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The 6th Annual Fang’s Bites College Football Awards

With another college football regular season over and another bowl season about to begin, it’s time to go hand out the college football TV awards once again.

As Fox increases its presence in college football thanks to its new contracts with the Big 12 and Pac-12, we have a bigger pool to choose from. And there’s always the usual stalwarts of ESPN and CBS as well. Let’s see who got which award for the 2012 season.

The College GameDay Award for Best Pregame Show – College GameDay, ESPN. This show is the standard for all pregame shows in any sport. Other shows have tried to match the energy of College GameDay’s live remotes and failed. Even the college basketball version of College GameDay pales in comparison to the football edition. The show picked up from the loss of Erin Andrews to Fox, brought in Samantha Steele to host the first hour on ESPNU and did not miss a beat. With host Chris Fowler handing off to Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso, College GameDay has one of the stronger casts for any studio show. Tom Rinaldi’s heartstring-tugging stories provides College GameDay with some of the strongest features in any year. There have been some bizarre moments, but we’ll get to those later. CBS’ College Football Today is also good, but doesn’t come close to GameDay.

Best Studio Show – A new category. I decided to reward a non-pregame show and for this year, I’ll go with College Football Final, ESPN2. Manned by ESPN’s other college football studio crew, Rece Davis, Lou Holtz and Mark May, this show also has very good chemistry. Holtz and May Day appear to barely tolerate each other, but they work off one another quite well. In addition, the show wraps up the day in college football in a very neat package. This season, I purposely stayed up each week to watch the program and was very impressed. And the Final Verdict segment that could be over the top never strays thanks to Davis keeping control. College Football Final is the first winner of this category.

Best Debut – Scott Van Pelt and Samantha Steele (tie). Two very good moves by ESPN. One was to give Scott Van Pelt a role on its college football coverage and the other was bringing in Samantha Steele to replace Erin Andrews on College GameDay. SVP hosted Thursday nights in the studio and also traveled to selected College GameDay sites to provide features and interviews. And by having the SVP & Russillo radio show at the GameDay site, ESPN got some extra promotion and synergy.

By bringing Samantha Steele over from Longhorn Network to host the first hour of College GameDay on ESPNU, it made many fans forget about Erin Andrews who left for Fox. There was no awkward transition and by the end of the season, Steele gave viewers something to look forward to every week. Michelle Beadle tweeted me that Steele would crush on College GameDay and she ended up being right.

The Keith Jackson Award for Best Play-by-Play – Tom Hammond, NBC. Tom has called Notre Dame football for the Peacock annually except for one year dating back to 1994. He’s a very good nuts-and-bolts announcer and with Mike Mayock has formed one of college football’s best announcing teams. Unfortunately, Tom did not get to call the Fighting Irish’s biggest games this season as Oklahoma and USC were aired on ABC and the Pittsburgh game at home was called by Dan Hicks. However, Hammond remains as one of the best announcers and calls a very good game.

Honorable mentions – Kevin Calabro, Pac-12 Network; Gus Johnson, Fox; Sean McDonough, ESPN/ABC; Verne Lundquist, CBS; Brad Nessler, ESPN/ABC, Dave Pasch, ESPN/ABC; Joe Tessitore, ESPN/ABC

The Frank Broyles Award for Best Game Analyst – Chris Spielman, ESPN/ABC. I seemed to get a lot of games that Spielman and Sean McDonough called on ABC this season. Whether it was the luck of the draw or the region where I live, they seemed to be on every Saturday afternoon game. I was impressed by Spielman’s calm on-air demeanor. He didn’t yell nor did he call attention to himself. He spotted trends and did not come off as condescending to the viewer. Spielman impressed me throughout the season.

Honorable mentions – Todd Blackledge, ESPN/ABC; Gary Danielson, CBS; Charles Davis, Fox; Brian Griese, ESPN/ABC; Glenn Mason, Big Ten Network; Mike Mayock, NBC

Best Announcing Team – Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown, ESPN/ABC. They were assigned to the noon ET game that often involved the Big Ten. Dave Pasch who also calls the Arizona Cardinals on radio is very good. Pasch also is involved with college basketball for ESPN. He and the son of NFL Hall of Famer Bob Griese have formed a strong team in the booth. In fact, the younger Griese often sounds a lot like his dad. Dave and Brian mesh well and are on top of trends. They let the game breathe and allow the action to come to them. We know that Jenn Brown is eye candy, but she does a decent job. I admit I haven’t been a fan of hers over the years, but as long as ESPN keeps her from being flashy, she’s fine.

Honorable mentions – Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock, NBC; Gus Johnson/Charles Davis, Fox; Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson, CBS; Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge, ESPN/ABC

The Jim Lampley Award for Best Studio Host – Liam McHugh, NBC. One of the best young hosts on sports television, McHugh has had a very good year. He’s proving to be quite versatile whether he’s hosting the NHL, Olympics or college football. McHugh does a good job with the highlights, meshes with analysts Hines Ward and Doug Flutie and has a very good camera presence. I like his work.

