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College football on ESPN kicks off Sept. 1

August 30, 2011 Ryan Berenz

The college football season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 1, featuring a prime-time matchup between the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., at 8pm ET on ESPN. The Badgers, ranked No. 10 in the USA Today preseason poll, are coming off a Rose Bowl loss to TCU, have high hopes that transfer quarterback Russell Wilson can be a playmaker in their run-first offense. Other opening-weekend highlights on the ESPN networks: A big early-season college football matchup between teams with national title hopes takes place Saturday (ABC, 8pm ET) at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, […]

ESPN’s Selection Sunday includes “The Fab Five” documentary

March 10, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz While CBS has the rights to air the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show that reveals the 68-team field for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the ESPN networks won’t be outdone on Selection Sunday. Coverage begins on Sunday, March 13, at 11am ET on ESPN2 as they countdown the hours to selection time on College GameDay. Once CBS has gone off air at 7pm ET, ESPN will examine the brackets and preview the teams and matchups on Bracketology Presented by Staples. Following the tournament selection coverage, ESPN airs The Fab Five, a two-hour documentary on Michiganplayers Juwan Howard, […]

ESPN BracketBusters: Who will wear the glass slipper this year?

February 18, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi This is the weekend when the have-nots get to prove what they really have. It’s an opportunity to show they belong in the big-boy conversations. And it’s a chance for college basketball fans across the country to get a sneak peak at the unheralded teams that will shatter March Madness office pools across the country. BracketBusters weekend is an ESPN-created event that gives mid-majors (teams outside the six “power” conferences) exposure to state their case nationally and — most importantly — to the committee that will be determining which 68 teams make the prestigious NCAA Tournament. Don’t […]

2010-11 college football bowl game TV schedule

December 14, 2010 Ryan Berenz

The parade of college football postseason games begins Saturday, Dec. 18 with the New Mexico Bowl on ESPN and continues through Jan. 10 with the BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon, also on ESPN. Here’s the complete lineup of bowl games: 2010-11 College Football Bowl Game TV Schedule All Times Eastern Time ET Bowl Game Site; Teams (TV network) Saturday, Dec. 18 2pm New Mexico Albuquerque; Brigham Young vs. UTEP (ESPN) 5:30pm uDrove Humanitarian Boise, Idaho; Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State (ESPN) 9pm R+L Carriers New Orleans New Orleans; Troy vs. Ohio (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 21 8pm Beef […]

College football kickoff weekend schedule on ESPN networks

September 3, 2009 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Prepared for some collegiate pigskin? There are 28 games over the next five days on all of ESPN/ABC’s TV, radio, web and mobile media properties. Fifteen of the top 25 teams are in action on ESPN networks this weekend, including No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 Mississippi. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU And ABC College Football Kickoff Week Schedule Sept. 3-7 Thursday, Sept. 3 South Carolina at N.C. State, 7pm ET, ESPN North Texas at Ball State, 7:30pm ET, ESPNU Oregon at Boise State, 10:15pm ET, ESPN