College Football on NBCSN

College Football on NBCSN is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I and Division I FBS college football games produced by NBC Sports and televised on NBCSN in the United States.

College Football on NBCSN
Also known asCollege Football on CNBC
GenreCollege football telecasts
Presented bySee List of College Football on NBCSN commentators
Theme music composerJohn Colby
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes183 (as of November 30, 2019)
Production
Production locationVarious NCAA stadiums
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time210 minutes or until game ends (inc. adverts)
Production companiesNational Collegiate Athletic Association
NBC Sports
Release
Original networkNBCSN (formerly Versus)
NBC Universo via Telemundo Deportes
(Spanish simulcasts of select games)
Picture format480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseSeptember 16, 2006 (2006-09-16) 
present
Chronology
Related showsNotre Dame Football on NBC
External links
Website

History

Versus (2006–2011)

As Versus, the channel had approached the National Football League (NFL) about carrying select games during league negotiations for broadcasting contracts following the 2005 NFL season. The channel was rebuffed for a deal, with the league deciding instead to give a portion of the cable television game rights to its own NFL Network.

Versus approached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for a deal to broadcast college football games, and was awarded a contract to broadcast games from the Mountain West Conference (MW) in a joint deal between the channel's owner Comcast and College Sports Television, which also led to the creation of the MountainWest Sports Network. For its inaugural season of college football broadcasts in 2006, Gary Bender or Bob Papa served as the play-by-play announcer, with Glenn Parker as the analyst and Argy Stathapulos as the sideline reporter for Mountain West football game coverage.

On June 6, 2007, Versus agreed to a multi-year deal with Fox Sports Net to sub-license up to ten college football games annually from the Pac-10 and Big 12 Conferences, taking the cable rights for both conferences from TBS. The Big 12 sub-licensing deal concluded in 2010, at the same time that Versus increased the number of Pac-10 games sub-licensed from Fox Sports Net to seven per season.

In 2008, Versus announced a contract with the Ivy League to broadcast at least three games each year beginning with the 2008 season, culminating in the annual Harvard–Yale game. The initial two-year contract was later renewed in 2010.[1]

After the 2010 season, the Pac-10 announced a realignment in which it would acquire two teams from the Mountain West Conference (renaming itself the Pac-12 Conference). With addition of rights to one to two extra games to broadcast each week, Fox Sports decided to move some of the Pac-12 games to FX, while Versus would continue holding rights to seven games each season.[2] This lasted until 2012, when the channel lost the conference's games to the newly launched Pac-12 Networks.

NBC Sports Network

To fill the hole created by the loss of Pac-12 football rights, for 2012, the renamed NBC Sports Network[3] by signing a contract to broadcast at least five games per year from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).[4] The channel announced that it would renew its contract with the Ivy League for two additional seasons, upping the number of broadcasts to six to ten games each season (from three to five games annually); the Harvard-Yale game remained one of the broadcasts NBCSN was guaranteed to air.[5] The channel also increased the number of annual Mountain West Conference football broadcasts by two.

In 2013, NBCSN lost its share of MW rights to ESPN, which had aired a limited schedule of games from the conference in 2012. It also lost the rights to the Atlanta Football Classic to the ESPN networks; the opponents of that game changed from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (which has no unified broadcast agreement) to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (which already had a deal with ESPN) beginning that year.

On April 9, 2013, NBC Sports renewed its broadcasting contract with Notre Dame for ten years through the 2025 season.[6] As part of the contract, NBCSN acquired the rights to broadcast select home games featuring the team.[7][8]

In 2014, NBCSN lost a portion of the CAA rights to the American Sports Network, an upstart sports syndication service launched that year by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.[9] NBCSN also initially declined to renew its television deal with the Ivy League, which would have left that league without a television broadcaster for the 2014 season; the channel's increased emphasis on Premier League soccer matches reduced the number of opportunities for the network to carry college football on Saturday afternoons. However, NBCSN reversed its decision and added select Ivy League games beginning in late October 2014 in a joint agreement with Fox College Sports. NBCSN lost Ivy League rights after the 2017 season as the conference signed an agreement with ESPN the following year, with most games being moved to subscription service ESPN+.

In 2015, NBCSN gained the rights to carry at least one Notre Dame football game on NBCSN in addition to the spring game. They also became the new television home of the Bayou Classic between Grambling State and Southern.

