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ESPN announces broadcast schedule for first 2 weekends of 2020 college football season
By SDS Staff
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SEC football does not kick off until Sept. 26, but fans will be able to enjoy college football on TV starting this Saturday.
ESPN announced its coverage plans for Saturday’s FCS Kickoff between Austin Peay and Central Arkansas along with games on Thursday, Sept. 3, and a packed Labor Day Weekend Saturday plus BYU-Navy in primetime on Monday.
ESPN revealed announcers and networks for all the games on Wednesday:
| Date | Time (ET) | Programming | Network |
| Sat, Aug 29 | 9 p.m. | Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff: Austin Peay vs. Central Arkansas Matt Barrie, Mike Golic, Jr, Lauren Sisler |
ESPN |
| Thu, Sep 3 | 8 p.m. | Central Arkansas at UAB | ESPN3 |
| Sat, Sep 5 | 1 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Marshall Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Katie George |
ESPN |
| 4:30 p.m. | SMU at Texas State Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Kris Budden |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Houston Baptist at North Texas | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Arkansas State at Memphis Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Cole Cubelic |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at UTEP | ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Sep 7 | 8 p.m. | BYU at Navy Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams |
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The FCS Kickoff game will have Matt Barrie and Mike Golic, Jr. will call the action in studio from Bristol, while reporter Lauren Sisler will be live from the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.
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