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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

More Big 12, err Big 10, Football Announced for ESPN

From ESPN -

Additional 2011 Big Ten College Football Telecasts Selected


ESPN has selected seven additional Big Ten Conference college football games for Saturday afternoon telecasts across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 during the 2011 season. More telecasts will be determined as the season progresses. Highlights:

The early selections include five games involving teams ranked in ESPN's College Football Live preseason top 25 poll. ABC will televise two of the matchups: Penn State against No. 2 Alabama of the SEC on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET and No. 13 Nebraska against Washington of the Pac-12 on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 3:30 p.m. (also on ESPN as part of a reverse mirror).

ESPN will televise the debut of two new head coaches Saturday, Sept. 3: No. 10 Ohio State and head coach Luke Fickell against Akron at noon on ESPN or ESPN2 and Michigan, led by Brady Hoke, against Western Michigan at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN2.

No. 14 Wisconsin will host Oregon State in the second meeting ever between the programs Saturday, Sept. 10, at noon on ESPN or ESPN2. Wisconsin won the first game in 1961.

A non-conference showdown pitting Iowa at Pittsburgh -- Saturday, Sept. 17, at noon on ESPN or ESPN2 -- will mark the fifth time the schools have played each other and the first since 2008. Pittsburgh has won three of the four previous games against Iowa, including in 2008.

ESPN or ESPN2 will televise defending Big Ten Conference co-champion No. 16 Michigan State against Florida Atlantic Saturday, Sept. 10, at noon.

Additional ESPN 2011 Big Ten Telecasts (additional selections will be announced):

Sat, Sep 3
Noon Akron at No. 10 Ohio State ESPN or ESPN2
3:30 p.m. Western Michigan at Michigan ABC and ESPN2 **

Sat, Sep 10
Noon Florida Atlantic at No. 16 Michigan State ESPN or ESPN2
Noon Oregon State at No. 14 Wisconsin ESPN or ESPN2
3:30 p.m. No. 2 Alabama at Penn State ABC

Sat, Sep 17
Noon Pittsburgh at Iowa ESPN or ESPN2
3:30 p.m. Washington at No. 13 Nebraska ABC and ESPN **


* Previously announced
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN or ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

ESPN adds ACC College Football Games

From ESPN -

ACC College Football Games Added to ESPN 2011 Schedule

ESPN has selected several 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college football games for telecasts across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com. The schedule to date includes every conference home game on an ESPN network for the first three weeks of the season, all of the Thursday night selections and concludes with the seventh annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game in prime time Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Additional games will be announced as the season progresses. Highlights:

The early selections include multiple games involving seven teams ranked in the College Football Live preseason top 25 poll: No. 6 Florida State and No. 19 Virginia Tech from the ACC as well as No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 7 Stanford, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 22 Auburn and No. 24 West Virginia.

ESPN networks will televise 16 conference home games over the first three Saturdays of the season, highlighted by:

Two prime-time matchups with four traditional power programs Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. or 8 p.m.: No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 6 Florida State (ESPN or ABC) and No. 10 Ohio State at Miami (ESPN or ABC).

Four ESPNU telecasts: Northwestern at Boston College (Sept. 3 at noon), Louisiana Monroe at No. 6 Florida State (Sept. 3 at 3:30 p.m.), No. 7 Stanford at Duke (Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m.) and Virginia at North Carolina (Sept 17 at 3:30 p.m.).

Nine games offered exclusively on ESPN3.com beginning with a season kick-off contest pitting Western Carolina at Georgia Tech on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday contests include Troy at Clemson (Sept. 3, at 3:30 p.m.), Richmond at Duke (Sept. 3 at 7 p.m.) and Charleston Southern at No. 6 Florida State (Sept. 10 at 6 p.m.).

An ESPN Labor Day prime-time telecast Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. will feature an early test for the league’s two newest coaches: Miami, led by Al Golden, at Maryland with its new coach, Randy Edsall.

ESPN’s popular Thursday night series -- ESPN College Football Primetime – will feature five telecasts involving ACC teams, including over four consecutive weeks from Oct. 27 to Nov. 17.

The 2011 season marks the first year of a new 12-year agreement between ESPN and the ACC for exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football and men’s basketball game, plus women’s basketball and Olympic sports matchups, and conference championships. As part of the agreement, ESPN platforms will offer regular-season action on Saturday afternoon and nights, primetime Thursdays, Labor Day Monday and the ACC Football Championship Game.

The 2011 ACC schedule (additional selections to be announced):
Thu, Sep 1
7:30 p.m. Western Carolina at Georgia Tech ESPN3.com

Sat, Sep 3
Noon Northwestern at Boston College ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Troy at Clemson ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. Louisiana Monroe at No. 6 Florida State ESPNU
6 p.m. Liberty at North Carolina State ESPN3.com
6 p.m. William & Mary at Virginia ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Richmond at Duke ESPN3.com

Mon, Sep 5
8 p.m. Miami at Maryland * ESPN

Sat, Sep 10
3:30 p.m. No. 7 Stanford at Duke ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Wofford at Clemson ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Charleston Southern at No. 6 Florida State ESPN3.com

Sat, Sep 17
Noon No. 22 Auburn at Clemson ABC
Noon No. 24 West Virginia at Maryland ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Virginia at North Carolina ESPNU
6 p.m. South Alabama at North Carolina State ESPN3.com
6:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest ESPN3.com
7:30 or 8 p.m. No. 10 Ohio State at Miami ESPN or ABC
7:30 or 8 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 6 Florida State ESPN or ABC

Thu, Sep 22
8 p.m. North Carolina State at Cincinnati * ESPN

Thu, Oct 27
8 p.m. Virginia at Miami * ESPN

Thu, Nov 3
8 p.m. No. 6 Florida State at Boston College * ESPN

Thu, Nov 10
8 p.m. No. 19 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech * ESPN

Thu, Nov 17
8 p.m. North Carolina at No. 19 Virginia Tech * ESPN

Fri, Nov 25
3:30 p.m. Boston College at Miami * ABC

Sat, Dec 3
8 p.m. Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game (from Charlotte) ESPN