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Some Early Sunday Morning Sports Media Thoughts

My apologies for not posting the Weekend Viewing Picks and other stuff. My power went out thanks to the Blizzard of 2013 and I also had to deal with two downed trees, one lying across my driveway, so you can imagine me going stir crazy over blocked access, no heat, no power, NO WIFI and a full driving ban in Rhode Island. Luckily, a very gracious neighbor with a chain saw cut me out and the driving ban was lifted enabling me to escape from a heatless house and go to a relative’s house where I’m writing this post.

You deserve some sports media thoughts so it’s fine time you get them now. As always, they come in bullet form.

• I know the soccer community is up in arms over Gus Johnson being named as Fox’s international soccer voice. Yes, Fox can tap Martin Tyler from its UK brother, Sky Sports, but Fox chose to go with an American voice. Now, I was with the soccer community back in 2006 when ESPN chose a heavily miscast Dave O’Brien to be its main voice for the FIFA World Cup in Germany. I can remember listening to World Soccer Daily during the month-long event killing O’Brien. A lot of it was deserved and stinging from the criticism, ESPN chose UK announcers like Tyler, Ian Darke, Adrian Healy and Derek Rae. And while they all did a very good job, long-time ESPN soccer voice JP Dellacamera was jettisoned to radio to call many games off a monitor.

  While I understand many in the soccer community who feel the Fox move with Johnson is destined to fail, I’m keeping an open mind here. Gus has called a share of San Jose Earthquakes MLS games over the last two years, plus he has traveled to Europe to learn the nuances of international soccer, spending time with Martin Tyler, something ESPN did not do with O’Brien, allowing him to be thrown to the wolves.

  Gus will call his first international soccer contest this week on Fox Soccer. He won’t win over fans when he does Real Madrid vs. Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League, but he does have time to buy some credibility before he does his first World Cup game. Let’s hope he does.

• We now know Fox’s cable sports strategy coming later this year. Sometime in August, Speed becomes Fox Sports 1 airing college basketball, college football, MLB, NASCAR, soccer and UFC. Fuel will transition to Fox Sports 2 airing overflow events plus some extreme sports. Fox Soccer will rebrand to FX2 and will be completely out of the sports business. Got it? Good.

  Fox has done this quietly and without fanfare. We’ve found out about Fox Sports 1 and 2 through the reporting by John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. Fox Sports officials aren’t confirming things, but they aren’t denying them either. You’ve seen some of the things they plan on doing on FX with college football/MMA doubleheaders, UEFA Champions League games and other action. All that moves to FS 1 & 2 in August and FX and FX2 will solely be entertainment channels.

  Fox is positioning itself quite well and if it is able to obtain the rights to the breakout “Catholic 7,” the basketball-only schools from the Big East that plan on formulating in 2014, then Fox Sports 1 & 2 will be in very good shape for years to come.

• Speaking of the Big East, the same story I linked to above mentions that NBC Sports Network is offering the conference $20-23 million annually over six years. ESPN can match that offer, but will it? Knowing how much the Big East has been poached over the years, plus knowing the “Catholic 7″ will bolt in 2014, is the league still attractive? But ESPN could match to ensure NBCSN is shut out from the major conferences, if the Big East is still considered a major conference.
• I don’t know her name, but I enjoy the give-and-take, back-and-forth rivalry I have the Twitter account known as Har Journalist. She’s in Vancouver and has a blog devoted to sports with a slant towards the MLS’ Whitecaps. It’s a very good site and one that will keep you up to date on the Whitecaps. But I warn you, criticize her Canucks at your own risk. I criticize the Canucks to rile Har Journalist and she always replies in kind. It’s all in good fun.

Those are your sports media thoughts.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 14, 12/01/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from the SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Championship Saturday — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Big Ten Football Championship Pregame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Saturday — Fox, 7:30 p.m.
Big Ten Football Championship Game — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.
Inside College Football: Championship Saturday Special — CBS Sports Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, midnight

ACC Championship, Charlotte, NC
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech — ESPN, 8 p.m. (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, IN
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin — Fox, 8 p.m. (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria/Petros Papadakis)

Conference USA Championship
Central Florida at Tulsa — ESPN2/ESPN 3D, noon (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)

SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA
Alabama vs. Georgia — CBS, 4 p.m. (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)

noon
Oklahoma at TCU — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shannon Spake)

Oklahoma State at Baylor — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Darius Walker)

2:30 p.m.
Kansas at West Virginia — Fox Sports Net (national)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain)/WLVI/WMCN/KICU/Fox College Sports Central (Steve Physioc/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)

Nicholls State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

3:30 p.m.
Boise State at Nevada — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Cincinnati at UConn — ABC (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)

7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at South Florida — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Quint Kessenich)

8 p.m.
Texas at Kansas State — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 14 Including Announcing Assignments

For the second straight year, Fox Sports has a double conference championship game weekend. And once again, Gus Johnson and Charles Davis will pull the double, calling the Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday in Palo Alto, CA and then taking the red eye east to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship Game to call that game on Saturday. Fox will use Julie Alexandria and Petros Papadakis on the sidelines for both games.

Fox also has two Big 12 games on FX and Fox Sports Net at noon and at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday.

We have the games that will be aired on the Fox Sports Media Group for the final week of college football before we get to the Bowl games.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
November 30-December 1
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Friday, November 30	8:00 PM	Pac-12 Championship Game: UCLA at Stanford	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria/Petros Papadakis
Saturday, December 1	8:00 PM	B1G Championships Game (from Lucas Oil Stadium): Wisconsin vs. Nebraska	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria/Petros Papadakis
Saturday, December 1	12:00 PM	Oklahoma St. at Baylor	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Darius Walker
Saturday, December 1	2:30 PM	Kansas at West Virginia	FSN (National)	Steve Physioc	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox

There you have it.

