College GameDay Visits Oregon’s Campus for Ninth Time
The second week of the college football season will include 51 games across ESPN networks, highlighted by six of the top nine teams in the Associated Press poll plus No. 14 USC at No. 13 Stanford (Saturday, Sept. 6, at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC). Overall, ESPN networks will carry 16 of the top 25 ranked teams. Highlights for Saturday, Sept. 6:
- ESPN will televise a tripleheader of matchups with a ranked team in each game: No. 24 Missouri at Toledo at noon, No. 15 Ole Miss against Vanderbilt at 4:30 p.m. and No. 8 Ohio State against Virginia Tech at 8 p.m. ESPN3 will cover the Virginia Tech at Ohio State matchup from the SkyCam angle and use only the natural sounds in the stadium as part of a special ESPN3 Surround presentation.
- An ESPN2 prime time doubleheader will feature No. 5 Auburn against San Jose State at 7 p.m. and Colorado at Boise State at 10:15 p.m.
- SEC Network’s schedule will include three of the top 12 ranked teams: No. 2 Alabama against Florida Atlantic at noon, No. 9 Texas A&M against Lamar at 7:30 p.m. and No. 12 LSU against Sam Houston State at 7:30 p.m.
- ABC will provide a split national telecast of No. 4 Oklahoma at Tulsa and Akron at Penn State at noon with ESPN2 offering reverse mirror coverage of the games.
- ESPN3 will carry 25 games on Saturday, including No. 1 Florida State against The Citadel (7:30 p.m.), No. 23 Clemson against South Carolina State (12:30 p.m.) and No. 25 Louisville against Murray State (7 p.m.).
In addition to the Saturday schedule, ESPN will televise a Friday night doubleheader kicking off with an ACC showdown pitting Pittsburgh at Boston College at 7 p.m. followed by Washington State at Nevada at 10:30 p.m.
Video of Boston College coach Steve Addazio and Pitt coach Paul Chryst on playing Friday night games
ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday noon to midnight. Zubin Mehenti will host the coverage with analyst Pete Najarian.
Every ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network game will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast and Roku devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
College GameDay Visits Oregon’s Campus for Ninth Time
ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football’s longest running and most celebrated pregame show – will originate from Oregon’s campus in Eugene on Saturday, Sept. 6. The weekly three-hour Emmy Award-winning show (Saturday 9 a.m.-noon) will originate from Memorial Quad.
Hosted by Chris Fowler, the GameDay team consists of analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack with reporting by Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, Scott Van Pelt, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski.
College GameDay nuggets:
- GameDay’s visit to Eugene is the first time in which Oregon will be facing a non-conference opponent.
- Corso has picked the Ducks 15 times and Oregon is 11-4 in those games.
- This marks the ninth time GameDay has been at the site of a Michigan State game. The Spartans are 4-4 in the previous eight games.
- Corso has picked the Spartans twice – and been correct both times – including the Rose Bowl last year.
- Since the start of the 2009 season, GameDay has visited 14 Pac-12 on-campus games (this being the 14th). In the same span, GameDay has been to 16 SEC and 10 Big Ten sites (excluding Conference Championship, Bowl and neutral-site games).
- Saturday’s matchup marks the 79th time GameDay has been on campus for a game between top 10 teams.
- Corso has lost his week two pick each of the last two years – last year Michigan beat Notre Dame and in 2012, Florida topped Texas A&M.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game/Announcers | Network |
Thu, Sep 4 | 7 p.m. | Cheyney at Lincoln | ESPN3 * |
Fri, Sep 5 | 7 p.m. | Pittsburgh at Boston College Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
10:30 p.m. | Washington State at Nevada Mark Neely, Mike Bellotti & Shelley Smith |
ESPN | |
Sat, Sep 6 | Noon | No. 4 Oklahoma at Tulsa Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ABC & ESPN2 ** |
Akron at Penn State Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
Noon | No. 24 Missouri at Toledo Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
Noon | McNeese State at No. 19 Nebraska Adam Amin & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
Noon | Central Michigan at Purdue Eamon McAnaney & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNEWS | |
Noon | Florida Atlantic at No. 2 Alabama Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
Noon | Arkansas State at Tennessee Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network ^ | |
Noon | Stony Brook at Connecticut | ESPN3 * | |
12:30 p.m. | South Carolina State at No. 23 Clemson | ESPN3 * | |
1 p.m. | Navy at Temple Dave Leno & Ken Dunek |
ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | UAB at Mississippi State | ESPN3 * | |
2 p.m. | New Mexico State at Georgia State Charlie Neal & Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | South Alabama at Kent State Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Colorado at Massachusetts (Foxborough, Mass.) Bob Picozzi & Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | No. 14 USC at No. 13 Stanford Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
3:30 p.m. | Ball State at Iowa Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
3:30 p.m. | Ohio at Kentucky Clay Matvick & Anthony Becht |
ESPNU | |
3:30 p.m. | Richmond at Virginia Wayne Randazzo & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Virginia Military Institute at Bowling Green Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Tulane Joel Meyers & Brian Kinchen |
ESPNEWS | |
4 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Florida Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Heather Mitts |
SEC Network | |
4 p.m. | Nicholls State at Arkansas Matt Stewart, Cole Cubelic & Kayce Smith |
SEC Network ^ | |
4 p.m. | Liberty at Norfolk State | ESPN3 * | |
4:30 p.m. | No. 15 Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt (Nashville) Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
6 p.m. | Savannah State at Georgia Southern Kevin Corke & Peter Vaas |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Campbell at Appalachian State Ryan Rose & Mickey Matthews |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Old Dominion at NC State Roy Phillpot, George Wrighster & Angela Mallen |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Furman at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Lafayette at Sacred Heart | ESPN3 * | |
6:30 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest Dave Weekley & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | San Jose State at No. 5 Auburn Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN2 | |
7 p.m. | East Carolina at No. 21 South Carolina Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU | |
7 p.m. | Murray State at No. 25 Louisville Shawn Kenney, Darius Walker & Lindsay Patterson |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Florida A&M at Miami (Fla.) Drew Fellios, Forest Conoly & Tiffany Greene |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Idaho at Louisiana-Monroe Brock Bowling & Curtis Baham |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at Louisiana-Lafayette Dave Raymond & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Duke at Troy Trey Bender & Chad Brown |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at Kansas | ESPN3 * | |
7:30 p.m. | Sam Houston State at No. 12 LSU Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
7:30 p.m. | Lamar at No. 9 Texas A&M Dave Baker, Greg McElroy & Niki Noto |
SEC Network ^ | |
7:30 p.m. | The Citadel at No. 1 Florida State | ESPN3 * | |
7:30 p.m. | BYU at Texas Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
8 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 8 Ohio State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
8 p.m. | San Diego State at No. 21 North Carolina Mike Couzens & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
8 p.m. | Grambling at Houston Brett Dolan & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
10:15 p.m. | Colorado State at Boise State Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2 | |
10:15 p.m. | Air Force at Wyoming Mike Corey & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ Game will appear on SEC Network alternate channel; check local listings//www.secnetwork.com/channel for channel number
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