Announcers

Schedules

2006 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 9/16/06Texas Tech at TCU5:00 p.m.Mountain West
Thursday 9/28/06BYU at TCU6:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/30/06Boise State at Utah3:00 p.m.Mountain West
Thursday 10/5/06TCU at Utah9:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/28/06BYU at Air Force2:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/4/06TCU at UNLV3:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/11/06Colorado State at Utah2:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/18/06San Diego State at TCU4:00 p.m.Mountain West

2007 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 9/1/07Virginia at Wyoming2:00 p.m.Mountain West
Arizona at BYU5:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/8/07BYU at UCLA6:30 p.m.Pac-10
Wisconsin at UNLV10:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/15/07Iowa at Iowa State1:30 p.m.Big 12
UCLA at Utah5:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/22/07Arizona at California6:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 9/29/07Baylor at Texas A&M12:30 p.m.Big 12
Cincinnati at San Diego State10:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/6/07Southern California at Stanford7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/13/07Oregon State at California7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Thursday 10/18/07Utah at TCU8:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/20/07Texas at Baylor12:30 p.m.Big 12
Thursday 10/25/07Air Force at New Mexico9:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/3/07Kansas State at Iowa State12:30 p.m.Big 12
Thursday 11/8/07TCU at BYU9:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/10/07Kansas State at Nebraska12:30 p.m.Big 12
Saturday 11/24/07Utah at BYU2:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 12/1/07California at Stanford7:00 p.m.Pac-10

2008 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 8/30/08TCU at New Mexico6:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/6/08Texas A&M at New Mexico5:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/13/08UCLA at BYU3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/20/08Utah at Air Force4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/27/08Army at Texas A&M12:30 p.m.Big 12
Florida A&M vs Tennessee State4:00 p.m.Atlanta Football Classic
Thursday 10/2/08Oregon State at Utah9:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/4/08Kansas at Iowa State12:30 p.m.Big 12
Navy at Air Force4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Washington at Arizona7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/11/08Cornell at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Thursday 10/16/08BYU at TCU8:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/18/08Nebraska at Iowa State12:30 p.m.Big 12
Oregon St at Washington7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/25/08Baylor at Nebraska12:30 p.m.Big 12
Dartmouth at Columbia4:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/1/08Brown at Pennsylvania12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/8/08Iowa State at Colorado1:30 p.m.Big 12
Saturday 11/15/08Princeton at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Southern California at Stanford7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/22/08Yale at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Air Force at TCU3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Oregon St at Arizona7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/29/08Baylor at Texas Tech12:30 p.m.Big 12
Oregon at Oregon St7:00 p.m.Pac-10

2009 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 9/12/09Texas at Wyoming3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/19/09Duke at Kansas12:00 p.m.Big 12
Florida State at BYU7:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/26/09Cornell at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Florida A&M vs Tennessee State3:30 p.m.Atlanta Football Classic
Arizona at Oregon State7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/03/09Oregon State at Arizona State7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/10/09Iowa State at Kansas12:30 p.m.Big 12
Saturday 10/17/09Princeton at Brown12:30 p.m.Ivy League
Colorado State at TCU4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Stanford at Arizona7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/24/09Oklahoma State at Baylor12:30 p.m.Big 12
Air Force at Utah4:00 p.m.Mountain West
TCU at BYU7:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/31/09Nebraska at Baylor12:30 p.m.Big 12
UNLV at TCU4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/07/09Kansas at Kansas State12:30 p.m.Big 12
TCU at San Diego State4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/14/09Missouri at Kansas State12:30 p.m.Big 12
Arizona at Cal7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/21/09Harvard at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
San Diego State at Utah4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Cal at Stanford7:00 p.m.Pac-10

2010 schedule

DateGameKickoff TimTime
(Easternstern Time)
Host Conference
Thursday 9/2/10Pitt at Utah8:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/4/10Wisconsin at UNLV11:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/11/10BYU at Air Force4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/18/10Baylor at TCU4:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/25/10Florida A&M vs Tennessee State3:30 p.m.Atlanta Football Classic
Saturday 10/2/10Navy at Air Force2:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/9/10USC at Stanford7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/16/10BYU at TCU4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Arizona at Washington State7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 10/30/10Stanford at Washington7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/6/10Penn at Princeton3:00 p.m.Ivy League
Oregon State at UCLA7:00 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/13/10Brown at Dartmouth12:00 p.m.Ivy League
San Diego State at TCU4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Oregon at Cal7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 11/20/10Yale at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/27/10TCU at New Mexico4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Oregon State at Stanford7:30 p.m.Pac-10
Saturday 12/4/10Washington at Washington State7:00 p.m.Pac-10

2011 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 9/10/11TCU at Air Force3:30 p.m.Mountain West[10]
Utah at USC7:30 p.m.Pac-12[11]
Saturday 9/17/11Texas Tech at New Mexico3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/24/11Cornell at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League[12]
Southern vs. Florida A&M3:30 p.m.Atlanta Football Classic
Nebraska at Wyoming7:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/01/11Nevada at Boise State2:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/08/11Colorado at Stanford7:30 p.m.Pac-12
Saturday 10/15/11Penn at Columbia3:30 p.m.Ivy League
Stanford at Washington State7:30 p.m.Pac-12
Saturday 10/22/11Yale at Penn12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Air Force at Boise State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/5/11Arizona State at UCLA7:30pmPac-12
Saturday 11/12/11Penn at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
TCU at Boise State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Arizona State at Washington State10:30 p.m.Pac-12
Saturday 11/19/11Harvard at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Colorado State at TCU3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Colorado at UCLA7:30 p.m.Pac-12
Saturday 11/26/11Washington State at Washington7:30 p.m.Pac-12
Saturday 12/3/11UNLV at TCU2:30 p.m.Mountain West