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)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 13 Including Announcing Assignments

Now to Fox Sports and what it will air this weekend. Lots of games and platforms. Check it out.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
November 23-24

All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Friday, November 23	3:30 PM	Washington at Washington St.	FOX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Friday, November 23	3:00 PM	Utah at Colorado	FX	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, November 24	2:30 PM	Baylor vs. Texas Tech (from Cowboys Stadium)	FOX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, November 24	6:30 PM	Stanford at UCLA	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, November 24	12:00 PM	Illinois at Northwestern	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Jon Jansen
Saturday, November 24	12:00 PM	Indiana at Purdue	BTN	Josh Lewin	Chris Martin	J Leman
Saturday, November 24	12:00 PM	UAB at UCF	FSN (National)	Mike Gleason	Gary Reasons	Leslie McCaslin
Saturday, November 24	12:00 PM	Tulsa at SMU	FX	Steve Physioc	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, November 24	3:00 PM	Maryland at North Carolina	FS South	Rich Waltz	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, November 24	3:30 PM	Michigan State at Minnesota	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Glen Mason	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, November 24	3:30 PM	Tulane at Houston	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, November 24	7:00 PM	Rice at UTEP	FCS Atlantic	Joel Meyers	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin

That’s going to do it.

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)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 12 Including Announcing Assignments

Ok, we have the college football games that will be seen on the Fox Sports platforms this Saturday. Quite a few. Check them out.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
November 17
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, November 17	3:00 PM	USC at UCLA	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, November 17	7:00 PM	Oklahoma at West Virginia	FOX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, November 17	12:00 PM	Indiana at Penn State	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	J Leman
Saturday, November 17	12:00 PM	Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay	FCS Pacific	Bob Belvin	Kevin Ingram
Saturday, November 17	12:00 PM	UCF at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Gleason	Dave Lapham	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, November 17	1:00 PM	Lehigh at Lafayette	FCS Atlantic	Steve Degler	Mike Yadush	Troy Hein
Saturday, November 17	1:30 PM	Washington at Colorado	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, November 17	3:00 PM	South Florida at Miami	FS South	Rich Waltz	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, November 17	3:30 PM	Minnesota at Nebraska	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Jon Jansen
Saturday, November 17	3:30 PM	Purdue at Illinois	BTN	Tim Neverett	Glen Mason	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, November 17	3:30 PM	Texas Tech at Oklahoma St.	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, November 17	6:00 PM	Cal Poly at Northern Arizona	FCS Pacific	Mitch Strohman	Kevin Stephens	Reggie Eccleston
Saturday, November 17	7:00 PM	Iowa St. at Kansas	FSN (National)	Steve Physioc	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman

That will do it.

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)

UFC on Fox Announces 2013 Broadcast Schedule

The Ultimate Fighting Championship and the Fox Sports Media Group have announced their broadcast schedule for the upcoming year. There will be four UFC on Fox events, the first one in 2013 to be held in January in Chicago. The other UFC on Fox events take place in April, July and December.

In addition to the Fox cards, there will be several live events on FX and Fuel throughout the year.

And let us not forget another season of The Ultimate Fighter on FX which premieres in January.

Here’s the UFC on Fox press release and a look at some of the schedule highlights for 2013. Check it all out.

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP^® AND FOX SPORTS ANNOUNCE  2013 UFC^® ON FOX NETWORK BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Plus, Highlights from FX and FUEL TV and Pay-Per-View Schedule, including JONES vs. SONNEN, a Championship Fight at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Las Vegas, Nev. – The Ultimate Fighting Championship^® (UFC^®) and FOX Sports gear up for an exciting new year of UFC coverage by unveiling the 2013 UFC^® on FOX broadcast schedule featuring four live events on FOX. Next year, UFC^® on FOX kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the United Center in Chicago, with additional events planned on April 20, July 27 and Dec. 14.

Other highlights from the 2013 FX, FUEL TV and Pay-Per-View schedule include UFC^®: JONES vs. SONNEN, which will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, April 27. Charismatic star Chael Sonnen will get a shot at UFC champion Jon Jones’ light heavyweight title on April 27 after the two serve as coaches opposite each other on Season 17 of The Ultimate Fighter^®, which will debut in January 2013 on FX.

“2013 is shaping up to be a huge year for the UFC and we can’t wait to bring more great fights to FOX!” said UFC President Dana White. “We’re going to continue to take the UFC all over the world putting on the biggest and best fights. FOX is an amazing broadcast partner and we’re going to do some big things next year.”

UFC 2013 Schedule Highlights:

Date	Location	Event
Saturday, Jan. 19	Brazil	UFC on FX: BELFORT vs. BISPING
Saturday, Jan. 26	United Center, Chicago, Ill.	UFC on FOX
Saturday, Feb. 2	Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev.	UFC 156: ALDO vs. EDGAR**
Saturday, Feb. 16	International Event	UFC on FUEL TV
Saturday, April 20	City to be announced	UFC on FOX
Saturday, April 27	Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.	UFC: JONES vs. SONNEN**
Saturday, July 27	City to be announced	UFC on FOX
Saturday, Dec. 14	City to be announced	UFC on FOX

*Please note this is not the full 2013 schedule. Additional FX, FUEL TV and Pay-Per-View events and on-sale dates will be announced at a later time. For more information, visit www.ufc.com/schedule. 

**Live on Pay-Per-View

And we’re done here.

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)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 9 Including Announcing Assignments

The Fox Sports Media Group will be distributing 12 college football games on Saturday on its various platforms. Because of the World Series, Fox will have one game at 3:30 p.m. ET, Texas Tech at Kansas State.

Big Ten Network will have an afternoon doubleheader with games at noon and 3:30 p.m.

There are a couple of holes where announcers should be. I should get an update later in the week in time for the College Football Viewing Picks.