Honorable mentions – Tim Brando, CBS; Rece Davis, ESPN; Chris Fowler, ESPN; Adam Zucker, CBS/CBS Sports Network

Best Studio Analyst – Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN College GameDay. I’m not a fan of Herbstreit’s work in the booth, but there’s no doubt that his strength is on GameDay where he has made his fame. Kirk works well with the entire GameDay crew and is the best analyst on the set. Unlike his picks where he’s not allowed to choose winners for the game he’s calling, Herbstreit is not afraid to take a stand and offers strong opinions. Of course, those opinions have led him to move from his native Columbus to Tennessee as Ohio State fans have vented their anger at him, but Herbie is one of the best analysts in the studio.

Honorable mentions – Doug Flutie, NBC; Mark May, ESPN; Jesse Palmer, ABC; Spencer Tillman, CBS

The Jack Arute Award for Sideline Reporting – Heather Cox, ESPN/ABC. Replacing Erin Andrews on Saturday Night Football and joining the “A” team with Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, Heather received a high profile assignment and she handled it swimmingly. Coming off another high-profile assignment at the Olympics for NBC at the Beach Volleyball venue, Heather handled halftime coach’s interview very well. I heard that Heather got a raise from ESPN going into this season and it’s well deserved. Very good reporter.

Honorable mentions – Alex Flanagan, NBC; Quint Kessenich, ESPN/ABC; Holly Rowe, ESPN/ABC; Tracy “The Wolf” Wolfson, CBS

Most Valuable Network – NBC. Thanks to Notre Dame’s resurgence, it led to its best ratings for the Fighting Irish package dating back to 2005. The seven games on NBC saw a 67% increase in ratings from a year ago and if Notre Dame wins the BCS National Championship Game in January, NBC will be in prime position for another ratings increase in 2013.

Honorable mentions – CBS; ESPN

Best Overall Coverage – This is always a controversial choice because this is very subjective. ESPN. College Football is a sport where it steps up and provides good coverage. It blankets Saturdays from 9 a.m. ET until 3 a.m. on Sunday. What other network can do this? Maybe CBS Sports Network, but you can start with College GameDay on ESPNU at 9 a.m. ET, watch games starting at noon and flip around to as many as five games spanning to 1:30 a.m. and then watch College Football Final ending your day at 3 a.m. ET. You shouldn’t be up that long, but if you love college football you can.

Honorable mentions – CBS/CBS Sports Network, NBC

Best Move – Fox College Football in primetime. Fox entered the primetime mix with Big 12 and Pac-12 games this season. Having Gus Johnson, Charles Davis and Julie Alexandria on most of the games, they helped to give Fox a big game feel on its college football package. Most of the time, ABC beat Fox in the ratings, but Fox had some decent games this season. We’ll probably see primetime college football on Fox Sports 1 in the next couple of years, but let’s enjoy the games on the Fox mothership for as long as we can.

The Pam Ward Award for Worst Play-by-Play – Craig Bolerjack, Fox. He gets it for the second straight year. Read last year’s post for my reasoning.

Worst Analyst (Game or Studio) – Eddie George and Joey Harrington, Fox (tie). Both on Fox College Saturday, George and Harrington were extremely shaky. They had trouble doing highlights and stumbled a lot. They improved as the season progressed, but it was not enough to wipe away their failing grades from the beginning. I hope to see some major improvement next season.

Worst Debut – Fox College Saturday. This show had potential, but got off to a rough start when a baseball game ran over and wiped out its premiere to most of the country. And it happened again in following weeks when Fox Saturday Baseball would run long. And the show with Erin Andrews, George and Harrington never clicked. The chemistry among the cast never jelled. Here’s hoping with one year under its belt, the show will get better in 2013.

Worst Studio Host – Erin Andrews, Fox. The studio is not Erin Andrews’ strength. She’s best on the sidelines. Erin was shaky in the studio and there was the moment when Stanford beat USC where she said students would not be going to school the following day. Technically that was correct as school would be closed on the following Sunday. Anyway, I hope that she will improve next year, we’ll be watching.

Most Bizarre Lee Corso Moment – We have a couple, but I have to cull this down to one. Lee Corso remains an American treasure and his mascot head picks remain high comedy. However, they can become extremely bizarre like this one in November when Corso almost strangled a duck at the University of Oregon by holding its head under his arm. Luckily, the duck turned out ok, but the ASPCA almost had to be summoned.

Truly one of the most bizarre moments this year.

Honorable mention – Lee fires off guns in Oklahoma once again scaring off Kirk Herbstreit.

And that’s going to complete the Awards for 2012.

ESPN Airs 34 College Bowl Games Including The Next-to-Last BCS

ESPN has sent its schedule for the college football bowls as well as the Bowl Championship Series. In addition, we have the announcing assignments for all of the games on the ESPN platforms. Most of the games will air on ESPN, some on ESPN2. ESPN Radio also carries a series of games including the entire BCS.

Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Heather Cox will call the Rose Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game. ESPN’s other teams for the BCS and the other bowls approaching January are Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe, Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich and Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Maria Taylor.

Other teams include ESPN’s regular combos of Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway, Carter Blackburn/Rod Gilmore/Jemele Hill, Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham, Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell, Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown and Mark Jones/Brock Huard.

Here’s ESPN’s press release in full.

