College Football Week #4: Fox has biggest game of the weekend, Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin in Chicago
By David J. Halberstam 09/23/2021
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2021 –WEEK #4 NOTES
Gus Johnson takes a deep dive on Sunday, after his headline college game Saturday, Notre Dame-Wisconsin in Chicago Saturday. That may very well be the best rated college game Saturday. It’s on Fox. Sunday, he’ll preside over the NFL Arizona-Jacksonville matchup. This might very well be a new low. It will be seen on only four stations Sunday and 3% of the country.
Tom Brando has Colorado State vs Iowa State. Tim is particularly impassioned about college football. Here’s how hw sees the top ten teams this week.
Joe Davis was taken off the Baylor game because he’s suffering from Covid. Get well soon.
ESPN’s top team on Saturday night has West Virginia at Oklahoma on ABC. Top as ESPN labels it, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit.
According to Sports Media Watch:
“The college football season continued its strong start in the ratings in week three. Last Saturday’s Alabama-Florida and Auburn-Penn State college football games were the fourth and fifth of the college football season to cross the seven million viewer mark, the most in the first three weeks of play since 2016 (also five). Last season, it took until mid-October before a single game averaged even six million.”
ESPN’s best team (in my humble view), Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge and Molly McGrath have Rutgers at Michigan on ABC.
Solid Brandon Gaudin better have tons of material ready and I’m sure he does. He calls Akron at Ohio State on the Big Ten Network
Thursday, September 23
7:30 PM- Marshall at Appalachian State
ESPN: Matt Barrie, Roddy Jones, Harry Lyles Jr.
8 PM- Alcorn State at UAPB
ESPNU: Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker
Friday, September 24
6:30 PM- Middle Tennessee at Charlotte
CBSSN: Chris Lewis, Corey Chavous
7 PM- Wake Forest at Virginia
ESPN2: Mike Morgan, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
7 PM- Brown at Harvard
ESPNU: Jay Alter, Jack Ford
8 PM- Liberty at Syracuse
ACCN: Drew Carter, Bobby Carpenter, Taylor Davis
10 PM- UNLV at Fresno State
CBSSN: Jason Knapp, Donte Whitner
Saturday, September 25
Noon- Boise State at Utah State
CBS, PARA+: Rich Waltz, Aaron Taylor, Sherree Burruss
Noon- Texas Tech at Texas
ABC, ESPN3: Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill
Noon- Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
FOX: Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
Noon- LSU at Mississippi State
ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden
Noon- Missouri at Boston College
ESPN2: Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Tiffany Blackmon
Noon- Bowling Green at Minnesota
ESPNU: Mike Couzens, Dustin Fox
Noon- SMU at TCU
FS1: Dan Hellie, Robert Smith
Noon- Georgia at Vanderbilt
SEC: Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
Noon- Villanova at Penn State
B1G: Mark Followill, Matt Millen, Elise Menaker
Noon- Ohio at Northwestern
B1G: Chris Vosters, J Leman, Michelle McMahon
Noon- Miami-OH at Army West Point
CBSSN: Jason Horowitz, Ross Tucker, Tina Cervasio
Noon- Richmond at Virginia Tech
ACCN: Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris
Noon- New Hampshire at Pitt
ACCNX, ESPN+: Bill Roth, Eddie Royal, Abby LaBar
Noon- Wagner at Temple
ESPN+: Bill Spaulding, Barrett Brooks
Noon- FIU at Central Michigan
ESPN+: Jim Barbar, Randy Buffington
Noon- Cornell at Yale
ESPN+: Ron Vaccaro, Jack Siedlecki
Noon- Howard at Robert Morris
