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[06/07/12 - 11:09 AM]
NBC & NBC Sports Network to Televise 32 College Football Games in 2012
Said lineup includes primetime games on September 8, September 22, October 6, November 10 and November 17.
[via press release from NBC]

NBC & NBC SPORTS NETWORK TO TELEVISE 32 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES IN 2012

2012 Coverage of Notre Dame, Mountain West, CAA & Ivy League Kicks Off Sept. 8

NBC to Broadcast Bayou Classic between Grambling & Southern for 21st Consecutive Year; NBC Sports Network to Televise Atlanta Football Classic between Florida A&M & Southern for 5th Straight Year

NEW YORK - June 7, 2012 - NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine to televise 32 college football games during the 2012 season, beginning with a triple-header on Saturday, Sept. 8. The combined NBC and the NBC Sports Network 2012 college football schedule is comprised of Notre Dame home games; games from the Mountain West Conference, the Colonial Athletic Association, and the Ivy League; the annual Bayou Classic between Grambling State and Southern, which NBC has broadcast every year since 1991; and the Atlanta Football Classic, this year between Florida A&M and Southern, which NBC Sports Network has televised since 2008.

Coverage kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 8, with Purdue at Notre Dame on NBC at 3:30 p.m. ET and Delaware State at Delaware (CAA) at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Later that night, NBC Sports Network will air Army at San Diego State (MWC) at 7:30 p.m. ET. The first Ivy League telecasts air on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, Sept. 22, when Cornell hosts Yale at 1 p.m. ET followed by defending champion Harvard at Brown at 4:30 p.m. ET.

The NBC and NBC Sports Network 2012 college football schedule includes seven Notre Dame games, 10 Mountain West Conference games, six Colonial Athletic Association games, seven Ivy League games, plus the Bayou Classic and Atlanta Football Classic.

NBC Sports' college football studio team of Liam McHugh, Doug Flutie and Hines Ward will provide pre- and post-game coverage on NBC and/or NBC Sports Network every Saturday. Game commentators will be announced closer to the start of the season.

Highlights of the 2012 College Football schedule include:

· Seven primetime/nighttime games, including Army at San Diego State on Sept. 8 on NBC Sports Network and Michigan at Notre Dame on Sept. 22 on NBC.

· Three quadruple-headers on Sept. 22, Nov. 10 (all on NBC Sports Network) and Nov. 17.

· Continuing its off-site home series, Notre Dame will host the Miami Hurricanes at Chicago's Soldier Field on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

· For the fifth consecutive year, NBC Sports Network will present the Atlanta Football Classic from the Georgia Dome at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 29. This year's game features Florida A&M taking on Southern.

· Perennial Mountain West powerhouse Boise State plays four times on NBC Sports Network.

· The Game: Yale at Harvard airs at Noon ET on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, Nov. 17.

· On Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. ET, NBC will broadcast the 39th Annual State Farm Bayou Classic between Grambling State and Southern for the 21st time from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La.

NBC SPORTS GROUP COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (all times ET)
3:30 p.m. Sat, Sept. 8 Purdue at Notre Dame NBC
3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8 Delaware State at Delaware NBC Sports Network
7:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8 Army at San Diego State NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 15 William & Mary at Towson NBC Sports Network
4:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 15 Miami (Ohio) at Boise State NBC Sports Network
1:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22 Yale at Cornell NBC Sports Network
4:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22 Harvard at Brown NBC Sports Network
7:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22 Michigan at Notre Dame NBC
10:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22 Nevada at Hawaii NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 29 Penn at Dartmouth NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 29 Atlanta Football Classic: Florida A&M vs. Southern (Georgia Dome) NBC Sports Network
1:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 6 Towson at James Madison NBC Sports Network
7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 6 Miami at Notre Dame (Soldier Field) NBC
12:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 13 Brown at Princeton NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 13 Stanford at Notre Dame NBC
3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 13 Fresno State at Boise State NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 20 Penn at Yale NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 20 BYU at Notre Dame NBC
3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 20 UNLV at Boise State NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 27 Delaware at Old Dominion NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 3 Towson at Delaware NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 3 Pittsburgh at Notre Dame NBC
12:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 Harvard at Penn NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 Air Force at San Diego State NBC Sports Network
7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 Boise State at Hawaii NBC Sports Network
10:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 Fresno State at Nevada NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 17 Yale at Harvard NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 17 Wake Forest at Notre Dame NBC
3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 17 Colorado State at Boise State NBC Sports Network
7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 17 Old Dominion at James Madison NBC Sports Network
2:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 24 Bayou Classic: Grambling State vs. Southern (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) NBC
3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 24 Air Force at Fresno State NBC Sports Network





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