ESPN to Carry 34 College Football Bowl Games including Entire BCS

ESPN’s extensive college football coverage continues with 34 bowl games, highlighted by all five of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) matchups, including the BCS National Championship (No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Alabama) on Monday, Jan. 7, at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, ESPN 3D and WatchESPN.

The schedule will kick off with an ESPN and ESPN Radio doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 15: the New Mexico Bowl (Nevada vs. Arizona), which is also on ESPN 3D, at 1 p.m. ET and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Toledo vs. No. 22 Utah State) at 4:30 p.m.

Schedule highlights:

• An ESPN outlet will offer coverage of at least one game a day for 16 out of the 19 days from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7.
• ESPN’s New Year’s Day lineup will include six games:

• Noon: Gator Bowl (Mississippi State vs. No. 20 Northwestern) on ESPN2 and Heart of Dallas Bowl (Purdue vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State) on ESPNU.
• 1 p.m.: Capital One Bowl (No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 16 Nebraska) on ABC and ESPN Radio and Outback Bowl (No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 18 Michigan) on ESPN and ESPN Radio.
• 5 p.m.: Rose Bowl (Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Stanford) on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio.
• 8:30 p.m.: Orange Bowl (No. 15 Northern Illinois vs. No. 12 Florida State) on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio.

• Every bowl game on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will be available on computers at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. WatchESPN is currently available in 40 million households nationwide to fans who receive their video subscription from Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV or Midcontinent Communications.
• ESPN Deportes will televise all five BCS bowls, marking the first telecast of the entire BCS in Spanish for U.S. Hispanic sports fans. ESPN Deportes also aired the BCS Championship between Alabama and LSU last year. According to the most recent ESPN Deportes Sports PollSource: ESPN Deportes Sports Poll 2011, P2+
• , 42 percent of U.S. Hispanics follow college football. That’s more than the Hispanic fanbase following UEFA Champions League.
• ESPN 3D, the world’s first 24/7 all-sports 3D channel, will televise five bowl games, highlighted by the Sugar Bowl and BCS National Championship. It will mark the third year ESPN 3D has televised the BCS National Championship. ESPN 3D, launched in 2010, is available to more than 63 million homes in the U.S. through carriage agreements with DIRECTV, Comcast, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and Google Fiber.
• ESPN Radio will broadcast 24 bowl games, including all five BCS matchups and the Cotton Bowl (No. 9 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Oklahoma on Friday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m.).
• ESPN will cover all seven ESPN Regional Television owned-and-operated bowl games: the New Mexico Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 15, at 1 p.m.), St. Petersburg Bowl (Friday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.); Las Vegas Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 22, at 3:30 p.m.); Hawaii Bowl (Monday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m.); Texas Bowl (Friday, Dec. 28, at 9 p.m.); Armed Forces Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 29, at 11:45 a.m.); and BBVA Compass Bowl (Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1 p.m.).
• ESPN International will telecast the BCS in: Australia/New Zealand (ESPN Pacific Rim); Latin America North & South; Brazil; Caribbean; Europe (ESPN America); Sub-Saharan Africa (ESPN Atlantic) and Middle East.

Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will work their sixth consecutive BCS National Championship game on ESPN (Monday, Jan. 7, at 8:30 p.m.) with Saturday Night Football reporter Heather Cox and College GameDay host and reporter Tom Rinaldi. For the second straight year, ESPN’s Monday Night Football signal caller Mike Tirico will work ESPN Radio’s broadcast with ESPN college football analyst Todd Blackledge and reporters Holly Rowe and Joe Schad.

As part of an extensive four-year agreement with the Bowl Championship Series that began in 2010, ESPN will provide exclusive worldwide television coverage, radio broadcasts, digital content and more for the five annual BCS games from January 2011 through January 2014. ESPN Radio has broadcast every BCS game since 2000.

The 2012 college football season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN Radio, ESPN 3D, ESPN Deportes, Longhorn Network, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Regional Television, WatchESPN and ESPN GamePlan totals more than 450 regular-and post-season games.

Bowl Championship Series

Tuesday, January 1	5 p.m.	Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Stanford ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox & Tom Rinaldi Radio: Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown Deportes: Georgina Ruiz Sandoval & Robert Abramowitz	ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN Radio
	8:30 p.m.	Orange Bowl: No. 15 Northern Illinois vs. No. 12 Florida State ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad Deportes: Eduardo Varela & Pablo Viruega	ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN Radio
Wednesday, January 2	8:30 p.m.	Sugar Bowl: No. 21 Louisville vs. No. 3 Florida ESPN: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich Radio: Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams Deportes: Eduardo Varela & Pablo Viruega	ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio & ESPN 3D
Thursday, January 3	8:30 p.m.	Fiesta Bowl: No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 5 Kansas State ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad Deportes: Eduardo Varela & Pablo Viruega	ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN Radio
Monday, January 7	8:30 p.m.	BCS National Championship Game: No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Alabama ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox & Tom Rinaldi Radio: Mike Tirico, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe & Joe Schad Deportes: Eduardo Varela & Pablo Viruega	ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio & ESPN 3D