Here’s the listing of games for Saturday on Fox Sports.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 27
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Texas Tech at K-State	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Indiana at Illinois	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky	FCS Atlantic	TBD	TBD	TBD
Saturday, Oct. 27	12:00 PM	Texas at Kansas	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Dave Lapham	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Purdue at Minnesota	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:00 PM	BYU at Georgia Tech	FS South	Rich Waltz	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:00 PM	UCLA at Arizona St.	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Southern Illinois at North Dakota State	FCS Central	TBD	TBD	TBD
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	Navy at East Carolina	FCS Atlantic	Adam Alexander	Gary Reasons	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 27	3:30 PM	TCU at Oklahoma St.	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 27	7:00 PM	Baylor at Iowa St.	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 27	7:00 PM	UMass at Vanderbilt	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau

That will do it.

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)

Fox Sports’ College Football Games For Week 8 Including Announcing Assignments

Let’s go to what college football games Fox Sports Media Group will air this week. It all begins tonight on Fox Sports Net with Houston at SMU.

Fox airs a doubleheader on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET. Check out all of the games below.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 18 & 20
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Thursday, Oct. 18	8:00 PM	Houston at SMU	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Dave Lapham	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:00 PM	Stanford at Cal	FOX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	K-State at West Virginia	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 20	12:00 PM	Tennessee State at Jacksonville State	FCS Pacific	Bob Belvin	Kevin Ingram
Saturday, Oct. 20	12:00 PM	Iowa St. at Oklahoma St.	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:00 PM	Boston College at Georgia Tech	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:30 PM	Michigan State at Michigan	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 20	3:30 PM	Rice at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	East Carolina at UAB	FCS Atlantic	Steve Physioc	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	Kansas at Oklahoma	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 20	7:00 PM	Georgia at Kentucky	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Oct. 20	8:00 PM	Penn State at Iowa	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Jon Jansen

That’s it.

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

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 7 Including Announcing Assignments

We have the college football games on Fox Sports’ family of channels this week. Take a look at what we have.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 11 & 13
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Thursday, Oct. 11	8:00 PM	UTEP at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:00 PM	Utah at UCLA	FOX/FOX Deportes	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	USC at Washington	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	Wisconsin at Purdue	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	UAB at Houston	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Oct. 13	Noon	K-State at Iowa State	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 13	2:00 PM	Lindsey Wilson at Campbellsville	FCS Atlantic	Jim Tirey	Brian Rive
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:00 PM	Maryland at Virginia	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:30 PM	UTSA at Rice	FCS Pacific	Adam Alexander	Dave Lapham	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 13	3:30 PM	Oklahoma State at Kansas	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	TCU at Baylor	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 13	7:00 PM	Kentucky at Arkansas	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Oct. 13	8:00 PM	Ohio State at Indiana	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman

That’s all.

What is Fox Sports 1? How Does It Affect You?

As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will be the subject of a sports media thoughts post this week.

Sometime over the next two years, Fox Sports will announce that the sometimes all-motorsports, sometimes reality channel SPEED will be converted to an all-sports channel that will air MLB, Big 12 and Pac-12 sports, MMA, some NASCAR and anything else it can its hands on. You’re seeing a little bit of this through Fox’s increased sports programming on FX. Two Saturdays ago, FX had a college football doubleheader followed by a UFC on FX Fight Night.

Imagine that next year on the new SPEED which will in all likelihood be rebranded as Fox Sports 1. Why Fox Sports 1? Because it will be part of a company rebranding of Fox’s other sports channels, Fox Soccer and Fuel as Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3, respectively. And there is precedence for this. Fox’s Australian channels are called Fox Sports 1, 2 and 3. Each channel serves to carry certain sports and big events like the Olympics or the Australian Open.

For American sports fans, expect the sports properties to line up as follows once the rebranding takes shape:

FOX SPORTS 1 (FORMERLY SPEED)

• College Basketball (Big 12 & Pac-12)
• College Football (Big 12 & Pac-12)
• English Premier League (Survival Sunday)
• Mixed Martial Arts (UFC)
• MLB
• NASCAR
• UEFA Champions League
• World Cup Soccer

FOX SPORTS 2/FOX SPORTS 2 PLUS (FORMERLY FOX SOCCER/FOX SOCCER PLUS)

• English Premier League
• Scottish Premier League
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Europa League
• Australian Rules Football
• Rugby

FOX SPORTS 3 (FORMERLY FUEL)

• Extreme Sports
• Australian Rules Football
• Mixed Martial Arts (UFC)

Fox has already signed for 40 MLB games on Fox Sports 1, taking 14 games away from its over the air package and another 13 away from TBS to form the new slate of games on cable. In addition, the new cable channel will air some League Division Series games starting in 2014.

Fox is about to announce a renewal of its NASCAR rights and expect part of its current schedule of 13 races in the early portion of the Sprint Cup calendar to migrate to Fox Sports 1. If Fox keeps the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the races could be split among Fox Sports 1 and 3.

And if Fox manages to hold off Al Jazeera’s expected bid for the US rights to English Premier League games, perhaps Fox Sports 1 could gain a package of early Saturday or Sunday morning matches with the rest going to Fox Sports 2.

There are a lot of possibilities for the Fox Sports channels. It could also be in very good position to gain NBA games when the new set of packages go to bid in 2014. And let us not forget about a potential 8 game Thursday Night NFL package that could cover the first half of the regular beginning in 2014 that Fox would certainly be interested in.

