College Football: 2012 Week 1

Thursday, August 30   Friday, August 31
ESPN 9 South Carolina @ Vanderbilt, 7:00
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack
  24 Boise State @ 13 Michigan State, 8:00
Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore
Washington State @ BYU, 10:15
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen
ESPN2  
ESPNU     N.C. State v. Tennessee, 7:30
(in Atlanta)
Dave Neal, Andre Ware
 
Pac-12
Networks
N Colorado @ Utah, 7:15
Kevin Calabro, Adam Archuleta
  San Jose State @ 21 Stanford, 10:00
Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker
N Arizona @ Arizona St, 10:30
Ron Pitts, Gary Plummer
 
CBSSN UCLA @ Rice, 7:30
Dave Ryan, Ron Zook
 
Minnesota @ UNLV, 11:00
James Bates, Aaron Taylor
 
 
Big E Ntwk
(stations)
Massachusetts @ Connecticut, 7:30
Bob Picozzi, David Diaz-Infante
(also ESPN3)
 
 
OTHERS Central Florida @ Akron, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Keith Morehouse, Je’rod Cherry
  Villanova @ Temple, 7:00
ESPN3.com:
Scott Graham, John Bunting
  Eastern Michigan @ Ball State, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Jim Barbar, Rocky Boiman
    Wagner @ Florida Atlantic, 8:00
ESPN3.com: Jared Schwartz, Forest Connolly
  SE Missouri State @ Central Michigan, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Dan Gutkowsky, Bob Chimel
     
  McNeese State @ Middle Tennessee, 7:30
ESPN3.com:
     
 

Southern Utah @ Utah State, 8:00
KMYU
/ESPN3: Mychal Clanton, Kevin White

     
  Sacramento State @ New Mexico State, 8:00
AggieVision/Altitude
/ESPN3Glen Cerny, Danny Knee
     
  Eastern Washington @ Idaho, 9:00
ESPN3.com: Trey Bender, Jay Taylor
     


Saturday, September 1

EARLY AFTERNOON LATE AFTERNOON
ABC
(maps)
Miami @ Boston College, 3:30
Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell
Southern Miss @ 17 Nebraska, 3:30
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham
ESPN Ohio @ Penn State, 12:00
Dave Pasch, Bob Griese
Bowling Green @ 23 Florida, 3:30
Mark Jones, Brock Huard
ESPN2 Northwestern @ Syracuse, 12:00
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway
(reverse of ABC)
ESPNU Western Michigan @ Illinois, 12:00
Anish Shroff, Dan Hawkins
Iowa v. Northern Illinois, 3:30
(in Chicago)
Tom Hart, John Congemi
CBS Notre Dame v. Navy, 9:00 am
(in Dublin)
Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
FOX
FX Marshall @ 11 West Virginia, 12:00
Justin Kutcher, Eric Crouch
Colorado St v. Colorado, 4:00
(in Denver)
Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
FSN
(national)
Appalachian State @ East Carolina, 12:00
Ron Thulin, Shaun King

FSN Ariz, Det, Hou, North, SW, West, Wisc
SUN Sports
SportSouth
ROOT
NW, Pitt, Rocky
MSG+
CW56
Boston
KICU Bay Area
FCS Central
Tulsa @ Iowa State, 3:30
Mark Followill, Gary Reasons

FSN Ariz, Det, Hou, MW, North, Ohio, SW, West, Wisc
SUN Sports
SportSouth

ROOT NW, Pitt, Rocky
MSG+
My20
Washington
CW56 Boston
KICU Bay Area
WMCN Philadelphia
FCS Atlantic
FSN/FCS
(regional)
Troy @ UAB, 12:00
Mike Gleason, Ben Leber

FCS Pacific
Richmond @ Virginia, 3:00
Paul Kennedy, Keith Jones

FSN Ariz+, Fla, Hou+, South, SD, SW+
Prime Ticket
CSN
DC
ESPN3
BTN
(channels)
Miami-OH @ 18 Ohio State, 12:00
Eric Collins, Derek Rackley
Northern Iowa @ 12 Wisconsin, 3:30
Kevin Kugler, Chris Martin
Eastern Kentucky @ Purdue, 3:30
Matt Devlin, Glen Mason
Pac-12
Networks
Nevada @ California, 3:00
Dave Flemming, Coy Wire
CBSSN
CSS
 
SEC Ntwk
(stations)
Buffalo @ 6 Georgia, 12:00
Dave Neal, Andre Ware
incl. MSG, FSN Det, Altitude, ESPN3
ACC Ntwk
(stations)
Elon @ North Carolina, 12:30
Steve Martin, Dave Archer
also ESPN3
OTHERS   Idaho State @ Air Force, 2:00
CBS U-Live:
Murray State @ 7 Florida State, 6:00
ESPN3.com: Shawn Kenney, Rene Ingoglia
  UTSA @ South Alabama, 2:00
ESPN3.com: Jonathan Yardley, Cole Cubelic
  Youngstown State @ Pittsburgh, 6:00
ESPN3.com:
Bob Picozzi, Ralph Friedgen
  William & Mary @ Maryland, 3:00
ESPN3.com: John Sadak, Corey Chavous
  Liberty @ Wake Forest, 6:30
ESPN3.com: Ryan Rose, Stan Lewter
NO TV Southern @ New Mexico, 5:00


 

EARLY EVENING LATE EVENING
ABC 2 Alabama v. 8 Michigan, 8:00
(in Dallas)
Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
ESPN 14 Clemson v. Auburn, 7:00
(in Atlanta)
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
Arkansas St @ 5 Oregon, 10:30
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen
ESPN2
ESPNU North Texas @ 3 LSU, 7:00
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb
Toledo @ Arizona, 10:30
Joe Davis, Mike Bellotti
CBS
FOX Hawaii @ 1 USC, 7:30
Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
FX
FSN
(national)
    4 Oklahoma @ UTEP, 10:30
Mike Morgan, JC Pearson

FSN Det, Fla, Hou, MW, North, SW, West
SportSouth

ROOT NW, Pitt, Rocky
MSG+
CW56
Boston
FCS
Atlantic
FSN/FCS
(regional)
Jackson St @ Mississippi St, 7:00
Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch

FSN Ariz+, Hou+, MW+, KC, South, SW+, West
SUN Sports
ESPN3
   
  Northwestern St @ Texas Tech, 7:00
Bill Land, Dave Lapham

FSN SW+
FCS Pacific
   
  Savannah St @ 19 Oklahoma St, 7:00
Kevin Eschenfelder, ND Kalu

FCS Central
BTN Indiana State @ Indiana, 8:00
Wayne Larrivee, Jon Jansen
Pac-12
Networks
  San Diego St @ Washington, 10:30
Kevin Calabro, Adam Archuleta
CBSSN Rutgers @ Tulane, 8:00
Brad Johansen, Doug Chapman
CSS   Texas State @ Houston, 8:00
Matt Stewart, Chuck Oliver
also CSN Chi, Bay Area, DC+
OTHERS   Central Arkansas @ Ole Miss, 7:00
Mississippi PPV/ESPN3:
Richard Cross, Brett Norsworthy
   
  Jacksonville State @ 10 Arkansas, 7:00
Arkansas PPV/
ESPN3: Scott Inman, Jimmy Dykes
  Southeastern Louisiana @ Missouri, 7:00
Missouri PPV/
ESPN3: Dave Armstrong, Corby Jones
   
  South Dakota State @ Kansas, 7:00
Jayhawk Network:
Gary Bender, Richard Baldinger
(KMTW/MY - Wichita, WIBW/CBS - Topeka,
Metro Sports - Kansas City)
   
  Missouri State @ 22 Kansas State, 7:00
K-StateHD.tv:
   
  FIU @ Duke, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Darren Goldwater, John Gregory
   
  Chattanooga @ South Florida, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Dave Weekley, Warrick Dunn
   
  UT-Martin @ Memphis, 7:00
CBS U-Live:
   
  Austin Peay @ Western Kentucky, 7:00
ESPN3.com: Dan Gutowsky, Doug Graber
   
  Lamar @ ULL, 7:00
Cox TV 4 (Louisiana)/ESPN3:
Jeff Palermo, Scott Brazda
   
Wyoming @ 15 Texas, 8:00
Longhorn Network:
Mark Neely, Ray Bentley
   
NO TV     Weber State @ Fresno State, 10:00


 

Sunday, September 2   Monday, September 3
ESPN Kentucky @ 25 Louisville, 3:30
Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore
  Georgia Tech @ 16 Virginia Tech, 8:00
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman
 
FSN SMU @ Baylor, 6:30
Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger

FSN Ariz, Det, Hou+, North, Ohio, SD, SW+
SportsSouth
SUN Sports
Prime Ticket
ROOT
NW, Pitt, Rocky
MSG+
CW56
Boston
 

 

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