Additional Postseason Games

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Saturday, Dec 15	1 p.m.	New Mexico Bowl: Nevada vs. Arizona ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Kaylee Hartung Radio: Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Marty Cesario	ESPN, ESPN Radio & ESPN 3D
	4:30 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Toledo vs. No. 22 Utah State ESPN: Tom Hart, Mike Bellotti & Quint Kessenich Radio: Rich Cellini, Tom Ramsey & Shelley Smith	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Thursday, December 20	8 p.m.	Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. San Diego State ESPN: Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN, ESPN Radio & ESPN 3D
Friday, December 21	7:30 p.m.	St. Petersburg Bowl: Central Florida vs. Ball State ESPN: Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Desmond Howard & Cara Capuano Radio: Dave Lamont, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Saturday, December 22	Noon	New Orleans Bowl: East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN: Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Quint Kessenich Radio: Marc Kestecher, Dan Hawkins & Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Bowl: Washington vs. No. 19 Boise State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Tom Rinaldi	ESPN
Monday, December 24	8 p.m.	Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs. SMU ESPN: Carter Blackburn, Kelly Stouffer & Kaylee Hartung Radio: Marc Kestecher & Pete Najarian	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Wednesday, December 26	7:30 p.m.	Little Caesars Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Jemele Hill	ESPN
Thursday, December 27	3 p.m.	Military Bowl: No. 24 San Jose State vs. Bowling Green Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Quint Kessenich	ESPN
	6:30 p.m.	Belk Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Duke Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN
	9:45 p.m.	Holiday Bowl: Baylor vs. No. 17 UCLA ESPN: Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN, ESPN Radio & ESPN 3D
Friday, December 28	2 p.m.	Independence Bowl: Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer & Cara Capuano	ESPN
	5:30 p.m.	Russell Athletic Bowl: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor Radio: Adam Amin, Tom Luginbill & Brett McMurphy	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	9 p.m.	Texas Bowl: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech ESPN: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza Radio: Tom Hart, John Congemi & Niki Noto	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Saturday, December 29	11:45 a.m.	Armed Forces Bowl: Rice vs. Air Force ESPN: Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson Radio: Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	3:15 p.m.	Pinstripe Bowl: West Virginia vs. Syracuse ESPN: Chris Fowler, Jesse Palmer & Tom Rinaldi Radio: Marc Kestecher, Jack Ford & C.J. Papa	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	4 p.m.	Fight Hunger Bowl: Navy vs. Arizona State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN2
	6:45 p.m.	Alamo Bowl: No. 23 Texas vs. No. 13 Oregon State ESPN: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich Radio: Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Kaylee Hartung	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	10:15 p.m.	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: TCU vs. Michigan State ESPN: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Monday, December 31	Noon	Music City Bowl: NC State vs. Vanderbilt Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs. Tulsa ESPN: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza Radio: Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	7:30 p.m.	Chick-fil-A Bowl: No. 8 LSU vs. No. 14 Clemson ESPN: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards Radio: Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Tuesday, January 1	Noon	Gator Bowl: Mississippi State vs. No. 20 Northwestern Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams	ESPN2
		Heart of Dallas Bowl: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Kaylee Hartung	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Capital One Bowl: No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 16 Nebraska ABC: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele Radio: Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer & Brett McMurphy	ABC & ESPN Radio
		Outback Bowl: No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 18 Michigan ESPN: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden & Shannon Spake Radio: Carter Blackburn, John Congemi & Jemele Hill	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Friday, January 4	7 p.m.	Cotton Bowl: No. 9 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Oklahoma Brad Sham, Ed Cunningham & Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
Saturday, January 5	1 p.m.	BBVA Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss ESPN: Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra Radio: Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer & Allison Williams	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Sunday, January 6	9 p.m.	GoDaddy.com Bowl: No. 25 Kent State vs. Arkansas State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza	ESPN

That is all.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 13, 11/23 & 11/24/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Friday, November 23

Pregame & Studio Shows
Best of College Football 2012 — CBS, 1:30 p.m.
Fox College Football Saturday — Fox, 3 p.m.

11 a.m.
Syracuse at Temple — ESPN2 (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Ohio at Kent State — ESPNU (Adam Amin/Tom Luginbill)

noon
Nebraska at Iowa — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

2 p.m.
Marshall at East Carolina — CBS Sports Network

2:30 p.m.
LSU at Arkansas — CBS (Tim Brando/Steve Beuerlein/Marty Snider)

3 p.m.
Utah at Colorado — FX (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)

3:30 p.m.
West Virginia at Iowa State — ABC (Dave Lamont/Kelly Stouffer)

Washington at Washington State — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

7 p.m.
South Florida at Cincinnati — ESPN (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley)

10 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona — ESPN (Carter Blackburn/Rod Gilmore/Jemele Hill)

Saturday, November 24

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 2 p.m.
College Football Special — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 6 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Michigan at Ohio State — ABC (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)

UConn at Louisville — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Adam Amin)

Illinois at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Jon Jansen)
Indiana at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Josh Lewin/Chris Martin/J Leman)

Georgia Tech at Georgia — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Rutgers at Pittsburgh — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Paul Carcaterra)
Virginia at Virginia Tech — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Tulsa at SMU — FX (Steve Physioc/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
UAB at Central Florida — Fox Sports Net-national/WLVI/KICU/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Gleason/Gary Reasons/Leslie McCaslin)

