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ESPN’s 2010 college football schedule will feature more than 400 regular- and postseason games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, ESPN 3D, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN Radio, ESPN Classic, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN GamePlan.

Coverage will be highlighted by the entire Bowl Championship Series – the Rose Bowl Game (Jan. 1), Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1), Orange Bowl (Jan. 3), Allstate Sugar Bowl (Jan. 4) and Tostitos BCS National Championship Game (Jan. 10) – on ESPN for the first time as part of agreements with the BCS and the Rose Bowl Game. ESPN Radio will continue to broadcast all five BCS Bowl games.

Schedule highlights include (the majority of game selections will generally be made 12 or six days before the date as the season progresses):

• 3D: An schedule of regular-season games and the Tostitos BCS National Championship, on ESPN 3D, ESPN’s newest network and the first 3D network to launch in the industry (schedule to be determined);
• Bowls: Overall, ESPN outlets will present 31 bowl games as part of the highly rated Capital One Bowl Week, including the five BCS games and the addition of the Insight Bowl (Dec. 28 on ESPN), inaugural New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 30 on ESPN), inaugural Dallas Football Classic (Jan. 1 on ESPNU) and Gator Bowl (Jan. 1 on ESPN2);
• Live games on line: More than 350 games on ESPN3.com, including approximately 40 exclusive games plus simulcasts;
• Prime-time action: Saturday night action across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU and weekly ESPN and ESPNU Thursday prime-time telecasts;
• Reverse mirror: As many as 12 Saturday afternoon windows will offer “reverse mirror” coverage, featuring ABC’s split national telecasts televised regionally on ESPN or ESPN2 and ESPN3.com to markets receiving another game on ABC; 
• Additional Outlets: A weekly broadcast on ESPN Radio; ESPN Mobile TV simulcasts; ESPN Regional Television syndication; extensive schedule on ESPN GamePlan, ESPN’s outermarket pay-per-view service; and select games on ESPN Classic;
• High definition: Every ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 telecast and all live Thursday and Saturday ESPNU games produced in high definition.

The season will begin with the third annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Kickoff Week, Monday, Aug. 23-Monday, Sept. 6, featuring extensive studio programming and 32 games in five days, concluding with Boise State vs. Virginia Tech from FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins, Monday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN3.com as part of an ESPN Labor Day doubleheader. 

Regular-season coverage will conclude with Championship Saturday on Dec. 4 and include three conference championships — the Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game on ESPN and ESPN3.com at 7:45 p.m., the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game on ABC at 8 p.m. and the Conference USA Championship Game (time and network TBD) — and three BIG EAST games that could play a role in the conference title. ESPN2 and ESPN3.com will televise the Marathon MAC Football Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.

For the fourth consecutive year, ESPN will be the only network to offer coverage of home games from all six of the BCS automatic qualifying conferences (SEC, Big Ten, ACC, BIG EAST, Pac-10 and Big 12) in addition to the MAC, WAC, Conference USA and Sun Belt. ESPN will also televise road games featuring Notre Dame, Navy and teams from the Mountain West Conference.

Weekly Windows
The networks will offer an extensive schedule of games each Saturday, as well as matchups every Thursday and Friday and select Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Highlights include:

• ESPN on ABC: ESPN on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Southwest Airlines, broadcast television’s only weekly college football prime-time series, will highlight the network’s 45th season of college football coverage with showdowns between top programs every Saturday (except Sept. 11 and Oct. 16) at 8 p.m. beginning Sept. 4 with LSU vs. North Carolina. ABC will continue to broadcast top matchups every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and select Saturdays at noon involving teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, ACC and BIG EAST.
• Saturdays on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU: On most Saturdays, ESPN or ESPN2 will offer a prime-time doubleheader as well as a noon telecast across both networks. On nights there is no doubleheader ESPN will generally televise a 7:45 p.m. game and ESPN2 a 7 p.m. telecast. ESPN or ESPN2 will continue to provide a “reverse mirror” of ABC’s 3:30 p.m. split national broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2, while ESPNU will offer four telecasts generally at noon, 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
• Thursdays on ESPN and ESPNU: ESPN and ESPNU will both televise a Thursday night game every week, generally at 7:30 p.m. For the third consecutive year, every ESPN telecast will feature a team from one of the six BCS automatic qualifying conferences. The schedule will be highlighted by Auburn at Mississippi State (Sept. 9), Miami at Pittsburgh (Sept. 23), Nebraska at Kansas State (Oct. 7), UCLA at Oregon (Oct. 21), Florida State at N.C. State (Oct. 28), Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (Nov. 4), Texas A&M at Texas (Nov. 25) and Arizona State at Arizona (Dec. 2).
• Weekdays: In addition to a weekly Friday prime-time series on ESPN or ESPN2, the networks will offer games on select Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the season.

College Football on Additional ESPN Platforms
ESPN will provide extensive, multiplatform coverage in addition to regular time slots on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

• ESPN3.com: In addition to approximately 40 exclusive games, ESPN3.com will offer simulcasts of every ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC split national telecast, and every GamePlan game.
• ESPN Radio: ESPN Radio, ESPN’s national radio network – with more than 750 non-duplicative stations reaching more than 20 million listeners – will broadcast a weekly game and an extensive postseason bowl schedule.
• ESPN 3D: The first year of ESPN 3D will include an extensive schedule of college football action.
• ESPN Mobile TV: For the fourth year, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN’s first 24/7 channel for wireless platforms available on MediaFLO USA’s mobile entertainment service FLO TV and on multiple carriers via MobiTV, will simulcast approximately five games a week from ESPN and ESPN2. In addition to live game coverage, ESPN Mobile TV will provide highlights, news and updates via ESPNEWS and other news and information programming.
• ESPN Regional Television: The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming will produce games from the SEC, BIG EAST, MAC and WAC.
• ESPN GamePlan: ESPN’s outermarket pay-per-view service will offer season-long action, including up to 18 games each week.
• ESPN Classic: The network will televise select games throughout the season.

 Examples of Top Matchups (from Games already Selected)

Every Corner Covered through ESPN and ABC Outlets
In addition to game coverage, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN Classic, ESPN Radio and ESPN Mobile TV will provide news and features throughout the season, including those on popular studio programs College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (now beginning at 9 a.m.), the daily College Football Live, College Football Final and College Football Countdown. ESPN’s multiple media outlets – ESPN.com, ESPNEWS and ESPN The Magazine – will also offer extensive season-long coverage.

2010 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN Radio College Football Schedule (Through July 21)

Note: All ABC split national, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic games will be simulcast on ESPN3.com
(ESPN Mobile TV schedule will be determined as season progresses; schedule subject to change; windows will be added as the season progresses)

 ** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize the game to ABC markets not receiving
*** Game will move to ESPN2 at the conclusion of the Oregon at Tennessee telecast

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