It was thought that NBC was positioning itself to challenge ESPN’s supremacy, but with its acquiring of MLB, NASCAR and college sports plus the World Cup in 2015, Fox just might have leap frogged ahead of the Peacock as ESPN’s main opponent.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 6, 10/06/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

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

11:30 a.m.
Navy at Air Force — CBS (Spero Dedes/Steve Beuerlein/Otis Livingston)

noon
South Florida at Temple — Big East Network (Eamon McEnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

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

Boston College at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Tommy Busterud)

Northwestern at Penn State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Arkansas at Auburn — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Tom Luginbill)
UConn at Rutgers — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Buffalo at Ohio — ESPN Plus/ESPN3 (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Kansas at Kansas State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Boise State at Southern Mississippi — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Albany at Bryant — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Cox Sports RI/Time Warner Cable Albany (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)

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

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

1 p.m.
Towson at James Madison — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Anthony Herron/Carolyn Manno)

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

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

LSU at Florida — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
Tulsa at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Doug Chapman/Tammy Blackburn)

Maine at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet (California/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England/Northwest/Philadelphia)

Georgia Tech at Clemson — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Wake Forest at Maryland — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Iowa State at TCU — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Pacific/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Morgan/Laura McKeeman)

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

4 p.m.
Michigan at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

6 p.m.
Washington State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
North Texas at Houston — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Chicago/Houston/Mid-Atlantic)

Georgia at South Carolina — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)
Texas A&M at Mississippi — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Angela Mallen)
UNLV at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus/ESPN3 (Trey Bender/Jay Taylor)

West Virginia at Texas — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)
Vanderbilt at Missouri — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Rice at Memphis — Fox College Sports Central (Steve Physioc/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

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

7:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) vs. Notre Dame in Chicago, IL — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)

8 p.m.
Nebraska at Ohio State — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

Hawaii at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Todd Christensen/Lauren Gardner)

Florida State at North Carolina State — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Shelley Smith)

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

10:30 p.m.
Washington at Oregon — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Lewis Johnson)
Southern at Alcorn State — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same day coverage)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 6 Including Announcing Assignments

We have the Fox Sports family of networks college football games for this weekend and even next Thursday. Fox has a day-night doubleheader. Big Ten Network has two games at noon and 4 p.m. ET. FX has a single game at noon. Let’s take a look at what the Fox networks have in store for college football fans below.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
October 6 & 11
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:00 PM	Arizona at Stanford	FOX/FOX Deportes	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	West Virginia at Texas	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Michigan St. at Indiana	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Albany at Bryant	FCS Atlantic	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Boise St. at Southern Miss	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Oct. 6	12:00 PM	Kansas at K-State	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:00 PM	Virginia at Duke	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Oct. 6	3:30 PM	Iowa St. at TCU	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Oct. 6	4:00 PM	Michigan at Purdue	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	Rice at Memphis	FCS Central	Steve Physioc	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Oct. 6	7:00 PM	Vanderbilt at Missouri	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Thursday, Oct. 11	8:00 PM	UTEP at Tulsa	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman

That will do it.

Fox Sports Announces Pac-12 College Football Doubleheader on October 13

This and next Saturday, Fox Sports will have a college football doubleheader, one game at 3:30 p.m. ET and another at 7:50 p.m. ET. This week, Fox will have Arizona at Stanford at 3 p.m. followed by West Virginia at Texas in the nightcap.

Next Saturday, Fox has its first ever Pac-12 doubleheader with Utah at UCLA in the afternoon with USC at Washington in primeitme.

Other games of note, FX has Kansas at Kansas State this Saturday at noon and Kansas State at Iowa State the following Saturday at noon.

More games will be filled when they become available from Fox Sports Media Group. Here’s what we have for now.

USC & WASHINGTON MEET IN TOP 25 PRIMETIME BATTLE ON FOX

Network Pac-12 Doubleheader on Oct. 13 Begins with No. 25 UCLA Hosting Utah at 3 PM ET; Followed by No. 13 Trojans at No. 23 Huskies at 7 PM ET

New York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group today unveiled the matchups slated for FOX, FX, FSN FCS & FOX Deportes on Saturday, Oct. 13.

FOX Sports presents a Pac-12 clash from Pasadena when Utah visits No. 25 UCLA at 3:00 PM ET. Veteran college football play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack, college football analyst and former University of Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt and sideline analyst and former USC fullback Petros Papadakis call the action from The Rose Bowl. At 7:00 PM ET, two Top 25 Pac-12 teams battle on FOX in primetime when No. 13 USC Trojans travel to Seattle to take on No. 23 Washington Huskies. Play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, one of sports television’s most enthusiastic voices and analyst Charles Davis, a former Tennessee standout and reporter Julie Alexandria have the call from CenturyLink Field.

The FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame show gets the network coverage started at 2:30 PM ET. Host Erin Andrews along with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington bring fans analysis and highlights of all the day’s action.

On FX, No. 7 Kansas State and Iowa State meet at 12:00 PM ET while on FSN, UAB takes on Houston. At 3:30 PM ET on FSN, Oklahoma State visits Kansas and on FCS UTSA takes on Rice. At 7:00 PM ET, FSN presents No. 15 TCU in a Big 12 battle at Baylor.

Below is the schedule for the next two weekends on the FSMG networks. The remainder of the schedule will be announced as the season progresses.

FSMG COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE – UPDATED 10/1/12
ALL TIMES EASTERN

Saturday, October 6

12:00 PM — Kansas at Kansas State, Big 12: FX
12:00 PM — Boise State at Southern Mississippi, C-USA: FSN
3:00 PM — Arizona at Stanford, Pac-12: FOX / FOX Deportes
3:30 PM — Iowa State at TCU, Big 12: FSN
7:00 PM — Rice at Memphis, C-USA: FCS
7:00 PM — West Virginia at Texas, Big 12: FOX

Thursday, October 11

8:00 PM — UTEP at Tulsa, C-USA: FSN

Saturday, October 13

12:00 PM — Kansas State at Iowa State, Big 12: FX
12:00 PM — UAB at Houston, C-USA: FSN
3:00 PM — Utah at UCLA, Pac-12, FOX/FOX Deportes
3:30 PM — Oklahoma State at Kansas, Big 12: FSN
3:30 PM — UTSA at Rice, C-USA: FCS
7:00 PM — TCU at Baylor, Big 12: FSN
7:00 PM — USC at Washington, Pac-12: FOX/FOX Deportes

That’s all for now.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 5, 09/29/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from East Lansing, MI — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon
College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Gamebreak 2012 — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 6;30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

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

Indiana at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Jon Janesen)

Stony Brook at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Cadet Linc Bradham)

Penn State at Illinois — ESPN/ESPN3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Minnesota at Iowa — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
NC State at Miami (Florida) — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
Ball State at Kent State — ESPN Plus/CSS (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Baylor at West Virginia — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Missouri at Central Florida — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)
Middle Tennessee State at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Mike Hogewood/Riley Skinner/Elizabeth Moreau)
Central Connecticut Stat at Sacred Heart — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)
Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee-Martin — Fox College Sports Pacific (Kevin Ingram/Bob Belvin)

Penn at Dartmouth — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

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

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

2 p.m.
Nevada at Texas State — Longhorn Network (Dave Armstrong/Kelly Stouffer)

3:15 p.m.
Marshall at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/J Leman)

3:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Michigan State — ABC (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)

Tennessee at Georgia — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
San Jose State at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Grant Boone/Todd Christensen/Sheehan Stanwick Burch)

Clemson at Boston College — ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati at Landover, MD — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)
URI at Bowling Green — ESPN3 (Greg Franke/Tom Cole)

Houston vs. Rice (at Reliant Stadium) — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WMCN/WDCA/KICU (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
Idaho at North Carolina — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)
West Chester at California (PA) — Fox College Sports Pacific (Stan Savern/John Sanders)

Atlanta Football Classic
Florida A&M vs. Southern — NBC Sports Network (James Verrett/Anthony Herron/Rashan Ali)

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

4 p.m.
Arizona State at Cal — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

6 p.m.
Florida State at South Florida — ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)

UCLA at Colorado — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Georgia State at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/CSS

South Carolina at Kentucky — ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
Towson at LSU — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

TCU at SMU — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Texas Tech at Iowa State — Fox College Sports Central (Mike Gleason/Dave Lapham/Lesley McCaslin)

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

7:50 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma State — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

8 p.m.
Wisconsin at Nebraska — ABC (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

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

9:15 p.m.
Mississippi at Alabama — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Jessica Mendoza)

10 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

10:30 p.m.
Oregon vs. Washington State at Seattle, WA — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Shelley Smith)
Grambling State at Alabama A&M — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker) (same night coverage)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 5 Including Announcing Assignments

Let’s take a look at the college football game with announcing assignments on the Fox Sports Media Group. Overall, 15 games aired either on Big Ten Network, Fox, FX, Fox College Sports and Fox Sports Net.

Take a look at what the networks will have in conferences ranging from the Big Ten, Big 12, C-USA, Pac-12 and others.

Check it out.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
September 29
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

<tdOUTLETPlay by PlayAnalystSideline

DATE	TIME	GAME
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:30 PM	Texas at Oklahoma St.	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Indiana at Northwestern	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Jon Jansen
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	CCSU at Sacred Heart	FCS Atlantic	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Eastern Kentucky at UT-Martin	FCS Pacific	Kevin Ingram	Bob Belvin
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Middle Tennessee State at Georgia Tech	FS South	Mike Hogewood	Riley Skinner	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Missouri at UCF	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 29	12:00 PM	Baylor at West Virginia	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:15 PM	Marshall at Purdue	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	J Leman
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	West Chester at California University (PA)	FCS Pacific	Stan Savern	John Sanders
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	Idaho at North Carolina	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 29	3:30 PM	Houston vs. Rice (from Reliant Stadium)	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Sept. 29	4:00 PM	Arizona St. at Cal	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 29	6:30 PM	Portland State at Northern Arizona	FCS Pacific	Mitch Strohman	Kevin Stephens	Reggie Eccleston
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:00 PM	Texas Tech at Iowa St.	FCS Central	Mike Gleason	Dave Lapham	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 29	7:00 PM	TCU at SMU	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox

That’s it.

Fox Sports Announces College Football Games For October 6

We have the college football games that Fox Sports Media Group will air over the next couple of weeks. Next Saturday, Fox Sports will have its first ever doubleheader as MLB takes the week off. At 3:30 p.m. on October 6, Fox will be in the Pac-12 with Arizona at Stanford and that will be followed by a Big 12 game, West Virginia’s first visit to Texas at 7:50 p.m.

This Saturday, Fox’s primetime game will be Texas at Oklahoma State.

So let’s see what the Fox networks will show on Fox, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports Net and FX over the next two Saturdays.

And that will do us for now.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 4, 09/22/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Tallahassee, 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 Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Central Michigan at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Danan Hughes/Tom Helmer)
UAB at Ohio State — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)

Lafayette at Bucknell — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook)

New Hampshire at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/New England/Philadelphia)
Furman at Presbyterian — CSS

Virginia at TCU — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
UTEP at Wisconsin — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Bowling Green at Virginia Tech — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)
UMass at Miami (OH) — ESPN Plus (Michael Reghi/Doug Graber)

Maryland at West Virginia — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Mississippi at Tulane — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

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

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

1 p.m.
Yale at Cornell — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Blaine Fowler/Kelli Johnson)

3 p.m.
Miami at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

3:30 p.m.
Oregon State at UCLA — ABC/ESPN2 (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Quint Kessenich)
Temple at Penn State — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)

Eastern Michigan at Michigan State — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/Rebecca Haarlow)
Idaho State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Kelly Stouffer/Damon Benning)
South Dakota at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Jon Jansen/Evan Fitzgerald)

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

Villanova at Penn — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
Marshall at Rice — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid-Atlantic Plus)

East Carolina at North Carolina — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Indiana (PA) at California (PA) — Fox College Sports Pacific (Stan Savern/John Sanders)

4 p.m.
Colorado at Washington State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

4:30 p.m.
Harvard at Brown — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

