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College football on NBC and Versus 2011 schedule

The NBC Sports Group airs 28 college football games this season on NBC and Versus, beginning Saturday, Sept. 3, with South Florida at Notre Dame at 3:30pm ET. NBC airs seven Fighting Irish games this season, highlighted by the first prime-time game in South Bend in 21 years when USC visits Oct. 22. Other big Notre Dame games on NBC include the Sept. 17 game vs. Michigan State and the Nov. 12 game vs. Maryland at FedExField. Versus airs games from the Mountain West, Pac-12 and Ivy League, highlighted by TCU at Boise State on Nov. 12. Full schedule and […]

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College football on ESPN kicks off Sept. 1

The college football season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 1,  featuring a prime-time matchup between the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., at 8pm ET on ESPN. The Badgers, ranked No. 10 in the USA Today preseason poll, are coming off a Rose Bowl loss to TCU, have high hopes that transfer quarterback Russell Wilson can be a playmaker in their run-first offense. Other opening-weekend highlights on the ESPN networks: A big early-season college football matchup between teams with national title hopes takes place Saturday (ABC, 8pm ET) at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, […]

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2010-11 college football bowl game TV schedule

The parade of college football postseason games begins Saturday, Dec. 18 with the New Mexico Bowl on ESPN and continues through Jan. 10 with the BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon, also on ESPN. Here’s the complete lineup of bowl games: 2010-11 College Football Bowl Game TV Schedule All Times Eastern Time ET Bowl Game Site; Teams (TV network) Saturday, Dec. 18 2pm New Mexico Albuquerque; Brigham Young vs. UTEP (ESPN) 5:30pm uDrove Humanitarian Boise, Idaho; Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State (ESPN) 9pm R+L Carriers New Orleans New Orleans; Troy vs. Ohio (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 21 8pm Beef […]

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Awards Shows

ESPN airs 2010 Heisman Trophy Presentation Dec. 11

By Ryan Berenz College football’s top individual award, the Heisman Trophy, is presented to the most outstanding player of the year in a ceremony from the Best Buy Theatre in New York’s Times Square. Players invited to the ceremony are Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, Oregon running back LaMichael James, Boise State QB Kellen Moore and Stanford signal caller Andrew Luck. Last year, Alabama RB Mark Ingram became the award’s 75th recipient. Here’s the release and coverage details from ESPN: Heisman Trophy Presented on ESPN Saturday ESPN will continue its comprehensive college football coverage with an exclusive telecast of the 76th […]

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College football kickoff weekend schedule on ESPN networks

By Ryan Prepared for some collegiate pigskin? There are 28 games over the next five days on all of ESPN/ABC’s TV, radio, web and mobile media properties. Fifteen of the top 25 teams are in action on ESPN networks this weekend, including No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 Mississippi. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU And ABC College Football Kickoff Week Schedule Sept. 3-7 Thursday, Sept. 3 South Carolina at N.C. State, 7pm ET, ESPN North Texas at Ball State, 7:30pm ET, ESPNU Oregon at Boise State, 10:15pm ET, ESPN