Kentucky at Tennessee — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Duke — ACC Network

2:30 p.m.
Bayou Classic, New Orleans, LA: Grambling vs. Southern — NBC (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Lewis Johnson)

Baylor vs. Texas Tech at Arlington, TX — Fox (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)

3 p.m.
Idaho at Utah State — ESPN Plus (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

Maryland at North Carolina — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/North Plus/San Diego/South/Southwest Plus/Prime Ticket)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN (Rich Waltz/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Florida at Florida State — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Michigan State at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Glen Mason/Rebecca Haarlow)

Auburn at Alabama — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)

Oklahoma State at Oklahoma — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Wisconsin at Penn State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Tulane at Houston — Fox Sports Net-national/WDCA/KICU/Fox College Sports Central (Ron Thulin/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)

Air Force at Fresno State — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Anthony Herron)

4:30 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Memphis — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston/Mid-Atlantic Plus/Northwest)/The Comcast Network

6:30 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

7 p.m.
South Carolina at Clemson — ESPN, 7:15 p.m. (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shannon Spake)
Missouri at Texas A&M — ESPN2 (Steve Levy/Ed Cunningham/Kaylee Hartung)
Mississippi State at Mississippi — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

8 p.m.
Notre Dame at USC — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

10:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at San Jose State — ESPN2 (Joe Davis/Tom Luginbill)

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 12, 11/17/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Eugene, OR — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Uncut: Game Day — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 7:45 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Noon
Rutgers at Cincinnati — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Indiana at Penn State — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/J Leman)

Temple at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Dan Sprouse)

Towson at New Hampshire — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)
Houston at Marshall — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston)/The Comcast Network

Iowa at Michigan — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Northwestern at Michigan State — ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Florida State at Maryland — ESPNU (Tom Hart & John Congemi)
Kent State at Bowling Green — ESPN Plus (Greg Franke/Tom Cole)

Central Florida at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net (national)/WLVI/WDCA/KICU/Fox College Sports Central (Mike Gleason/Dave Lapham/Desmond Purcell)
Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Belvin/Kevin Ingram)

Yale at Harvard — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Arkansas at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)
Western Carolina at Alabama — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Mike Morgan/Chris Doering/Jill Montgomery)

12:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Boston College — ACC Network

1 p.m.
Lehigh at Lafayette — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Degler/Mike Yadush/Troy Hein)

1:30 p.m.
Washington at Colorado — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)

2 p.m.
2012 Florida Classic, Orlando, FL
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M — ESPN Classic (Mike Corey/Jay Walker)

3 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
South Florida at Miami — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/North Plus/South/Southwest Plus)/NESN/Sun Sports) (Rich Waltz/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Washington State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
NC State at Clemson — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Ohio State at Wisconsin — ABC/ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Quint Kessenich)

Minnesota at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Jon Jansen)
Purdue at lllinois — Big Ten Network (Tim Neverett/Glen Mason/Rebecca Haarlow)

Mississippi at LSU — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Texas State at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwich Burch)

SMU at Rice — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston/Mid-Atlantic Plus)

Duke at Georgia Tech — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Texas Tech at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net (national)/WMCN/WDCA/KICU/Fox College Sports Central (Ron Thulin/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)

Wake Forest at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Colorado State at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Montana State at Montana — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

6 p.m.
Cal-Poly at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific (Mitch Strohman/Kevin Stephens/Reggie Eccleston)

7 p.m.
Tennessee at Vanderbilt — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
Syracuse at Missouri — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

Oklahoma at West Virginia — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Iowa State at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Physioc/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)

Old Dominion at James Madison — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Blaine Fowler)

7:30 p.m.
Samford at Kentucky — CSS

8 p.m.
Stanford at Oregon — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

UTEP at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Kansas State at Baylor — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

10 p.m.
Arizona at Utah — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Kelly Stouffer)

10:30 p.m.
BYU at San Jose State — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Kaylee Hartung)

Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 11, 11/10/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live on board the USS San Diego — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Louisville at Syracuse — ABC (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Miami at Virginia — ABC (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Cincinnati at Temple — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Purdue at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Josh Lewin/Chris Martin/J Leman)

Arkansas at South Carolina — CBS (Tim Brando/Steve Beuerlein/Marty Snider)

William & Mary at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

Northwestern at Michigan — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Wisconsin at Indiana — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Niki Noto)
Army at Rutgers — ESPNU (Joe Beninati/Peter Najarian/George Smith)

Kansas at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Joe Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
St. Francis (PA) at Monmouth — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)
Southeast Missouri State at Eastern Illinois — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Belvin/Kevin Ingram)

Iowa State at Texas — Longhorn Network (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)/ABC (Iowa only) (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley)

Williams at Amherst — NESN (Tom Caron/Steve DeOssie/Katy Fitzpatrick)

Harvard at Penn — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Marshall Harris)

Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Mike Morgan/Chris Doering)
Missouri at Tennessee — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. (Dave Ware/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

Princeton at Yale — YES

12:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at North Carolina — ACC Network

Colgate at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Todd Christensen/Evan Washburn)

1:30 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)

3 p.m.
Oregon State at Stanford — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Wake Forest at NC State — Fox Sports Net (regional) (North Plus/South/Southwest Plus/Prime Ticket)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN (Mike Hogewood/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Arizona State at USC — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

3:30 p.m.
Penn State at Nebraska — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
West Virginia at Oklahoma State — ABC/ESPN2 (Dave Lamont/Kelly Stouffer)

Minnesota at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Jon Jansen)

Texas A&M at Missouri — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)

Maryland at Clemson — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Baylor at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific/WLVI/WMCN/WDCA/KICU (Steve Physioc/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
South Dakota State at North Dakota State — Fox College Sports Central (Brian Shawn/Lee Timmerman/Kevin Feeney)

Air Force at San Diego State — NBC Sports Network (Ari Wolfe/Blaine Fowler)

Portland State at Montana State — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

5 p.m.
Tulsa at Houston — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Talor/Lauren Gardner)

7 p.m.
Mississippi State at LSU — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Georgia at Auburn — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Allison Williams)
Vanderbilt at Mississippi — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Angela Mallen)

Kansas State at TCU — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
Southern Mississippi at SMU — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Ron Thulin/Dave Lapham/Desmond Purnell)
Central Florida at UTEP — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Gleason/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

Louisiana Tech at Texas State — Longhorn Network (Dave Armstrong/Ray Bentley — 2 games in one day!)

Hawaii at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Bermeister/Rod Woodson)

8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Boston College — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

10:15 p.m.
Idaho at BYU — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker)

10:30 p.m.
Oregon at Cal — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Samantha Steele)
UCLA at Washington State — ESPN2 (Adam Amin/Tom Luginbill/Shelley Smith)

Utah at Washington — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

College Football Viewing Picks for Week 10, 11/03/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Baton Rouge, LA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Fox College Football Saturday — Fox, 2 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday) TURN BACK YOUR CLOCKS!!!!

Noon
Oklahoma State at Iowa State — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Temple at Louisville — ABC (Dave Lamont/Kelly Stouffer)

Syracuse at Cincinnati — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network

Air Force at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Ted Kostich)

Texas at Mississippi State — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Missouri at Florida — ESPN2/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Vanderbilt at Kentucky — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

Houston at East Carolina — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/KICU (Rod Thulin/Dave Lapham/Desmond Purnell)
Troy at Tennessee — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Tennessee State at Murray State — Fox College Sports Pacific

Towson at Delaware — NBC Sports Network (Ari Wolfe/Anthony Herron/Carolyn Manno)

Tulsa at Arkansas — SEC Network (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Arkansas — ACC Network
Virginia at North Carolina State — ACC Network

Lehigh at Holy Cross — Fox College Sports Atlantic

New Mexico State at Auburn — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering/Angela Mallen)

Yale at Brown — YES

2 p.m.
Stanford at Colorado — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)

3 p.m.
TCU at West Virginia — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

Washington State at Utah — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Michigan State — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
Texas at Texas Tech — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)

Iowa at Indiana — Big Ten Network

Mississippi at Georgia — CBS (Tim Brando/Steve Beuerlein/Marty Snider)
Florida Atlantic at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwich Burch)

James Madison at Maine — Comcast SportsNet (California/Houston/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

Illinois at Ohio State — ESPN (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Penn State at Purdue — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Kansas at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WDCA/WMCN/KICU) (Steve Physioc/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Boston College at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net (regional)/NESN (Rich Waltz/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)
Duquense at Robert Morris — Fox College Sports Pacific

Pittsburgh at Notre Dame — NBC (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)

Montana at Weber State — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Audience Network (DirecTV)

4 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

7 p.m.
SMU at Central Florida — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Corey Chavous/Evan Washburn)

UAB at Southern Mississippi — CSS

Clemson at Duke — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
UConn at South Florida — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Oregon at USC — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

Montana State at Sacramento State — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Alabama at LSU — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)

10:30 p.m.
San Diego State at Boise State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Arizona State at Oregon State — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Tom Luginbill)

Arizona at UCLA — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 9, 10/27/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Norman, OK — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
Big Ten Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Fox College Football Preview Show — Fox Sports Net, 11:30 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
Pac-12 Football Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network, 2 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 7 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Network, 9:45 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Pac-12 Football Postgame Report — Pac-12 Network, 1:45 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Temple at Pittsburgh — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Indiana at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Jansen)

Ball State at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Geoff Easteling)

Tennessee at South Carolina — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Iowa at Northwestern — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Kentucky at Missouri — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Texas at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Dave Lapham/Desmond Purnell)
Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Melvin/Kevin Ingram)

Delaware at Old Dominion — NBC Sports Network

Mississippi at Arkansas — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
NC State at North Carolina — ACC Network

Yale at Columbia — YES

1 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Rice — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston/Philadelphia)

3 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
BYU at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Rich Waltz/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Colorado at Oregon — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
Michigan State at Wisconsin — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
USC at Arizona — ABC/ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Maria Taylor)

Kent State at Rutgers — Big East Network (Mike Corey/Rene Ingoglia)

Purdue at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Drerek Rackley/J Leman)

Florida vs. Georgia at Jacksonville, FL — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Boise State at Wyoming — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Todd Christensen/Lauren Gardner)

