit this week. And Neil went to the NFL 3-D test broadcast on Thursday. Finally, Neil announces the latest round of cutbacks at Newsday.

The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick feels the Mets are treating their fans like suckers.

Justin Terranova of the Post talks with ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and others about the SEC Championship Game on CBS. And Justin has five questions for NBC’s Tiki Barber.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says the YES Network is televising the University of Albany’s game against Jacksonville for a cause.

The Schenectady Gazette’s Ken Schott has some news and notes in his blog.

The Baltimore Sun’s Ray Frager talks to sports radio host Anita Marks who says she welcomes a partner to her show. In his blog, Ray says MASN fires up the Orioles Hot Stove next week.

Jim Williams of the Baltimore/DC Examiner writes that the Ravens and Redskins want Baltimore and DC to be an NFL shared market.

South

John Patton of the Gainesville Sun talks with CBS college football analyst Gary Danielson about the SEC Championship.

Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald lists some things he likes about football broadcasts.

Dave Darling of the Orlando Sentinel says a popular internet show gets its TV debut after David Letterman tonight.

Jon Solomon of the Birmingham (AL) News writes that CBS hit the jackpot with a #1 vs. #2 SEC Championship Game.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle talks with ESPN’s Lee Corso who feels that Texas’ QB Colt McCoy deserves the Heisman Trophy.

Ray Buck of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram talks with Pat Summerall about the NFL’s Greatest Game Ever Played.

The Dallas Morning News’ Barry Horn talks with ESPN’s Dick Vitale. Barry feels the Chargers-Raiders game should have set an all-time ratings low.

The Daily Oklahoman’s Mel Bracht interviews ESPN/ABC’s Brent Musberger who will call his 7th Big 12 conference game of the season with the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday. In his notebook, Mel says the BCS Championship Game will be shown in selected movie theaters including in Oklahoma.

Midwest

Marc Katz of the Dayton Daily News looks at HBO’s documentary on the integration of college football.

Michael Zuidema of the Grand Rapids (MI) Press says the SEC Championship is the closest thing we have to a college football playoff.

The Chicago Daily Herald’s Ted Cox speaks with the man who is credited with inventing instant replay.

Ed Sherman of Crain’s Chicago Business says Cubs TV voice Len Kasper will be on the job for a bit while longer.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says people are indeed watching sports and the numbers prove it.

Paul Christian of the Rochester Post-Bulletin previews the SEC Championship on CBS.

Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch speaks with a local sports radio veteran who lost his job this week.

West

Scott D. Pierce of the Deseret (UT) News likes a local TV station’s coverage of high school football.

Jay Posner of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes that ESPN is splashing some color on the 1958 NFL Championship Game. Jay has the ratings in San Diego from last weekend.

John Maffei of the North County Times says Cox 4 is looking to find that special someone to replace Padres voice Matt Vasgersian.

Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times was one of the 400 lucky people to watch the Oakland-San Diego game in 3-D at Mann’s Chinese Theater.

But the Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth wonders if 3-D is THE definining moment for sports television. In his blog, Tom has some more impressions on the 3-D experiment. You get Tom’s extensive media news and notes here. Tom has his early favorites for Playboy’s Sexiest Sportscaster Poll (Charissa!). Tom says USC football voice Pete Arbogast is kissing up to ‘SC athletic director Mike Garrett to get back in his good graces. And Tom talks with ESPN/ABC’s Todd Blackledge about the next eating establishment he’ll review during the USC/UCLA game.

John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News says 49ers radio voice Joe Starkey is probable for Sunday’s game against the Jets.

Gary Washburn of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes that NFL Network’s Rich Eisen sets the standard for hosts of league-owned TV channels.

Canada

Here we go again. William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail says Rogers Sportsnet NFL analyst Chris Landry has been pulled off the air and has had his web column spiked for allegedly plagiarizing work from NationalFootballPost.com. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk has been all over it just like he was with the Ron Borges plagiarizing scandal.

William Houston also writes that viewership for the NHL on CBC, TSN and RDS are all up. Way up.

Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star says the Dolphins-Bills game at the Stadium Formerly Known as Skydome sold out in time meaning that it will be seen live in the local area.

And that’s going to do it for the megalinks. I’m going to be in New York for TARCon. I’m leaving Saturday morning so I won’t be blogging at all then. I will try to blog from TARCon from my iPhone on Sunday. If not, I’ll be back on Monday.

Time For Sunday Linkage

Yep, it’s Sunday. Time for your links. I think I’ve struck a chord with my “Bridget Regan is Hot” post from yesterday. That particular post has exploded with people from all over the world checking it out. In case you don’t know, Bridget stars in “Legend of the Seeker” which is syndicated all over the world. I happened to put it up because the video in which she’s interviewed by G4′s “Attack of the Show” (which has its own resident hottie in Olivia Munn) she’s quite hot. I did not expect so many hits from Germany, South Korea and Denmark. So, welcome to everyone visiting around the globe.

Let’s get to your links.

Newsday’s Neil Best is appealing to jewelry companies to stop advertising during football games to make us men feel guilty. I totally agree. And Neil has his New York Sports Business Quote of the Year.

