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Heisman Trophy Presentation 2012 on ESPN

The Heisman Trophy Presentation 2012 from the Best Buy Theater in New York City takes place Saturday, Dec. 8, on ESPN. The Heisman Trophy Presentation from the Best Buy Theater in New York City takes place Saturday, Dec. 8, at 8pm ET on ESPN.  The award is given to the most outstanding college football player of the year. The three finalists invited to the ceremony are Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein, Texas A&M redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny “Johnny Football” Manziel and Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o. Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III was last year’s recipient.

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SEC Championship 2012 Alabama vs. Georgia on CBS

SEC Championship 2012 Alabama vs. Georgia on CBS Saturday, Dec. 1, at 4pm ET at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta determines which team will face Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game. RELATED: Big Ten Championship Game 2012 Nebraska vs. Wisconsin on FOX College football won’t have a playoff system until the end of the 2014 season, but this year’s SEC Championship game between the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1 SEC, 11-1 overall) and the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs (7-1 SEC, 11-1 overall) is shaping up to be a de facto national semifinal game, with the winner going […]

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Big Ten Championship Game 2012 Nebraska vs. Wisconsin on FOX

Big Ten Championship Game 2012 pits the Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, Dec. 1, on FOX. RELATED: SEC Championship Game 2012 Alabama vs. Georgia on CBS The Wisconsin Badgers take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the conference title and the chance to play Stanford in the Rose Bowl. The game airs live on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8pm ET on FOX. Wisconsin (4-4 Big Ten, 7-5 overall) has had a down season, but will still represent the Leaders Division in the Big Ten Championship […]

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Thanksgiving college football 2012 has big games, rivalries

Thanksgiving college football 2012 has big games and rivalries including TCU at Texas, Michigan at Ohio State and Notre Dame at USC. RELATED: Thanksgiving NFL games 2012 The NFL isn’t the only football action happening Thanksgiving weekend. ESPN is calling Nov. 24 Showdown Saturday, with a full slate of games featuring ranked teams, top rivalries and BCS berths on the line. Weekend highlights include: Thursday, Nov. 22 TCU at Texas ESPN, 7:30pm ET The Dallas Cowboys aren’t the only ones hosting a big Thanksgiving game in Texas. The state’s big enough for a Big 12 matchup between the TCU Horned […]

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Alabama at LSU 2012 on CBS

Alabama at LSU 2012 on CBS in prime time Saturday, Nov. 3. A rematch of the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, won by Alabama 21-0. Here we go again. It’s the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. the LSU Tigers in a much-hyped game with major BCS implications. CBS airs the game in prime time on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8pm ET. The SEC powers met twice last season, and neither game provided much in the way of entertainment. The Tigers won an ugly 9-6 overtime victory over the Tide in November, and the Tide rolled over the toothless Tigers 21-0 (LSU […]

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Michigan at Notre Dame highlights weekend’s college football schedule

A rare night game in South Bend, Ind., has the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines (2-1) visiting the No. 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0) on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 7:30pm ET on NBC. Notre Dame has only hosted eight prime-time games, with three of those being against Michigan (most recently in 1990). Irish head coach Brian Kelly will try to improve on last year’s 8-5 record and get the Irish to a major bowl game. Michigan head coach Brady Hoke took the Wolverines to an 11-2 record in his first season. That might be a tough act to follow for […]

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2012 BTN Big Ten Network football schedule

BTN Big Ten Network’s 2012 college football TV schedule begins Saturday, Sept. 1, with Miami (Ohio) at Ohio State in the debut game for new Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer. BTN announced the schedule for the first three weeks of the season — additional games and times will be announced 12 or six days in advance of the game. When more than one game is scheduled in a broadcast window, additional games can be found on Extra Football Game Channels (check your local listing here). If your pay TV provider includes it, you can also sign up for the BTN2Go […]

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2012 college football kickoff TV schedule

The 2012 college football season kicks off Thursday, Aug. 30, on ESPN with a doubleheader featuring South Carolina at Vanderbilt followed by Washington State at BYU. In the opening weekend, ESPN platforms will air 46 games including matchups with 16 ranked teams. Other highlights include the Emerald Isle Classic from Dublin, Ireland, with Notre Dame vs. Navy Saturday at 9am ET on CBS, Alabama vs. Michigan in the Cowboys Classic from Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Saturday night on ABC and Hawaii at No. 1 USC Saturday night on FOX. Kickoff weekend highlights below, followed by complete schedules from ESPN and […]

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CBS Sports Network features Arkansas Razorbacks

You could probably base a soap opera around what has transpired with the Arkansas football program earlier this year, but most Razorback fans would much rather look forward to the upcoming season rather than dwelling on the past. Thanks to CBS Sports Network, College Football Confidential: Arkansas does just that. Premiering tonight at 7pm ET,  the seven-part series will offer a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most talked-about teams for the upcoming season. And the best part is that the conversation will revolve around what is taking place on the field and not the chaos that took place when […]

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“Paterno” author Joe Posnanski interviewed on “Costas Tonight”

Paterno author Joe Posnanski talks with Bob Costas on NBC Sports Network’s Costas Tonight on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 9pm ET. Posnanski had access to former Penn State football head coach Joe Paterno for months before the child sex abuse scandal broke. Costas Tonight will also feature Costas’ Nov. 14, 2011, interview with Jerry Sandusky which aired on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams (excerpt below). The interview will air in its entirety, including never-before-seen footage.