It isn’t often that ESPN/ABC’s No. 2 college football broadcast team visits Lexington. Nevertheless, that crew will be at Kroger Field Saturday for Kentucky’s SEC opener against South Carolina.
ESPN has made its Week 2 college football commentator pairings official. For Kentucky-South Carolina, ESPN/ABC’s broadcast crew of Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline reporter) will be on the call.
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Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. It’s the Wildcats’ first appearance in the new “SEC on ABC” time slot. The SEC’s marquee 3:30 game is in its first year on ABC after 28 seasons with CBS.
Unlike with CBS, ESPN will use a trio of its top three commentator pairings for its weekly 3:30 p.m. SEC on ABC game. McDonough/McElroy is one of them. Chris Fowler/Kirk Herbstreit/Holly Rowe is another, as is Joe Tessitore/Jesse Palmer/Katie George.
Kentucky and South Carolina are both unranked following Week 1 victories. The Wildcats, who posted a 31-0 shutout win over Southern Miss last Saturday, received the fourth most votes for Top 25 consideration of teams that landed outside the Week 2 US LBM Coaches Poll with 23 votes.
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ESPN’s No. 1 broadcast team will be in Charlotte when No. 23 NC State meets No. 12 Tennessee in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Rece Davis will fill in for Chris Fowler, who’s away on ESPN’s coverage of the US Open, and team with Herbstreit and Rowe for NC State-Tennessee.
Other SEC games of note on ESPN/ABC Saturday at Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State (noon ET, ABC) and South Florida vs. Alabama (7 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Cal-Auburn (3:30 ET, ESPN2) will be shown in the same time slot as South Carolina-Kentucky.
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