The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman feels the price for the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquaio PPV might keep fans away during this tough economy. This is something I can actually agree with Raissman.

The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick goes after the Knicks for its new season ticket plan.

From the DC Examiner, Jim Williams says Redskins, Ravens, Terps and the Hoyas all dominate the TV viewing in the Baltimore/DC area today.

Dave Weekley in the Charleston (WV) Gazette says you can now find Life magazine’s archive of sports pictures on Google.

Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer talks with CBS NFL analyst Steve Bueurlein about one particular play which is remembered to this day.

Brad Locke of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal talks about Raycom’s final game as SEC over the air syndicator.

Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune suggests for the Timberwolves to bring back one of their old radio voices.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the Detroit Lions really put out a stinker on Thanksgiving Day.

Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle recalls the city’s history with Monday Night Football in advance of the Texans’ first appearance on the series.

Donald Ridgeway of the News-Sun (FL) says one local golf course showcased on Golf Channel’s Highway 18 reality series hopes to get some visits thanks to the national exposure.

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says the winner of the Big 12 South division should not be decided by computer and announced on TV. And Barry has the discussion from CBS’ Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman on the lack of African-American coaches in college football.

Andrea Cohen of The Oklahoman says College Gameday’s visit to Stillwater on Saturday was a success.

Ron Judd of the Seattle Times says Universal Sports’ coverage of its first alpine skiing event did not go all that well.

That’s it for now. If I find more links, I’ll certainly post them. Expect the usual Sunday features coming up later and also look for me at the Sox & Dawgs site at 4:15 p.m. for its live blog of the Steelers-Pats game.

College Football Viewing Picks for 11/29/08, All Times Eastern

College Gameday, live from Stillwater, OK – ESPN, 10 a.m.

Some Tuesday Links

I’ll provide some links today. I hope they don’t take long because I have a lot to do.

USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has a look at the ratings from various events over the weekend.

Over to CNBC’s Darren Rovell who reacts to the news regarding General Motors’ dropping of Tiger Woods as a sponsor. Darren writes that don’t expect Charlie Weis to be bought out at Notre Dame due to the size of the buyout and the state of the economy.

The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir writes about ESPN’s built-in advantage over the broadcast networks in bidding for sports properties.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks about the Giants and Jets becoming hot ratings properties in New York. In his blog, Neil writes that the Jets are fast becoming media darlings among the NFL analysts. Neil also notes that the Jets are the second highest rated team in Wisconsin because of the team’s QB and his connection to the Dairy State.

Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News lobbies for the Jets to be shown in primetime.

Roger Catlin of the Hartford Courant reports that Tony Danza becomes the new host of “The Contender”.

Regina Medina of the Philadelphia Daily News writes that former KYW TV anchor Larry Mendte made a dramatic apology to former fellow anchor Alycia Lane in court yesterday during his sentencing for hacking into her personal e-mail account.

Thanks to Laura Nachman for the link. Phil Heron of the Delaware County Daily Times writes that a Philadelphia sports anchor has revealed he’s battling prostate cancer for the third time in this decade.

Ted Hearn of Multichannel News reports that the administrative law judge assigned to the NFL Network-Comcast dispute is retiring.

Lori Van Ingen of the Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer-Journal says Comcast will distribute this Thursday’s Arizona-Eagles game to a wider area in Pennsylvania.

The Allentown Morning Call’s Keith Groller writes the Donovan McNabb benching on Sunday became fodder for the national media. And Keith calls Sports Illustrated’s excellent NBA writer Jack McCallum one of the good guys in sports journalism.

The Baltimore Sun’s Ray Frager appeals to the networks to stop speeding up NFL highlights. I agree. This is annoying.

The Sports Media Watch has some news as two writers (including Jack McCallum) have left their publications. The SMW says despite three blowouts, ABC garnered good ratings for three big college football matchups on Saturday. And the SMW says there’s a minor battle over the NBA vs. NHL.

Reuters reports that ESPN has outbid the current rights holder for the German Bundesliga. This could be a harbinger for the English Premier League rights which ESPN also covets.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that Tony Kornheiser mentioned Brett Favre a bit too much during last night’s Green Bay-New Orleans game.

Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News says despite complaints from national pundits, there are no plans by the NFL to change the traditional early game on Thanksgiving from being played in Detroit.

Kyle Veazey of the Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger says next year’s date for the Ole Miss-Mississippi State game is up in the air as Raycom leaves as SEC over the air syndicator.

Also from the Clarion-Ledger, Rick Cleveland talks to a local resident who mixes audio for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth looks at your college football TV schedule for SoCal this week. And he has the NFL TV viewing schedule for this week as well.

Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star is happy that KCAL is no longer tape delaying Los Angeles Lakers games played on the East Coast.

Puck The Media has another round of its NHL Tournament of Announcers featuring NESN’s Jack Edwards vs. TSN’s Chris Cuthbert. Vote for Chris, please. Don’t allow Jack to win this round. He’s currently ahead.

That’s it. I’ll be back with Primetime and Late Night Viewing Picks, then I’ll do updates from home tonight.