College Football dominates Saturday; Jac Collinsworth back on NBC; Brady and Fox have Saints-Cowboys;
By David J. Halberstam 09/12/2024
Tom Brady won his last Super Bowl in Tampa Bay.
A busy week coming up!
I bet that Tom Brady was more at ease when the second half progressed. The new analyst, Brady, hoped to excel at Fox. He did just fine in Cleveland. He felt more at ease as the game progressed. The Browns trailed the Cowboys 20-3 at halftime. I suppose it made the two voices less stressful. A lopsided score under the aegis of Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady helped the game’s broadcast for both men.
Tonight, Thursday, will feature Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit They have had two seasons together on the Amazon streamcasts. My sense is that Uncle Al subtly trained Kirk. There’s no question that Herbie has built some NFL depth in addition to college.
Thursday, September 12
7:30 PM- Arizona State at Texas State
ESPN: Matt Barrie, Dan Mullen, Harry Lyles Jr.
7:30 PM- Northwestern State at South Alabama
ESPN+: Pat Greenwood, Brian Genard
Friday, September 13
7 PM- UNLV vs. Kansas
ESPN: Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
8 PM- Arizona at Kansas State
FOX: Tim Brando, Devin Gardner, Josh Sims
Saturday, September 14
Noon- LSU at South Carolina
ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
ESPN Radio: Mike Couzens, Max Starks, Mike Peasley
Noon- Alabama at Wisconsin
FOX: Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
Compass Media: Gregg Daniels, Chad Brown
Noon- Memphis at Florida State
ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Kris Budden
Noon- Oklahoma State at Tulsa
ESPN2: Beth Mowins, Rod Gilmore, Lauren Sisler
Noon- Cincinnati at Miami (OH)
ESPNU: Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox
Noon- North Texas at Texas Tech
FS1: Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis
Noon- Arkansas State at Michigan
B1G: Jeff Levering, Jake Butt, Brooke Fletcher
Noon- Louisiana Tech at NC State
ACCN: Jorge Sedano, Orlando Franklin, Morgan Uber
Noon- North Greenville at The Citadel
Nexstar, ESPN+: Pete Yanity, Jay Sonnhalter, Dave Friedman
Noon- Central Connecticut at St. Francis
NEC Front Row, NEC on the Run App: Pat Farabaugh, Jay Roberts
Noon- Lehigh at LIU
NEC Front Row, NEC on the Run App: Gregg Caserta, Jim Wright
Noon- Central Michigan at Illinois
Peacock: Jac Collinsworth, Michael Robinson, Caroline Pineda
Noon- Mercyhurst at Robert Morris
ESPN+: Paul Dottino, Kevin Gilbride
12:30 PM- Marist at Lafayette
Lafayette SN, ESPN+: Gary Laubach, Mike Joseph, Meghan Caffrey
12:45 PM- Boston College at Missouri
SEC: Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
1 PM- UMass at Buffalo
CBSSN: Jordan Kent, Logan Ryan
1 PM- Western Illinois at Illinois State
Marquee SN, ESPN+: Kurt Pegler, Clay Harbor
1 PM- Delaware at North Carolina A&T
WMYV (My48), FloFootball: Spencer Turkin, Daimeon Banks, Reiven Douglas
1 PM- Kentucky State at Fort Valley State
TheGrio: James Hadnot, Antoine Bethea, Nia Symone
2 PM- Charleston Southern at Richmond
Monumental SN, FloFootball: Bob Black, Chris Anderson, Anna Camden
2 PM- Idaho State at North Dakota
Midco SN, ESPN+, Midco+: Alex Heinert, Ryan Kasowski
2 PM- Coastal Carolina at Temple
ESPN+: Richard Cross, Barrett Brooks
2 PM- Hampton at Norfolk State
ESPN+: Ross Gordon, Matt Mihalik
2 PM- Stetson at Furman
ESPN+: Brock Bowling, Cole Neely
2 PM- Duquesne at Youngstown State
ESPN+: Drae Smith, Chris Sammarone
2 PM- Southern at Jackson State
