C-USA Announces 2008 Football Television Schedule
July 17, 2008
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Conference USA has announced its television schedule for the 2008 football season. The current confirmed schedule features nearly 50 games to air nationally or regionally. National games will be-televised on CBS College Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, the NFL Network and the Big Ten Network. Included are a number of unopposed windows that provide tremendous exposure to C-USA, as well as several exciting league match-ups, and many challenging non-conference contests. Additionally, at least seven other games will be regionally-televised throughout the southeast on CSS. This season marks the fourth year of C-USA's partnership with CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV). In 2005, Conference USA signed a six-year initial term that includes significant national and regional exposure for football, men's and women's basketball and other C-USA sports. CBS College Sports Network is widely available on cable systems across the country and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 (Premier Package and Sports Pack) and Dish Network Channel 152 (America's Top 200 Package). Conference USA will also be featured on ESPN and its family of networks with at least 10 regular season contests televised this fall as part of its contract with the network. Additional non-conference games may be selected by the network through agreements with other conferences. The fourth annual Conference USA Football Championship Game will be televised by ESPN or ESPN 2 on Saturday, December 6. "We are very pleased to have so many of our football games on television and distributed to fans throughout the country," said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. "We are looking forward to a great conference race this fall and we're glad that people around the country will be able to watch so many of our games." CBS College Sports Network will broadcast nationally at least 20 C-USA football games during the 2008 season, including 15 conference match-ups. Live game coverage kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 6 as Rice visits Memphis. CBS College Sports Network's schedule also includes 12-day selections during the final four Saturdays of the season. The ESPN schedule kicks off on Friday, August 29, when June Jones makes his SMU coaching debut at longtime rival Rice. The next day, East Carolina squares off against Virginia Tech in Charlotte on ESPN. On Saturday, September 6, C-USA will have three of its home games air on the ESPN family of networks as West Virginia visits East Carolina, South Florida plays at UCF and Texas faces UTEP in El Paso. The ESPN schedule also features six unopposed windows, with three Friday night contests, two Sunday night games and one Tuesday night tilt. Four of those games feature a pair of Conference USA teams in head-to-head matchups. As part of the league's agreement with CBS College Sports Network, seven games have been sub-licensed for regional broadcast. Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) will begin its regional package throughout the southeastern U.S. on September 13 when Memphis visits Marshall. Additional Conference USA football television exposures remain a possibility, and will be released as soon as they are finalized.
2008 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL Saturday, September 6 Rice at Memphis 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 13 Air Force at Houston 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 20 TCU at SMU 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Thursday, September 25 SMU at Tulane 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 27 Houston at East Carolina 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 27 UCF at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Thursday, October 2 Memphis at UAB 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 4 SMU at UCF 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 4 Rice at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Thursday, October 9 UAB at Houston 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 11 Boise State at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 18 UTEP at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 25 SMU at Navy 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 25 Southern Miss at Memphis 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 8 Marshall at East Carolina 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST Saturday, November 8 TBA (12 day advance) 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Saturday, November 15 TBA (12 day advance) 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Saturday, November 22 TBA (12 day advance) 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST Friday, November 28 UTEP at East Carolina 1:00 p.m. EST/Noon CST Saturday, November 29 TBA (12 day advance) 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST ESPN SCHEDULE Friday, August 29 SMU at Rice 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, August 30 Virginia Tech at East Carolina Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST Saturday, September 6 West Virginia at East Carolina 4:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. CDT Friday, October 3 Cincinnati at Marshall 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Friday, October 10 Louisville at Memphis 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Sunday, October 26 UCF at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Sunday, November 2 East Carolina at UCF 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Sunday, December 21 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Wednesday, December 31 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST Friday, January 2 AutoZone Liberty Bowl 5:00 p.m. EST/4:00 p.m. CST Tuesday, January 6 GMAC Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST ESPN 2 SCHEDULE Saturday, September 6 South Florida at UCF 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 6 Texas at UTEP 10:15 p.m. EDT/9:15 p.m. CDT Tuesday, October 28 Houston at Marshall 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, December 20 St. Petersburg Bowl 4:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. CST ESPN OR ESPN 2 SCHEDULE Saturday, December 6 C-USA Championship Game TBA BIG TEN NETWORK SCHEDULE Saturday, September 6 Marshall at Wisconsin Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT NFL NETWORK SCHEDULE Tuesday, December 30 Texas Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST COMCAST SPORTS SOUTHEAST (CSS) REGIONAL SCHEDULE Saturday, September 13 Memphis at Marshall 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 20 Marshall at Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 18 Memphis at East Carolina 12:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT Saturday, November 1 UAB at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 15 UCF at Marshall 4:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. CST Saturday, November 22 TBA (12 day advance) 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST Saturday, November 29 TBA (12 day advance) 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST ESPN REGIONAL SCHEDULE Saturday, September 27 Marshall at West Virginia 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT RAYCOM REGIONAL SCHEDULE Saturday, September 6 Southern Miss at Auburn 12:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. CDT Saturday, September 13 UAB at Tennessee 12:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. CDT
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