Towson at Villanova — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

Duke at Florida State — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins/Tom Luginbill)

Texas Tech at at Kansas State — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
TCU at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific/WMCN/WDCA/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Navy at East Carolina — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Adam Alexander/Gary Reasons/Lesley McCaslin)
Southern Illinois at North Dakota State — Fox College Sports Central (Brian Shawn/Lee Timmerman/Kevin Feeney)

Idaho State at Montana — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Audience Network (DirecTV)

4:30 p.m.
UTEP at Houston — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston)

5 p.m.
Illinois State at Northern Iowa — Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Harvard at Dartmouth — Comcast SportsNet New England

5:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Penn State — ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kussenich)

6:15 p.m.
Washington State at Stanford — Pac-12 Network (Rich Cellini/Rick Neuheisel/Curtis Conway/Jeremy Bloom)

7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Auburn — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Alison Williams)

Baylor at Iowa State — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
UMass at Vanderbilt — Fox Sports Net (regional)/NESN (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Oklahoma — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Central Florida at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Corey Chavous/Evan Washburn)

Michigan at Nebraska — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

8:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

9:45 p.m.
Cal at Utah — Pac-12 Networks (Bay Area/Mountain) (Ron Pitts/Kelly Stouffer)

10:15 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 8, 10/20/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Gainesville, FL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 6 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

noon
Purdue at Ohio State — ABC/ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Virginia Tech at Clemson — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

Rutgers at Temple — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

New Hampshire at Maine — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

LSU at Texas A&M — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Minnesota at Wisconsin — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Northern Arizona at Akron — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Iowa State at Oklahoma State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Tennessee State at Jacksonville State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Belvin/Kevin Ingram)

Penn at Yale — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Kelli Johnson)

Auburn at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Stanford at Cal — Fox (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Boston College at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Northwestern — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
South Florida at Louisville — ABC (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley)
Texas Tech at TCU — ABC/ESPN2 (Dave Lamont/Kelly Stouffer)

Michigan State at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/J Leman)

South Carolina at Florida — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Indiana at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

James Madison at Richmond — Comcast SportsNet (Chicago/Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

NC State at Maryland — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)
Pittsburgh at Buffalo — ESPN Plus (Bob Picozzi/Chris Doering)

Rice at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeenan)

BYU at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
UNLV at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Montana at North Dakota — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

6 p.m.
Colorado at USC — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Marshall at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Steve Beuerlein/Evan Washburn)

Alabama at Tennessee — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)
Idaho at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

Kansas State at West Virginia — Fox/Fox Deportes (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Georgia at Kentucky — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
East Carolina at UAB — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Physioc/Ben Leber/Lesley McCann)

New Mexico at Air Force — Root Sports Rocky Mountain

8 p.m.
Baylor at Texas — ABC (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
Florida State at Miami — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Penn State at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Jon Jansen)

Central Florida at Memphis — CSS

10 p.m.
Washington at Arizona — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
San Diego State at Nevada — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Utah at Oregon State — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shannon Spake)
South Carolina State at Florida A&M — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same day coverage)

Wyoming at Fresno State — Time Warner SportsNet/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)

College Viewing Picks For Week 7, 10/13/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Uncut-Auburn — CBS, 2 p.m.
College Football Uncut-South Carolina — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 2:30 p.m.
Onward Notre Dame: South Bend to Soldier Field — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 6;30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 7 p.m.
College Football Central — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, midnight

11 a.m.
Louisville at Pittsburgh — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

noon
Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas, TX — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Syracuse at Rutgers — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

Wisconsin at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Jansen)

Kent State at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Ally McKearn)

Richmond at New Hampshire — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)

Iowa at Michigan State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Northwestern at Minnesota — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Heather Mitts)

Kansas State at Iowa State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
UAB at Houston — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

Brown at Princeton — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Auburn at Mississippi — SEC Network, 12:21 p.m. kickoff (Dave Neal/Andre Ware/Cara Capuano)

12:30 p.m.
Duke at Virginia Tech — ACC Network

1 p.m.
SMU at Tulane — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Houston)

2 p.m.
Lindsey Wilson at Campbellsville — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Jim Tirey/Brian Rive)

2:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Miami (FL) — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

3 p.m.
Utah at UCLA — Fox/Fox Deportes (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)
Maryland at Virginia — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan — ABC/ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Lewis Johnson)
Oregon State at BYU — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
West Virginia at Texas Tech — ABC/ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kussenich)

Alabama at Missouri — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Bucknell at Harvard — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Todd Christensen/Evan Washburn)

William & Mary at James Madison — Comcast SportsNet (California/Mid-Atlantic Plus/The Comcast Network)

Oklahoma State at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WDCA/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Texas-San Antonio at Rice — Fox College Sports Pacific (Adam Alexander/Dave Lapham/Lesley McCaslin)

Stanford at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Fresno State at Boise State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Eastern Washington at Montana State — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

4:30 p.m.
Memphis at East Carolina — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Houston/Northwest)

5:30 p.m.
Boston College at Florida State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Maria Taylor)

6 p.m.
Florida at Vanderbilt — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Tom Luginbill)

7 p.m.
USC at Washington — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
TCU at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
Kentucky at Arkansas — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

Air Force at Wyoming — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain)

8 p.m.
Ohio State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

Southern Mississippi at Central Florida — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

South Carolina at LSU — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

9 p.m.
Tennessee at Mississippi State — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Allison Williams)
Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech at Shreveport, LA — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Kelly Stouffer)

10:30 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

midnight
New Mexico at Hawaii — Root Sports Rocky Mountain

A Rare Sunday Linkage Post!

