College Football-centric Press Releases

Here are three college football-themed releases, two of which are from ESPN.

College Gameday will be in Boston on Saturday for the Florida State-Boston College game and to focus on BC linebacker Mark Herzlich who’s battling cancer this season.

College GameDay Live from Florida State at Boston College

This Saturday, Oct. 3, ESPN’s College GameDay at 10 a.m. ET will originate from Chestnut Hill, Ma., site of Florida State at Boston College (3:30 p.m., ABC). College GameDay is hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard.

The show will include a feature on Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich, last year’s ACC Defensive Player of the Year who is out this season battling Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer, a malignant tumor most often found in bone and soft tissue. Herzlich, who will be honored by Boston College during the game, will appear as a guest on the College GameDay set.

Here are the college football games ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ABC will air this week.

Two Showdowns Between Ranked Teams on Saturday Night Football

This week’s college football action will be highlighted by two matchups between ranked teams in a Saturday Night Football split national telecast Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. on ABC: No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 17 Miami and No. 7 USC at No. 24 California.

Additional Oct. 3 highlights:

• At noon, ESPN2 will televise Arkansas State at No. 13 Iowa, with the Hawkeyes coming off a 21-10 upset victory over then-No. 5 Penn State.

• The ESPN Saturday prime-time telecast will feature undefeated Auburn at Tennessee in an SEC showdown at 7:45 p.m. ESPN2 will televise undefeated Texas A&M vs. Arkansas from Cowboys Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

• A split national telecast at 3:30 p.m. on ABC will include Florida State at Boston College in an ACC showdown; UCLA, the only undefeated team in the Pac-10, visiting 3-1 Stanford; and No. 15 Penn State at Illinois.

ESPN / ESPN360.com

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network(s)
Thu, Oct 1	7:30 p.m.	Colorado at West Virginia Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Erin Andrews	ESPN / ESPN360.com
	7:30 p.m.	Alcorn State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Charlie Neal & Jay Walker	ESPNU
Fri, Oct 2	8 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Louisville Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore	ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
Sat, Oct 3	Noon	Wisconsin at Minnesota Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Bob Griese	ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
	Noon	Arkansas State at No. 13 Iowa Pam Ward & Ray Bentley	ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
	Noon	Clemson at Maryland Clay Matvick & David Diaz-Infante	ESPNU
	Noon	No. 6 Virginia Tech at Duke Dave Weekley & Danny Kanell	ESPN360.com
	Noon	No. 3 Alabama at Kentucky Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	No. 10 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar & Robert Chmiel	ESPN360.com
	3:30 p.m.	Florida State at Boston College * Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Holly Rowe	ABC
		No. 15 Penn State at Illinois * Mike Patrick, Craig James & Heather Cox	ABC
		UCLA at Stanford Dave Lamont & David Norrie	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	Reverse Mirror of ABC: Penn State at Illinois and Florida State at Boston College*
	3:30 p.m.	N.C. State at Wake Forest Todd Harris & Charles Arbuckle	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 21 Mississippi at Vanderbilt Eric Collins & Brock Huard	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	South Carolina State at South Carolina Bob Wischusen & Brian Griese	ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com
	7:30 p.m.	Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (from Cowboys Stadium) Mark Jones & Bob Davie	ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
	7:45 p.m.	Auburn at Tennessee Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Erin Andrews	ESPN / ESPN360.com
		No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 17 Miami Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Lisa Salters	ABC
	8 p.m.	No. 7 USC at No. 24 California Ron Franklin & Ed Cunningham	ABC
	10:30 p.m.	Colorado State at Idaho Carter Blackburn & TBD	ESPNU

* Reverse mirror: ESPN will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast.

And CBS College Sports previews Tuesday’s Tony Barnhart Show.

POLITICAL STRATEGIST JAMES CARVILLE AND

GEORGIA HEAD COACH MARK RICHT THIS WEEK ON

“THE TONY BARNHART SHOW” ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK

Barnhart to Look at Boise State – Is there a Glass Ceiling?

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK’s THE TONY BARNHART SHOW, a new weekly one-hour primetime college football talk show, features political strategist and LSU fan James Carville, University of Georgia head coach Mark Richt and CBSSports.com columnist Mike Freeman on Tuesday, Sept 29 (9:00 PM
, ET).

“Mr. College Football,” Tony Barnhart hosts the show along with Brian Jones. The hard-hitting program will debate and analyze the hot topics and issues facing college football both on and off-the-field. This week Barnhart and Jones look at the “glass ceiling” as it relates to Boise State. Can an undefeated non-BCS school make it to the national championship game? In addition the show will examine the latest news on Tim Tebow’s concussion.

Throughout the season Barnhart will invite a variety of high-profile guests from the college football community, including coaches, administrators, writers, broadcasters and former players to the program. The distinguished guests will offer in-depth, lively, opinionated, topical discussions on the world of college football.

The TONY BARNHART SHOW will air each Tuesday throughout the college football season at 9:00 PM, ET. Mike Aresco serves as Executive Producer. Tyler Hale and Stefan Van Engen produce.

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