ESPN+: Santoria Black, Mo Carter
2 PM- Holy Cross at Bryant
FloFootball: Tristan Hobbes, Tim Lynch
2 PM- Black Hills State at St. Thomas (MN)
Midco+: Corbu Stathes, Chris Ohm, Ayo Idowu
3 PM- Morehouse vs. Howard
CNBC, Peacock: Kyle Draper, Charles Arbuckle, Tamara Brown
3 PM-Morehead State at Montana
MTN, ESPN+: Jay Kohn, Marty Mornhinweg, Kyle Hansen
3 PM- Wagner at Delaware State
ESPN+: Gary Laing, TBA
3:30 PM- Texas A&M at Florida
ABC: Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George
ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons
3:30 PM- Oregon at Oregon State
FOX: Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
Westwood One: Nate Gatter, Ryan Leaf
3:30 PM- Notre Dame at Purdue
CBS: Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jenny Dell
3:30 PM- Tulane at Oklahoma
ESPN: Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor
3:30 PM- West Virginia at Pitt
ESPN2: Mike Monaco, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport
3:30 PM- Nevada at Minnesota
B1G: Lisa Byington, Brock Vereen, Melanie Ricks
3:30 PM- Prairie View A&M at Michigan State
B1G: Mark Followill, Anthony Herron, Dannie Rogers
3:30 PM- Ball State at Miami (FL)
ACCN: Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Coley Harvey
3:30 PM- Monmouth at Maine
WVII ABC 7 (Bangor, ME), FloCollege: Jim Churchill, Bryan Stackpole
3:30 PM- VMI at Georgia Tech
ACCN Extra, ESPN+: Shawn Kenney, Forest Conoly
3:30 PM- Washington State vs. Washington, Peacock: Paul Burmeister, Colt McCoy, Zora Stephenson
3:30 PM- Morgan State at Ohio
ESPN+: Michael Reghi, Marcus Ray
3:30 PM- Towson at Villanova
ESPN+: Nick Mantegna, Steve Pinone
4 PM- Troy at Iowa
FS1: Eric Collins, Spencer Tillman
4 PM- Appalachian State at East Carolina
ESPNU: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia
4 PM- South Dakota at Portland State
ESPN+: Matt Richert, Scott Hermo
4:15 PM- UAB at Arkansas
SEC: Dave Neal, Aaron Murray, Ashley ShaAhmadi
4:30 PM- Utah at Utah State
CBSSN: Dave Ryan, Robert Turbin, Tina Cervasio
5:30 PM- North Dakota State at East Tennessee State
ABC ND, ESPN+: Dom Izzo, Kyle Emanuel, Sam Goetzinger
6 PM- Western Carolina at Elon
WMYV (My48), ESPN+: Taylor Durham, Khirey Walker, Hannah Bradey
6 PM- UConn at Duke
ACCNX, ESPN+: Clay Matvick, Steve Addazio, Marilyn Payne
6 PM- North Carolina Central at North Carolina
ACCNX, ESPN+: Kevin Fitzgerald, Charlie Strong, Ashley Stroehlein
6 PM- FIU at Florida Atlantic
ESPN+: AJ Ricketts, Leger Douzable, Smacker Miles
6 PM- Gardner-Webb at Charlotte
ESPN+: James Westling, Reggie Walker
6 PM- Colgate at Akron
ESPN+: Anthony Lima, Ryan Cavanaugh
6 PM- UTEP at Liberty
ESPN+: Matt Warner, Joe Jauch, Emily Austen
6 PM- South Carolina State at Georgia Southern
ESPN+: Danny Waugh, Jared Denk
6 PM- Virginia Tech at Old Dominion
ESPN+: Chip Tarkenton, Andy Mashaw
6 PM- Mercer at Chattanooga
ESPN+: Chris Goforth, Chris Barnett, Dave Keylon
6 PM- William & Mary at Wofford
ESPN+: Jim Noble, Thom Henson, Van Hipp
6 PM- Merrimack at Bucknell
ESPN+: Doug Birdsong, Charlie Fisher
6 PM- Dayton at Indiana State
ESPN+: Brendan King, Jim Leisure
6 PM- West Georgia at Eastern Kentucky
ESPN+: Greg Stotelmyer, Wes Chandler, Jim Tirey
6 PM- Stonehill at New Hampshire
FloFootball: Justin McIsaac, Brian Espanet
6 PM- Campbell at Rhode Island
FloFootball: Stone Freeman, Aidan Garvey, Chris Ward
6:30 PM- Ole Miss at Wake Forest
CW: Thom Brennaman, Max Browne, Treavor Scales
6:30 PM- Bethune-Cookman at Western Michigan
ESPN+: Noah Reed, Taylor McHargue
