College GameDay from Boise State; Eight of Top 10 Teams Across ESPN Networks
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College GameDay to Originate from No. 3 Boise State
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – expanded to three hours and now beginning on ESPNU at 9 a.m. ET and continuing on ESPN at 10 a.m. every Saturday – will originate live from Boise, Idaho this Saturday, site of No. 24 Oregon State at No. 3 Boise State (televised on ABC at 8 p.m.). It will mark the first time the show has originated from a Western Athletic Conference school.
Chris Fowler will return as show host with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard. Erin Andrews will anchor several segments of the first hour on ESPNU and contribute reports, interviews and features during the ESPN portion of the two-time Emmy Award-winning program.
College Football: Eight of Top 10 Teams Featured Across ESPN Networks
ESPN’s college football schedule for this week will feature eight of the top 10 teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll – and 15 ranked teams overall — across the ESPN networks. Highlights include four telecasts pitting ranked teams against each other Saturday, Sept. 25: No. 24 Oregon State at No. 3 Boise State at 8 p.m. on ABC; No. 12 South Carolina at No. 17 Auburn at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN; No. 22 West Virginia at No. 15 LSU at 9 p.m. on ESPN2; and No. 1 Alabama at No. 10 Arkansas at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN Radio.
ESPN’s non-Saturday telecasts will involve ranked teams, both on ESPN: No. 19 Miami at Pittsburgh Thursday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. and No. 4 TCU at SMU Friday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m.
Additional ranked teams in action for Saturday, Sept. 25 include: No. 2 Ohio State (against Eastern Michigan) and No. 7 Texas (against UCLA), both at 3:30 p.m. on ABC; No. 8 Oklahoma (at Cincinnati) at 6 p.m. on ESPN2; No. 9 Florida (against Kentucky) at 7 p.m. on ESPNU; and No. 21 Michigan (against Bowling Green) at noon on ESPN2.
| Thu, Sep 23 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 19 Miami at Pittsburgh Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown |
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| Fri, Sep 24 | 8 p.m. | No. 4 TCU at SMU Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore |
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| Sat, Sep 25 | Noon | NC State at Georgia Tech Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Bob Griese |
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| Noon | Bowling Green at No. 21 Michigan Bob Wischusen, Brian Griese & Quint Kessenich |
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| Noon | Florida International at Maryland Rob Stone & David Pollack |
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| 1:30 p.m. | VMI at Virginia Jim Barbar & John Gregory |
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| 3 p.m. | Army at Duke Ryan Rose & Jay Taylor |
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| 3:30 p.m. | UCLA at No. 7 Texas ** Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox |
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| Eastern Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State ** Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Mike Bellotti |
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| Wake Forest at Florida State Mike Patrick & Craig James |
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| 3:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Rutgers Pam Ward & Danny Kanell |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Colgate at Syracuse Dave Popkin & Jerod Cherry |
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| 3:30 p.m. | No. 1 Alabama at No. 10 Arkansas Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
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| 6 p.m. | No. 8 Oklahoma at Cincinnati Mark Jones & Bob Davie |
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| 7 p.m. | Kentucky at No. 9 Florida Clay Matvick & Mark Schlereth |
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| 7 p.m. | Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech Trey Bender & Curt Warner |
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| 7:45 p.m. | No. 12 South Carolina at No. 17 Auburn Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN 3D: Joe Tessitore, Tim Brown & Ray Bentley |
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| 8 p.m. | No. 24 Oregon State at No. 3 Boise State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews |
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| 9 p.m. | No. 22 West Virginia at No. 15 LSU Ron Franklin, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
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| 10:30 p.m. | State Fair Classic: Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (from Dallas) * Todd Harris & Jay Walker |
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* Same day delay
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize the game to ABC markets not receiving
