ESPN Announces Early College Football Game Times, Networks

ESPN released game times and network for several early season college football games.

ESPN released game times and network for several early season college football games.


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Early ESPN College Football Schedule

All Times Eastern, biggest games in BOLD

Saturday, August 28

Hawaii at UCLA, 3:30, ESPN

Wednesday, September 1

UAB vs. Jacksonville State, 7:30, ESPN

Thursday, September 2

Boise State at UCF, 7:00, ESPN
Citadel at Coastal Carolina, 7:00, ESPN+
Long Island at FIU, 7:00, ESPN3
Wagner at Buffalo, 7:00, ESPN3
Western Illinois at Ball State, 7:00, ESPN+
East Carolina vs Appalachian State (in Charlotte), 7:30, ESPNU
UC Davis at Tulsa, 7:30, ESPN+
USF at NC State, 7:30, ACC Network
Bowling Green at Tennessee, 8:00, SEC Network
UT Martin at WKU, 8:00, ESPN+

Friday, September 3

North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 6:00, ESPN
Old Dominion at Wake Forest, 7:00 ACC Network
St. Francis at Eastern Michigan, 7:00, ESPN3
South Dakota at Kansas, 8:00, ESPN+
Michigan State at Northwestern, 9:00, ESPN 

Sept. 4

Colgate at Boston College, 12:00, ACC Network
Oklahoma at Tulane, 12:00, ABC
ULM at Kentucky, 12:00, SEC Network
Western Michigan at Michigan, 12:00, ESPN

Alabama vs. Miami (in Atlanta), 3:30, ABC
Miami University at Cincinnati, 3:30, ESPN+
Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 3:30, ESPN+
West Virginia at Maryland, 3:30, ESPN

Central Michigan at Missouri, 4:00, SEC Network
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State, 4:00, ESPNU
UMass at Pitt, 4:00, ACC Network

Campbell at Liberty, 6:00, ESPN3
Gardner-Webb at Georgia Southern, 6:00, ESPN3

Abilene Christian at SMU, 7:00, ESPN+
Baylor at Texas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Central Arkansas at Arkansas State, 7:00, ESPN3
Missouri State at Oklahoma State, 7:00, ESPN+
Monmouth at Middle Tennessee, 7:00, ESPN3
Nicholls at Memphis, 7:00, ESPN+
Norfolk State at Toledo, 7:00, ESPN3
Southern at Troy, 7:00, ESPN3
Texas Tech vs. Houston (in NRG Stadium, Houston), 7:00, ESPN

Florida Atlantic at Florida, 7:30, SEC Network
Georgia vs. Clemson (in Charlotte), 7:30, ABC
Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech, 7:30, ACC Network
Northwestern State at North Texas, 7:30, ESPN3
William & Mary at Virginia, 7:30, ESPN3

Kent State at Texas A&M, 8:00, ESPNU
Southern Miss at South Alabama, 8:00, ESPN+
Duquesne at TCU, 8:00, ESPN+

Bethune-Cookman at UTEP, 9:00, ESPN3

BYU vs Arizona (in Las Vegas), 10:30, ESPN

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Sunday, September 5

Notre Dame at Florida State, 7:30, ABC

Monday, September 6

Louisville vs. Ole Miss (in Atlanta), 8:00, ESPN

Friday, September 10

Kansas at Coastal Carolina, 7:30, ESPN2
North Carolina A&T at Duke, 8:00, ACC Network

Saturday, September 11

Illinois at Virginia, 11:00, ACC Network
VMI at Kent State, 11:30, SEC Network

Alabama State at Auburn, 12:00, SEC Network
Florida at USF, 12:00, ABC
Kennesaw State at Georgia Tech, 12:00, ESPN3
Miami University at Minnesota, 12:00, ESPNU
Norfolk State at Wake Forest, 12:00, ACC NetworkX
Pitt at Tennessee, 12:00, ESPN
South Carolina at East Carolina, 12:00, ESPN2

Wyoming at Northern Illinois, 1:30, ESPN+

Duquesne at Ohio, 2:00, ESPN3
Middle Tennessee at Virginia Tech, 2:00, ACC NetworkX
Rutgers at Syracuse, 2:00 ACC Network

Robert Morris, at Central Michigan, 3:00, ESPN3

Cal at TCU, 3:30, ESPNU
Iowa at Iowa State, 3:30, ABC
Murray State at Cincinnati, 3:30, ESPN+
Temple at Akron, 3:30, ESPN+
UAB at Georgia, 3:30, ESPN2

Mercer at Alabama, 4:00, ACC Network
South Alabama at Bowling Green, 4:00, ESPN+

Illinois State at Western Michigan, 5:00, ESPN3
Long Island at West Virginia, 5:00, ESPN+
South Carolina State at Clemson, 5:00, ACC Network