South Florida at Ball State — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz/Infante)

6 p.m.
Cal at USC — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)

7 p.m.
Delaware at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)

LSU at Auburn — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Rutgers at Arkansas — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

Lehigh at Liberty — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Steve Degler/Mike Yadush)
Wagner at Central Connecticut State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Paul Dottino/Steve Levy)
South Carolina State at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)

7:30 p.m.
Akron at Tennessee — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering/Angela Mallen)

Kansas State at Oklahoma — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

Michigan at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)

7:45 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Georgia — ESPN2 (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Maria Taylor)

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

Louisiana Tech at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/J Leman/Tony Banks)
Syracuse at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Matt Shephard/Chris Martin/Jay Wilson)

Fresno State at Tulsa — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

10 p.m.
Utah at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

10:30 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon State — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shelley Smith)

Nevada at Hawai’i — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 4 Including Announcing Assignments

Ok, let’s bring you the college football games on Fox Sports’ networks. Overall, there will be 16 games spanning Big Ten Network to Fox College Sports to FX to Fox Sports Net to Fox Sports itself.

Fox has its first primetime Big 12 game with Kansas State at Oklahoma with Gus Johnson, Charles Davis and Julie Alexandria on the call.

FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader. Fox Sports Net has one national Conference USA game at noon ET.

Let’s take a look at what we have for you.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule

September 22
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:30 PM	K-State at Oklahoma	FOX/FOX Deportes	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	UAB at Ohio St.	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Central Michigan at Iowa	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Danan Hughes	Tom Helmer
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Ole Miss at Tulane	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 22	12:00 PM	Maryland at West Virginia	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:00 PM	Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Eastern Michigan at Michigan State	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Idaho State at Nebraska	BTN	Tom Werme	Kelly Stouffer	Damon Benning
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	South Dakota at Northwestern	BTN	Wayne Larrivee	Jon Jansen	Evan Fitzgerald
Saturday, Sept. 22	3:30 PM	Indiana Uni. (PA) at California Uni. (PA)	FCS Pacific	Stan Savern	John Sanders
Saturday, Sept. 22	4:00 PM	Colorado at Washington St.	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	Lehigh at Liberty	FCS Atlantic	Steve Degler	Mike Yadush
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	Wagner at CCSU	FCS Pacific	Paul Dottino	Steve Levy
Saturday, Sept. 22	7:00 PM	South Carolina St. at Texas A&M	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 22	8:00 PM	Syracuse at Minnesota	BTN	Matt Shepard	Chris Martin	Jay Wilson
Saturday, Sept. 22	8:00 PM	Louisiana Tech at Illinois	BTN	Chris Denari	J Leman	Tony Bank

That’s going to do it for this post.

Fox Sports Goes Big 12 in Primetime

Fox Sports has announced its college football plans for the next couple of weeks. Its primetime games for this Saturday and next Saturday will be in the Big 12. And next Saturday, September 29 will mark its first visit to Stillwater, Oklahoma for the Texas-Oklahoma State game.

That follows this week’s Kansas State at Oklahoma game so Fox is embracing the Big 12 in a big way.

Here’s Fox’s schedule for the next couple of weekends on its various networks.

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA STATE BATTLE GOES PRIMETIME ON FOX

Longhorns & Cowboys Play Their Big 12 Conference Opener Sept. 29
Doubleheader on FX Action Includes No. 8 West Virginia Hosting Baylor

New York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group today unveiled the matchups slated for FOX, FX, FSN & FCS on Saturday, Sept. 29.

FOX Sports presents the Texas/Oklahoma State game in primetime from Stillwater, OK. The FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame show, hosted by Erin Andrews with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington, begins coverage at 7:00 PM ET with kickoff slated for 7:50 PM ET. Texas is currently No. 12 in the latest AP poll and makes their first trip to Boone Pickens Stadium since 2009.

On FX, doubleheader coverage includes Baylor traveling to West Virginia at 12:00 PM ET. At 4:00 PM ET, Arizona State meets California in a Pac-12 matchup.

Below is the schedule for the next two weekends on the FSMG networks. The remainder of the schedule will be announced as the season progresses.

FSMG COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE – UPDATED 9/17/12
ALL TIMES EASTERN

Saturday, September 22

12:00 PM — Maryland at West Virginia, Big 12, FX
12:00 PM — Ole Miss at Tulane, C-USA, FSN
4:00 PM — Colorado at Washington State, Pac-12, FX
7:30 PM — Kansas State at Oklahoma, Big 12, FOX/FOX Deportes

Saturday, September 29

12:00 PM — Missouri at UCF, C-USA, FSN
12:00 PM — Baylor at West Virginia, Big 12, FX
3:30 PM — Houston vs. Rice (from Reliant Stadium), C-USA, FSN
4:00 PM — Arizona State at California, Pac-12, FX
7:00 PM — TCU at SMU, C-USA, FSN
7:00 PM — Texas Tech at Iowa State, Big 12, FCS
7:30 PM — Texas at Oklahoma State, Big 12, FOX/FOX Deportes

That’s all.

