ESPN is sending one of its top broadcast crews to Oxford for the Kentucky Wildcats’ Week 5 visit to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to take on the fifth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels this Saturday.
It’s a crew that Kentucky football fans are familiar with. ESPN’s No. 2 broadcast team of Sean McDonough (play-by-play) and Greg McElroy (analyst) will have the call of Kentucky vs. Ole Miss from the booth. Molly McGrath will serve as sideline reporter.
It’s the third time in five games this season that the McDonough-McElroy booth will call a Kentucky game. The duo also worked the Wildcats’ Week 2 and Week 3 games against the South Carolina Gamecocks and top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, respectively.
Unlike those games, this week’s matchup against Ole Miss will be televised on two different platforms. The main broadcast will air on ABC, while a separate multicast “Command Center” viewing option will be shown on SEC Network. The SEC Network broadcast will feature live and enhanced stats and other techniques typically reserved for ESPN’s College Football Playoff broadcasts.
Kickoff for Kentucky vs. Ole Miss is set for noon ET.
The Wildcats defeated the Ohio Bobcats, 41-6, last Saturday to improve to 2-2 on the year. Ole Miss is 4-0 and fresh off a 52-13 victory over Georgia Southern. The Rebels’ average margin of victory through four games this season is 49.5 points. Their closest game was a 40-6 win at Wake Forest in Week 3.
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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ and No. 1 broadcast crew of Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Holly Rowe (sideline) will be in Tuscaloosa Saturday for a Top-5 showdown between the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide at 7:30 ET. The game can be seen on ABC.
Other SEC games of interest are the No. 21-ranked Oklahoma Sooners vs. the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). That game will mark Oklahoma’s first-ever visit to Auburn and will be just the second all-time meeting between the two schools.
Opposite Kentucky vs. Ole Miss in the noon ET window is a Top 25 battle between No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. No. 23 Kansas State on ESPN. The No. 12-ranked Michigan Wolverines will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers at noon ET on Fox.
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