College Football TV question

Now that ABC had decided to give the entire country Brent Musburger on prime time every Saturday night, does anyone know how that will affect the ESPN schedule? Will I still get my Ron Franklin and Holly Rowe fix every Saturday night or does this ABC thing replace it?

Looks like Franklin and crew won't be on as much, if at all on Saturday evenings, at least not calling the quality of games they're accustomed to. Sad, I hope they find a place for him to call more. I hope they find some time slot or network to put him on as he's one of the best.

All times Eastern

ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN Classic 2006 College Football Schedule
DATE GAME MATCHUP TIME (ET) NETWORK

Thu., Aug. 31 Boston College at Central Michigan 6 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Aug. 31 Northwestern at Miami (Ohio) 7:30 p.m. ESPN Classic or ESPNU

Thu., Aug. 31 South Carolina at Mississippi State 8 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 1 Nevada at Fresno State 10 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 2 Stanford @ Oregon 3:30 p.m. ABC

Sat., Sept. 2 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech 8 p.m. ABC

Mon., Sept. 4 Florida State at Miami 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Sept. 7 Oregon State at Boise State 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 8 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 9 Oregon at Fresno State TBD ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 9 Ohio State at Texas 8 p.m. ABC

Thu., Sept. 14 Maryland at West Virginia 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 15 Kansas at Toledo 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 16 Oklahoma at Oregon 3:30 p.m. ABC

Sat., Sept. 16 Texas at Rice 6 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 16 Nebraska at USC 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Sept. 16 Texas A&M vs. Army 9:15 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 21 Virginia at Georgia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 22 Northwestern at Nevada 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 23 West Virginia at East Carolina TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 23 Notre Dame at Michigan State 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Sept. 23 USC at Arizona 8 p.m. ABC

Tue., Sept. 26 Southern Miss at UCF 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 28 Auburn at South Carolina 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 29 Rutgers at South Florida 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 30 Ohio State at Iowa 8 p.m. ABC or ESPN

Sat., Sept. 30 Michigan at Minnesota 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 30 Tennessee at Memphis TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Tue., Oct. 3 Southern Miss at Tulsa 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Oct. 4 UCF at Marshall 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Oct. 5 Florida State at NC State 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Oct. 6 Louisville vs. Middle Tennessee State 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Oct. 7 Michigan State at Michigan 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Sat., Oct. 7 Oregon at California 8 p.m. ABC

Thu., Oct. 12 Virginia Tech at Boston College 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Oct. 13 Pittsburgh at UCF 8 p.m. ESPN

Sat., Oct. 14 Michigan at Penn State 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Oct. 14 Arizona State at USC 8 p.m. ABC

Sun., Oct. 15 Boise State at New Mexico State 8 p.m. ESPN

Wed., Oct. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida Atlantic 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Oct. 19 North Carolina at Virginia 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Oct. 19 Bowling Green at Central Michigan 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Fri., Oct. 20 West Virginia at UConn 8 p.m. ESPN

Sun., Oct. 22 South Florida at Cincinnati 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Oct. 26 Clemson at Virginia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Oct. 27 UTEP at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Oct. 28 Minnesota at Ohio State 3:30 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Oct. 28 Washington State at UCLA 7 p.m. ABC (West Coast only)

Sun., Oct. 29 UConn at Rutgers 8 p.m. ESPN

Tue., Oct. 31 UAB at SMU 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Nov. 1 Fresno State at Boise State 8 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 2 West Virginia at Louisville 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 3 Air Force at Army 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Nov. 4 UCLA at California 8 p.m. ABC

Tues, Nov. 7 Toledo at Northern Illinois 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 9 Buffalo at Akron 6 p.m. ESPNU

Thu., Nov. 9 Louisville at Rutgers 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 10 UTEP at UAB 8 p.m. ESPN2

Tues., Nov. 14 Ball State at Toledo 7 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Nov. 15 Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 16 West Virginia at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Nov. 16 Akron at Ohio 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Fri., Nov. 17 Central Michigan at Northern Illinois 8 p.m. ESPNU

Sat., Nov. 18 California at USC 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Nov. 18 Bethune-Cookman at Florida A&M TBD ESPNU

Tues., Nov. 21 Bowling Green at Toledo 7 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 23 Boston College at Miami 8 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 24 Fresno State at Louisiana Tech 9 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Nov. 25 Notre Dame at USC 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Nov. 25 Boise State at Nevada TBD ESPN2

Sat., Dec. 2 ACC title game 1 p.m. ABC

Sat., Dec. 2 USC at UCLA 4:30 p.m. ABC

Sat., Dec. 2 Big 12 title game 8 p.m. ABC

Sat., Dec. 2 Connecticut at Louisville TBD ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 2 Rutgers at West Virginia TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Great info, but bad news. Maybe he'll get the Saturday night slot on the deuce.

I can't wait till football season.

I cant believe I am seeing some Sunday games on the schedule. I always thought Sunday and Monday Night were off limits.

Seeing that schedule nearly brings a tear to my eye. Wake me up on August 31st :toast:

SCnit said:

I cant believe I am seeing some Sunday games on the schedule. I always thought Sunday and Monday Night were off limits.

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Yeah I thought so too. Maybe the NFL should start playing some more Saturday games.

ESPN will still have the same amount of Saturday night games. This is just their preliminary schedule.

ESPN will announce the matchups once they get more familiar with the teams & matchups...

College Fan said:

ESPN will still have the same amount of Saturday night games. This is just their preliminary schedule.

ESPN will announce the matchups once they get more familiar with the teams & matchups...

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Maybe you're right but I don't think ESPN will want to go head to head against their sister network's Prime Time games.

Looks like the Pac-10 is going to be featured in many of the ABC games, they need it as previously East Coast and Midwest viewers rarely saw the conference outiside of USC.

Can hardly wait.

:drink:

ABC always had a number of Saturday prime time games in years past and ESPN always had a game on at the same time. I doubt we will se a drop in ESPN games because of this.

True Jim, but now ABC has a weekly 8pm game, so who knows.

:smoker2:

Remember, ESPN does not have the Sunday night NFL game anymore, so they have some programming space open. Plus, traditionally, the NFL has not scheduled Sunday night games in competition with the World Series.

Believe it or not, there are some archaic rules set up way back in the day that prevent the NFL from broadcasting on Friday nights and Saturdays. There was some concern that the NFL on TV might siphon viewers from college and high school games.

I have wood just thinking about college football. Bring it on.

I like Franklin as an announcer and hope they find a way to use them more...

Poker King Jim said:

Seeing that schedule nearly brings a tear to my eye. Wake me up on August 31st :toast:

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PKJ, my sentiments exactly. Well said! LTarty: :money8: