Week 1 College Football Schedule on ESPN

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ The college football season begins tomorrow on ESPN. The networks of ESPN will televise 46 games this weekend. Here is the schedule, along with announcer assignments and network placement: Date Time (ET) Game / Commentators Network Thu, Aug 30 7 p.m. No. 9 South Carolina at Vanderbilt Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele ESPN 7 p.m. Central Florida at Akron Keith Morehouse & Jerod Cherry ESPN3 7 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Ball State Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman ESPN3 7 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Central Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Bob Chmeil ESPN3 7 p.m. ESPN Goal Line simulcast ESPNU 7:30 p.m. McNeese State at Middle Tennessee State ESPN3 7:30 p.m. Massachusetts at Connecticut Bob Picozzi & David Diaz-Infante ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network 8 p.m. Sacramento State at New Mexico State ESPN3 * 8 p.m. Southern Utah at Utah State ESPN3 * 9 p.m. Eastern Washington at Idaho Trey Bender & Jay Taylor ESPN3 10:15 p.m. Washington State at BYU Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shannon Spake ESPN Fri, Aug 31 7 p.m. Villanova at Temple Scott Graham, John Bunting & Cat Whitehill ESPN3 7:30 p.m. Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: NC State vs. Tennessee (Atlanta) ESPNU: Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Joe Schad ESPNU & ESPN Radio 8 p.m. No. 24 Boise State at No. 13 Michigan State Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill ESPN 8 p.m. Wagner at Florida Atlantic Jared Schwartz & Forrest Conoly ESPN3 Sat, Sep 1 Noon Ohio at Penn State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Rinaldi & Mark Schwartz ESPN & ESPN 3D Noon Northwestern at Syracuse Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Jenn Brown ESPN2 Noon Western Michigan at Illinois Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins ESPNU Noon Buffalo at No. 6 Georgia Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 & SEC Network 12:30 p.m. Elon at North Carolina ESPN3 * & ACC Network 2 p.m. Texas San Antonio at South Alabama Jonathon Yardley & Cole Cubilic ESPN3 3 p.m. William & Mary at Maryland John Sadak, Cory Chavous & Beth McDade ESPN3 3 p.m. Richmond at Virginia ESPN3 * & ACC Network 3:30 p.m. Southern Mississippi at No. 17 Nebraska Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 ** Miami at Boston College Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor ABC & ESPN2 ** 3:30 p.m. Bowling Green at No. 23 Florida Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza ESPN 3:30 p.m. Iowa vs. Northern Illinois (from Solider Field – Chicago) Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU 6 p.m. Youngstown State at Pittsburgh Bob Picozzi, Ralph Freidgen & Rotina McCann ESPN3 6 p.m. Murray State at No. 7 Florida State Shawn Kenney& Rene Ingoglia ESPN3 6:30 p.m. Liberty at Wake Forest Ryan Rose & Stan Lewter ESPN3 7 p.m. Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 14 Clemson vs. Auburn (Atlanta) Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN 7 p.m. North Texas at No. 3 LSU Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams ESPNU 7 p.m. Florida International at Duke Darren Goldwater, John Gregory & Angela Mallen ESPN3 7 p.m. Tennessee-Chattanooga at South Florida Dave Weekley, Warrick Dunn & Tiffany Greene ESPN3 7 p.m. Austin Peay at Western Kentucky Dan Gutowsky & Doug Graber ESPN3 7 p.m. Jackson State at Mississippi State ESPN3 * & RSN 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Mississippi ESPN3 * & PPV 7 p.m. Jacksonville State at No. 10 Arkansas ESPN3 * & PPV 7 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri ESPN3 * & PPV 7:30 p.m. Hawaii at No. 1 USC Rich Cellini, John Mackovic, and Brett McMurphy ESPN Radio 8 p.m. Cowboys Classic: No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 2 Alabama (Arlington, Texas) Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC & ESPN Radio 8 p.m. Wyoming at No. 15 Texas Mark Neely, Ray Bentle7 & Kaylee Hartung Longhorn Network 10:30 p.m. Arkansas State at No. 5 Oregon Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shelley Smith ESPN 10:30 p.m. Toledo at Arizona Joe Davis & Mike Bellotti ESPNU Sun, Sep 2 Noon MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney: Bethune-Cookman vs. Alabama State (from Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium – Orlando) Dave Lamont, Jay Walker & Paul Carcaterra ESPN 3:30 p.m. Kentucky at No. 25 Louisville Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill ESPN Mon, Sep 3 8 p.m. Georgia Tech at No. 16 Virginia Tech Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich ESPN