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 3, 09/16/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame and Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Knoxville, TN — 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.
BTN Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

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

Charleston Southern at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Matt Shepard/J Leman/Tony Banks)
Eastern Michigan at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Rebecca Haarlow)
Western Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Justin Cozemius/Stacy Paetz)

Northern Illinois at Army — CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden/Randy Cross/Army Cadet Brad Strimel)

Wake Forest at Florida State — ESPN (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Arkansas State at Nebraska — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

TCU at Kansas — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU (Joel Myers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)

William & Mary at Towson — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

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

12:30 p.m.
UConn at Maryland — ACC Network

Presbyterian at Vanderbilt — CSS (Dave Neal/Cole Cubelic)

3 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Oregon — Pac 12 Netowrk (Kevin Calabro/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

3:30 p.m.
Navy at Penn State — ABC/ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/Jeannine Edwards)
North Carolina at Louisville — ABC/ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kannell/Maria Taylor)

Boston College at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Josh Lewin/Josh Jansen/Evan Fitzgerald)
UMass at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)
Northern Iowa at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Danan Hughes/Damon Benning)

Alabama at Arkansas — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Gary Danielson/Tracy Wolfson)
East Carolina at Southern Mississippi — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook/Evan Washburn)

URI at Villanova — Comcast SportsNet (California/Mid-Atlantic Plus/New England/Philadelphia)

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

Texas A&M at SMU — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WDCA/WLVI/KICU (Ron Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purcell)

4 p.m.
Stony Brook at Syracuse — Big East Network

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

Boise State at Miami (OH) — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

6 p.m.
Florida at Tennessee — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)

7 p.m.
Arizona State at Missouri — ESPN (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Shelley Smith)
Western Kentucky at Kentucky — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

North Texas at Kansas State — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Morgan/JC Pearson/Laura McKeeman)
UAB at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Sam Houston State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central (Steve Physioc/Gary Reasons/Emily Jones)
New Mexico State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific (Mike Gleason/Ben Leber/Lesley McCaslin)

7:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Georgia — CSS (Matt Stewart/Chris Doering)

USC at Stanford — Fox, 7:50 p.m. (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

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

Ball State at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Chris Denari/Kelly Stouffer/Antwaan Randle El)
Utah State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/Jay Wilson)

Colorado at Fresno State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

9:15 p.m.
Texas at Mississippi — ESPN (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

10 p.m.
BYU at Utah — ESPN2 (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley/Paul Carcaterra)

10:30 p.m.
Howard at Norfolk State — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Jay Walker)

Houston at UCLA — Pac 12 Network (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)
South Carolina State at Arizona — Pac 12 Network Arizona (Dave Flemming/Coy Wire/Brook Oldenzam)

Fox Sports Media Group’s College Football Games For Week 3

Time for the Fox networks’ schedule of games on Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox College Sports and Big Ten Network.

Fox’s game in primetime will be in the Pac-12 with USC visiting the Stanford Cardinal. FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader starting at noon ET.

Big Ten Network has regional coverage of eight games spread out over a tripleheader at noon, 3:30 and 8 p.m. ET.

Fox Sports Net also has a tripleheader involving the Big 12 and Conference USA.

Lots of games and we also have the announcing assignments.

College Football on FOX Advance Programming Schedule
September 15
All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated

DATE	TIME	GAME	OUTLET	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:30 PM	USC at Stanford	FOX	Gus Johnson	Charles Davis	Julie Alexandria
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Western Michigan at Minnesota	BTN	Wayne Larrivee	Justin Cozemius	Stacy Paetz
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Charleston Southern at Illinois	BTN	Matt Shepard	J Leman	Tony Banks
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Eastern Michigan at Purdue	BTN	Kevin Kugler	Chris Martin	Rebecca Haarlow
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma St.	FSN (National)	Joel Meyers	Brian Baldinger	Jim Knox
Saturday, Sept. 15	12:00 PM	TCU at Kansas	FX	Justin Kutcher	Eric Crouch	Darius Walker
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Massachusetts at Michigan	BTN	Eric Collins	Derek Rackley	Lisa Byington
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Boston College at Northwestern	BTN	Josh Lewin	Jon Jansen	Evan Fitzgerald
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Northern Iowa at Iowa	BTN	Tom Werme	Danan Hughes	Damon Benning
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:30 PM	Texas A&M at SMU	FSN (National)	Ron Thulin	Shaun King	Desmond Purnell
Saturday, Sept. 15	3:00 PM	Furman at Clemson	FS South	Paul Kennedy	Keith Jones	Jenn Hildreth
Saturday, Sept. 15	4:00 PM	Portland State at Washington (from CenturyLink Field)	FX	Craig Bolerjack	Joel Klatt	Petros Papadakis
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	New Mexico at Texas Tech	FCS Pacific	Mike Gleason	Ben Leber	Lesley McCaslin
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	Sam Houston St. at Baylor	FCS Central	Steve Physioc	Gary Reasons	Emily Jones
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	North Texas at K-State	FSN (National)	Mike Morgan	JC Pearson	Laura McKeeman
Saturday, Sept. 15	7:00 PM	UAB at South Carolina	FS South	Bob Rathbun	Tim Couch	Elizabeth Moreau
Saturday, Sept. 15	8:00 PM	Utah State at Wisconsin	BTN	Matt Devlin	Glen Mason	Jay Wilson
Saturday, Sept. 15	8:00 PM	Ball State at Indiana	BTN	Chris Denari	Kelly Stouffer	Antwaan Randle El

That’s going to do it. We have another Fox Sports press release involving college sports coming up.

The Big 12 Makes Its Debut on Fox on September 22

After a steady diet of Pac-12 games in primetime in the first three weeks of the college football season, Fox will finally be able to show a Big 12 game on September 22 as its new contract with the conference kicks in.

Fox Sports announced today that it will air Kansas State at Oklahoma at 7:50 p.m. on September 22. This Saturday, Fox will be in the Pac-12 showing the traditional USC at Stanford rivalry game.

Also this Saturday, FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader with TCU-Kansas at noon ET followed by Portland State-Washington at 4.

Here are the other games that will be covered by the Fox Sports Media Group over the next two weeks.

BIG 12 FOOTBALL DEBUTS ON FOX WITH K-STATE/OKLAHOMA TOP 25 PRIMETIME SHOWDOWN

No. 15 Wildcats vs. No. 5 Sooners Marks First Big 12 Regular Season Matchup on the Broadcast Network
Maryland at West Virginia – Colorado at Washington State Doubleheader on FX

New York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group today unveiled the matchups slated for FOX and FX on Saturday, Sept. 22.

