- Schedule: No. 16 Florida State at No. 1 Clemson in an ACC Showdown on ABC; Seven Top 10 Teams
- College GameDay Returns to the University of Alabama for No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 2 LSU
- SEC Nation in Columbia and “The Grove”
- SportsCenter on the Road Visits Oklahoma State
- ESPN Radio’s College GameDay Heads to Alabama in Advance of SEC Showdown
- ESPN College Football Week 9 Viewership: ABC’s Notre Dame at Temple is Most-Watched Game
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Schedule: No. 16 Florida State at No. 1 Clemson in an ACC Showdown on ABC; Seven Top 10 Teams
contact: Derek.Volner@ESPN.com
Clemson (8-0, 5-0) will take the field as the No. 1 ranked team when it hosts ACC rival and No. 16 Florida State (7-1, 5-1) on Saturday, Nov. 7, on ABC at 3:30 p.m. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Heather Cox will be on the call. The matchup highlights ESPN/ABC’s college football week 10 slate that features seven top 10 teams and 15 ranked teams overall.
Saturday, Nov. 7 Highlights:
- ABC Tripleheader of Top 5 teams: No. 5 Notre Dame (7-1) at Pittsburgh (6-2, 4-1) at noon, No. 16 Florida State at No. 1 Clemson at 3:30 p.m. and No. 3 Ohio State (8-0, 4-0) hosts Minnesota (4-4, 1-3) on ABCSaturday Night Football at 8 p.m.
- ESPN televises Vanderbilt (3-5, 1-3) at No. 10 Florida (7-1, 5-1) at noon, No. 9 Iowa (8-0, 4-0) at Indiana (4-4, 0-4) at 3:30 p.m. and No. 7 Michigan State (8-0, 4-0) at Nebraska (3-6, 1-4) at 7 p.m.
Full Schedule: http://es.pn/1MHDlUq
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College GameDay Returns to the University of Alabama for No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 2 LSU
contact: Rachel.M.Siegal@espn.com
ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football’s longest running and most celebrated pregame show – returns to the University of Alabama and the Walk of Champions outside of Bryant-Denny Stadium for the second time this season in advance of the No. 4 Alabama hosting No. 2 LSU on Saturday, Nov. 7. The Emmy Award-winning – airing from 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN – is visiting this top rivalry for the eighth time in GameDay’s history, the most of any matchup.
Host Rece Davis – in his first season at the College GameDay desk – is joined by analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, as well as contributors Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski. Herbstreit will call the game with Chris Fowler and reporter Heather Cox.
Full Release: http://es.pn/1XTf6V5
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SEC Nation in Columbia and “The Grove”
contact: Gracie.Blackburn@espn.com
SEC Nation goes for its first 2-point conversion of the year, hitting two Southeastern Conference campuses in one week with a rare Thursday night pre-game show at 7:30 p.m. ET in Columbia, Mo., for No. 20 Mississippi State at Missouri (Nov. 5) followed by a Saturday show (Nov. 7) at “The Grove” prior the Arkansas at No. 18 Ole Miss game.
Full Release: http://es.pn/1KHUzcA
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SportsCenter on the Road Visits Oklahoma State
contact: Andy.Hall@espn.com
SportsCenter on the Road will originate from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., with a two-hour program Saturday, Nov. 7, prior to that day’s college football matchup of unbeatens: No. 5 TCU taking on No. 12 Oklahoma State, both 8-0 going into the game. Anchored by Matt Barrie and Sara Walsh, with reporter Jeannine Edwards, the program will begin at 7 a.m. and will lead into College GameDay at 9 a.m. In addition to regular SportsCenter news, highlights and analysis, the program also will have special guests and interviews related to the game and location. Also, SportsCenter anchor Zubin Mehenti will be in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with the College GameDay crew and will lead discussion of the day’s LSU-Alabama game in several segments within the program.
Full Release: http://es.pn/1kdp0CO
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ESPN Radio’s College GameDay Heads to Alabama in Advance of SEC Showdown
contact: Tara.C.Chozet@espn.com
ESPN Radio’s College GameDay will head to Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 7, for a live broadcast from the University of Alabama (noon – 7 p.m.). The show will air from the Campus Quad in advance of the LSU-Alabama matchup. GameDay is hosted by Doug Kezirian with Brad Edwards and Trevor Matich. Maria Taylor, Joey Galloway and Andrea Adelson are weekly contributors.
Full Release: http://es.pn/1GNFuvq
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ESPN College Football Week 9 Viewership: ABC’s Notre Dame at Temple is Most-Watched Game
contact: Derek.Volner@ESPN.com
ABC’s Saturday Night Football featuring then-No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 21 Temple (8 p.m. ET) was the most-watched college football game of week 9 across all networks, averaging 5,977,000 viewers. The Fighting Irish-Owls’ viewership was up 28% over Ohio State at Penn State (4,674,000 viewers), 2014’s week 9 Saturday Night Football matchup.
Throughout all of week 9, ESPN/ABC televised six of the seven most-watched games*. No. 15 Michigan at Minnesota averaged 3,681,000 viewers, college football’s third-most watched game of week 9 across all networks. Additionally, the Big Ten matchup was the most-streamed game of the week on WatchESPN with 85,000 average minute impressions in addition to the TV audience and a total of 430,000 unique viewers accounting for 19,024,000 minutes viewed. Across the entire slate, college football on WatchESPN was viewed on 1,700,000 unique devices that streamed 140,800,000 minutes, up 87% and 95%, respectively, over 2014’s week 9.
Full Release: http://es.pn/1PmB7IS
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