7 PM- UTSA at Texas
ESPN: Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich
7 PM- Kennesaw State at San Jose State
truTV: Ari Wolfe, Darius Walker, Jared Greenberg
7 PM- Tennessee State vs. UAPB
HBCU Go: Charlie Neal, Jon Kelley, Lawrencia Moten
7 PM- Augustana at South Dakota State
Midco SN, ESPN+, Midco+: Jay Elsen, Kurtiss Riggs
7 PM- Edward Waters at Alcorn State
SWAC DN: Charles Edmond, Cedric Bush
7 PM- Georgetown (KY) at Alabama A&M
SWAC DN: Ted Dixie, Brian Howard
7 PM- Vanderbilt at Georgia State
ESPN+: Matt Stewart, Sam Crenshaw
7 PM- South Florida at Southern Miss
ESPN+: Jason Baker, Austin Davis
7 PM- Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee
ESPN+: Jake Rose, Jeremy Kellem, Justin Beasley
7 PM- Hawai’i at Sam Houston
ESPN+: Tom Franklin, John Harris
7 PM- Jacksonville State at Eastern Michigan
ESPN+: Doug Sherman, Tyoka Jackson
7 PM- Point at Davidson
ESPN+: Jon Gross, Bryson Byrnes
7 PM- Austin Peay at Central Arkansas
ESPN+: Dylan McLemore, JB Brazeal
7 PM- UIW at Southern Illinois
ESPN+: Luke Martin, Mike Trude, Pat Poore
7 PM- Alabama State at Samford
ESPN+: Blake Gardner, Damian Mitchell, Lynden Blake
7 PM- Louisiana Christian at Houston Christian
ESPN+: Jordan Smith, Brandon Kruse
7 PM- Grambling State at Texas A&M-Commerce
ESPN+: Greg Higgins
7 PM- Mississippi Valley State at Murray State
ESPN+: Jack Kizer, Casey Brockman
7 PM- North Alabama at UT Martin
ESPN+: Davis Gregory, John Hatler, Chris Brinkley
7 PM- Lindenwood at Missouri State
ESPN+: Don West, Tom Mast
7 PM- Weber State at Lamar
ESPN+: Dan Gresham, Lemont Williams, Bob Slovak
7:30 PM- Georgia at Kentucky
ABC: Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath
Touchdown Radio: Brett Dolan, Gino Torretta
7:30 PM- Colorado at Colorado State
CBS: Rich Waltz, Ross Tucker, Tiffany Blackmon
Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt, Jon Reynolds, Rachel Vigil
7:30 PM- UCF at TCU
FOX: Connor Onion, Mark Helfrich
7:30 PM- Indiana at UCLA
NBC: Noah Reed, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen
7:30 PM- New Mexico at Auburn
ESPN2: Roy Philpott, Sam Acho, Taylor Davis
7:30 PM- Toledo at Mississippi State
ESPNU: Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman
7:30 PM- Air Force at Baylor
FS1: Alex Faust, Robert Smith
7:30 PM- UNI at Nebraska
B1G: Guy Haberman, Yogi Roth, Rhett Lewis
7:30 PM- Eastern Illinois at Northwestern
B1G: Jason Ross Jr., Matt Millen, Kylen Mills
7:45 PM- Indiana Wesleyan at Valparaiso
ESPN+: Todd Ickow, Tom Byrne
7:45 PM- Kent State at Tennessee
SEC: Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
8 PM- Maryland at Virginia
ACCN: Wes Durham, Tom Luginbill, Dana Boyle
8 PM- Rice at Houston
ESPN+: Lowell Galindo, Fozzie Whittaker, Tori Petry
8 PM- Stephen F. Austin at McNeese
ESPN+: Jeff Palermo, Chaston Tavares
9 PM- BYU at Wyoming
CBSSN: Carter Blackburn, Randy Cross, Brandon Baylor
BYU Radio: Greg Wrubell, Hans Olsen, Mitchell Juergens
9 PM- Nicholls at Sacramento State
KMAX, ESPN+: Jason Ross, Darren Arbet
9 PM- Northern Arizona at Utah Tech
ESPN+: Rod Zundel, Max Christensen III
10:30 PM- San Diego State at California
ESPN: Dave Flemming, Brock Osweiler, Stormy Buonantony
10:30 PM- New Mexico State at Fresno State
truTV: JB Long, Mike Golic Jr., Bridget Howard
I’d like to say a nice word for Dave Flemming, who after 20 years is still only fourth in seniority on San Francisco Giants games, but clearly in position to succeed Jon Miller or Duane Kuiper. I think he does a good job on football, too.