ESPN+: Geoff Brault, Steve Eggink, Ed Weir
Noon- McNeese at UIW
ESPN+: Randy McIlvoy, Shea Walker, Lainie Fritz
Noon- Norfolk State at St. Francis
NEC Front Row: Pat Farabaugh, Jay Roberts
12:30 PM- Central Connecticut at Miami-FL
ACC RSN, ESPN3: Tom Werme, Charles Arbuckle, Lauren Jbara
1 PM- San Diego at Davidson
Davidson All-Access: Daron Vaught, Scott Hamilton
1 PM- Valparaiso at Drake
ESPN3: Michael Admire, Dustin Anthony
1 PM- UMass at Coastal Carolina
ESPN+: Jeff McCarragher, Nate Ross
1 PM- Virginia U of Lynchburg at Duquesne
NEC Front Row: Tim Benz, Ellis Cannon
1 PM- Presbyterian at Dayton
Facebook: Alex Mikos, Jared Phillips
1 PM- Buter at St. Thomas
Tommies All-Access: Corbu Stathes, Ayo Idowu
1 PM- Lehigh at Colgate
ESPN+: Eric Malanoski, Jeff Bishop
1 PM- South Dakota State at Indiana State
KLCO-DT 2, KELO Xtra, ESPN+: Luke Martin, Katrell Moss
1 PM- Holy Cross at Monmouth
ESPN+: Matt Harmon, Eddy Occhipinti
1 PM- Georgetown at Columbia
ESPN+: Lance Medow, Josh Martin
1 PM- Stetson at Princeton
ESPN+: Cody Chrusciel, Dave Giancola, Renee Washington
1:30 PM- Wofford at VMI
Nexstar, ESPN+: Pete Yanity, Jared Singleton
1:30 PM- Sacred Heart at Dartmouth
ESPN+: Matt Corsetti, Matt Goldstein
2 PM- William & Mary at Elon
WMYV, FloFootball: Taylor Durham, Matt Krause
2 PM- Toledo at Ball State
ESPN+: Michael Reghi, Je’Rod Cherry
2 PM- San Jose State at Western Michigan
ESPN+: Jason Ross, Tyoka Jackson
2 PM- Texas State at Eastern Michigan
ESPN+: Anthony Lima, Marcus Ray
2 PM- Mercer at Furman
ESPN+: Brock Bowling, Ellis Tolbert
2 PM- Merrimack at Delaware State
ESPN+, HSRN: Gary Laing, Leroy Thompson
2:30 PM- Washington State at Utah
P12, P12 MTN, P12 WA: Roxy Bernstein, Lincoln Kennedy
2:30 PM- Maine at Northern Illinois
ESPN3: Doug Sherman, Forrest Conoly
2:30 PM- Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech
ESPN+: Dylan Vazzano, Sam Brooks
3 PM- Cal Poly at Montana
SWX, ESPN+: Dennis Patchin, Grady Bennett, Shaun Rainey
3 PM- Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado
ESPN+: Jason Alvine
3 PM- Sacramento State at Idaho State
ESPN+: Dylan Carder, Kody Graves
3 PM- Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri
ESPN+: Erik Sean, Rick Wieser, Rusty Hendricks
3 PM- Illinois State at Southern Illinois
ESPN+: Noah Reed, Mike Trude, Kendra Sheehan
3 PM- East Tennessee State at Samford
ESPN+: Curt Bloom, Chad Pilcher, Blake Gardner
3 PM- Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky
ESPN+: Greg Stotelmyer, Jim Tirey, Wes Chandler
3 PM- Delta State at Jackson State
Jackson State SN: Rob Jay, Darrell Asberry, Jamye Horton, Christopher Neely
3:30 PM- Iowa State at Baylor
FOX: Aaron Goldsmith, Brock Huard
3:30 PM- Rutgers at Michigan
ABC, ESPN3: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Molly McGrath
3:30 PM- Texas A&M vs. Arkansas
CBS, PARA+: Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jamie Erdahl
3:30 PM- Clemson at NC State
ESPN: Mark Jones, Robert Griffin III, Quint Kessenich
3:30 PM- Louisville at Florida State
ESPN2: Anish Shroff, Mike Golic Jr., Taylor McGregor
3:30 PM- UTSA at Memphis
ESPNU: John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
3:30 PM- Colorado State at Iowa
FS1: Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
3:30 PM- Illinois at Purdue
B1G: Lisa Byington, Anthony Herron, Coley Harvey
3:30 PM- Kent State at Maryland
B1G: Joe Beninati, Matt McGloin, Krystle Rich
3:30 PM- Wyoming at UConn
CBSSN: Ed Cohen, Randy Cross, Josh Martin
3:30 PM- Towson vs. San Diego State
Stadium: Ari Wolfe, Jordan Palmer
3:30 PM- Penn at Lafayette
Lafayette SN, ESPN+: Gary Laubach, Mike Joseph, John Leone
3:30 PM- Fordham at Stony Brook