FOX Sports presents the University of Oklahoma/Kansas State game in primetime, the first ever Big 12 regular season game on the broadcast network. The FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame show, hosted by Erin Andrews with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington, begins coverage at 7:00 PM ET with kickoff from Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium slated for 7:50 PM ET. Oklahoma is currently tied at No. 5 in the latest AP poll. Kansas State is ranked No. 15 and faces North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 15 before heading to Norman.

On FX, doubleheader coverage includes West Virginia welcoming the Maryland Terrapins to Morgantown at 12:00 PM ET and at 4:00 PM, Colorado visits Mike Leach’s Washington State team in a Pac-12 matchup.

Below is the schedule for the next two weekends on the FSMG networks. The remainder of the schedule will be announced as the season progresses.

ALL TIMES EASTERN

Saturday, September 15
12:00 PM — TCU at Kansas, Big 12/FX
12:00 PM — Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma St, Big 12/FSN
3:30 PM — Texas A&M at SMU, C-USA/FSN
4:00 PM — Portland St. at Washington, Pac-12/FX
7:00 PM — North Texas at Kansas State, Big 12/FSN
7:00 PM — New Mexico at Texas Tech, Big 12/FCS
7:00 PM — Sam Houston St. at Baylor, Big 12/FCS
7:30 PM — USC at Stanford, Pac-12/FOX / FOX Deportes 

Saturday, September 22
12:00 PM — Maryland at West Virginia, Big 12/FX
12:00 PM — Ole Miss at Tulane, C-USA/FSN
4:00 PM — Colorado at Washington St, Pac-12/FX
7:30 PM — Kansas State at Oklahoma, Big 12/FOX / FOX Deportes

That’s it for this post.

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/08/12, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from College Station, TX — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m.
BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
SEC Tonight — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Fox College Saturday — Fox, 7 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

noon
Penn State at Virginia — ABC (Mike Patrick/Ed Cunningham/George Smith)

NC State at UConn — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/David Diaz-Infante/Paul Carcaterra)

New Hampshire at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin/Glen Mason/J Leman)

Auburn at Mississippi State — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dave Pasch/Brian Griese/Jenn Brown)
Central Florida at Ohio State — ESPN 2 (Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway/Lewis Johnson)
Maryland at Temple — ESPNU (Tom Hart/John Congemi)

Miami at Kansas State — FX (Justin Kutcher/Eric Crouch/Darius Walker)
Tulane at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic/WLVI/KICU (Rod Thulin/Shaun King/Desmond Purnell)

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

12:30 p.m.
Ball State at Clemson — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Weber State at BYU — BYU TV

North Carolina at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Paul Kennedy/Keith Jones/Jenn Hildreth)

Eastern Washington at Washington State — Pac 12 Network (Oregon & Washington) (Dwayne Ballen/Kelly Stouffer)
Sacramento State at Colorado — Pac 12 Network (Mountain) (Matt Smith/Jeremy Bloom)
Southern Utah at Cal — Pac 12 Network (National) (Rich Cellini/Gary Plummer/Erin Coscarelli)

3:30 p.m.
Air Force at Michigan — ABC/ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Danny Kanell/Maria Taylor)
USC vs. Syracuse at East Rutherford, NJ — ABC/ESPN (Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Shelley Smith)

Howard at Rutgers — Big East Network (Mike Corey/Rene Ingoglia)
Missouri State at Louisville — Big East Network

Iowa State at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Chris Martin/Chuck Long/Jon Jansen)

South Florida at Nevada — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Aaron Taylor/Lauren Gardner)

Florida at Texas A&M — ESPN (Brent Musburger/Kirk Herbstreit/Heather Cox)
Michigan State at Central Michigan — ESPNU (Anish Shroff/Dan Hawkins)

Rice at Kansas — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Central/WLVI/KICU/WDCA (Joel Meyers/Brian Baldinger/Jim Knox)
Carnegie Mellon at Allegheny College — Fox College Sports Atlantic (John Sanders/Ellis Cannon/Amanda McCall)

Purdue at Notre Dame — NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Delaware State at Delaware — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Ross Tucker/Carolyn Manno)

Western Kentucky at Alabama — SEC Network (Mike Morgan/Chris Doering/Jill Montgomery)

4 p.m.
Wisconsin at Oregon State — FX (Craig Bolerjack/Joel Klatt/Petros Papadakis)

6:30 p.m.
Fresno State at Oregon — Pac 12 Network (National) (Ted Robinson/Adam Archuleta/Yogi Roth)

7 p.m.
Washington at LSU — ESPN (Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge/Holly Rowe)
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Matt Stinchcomb/Allison Williams)

UTEP at Mississippi — Fox Sports Net (regional) (Bob Rathbun/Tim Couch/Elizabeth Moreau)
Western Carolina at Marshall — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Mike Gleason/Gary Reasons/Lesley McCaslin)
Grambling State at TCU — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox College Sports Pacific (Mark Followill/JC Pearson/Emily Jones)

7:30 p.m.
Kent State at Kentucky — CSS (Matt Stewart/Cole Cubelic/Angela Mallen)

Nebraska at UCLA — Fox (Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Julie Alexandria)

Army at San Diego State — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmeister/Rod Woodson/Anthony Herron)

7:45 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri — ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore/Matt Millen/Quint Kussenich)

8 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Derek Rackley/Lisa Byington)

Louisiana Tech at Houston — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Ron Zook/Evan Washburn)

New Mexico at Texas — Longhorn Network (Mark Neely/Ray Bentley/Kaylee Hartung)

10:30 p.m.
Illinois at Arizona State — ESPN (Mark Jones/Brock Huard/Jessica Mendoza)

Duke at Stanford — Pac 12 Network (Bay Area) (Dave Flemming/Coy Wire/Brooke Olzendam)
Oklahoma State at Arizona — Pac 12 Network (National) (Kevin Calabro/Glenn Parker/Ryan Nece)