I wanted to do a piece of site business before doing some rare Sunday linkage and rare linkage in general. Thanks to you, August was the best month ever as far as site visits are concerned. Whether it was due to you visiting over the Olympics schedules or wanting to see who Nicole Zaloumis was all about, Fang’s Bites had over 102,000 unique hits. While this is not in Deadspin or Big Lead range, both get way over 100,000 hits on a bad day, it’s a big deal for me. And this was even during a stretch when I couldn’t post due to the Office Move From Hell, so I thank you for visiting and returning during August. I hope you continue to visit during the fall months.

And because of that office move, I wasn’t able to do what is the bread and butter of this site, the links. I haven’t been able to provide them in several weeks. Let’s start September anew and provide good links to you as I used to.

Let’s begin.

One of the bigger stories from Saturday was the pre-emption in most of the country of the debut of the Fox College Saturday pregame show hosted by Erin Andrews, Joey Harrington and Eddie George. Because two Fox Saturday Baseball games ran long, it wiped out Erin’s Fox  debut. Only 10% of the country saw the pregame show in its entirety.

Media Rantz looks at why this happened.

Sports Media Watch says it wasn’t the start that Fox wanted in its first season of covering college football full-time.

Former USA Today sports media and business writer Mike McCarthy writes in his new $ports Biz USA site that Alabama coach Nick Saban came off as a jerk (what else is new?) in a halftime interview with ESPN’s Heather Cox.

Nicole Auerbach at USA Today at the Campus Rivalry blog asks readers about the debut of Samantha Steele on ESPN’s College GameDay.

Karl Taro Greenfeld at Bloomberg Businessweek takes a look at ESPN’s business model.

George Winslow at Broadcasting & Cable says the embattled Longhorn Network got a big pickup before yesterday’s Texas season opener.

Multichannel News reports that the Athletic Director of the University of California-Berkeley ceremoniously dumped her DirecTV subscription over the satellite provider’s refusal to pick up Pac-12 Network.

Adweek looks at an unexpected shakeup at ESPN The Magazine.

Christopher Heine of Adweek notes that the Mohegan Sun casino has pulled ads from Penn State’s Beaver Stadium.

Adweek’s Anthony Crupi looks at this year’s crop of Nissan Heisman House spots that will air before each and every ABC Saturday Night Football game.

And Emma Bazilian of Adweek notes that USA Today is rolling out a new high school football magazine in 11 markets.

Dylan Murphy at SportsGrid noticed that ESPN’s Bottom Line obscured key sideline replays in two  college football games yesterday.

Joe Lucia at Awful Announcing says DirecTV is slashing prices of its UFC pay per views.

That will do us for now. I may add more links later.

Heather Cox Officially Named As Saturday Night Football on ABC Sideline Reporter

Rumored earlier this summer, this has now been made official by ESPN. Heather Cox will be the new sideline reporter for Saturday Night Football replacing Erin Andrews who (say it with me now) went to Fox Sports.

Heather who worked the Olympics for NBC as the reporter for beach volleyball, has an extensive resumé with both ESPN and NBC, having worked the sidelines not only on college football, but the NBA, WNBA, beach volleyball and the LPGA.

The Big Lead originally reported that Heather would replace Erin, but she told Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News that nothing had been set in stone and her contract with ESPN was up during the summer. However, as we can see, all things have worked out.

Here’s the official announcement from ESPN.

Heather Cox Named ESPN’s Saturday Night Football on ABC Sideline Reporter

Heather Cox, one of ESPN’s lead game reporters across multiple sports, has been named the new sideline reporter for the weekly Saturday Night Football college football game on ABC. She will join play-by-play commentator Brent Musburger and analyst Kirk Herbstreit each week on broadcast television’s first weekly prime time college football series, which was launched in 2006.

Cox has also signed a multiyear extension with the network where she will continue to work college football, men’s and women’s basketball, NBA and WNBA telecasts across various ESPN outlets. The versatile reporter joined ESPN in 1994 as an analyst on men’s and women’s college and professional volleyball and women’s college basketball.

“Being at ESPN gives me the best opportunity to work on a variety of sports that I am passionate about across multiple platforms,” said Cox. “I’m looking forward to working with Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, two long-time colleagues and among the best announcers in the industry, on the Saturday Night Football series.”

In addition to covering regular-season NBA games, Cox has worked the playoffs, Draft and All-Star Celebrity Game. She also reports on the LPGA U.S. Women’s Open; NCAA championship for women’s basketball and soccer; men’s and women’s volleyball; college football bowl games, including BCS telecasts; and several professional men and women’s volleyball championships, including the Olympic Trials and World Championships.

The Big Lead has an interview with Heather discussing her new assignment.