2012 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 9/8/12Delaware State at Delaware3:30 p.m.CAA[13]
Army at San Diego State7:30 p.m.Mountain West[14]
Saturday 9/15/12William & Mary at Towson12:00 p.m.CAA
Miami (OH) at Boise State4:00 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/22/12Yale at Cornell12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Harvard at Brown4:30 p.m.Ivy League
Nevada at Hawaiʻi10:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 9/29/12Penn at Dartmouth12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Southern vs. Florida A&M3:30 p.m.Atlanta Football Classic[15]
Saturday 10/6/12Towson at James Madison1:00 p.m.CAA
Saturday 10/13/12Brown at Princeton12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Fresno State at Boise State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/20/12Penn at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
UNLV at Boise State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 10/27/12Delaware at Old Dominion12:00 p.m.CAA
Saturday 11/3/12Towson at Delaware12:00 p.m.CAA
Saturday 11/10/12Harvard at Penn12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Air Force at San Diego State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Boise State at Hawaiʻi7:00 p.m.Mountain West
Fresno State at Nevada10:30 p.m.Mountain West
Saturday 11/17/12Yale at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Colorado State at Boise State3:30 p.m.Mountain West
Old Dominion at James Madison7:00 p.m.CAA
Saturday 11/24/12Air Force at Fresno State3:30 p.m.Mountain West

2013 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 09/07/13Delaware State at Delaware3:30 p.m.CAA[16]
Saturday 09/21/13Lehigh at Princeton6:00 p.m.Ivy League[17]
Saturday 09/28/13Brown at Harvard7:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 10/12/13Lehigh at Columbia12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Richmond at James Madison3:30 p.m.CAA
Villanova at Towson7:00 p.m.CAA
Saturday 11/09/13James Madison at New Hampshire12:30 p.m.CAA
Cornell at Dartmouth4:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/16/13Penn at Harvard12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/23/13Harvard at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
James Madison at Towson3:30 p.m.CAA

2014 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 10/11/14William & Mary at New Hampshire3:30 p.m.CAA[18]
Saturday 10/25/14Penn at Yale1:30 p.m.Ivy League[19]
Saturday 11/08/14Penn at Princeton3:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/15/14James Madison at Richmond12:30 p.m.CAA
Saturday 11/22/14Yale at Harvard12:30 p.m.Ivy League
New Hampshire at Maine3:30 p.m.CAA
Richmond at William & Mary7:30 p.m.CAA

2015 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Friday 10/02/15Columbia at Princeton7:30 p.m.Ivy League[20]
Saturday 10/03/15William & Mary at Delaware7:30 p.m.CAA[21]
Friday 10/23/15Yale at Penn7:00 p.m.Ivy League
Friday 10/30/15Dartmouth at Harvard7:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 10/31/15James Madison at William & Mary4:00 p.m.CAA
Maine at Villanova7:30 p.m.CAA
Friday 11/06/15Cornell at Dartmouth8:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/07/15Richmond at New Hampshire3:00 p.m.CAA
Friday 11/20/15Brown at Columbia7:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/21/15Harvard at Yale2:30 p.m.Ivy League
Boston College vs. Notre Dame7:30 p.m.Notre Dame (Independent)
Saturday 11/28/15Southern vs. Grambling State5:00 p.m.SWAC
Bayou Classic[22]

2016 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Friday 09/30/16Penn at Dartmouth7:00 p.m.Ivy League[23]
Friday 10/21/16Penn at Yale7:00 p.m.Ivy League
Friday 10/28/16Yale at Columbia7:00 p.m.Ivy League
Friday 11/11/16Harvard at Penn8:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/19/16Harvard at Yale12:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/26/16Southern vs. Grambling State5:00 p.m.SWAC
Bayou Classic

2017 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Friday 09/29/17Dartmouth at Penn7:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 09/30/17Miami (OH) at Notre Dame5:00 p.m.Notre Dame (Independent)
Friday 10/20/17Princeton at Harvard7:30 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 10/28/17Cornell at Princeton7:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/18/17Harvard at Yale12:00 p.m.Ivy League
Saturday 11/25/17Southern vs. Grambling State5:00 p.m.SWAC
Bayou Classic

2018 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 11/24/18Southern vs. Grambling State4:00 p.m.SWAC
Bayou Classic

2019 schedule

DateGameKickoff Time
(Eastern Time)
Host Conference
Saturday 11/30/19Southern vs. Grambling State4:00 p.m.SWAC
Bayou Classic

See also

References

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