Gardner-Webb at Charlotte, 6:00, ESPN3
Lamar at UTSA, 6:00, ESPN3

Bethune-Cookman at UCF, 6:30, ESPN+
North Carolina Central at Marshall, 6:30 ESPN+

Eastern Kentucky at Louisville, 7:00, ACC NetworkX
Grambling at Southern Miss, 7:00, ESPN3
Hampton at Old Dominion, 7:00, ESPN3
Liberty at Troy, 7:00, ESPN+
Memphis at Arkansas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Morgan State at Tulane, 7:00, ESPN+
Nicholls at Louisiana, 7:00, ESPN3
North Texas at SMU, 7:00, ESPN+
SE Louisiana at Louisiana Tech, 7:00, ESPN3
Southern Illinois at Kansas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech, 7:00, ESPN+
Texas at Arkansas, 7:00, ESPN
Texas Southern at Baylor, 7:00, ESPN+
Texas State at FIU, 7:00, ESPN+

Georgia State at North Carolina, 7:30, ESPN3
Missouri at Kentucky, 7:30, SEC Network
Washington at Michigan, 7:30, ABC

Jacksonville State at Florida State, 8:00, ACC Network

Utah at BYU, 10:15, ESPN 

UNLV at Arizona State, 10:30, ESPN2

Thursday, September 16

Ohio at Louisiana, 8:00, ESPN

Friday, September 17

UCF at Louisville, 7:30, ESPN

Saturday, September 18

Albany at Syracuse, 12:00, ACC Network
New Mexico at Texas A&M, 12:00, SEC Network
Western Michigan at Pitt, 12:00, ESPN3

Nevada at Kansas State, 2:05, ESPN+

Baylor at Kansas, 3:30, ESPN+
Bryant at Akron, 3:30, ESPN3
Elon at Appalachian State, 3:30, ESPN+
Long Island at Miami University, 3:30, ESPN+

Colorado State at Toledo, 4:00, ESPNU
Georgia Southern at Arkansas, 4:00, SEC Network
Mississippi State at Memphis, 4:00, ESPN2
Northwestern at Duke, 4:00, ACC Network

Murray State at Bowling Green, 5:00, ESPN3

Fordham at Florida Atlantic, 6:00, ESPN3
Middle Tennessee at UTSA, 6:00, ESPN3
Old Dominion at Liberty, 6:00, ESPN3

Charlotte at Georgia State, 7:00, ESPN+
FIU at Texas Tech, 7:00, ESPN+
Florida A&M at USF, 7:00, ESPN+
Grambling at Houston, 7:00, ESPN+
Incarnate Word at Texas State, 7:00, ESPN3
South Carolina at Georgia, 7:00, ESPN
Troy at Southern Miss, 7:00, ESPN+

Auburn at Penn State, 7:30, ABC
Central Michigan at LSU, 7:30, SEC Network
Furman at NC State, 7:30, ESPN3
Virginia at North Carolina, 7:30, ACC Network

Alcorn State at South Alabama, 8:00, ESPN3
Jackson State at ULM, 8:00, ESPN3
Rice at Texas, 8:00, Longhorn Network
Stanford at Vanderbilt, 8:00, ESPNU
Tulane at Ole Miss, 8:00, ESPN2

Arizona State at BYU, 10:15, ESPN

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Does ESPN know something the rest of us don’t?

With news of Fowler and Herbstreit potentially moving to Monday Night Football, does ESPN know something about college football in 2020?

In life it’s always good to have a plan.  I get that, I understand that and appreciate it.  Maybe one day I’ll have a better plan for my life.  In the meantime I’ll be here writing and discussing Notre Dame and college athletics, however.

News leaked on Wednesday that ESPN has a plan in place to have Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit move to the Monday Night Football television booth in the event that college football is either delayed or cancelled for 2020.

Now like I said, having a plan is great, but I have to ask why they’re leaking that news.  Do the folks at ESPN know something that athletic directors and college football coaches nationwide have refused to admit?

That seems like something you keep close to your vest unless you have a pretty good idea as to what might be happening since they haven’t officially named a new Monday Night Football broadcast team yet but have made it appear that it’ll be internal candidates.

As for the move, I don’t dislike it.  I won’t confuse Fowler to ever be Howard Cosell or Al Michaels but he’s a solid broadcaster, no doubt.  He also carries more cache than the other potential play-by-play voices at ESPN.  He and Herbstreit make a solid call, something Monday Night Football has lacked in the last few decades.

So if you’re ESPN, why wouldn’t you consider this, pandemic or not?  If people didn’t turn off the game because of the brutal call Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland put on last year, do you think they’ll turn it off because a couple guys who have a college background are on?

I don’t love everything Herbstreit has to say but I do enjoy his dedication to helping grow college football and the same can be said for Fowler.  It’d be a wise move by ESPN but I’d certainly miss them on Saturday nights.

But if they do get moved to Monday nights can I make the request to get Jason Benetti on the prime-time ABC game each week because that’s who I’d like to see get it.

Thanks.