ESPN College Sports Update

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Oct. 4, 2011 

Weekly Studio Shows

• Saturday from 9-10 a.m. (ESPNU) & 10 a.m.-noon (ESPN) – College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will travel to Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 8, to the site of the Cotton Bowl in advance of the “Red River Rivalry” between No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas (noon, ABC). This week’s featured segments include: Erin Andrews with LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu; a look at Oklahoma wide receiver Ryan Broyles; Auburn’s Gene Chizik wired

Full Studio Programming Schedule & Details

Spotlight Games Multiple conference showdowns highlight this week’s schedule, including: Saturday, Oct. 8, at noon (ABC) –
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas (Dallas, Texas)
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews

• Both teams hold undefeated records (4-0) – just the second time in the last seven years this has occurred when they have played
• The “Red River Rivalry” name is derived from the Red River that forms part of the boundary between the states of Texas and Oklahoma
• 2011 marks the 106th meeting in this series
• Texas owns the series lead in the rivalry with a 59-41-5 mark
• Both teams have been ranked in the top 25 a total of 37 times

Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. (ESPN & ESPN3) –
No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe

• Both teams head into this weekend with a 4-1 record
•  The Razorbacks are coming off a win over then-No. 14 Texas A&M after overcoming an 18-point halftime deficit – matching the largest comeback under head coach Bobby Petrino
• Auburn and Arkansas have squared off fewer times than any other SEC Western Division teams – Saturday marks the 21st meeting between the two

 

Spotlight:  BCS Analyst Brad Edwards
Brad Edwards, one of the top analysts on everything BCS and a college football researcher at ESPN, is gearing up for the first release of the BCS standings Sunday, Oct. 16. But first he, along with other top ESPN analysts, will preview the BCS in the first of nine BCS Countdown shows Sunday, Oct. 9, at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN and 9 p.m. on ESPNU.

 

 

 

College GameDay Notebook 
 
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot returns to the Texas State Fair – the home of the “Red River Rivalry” between the Sooners and the Longhorns (noon, ABC). College GameDay will be featured at the “Red River Rivalry”and the fair for the fifth time overall, and for the first time since 2009.

The main set will be located across from the Texas Hall of State inside the fair from 8-10 a.m. local time, with the final hour live from a set on the sidelines of the Cotton Bowl. 

As College GameDay enters the sixth week and the MLB Playoffs are underway, this 2009 spot shows the popularity of the College GameDay Bus and the who’s, who that visits each week! Next time, Jeter…

ESPNU All-Access airs at a special time this Wednesday at 6 p.m. followed by the return of ESPNU Road Trip at 6:30 p.m.

All-Access: Syracuse wires head football coach Doug Marrone, along with former NFL players Rob Moore and Tyrone Wheatley, when ESPNU cameras sit in on meetings, workouts, training and practice. Viewers meet “Baby Doll,” a second mom for many of the players, as she serves up breakfast in her 41st year working for Syracuse food services, and two players poll locals’ reaction to the controversial extra point against Toledo.

ESPNU Road Trip hosts Niki Noto and Drubner give a Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi! visiting Blacksburg, Va., during the recent ACC matchup between Virginia Tech and Clemson. The duo “flip” over the new locker room, train with the Corps of Cadets and take a bite out of a long-time tradition with the HokieBird.

ESPNU Media Kit