Real, live college football starts in just about three weeks, and ESPN has announced its team of over 100 television personalities who will appear over its family of networks this fall.
ESPN college football 2014 broadcast lineups announced
Chris Fowler gets a promotion, while Mack Brown and Tim Tebow are among the new faces.
Kevin Jairaj-US PRESSWIRE
There are actual notable changes taking place to ESPN’s lineups! A breakdown:
- Former Texas head coach Mack Brown and former Miami and North Carolina head coach Butch Davis have officially joined the network’s coverage as studio analysts. Brown will work with John Saunders and Danny Kanell, while Davis will work with Adnan Virk and Robert Smith.
- Chris Fowler will take over Brent Musburger’s spot as the play-by-play man for Saturday Night Football.
- Musburger will handle play-by-play duties over at the SEC Network, along with Jesse Palmer and Maria Taylor.
- Draft analyst Todd McShay will be making the jump to the sidelines, joining the team of Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman.
- Joe Tessitore will be calling a weekly night game with Brock Huard and Shannon Spake. He will also host SEC Nation, the SEC Network’s studio show, with Tim Tebow, Marcus Spears, Paul Finebaum and Kaylee Hartung.
The whole dang lineup follows:
Saturdays
| Game Telecast | Play-by-play | Analyst | Reporter |
| Saturday Night Football | Chris Fowler | Kirk Herbstreit | Heather Cox |
| ESPN College Football Primetime | Brad Nessler | Todd Blackledge | Holly Rowe |
| ESPN or ESPN2 Primetime | Joe Tessitore | Brock Huard | Shannon Spake |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Mark Jones | Rod Gilmore | Jessica Mendoza |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Sean McDonough | Chris Spielman | Todd McShay |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Dave Pasch | Brian Griese | Tom Luginbill |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Beth Mowins | Joey Galloway | Paul Carcaterra |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Mike Patrick | Ed Cunningham | Jeannine Edwards |
| ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC | Bob Wischusen | Matt Millen | Quint Kessenich |
| ESPNU | Anish Shroff | Kelly Stouffer | Cara Capuano |
| ESPNU | Adam Amin | John Congemi | |
| ESPNU | Clay Matvick | Anthony Becht | |
| ESPNEWS | Eamon McAnaney | Dan Hawkins | |
| ESPNEWS | Mike Couzens | Rene Ingoglia | |
| ESPN Radio | Bill Rosinski | David Norrie | Joe Schad |
Weekdays
| Game Telecast | Play-by-play | Analyst | Reporter |
| ESPN College Football Primetime (Thursday) | Rece Davis | Jesse Palmer & David Pollack | Samantha Ponder |
| ESPN or ESPN2 Friday | Dave Flemming | Danny Kanell | Allison Williams |
| ESPN or ESPN2 Tuesday or Wednesday | Dave Lamont | Desmond Howard | |
| ESPNU Thursday (HBCU) | Mark Neely | Jay Walker |
SEC Network
| Game Telecast | Play-by-play | Analyst | Reporter |
| SEC Network | Brent Musburger | Jesse Palmer | Maria Taylor |
| SEC Network | Dave Neal | Andre Ware | Laura Rutledge |
| SEC Network | Tom Hart | Matt Stinchcomb | Heather Mitts |
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network Studio Assignments
| Show | Host | Analyst | Contributor |
| College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (Saturdays: 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN) | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard & David Pollack | Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, Scott Van Pelt & Gene Wojciechowski |
| SEC Nation (Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon ET on SEC Network) | Joe Tessitore | Marcus Spears & Tim Tebow | Paul Finebaum & Kaylee Hartung |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame, College Football Countdown (Saturdays on ABC) | John Saunders | Mack Brown & Danny Kanell | |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame, College Football Final (Saturdays on ESPN) | Rece Davis | Lou Holtz & Mark May | |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame (Thursdays on ESPN) | Scott Van Pelt | Brian Griese & Mark May | |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame (Saturdays on ESPN2) | Adnan Virk | Butch Davis & Robert Smith | |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame (Saturdays on ESPNU) | Matt Schick | Kevin Carter, Jason Sehorn & Charles Arbuckle | |
| Pregame, halftime and postgame, SEC Scoreboard (Saturdays on SEC Network) | Dari Nowkhah | Greg McElroy & Booger McFarland | |
| College GameDay on ESPN Radio (Saturdays at noon ET) | Matt Barrie | Trevor Matich & Brad Edwards |
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