FloFootball: Jonny Wincott, Sam Kornhauser
4 PM- Georgia State at Auburn
SEC: Dave Neal, Deuce McAllister, Andraya Carter
4 PM- Kansas at Duke
ACCN: Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Jaylyn Johnson
4 PM- UT Martin at Jacksonville State
ESPN+: Mickey Shadrix, Butch Barker
4 PM- North Alabama at Nicholls
ESPN+: John Liddle, LaDarrin McLane, Nicole Hutchison
5 PM- Arkansas State at Tulsa
ESPN+: Courtney Lyle, Brandon Weeden
5 PM- Sam Houston at Central Arkansas
ESPN+: James Westling, Dylan McLemore
5 PM-Montana State at Portland State
ESPN+: Matt Richert, Scott Hermo
6 PM- UCLA at Stanford
P12, P12 BAY, P12 LA: Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth
Learfield: Kate Scott, Mike Golic
6 PM- Bryant at Marist
ESPN3: Geoff Brault, Steve Eggink, Ed Weir
6 PM- Louisiana at Georgia Southern
ESPN+: Matt Stewart, Danny Waugh
6 PM- Buffalo at Old Dominion
ESPN+: Ted Alexander, Andy Mashaw
6 PM- Charleston Southern at ECU
ESPN+: Connor Onion, Stanford Routt
6 PM- Bethune-Cookman at Alabama State
ESPN+: Butch Alsandor, Jorge Vargas
6 PM- North Carolina Central at North Carolina A&T
ESPN+: Donal Ware, Stan Lewter
6 PM- Western Carolina at Gardner-Webb
ESPN+: Phil Constantino, Eugene Robinson
6 PM- Western Illinois at Youngstown State
ESPN+: Drae Smith, Chris Sammarone
6:30 PM- Texas Southern at Rice
ESPN3: David Saltzman, Taylor McHargue
7 PM- Tennessee at Florida
ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Katie George
7 PM- Kentucky at South Carolina
ESPN2: Brian Custer, Kelly Stouffer, Lauren Sisler
7 PM- Navy at Houston
ESPNU: Tiffany Greene, Hutson Mason
7 PM- Nebraska at Michigan State
FS1: Cory Provus, Mark Helfrich
7 PM- North Texas at Louisiana Tech
Stadium: Chris Hassel, Sed Bonner
7 PM- Kansas State at Oklahoma State
ESPN+: Shawn Kenney, Ryan Leaf, Shane Sparks
7 PM- Abilene Christian at Lamar
ESPN+: Dan Gresham, Lemont Williams
7 PM- New Mexico Highlands at Tarleton State
ESPN+: Kyle Youmans, Richard Bartel
7 PM- Lincoln (CA) at Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+: Chris Mycoskie, D’Torian Smith
7:30 PM- West Virginia at Oklahoma
ABC, ESPN3: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
7:30 PM- Southern Miss at Alabama
SEC: Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
7 PM- Akron at Ohio State
B1G: Brandon Gaudin, James Laurinaitis, Rick Pizzo
7:30 PM- North Carolina at Georgia Tech
ACCN: Roy Philpott, Tim Hasselbeck, Kelsey Riggs
8 PM- FAU at Air Force
FS2:Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
8 PM- Indiana at Western Kentucky
CBSSN: Dave Ryan, Aaron Murray, Jenny Dell
8 PM- Hawai’i at New Mexico State
AggieVision, FloFootball: Adam Young, Danny Knee, Megan McCormick
8 PM- UC Davis at Weber State
KJZZ, ESPN+: Dave Fox, Alema Harrington, Tony Parks
8 PM- South Dakota at Missouri State
ESPN3: Scott Warmann, Danan Hughes, Kelly Burke
8 PM- Troy at UL Monroe
ESPN+ Mike Hammett, Josh Peterson
8 PM- UAB at Tulane
ESPN+: Richard Cross, Brian Kinchen
8 PM- Eastern Washington at Southern Utah
ESPN+: Chris Holmes or TBA
9 PM- New Mexico at UTEP
ESPN+: Erik Elken, Trevor Vittatoe
9:30 PM- Cal at Washington
P12, P12 BAY, P12 WA: Guy Haberman, Shane Verrett
10:15 PM- USF at BYU
ESPN2: Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport
10:30 PM- Arizona at Oregon
ESPN: Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony
10:30 PM- Colorado at Arizona State
ESPNU: Mike Corey, Tom Ramsey
10:30 PM- Oregon State at USC
FS1: Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis
Sunday, September 26
3 PM- Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State
ESPN+: Butch Alsandor, Jorge Vargas
