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Courtesy of the ACC:
GREENSBORO, N.C.--A fourth straight appearance in
prime time for the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game and 11 national
exposures in the first three weeks of the season, including six national TV
appearances on the opening weekend of the year, headline the Atlantic Coast
Conference early season TV football schedule announced Thursday by the ACC.
The
schedule includes all of the ACC's games for the first three weeks of the season,
with the exception of a few road non-conference games which are controlled by
the host teams' conferences, as well as four of five Thursday night contests
which will be nationally televised by ESPN.
The
2013 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, which will be played for the
fourth consecutive year in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, is scheduled
for Saturday, Dec. 7, and will have a nationally televised kickoff time of
either 7:45 p.m. (on ESPN) or 8 p.m. ET (on ABC).
The
first of five ACC appearances on ESPN's Thursday night package opens the 2013
football season when North Carolina faces South Carolina at Williams Brice
Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m.
That
game is followed by Miami hosting Florida International (8 pm) on Friday, Aug.
30 on ESPNU and three national appearances on Saturday, Aug. 31; Virginia hosting BYU on ESPNU (3:30 pm); Virginia
Tech facing defending national champion Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game
on ESPN (5:30 p.m.); and Clemson hosting Georgia on ABC (8 p.m.).
Florida
State and Pittsburgh complete the opening weekend meeting on Labor Day Monday
night (8 p.m.) on ESPN at Heinz Field in the Panthers' first ACC football game.
The game marks the ACC's 10th consecutive game on Labor Day Monday night, a
streak which began in 2004. Pittsburgh, which, along with Syracuse, officially
joins the ACC on July 1, will make its initial appearance on Labor Day Monday
night in its inaugural league game, while the Seminoles are appearing for the
sixth time in the nationally televised showcase.
Other
national TV exposures during the first three weeks include Wake Forest at
Boston College on Friday, Sept. 6 (ESPN2, 8 p.m.); Florida at Miami on
Saturday, Sept. 7 (ESPN, noon); Oregon at Virginia also on Saturday, Sept. 7 (3:30
p.m. regionally on ABC, to the rest of the nation on ESPN2); Nevada at Florida
State on Sept. 14 (ESPN or ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.); and Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPNU,
3:30 p.m.).
In
all, seven of the Top 10 teams in the final 2012 USA Today poll will be in
action in ACC games on the season's first two weekends in Alabama (No. 1),
Oregon (No. 2), Georgia (No. 4), South Carolina (No. 7), Florida State (No. 8),
Clemson (No. 9) and Florida (No. 10).
Gametimes
were also announced for three of the
other four Thursday night games for the ACC which will be televised nationally
on ESPN with each one having a 7:30 p.m. kickoff in Clemson at NC State (Sept.
19); Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (Sept. 26); and Georgia Tech at Clemson
(Nov. 14). The kickoff time for the Miami at North Carolina game, set for
Thursday, Oct. 17, is still to be determined.
Combined
with the three Friday night games, the ACC has already announced a total of 17
national TV exposures. When ESPN3 games are included
A
total eight games will also be available nationally on ESPN3 beginning with Presbyterian
at Wake Forest on Thursday, Aug. 29 (6:30 p.m.) and continuing with Villanova
at Boston College (Aug. 31, Noon); Elon at Georgia Tech (Aug. 31, noon) and
North Carolina Central at Duke (Aug. 31, 4 p.m.).
The
ACC's ESPN3 schedule also includes Western Carolina at Virginia Tech (Sept. 7,
1:30 p.m.); Old Dominion at Maryland (Sept. 7, 4 p.m.); Richmond at NC State
(Sept. 7, 4 p.m.) and Wagner at Syracuse (Sept. 14, 4 p.m.).
The
ACC will again have two syndicated packages produced by the ACC Network this
fall: The ACC Network and the Regional Sports Networks (RSN).
The
ACC Network will make its 2013 debut, syndicating in 95 markets nationally and
more than 62 million TV households with three games, each with a 12:30 p.m.
kickoff: Louisiana Tech at NC State (Aug. 31); Middle Tennessee at North
Carolina (Sept. 7); and New Mexico at
Pittsburgh (Sept. 14).
In
addition, ACC Network games are also available digitally on ESPN3 (outside of
the ACC footprint) and on theACC.com and on the ACC App for IPhones, IPads and
Droid mobile devices.
The
ACC will also feature a weekly football game which will air each week on the
Regional Sports Networks (RSN) of Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox
Sports Florida or Sun Sports, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, New England
Sports Network (NESN), the YES Network or MSG Network in New York and Root
Sports in Pennsylvania, in addition to several other RSNs nationally.
The
RSN package will have a 12:30 p.m. kickoff for the first three weeks of the season.
The RSN ACC package begins with Maryland hosting Florida International (Aug.31)
and continues with Clemson hosting South Carolina State (Sept. 7) and Wake
Forest hosting Louisiana-Monroe (Sept. 14). The RSN package games are also
available outside of their coverage areas on ESPN3.
ESPN
Since its launch September 7, 1979 in 1.4 million homes, ESPN has become synonymous with sports media in America. The original television network, now seen in approximately 100 million homes, is America's #1 source for sports programming, airing Monday Night Football, NASCAR, MLB, NBA, college football including the Bowl Championship Series, men's and women's college basketball including the entire NCAA Women's Tournament, three of golf's majors (Masters, U.S. Open and British Open), IndyCar, an extensive soccer schedule including the FIFA World Cup, the WNBA, the X Games and Winter X Games and The ESPYs.
Its programming philosophy is to present a wide variety of exclusive, high-quality, innovative and in-depth sports events; sports news studio shows, most notably the Emmy Award-winning SportsCenter, Outside the Lines and sport-specific shows such as Sunday NFL Countdown and College Football GameDay; plus original programming, such as the highly acclaimed "30 for 30" documentary series.
ESPN2
Launched in 1993 to 10 million homes, ESPN2 is the second largest 24-hour sports network (behind ESPN), seen in approximately 100 million homes with a wide variety of major event and studio programming. Its high-quality schedule includes college football and basketball, tennis including all four Grand Slam events, NASCAR's Nationwide Series, NBA and much more. Studio shows include the popular weekday morning duo of Mike and Mike in the Morning (a simulcast of the ESPN Radio program) and ESPN First Take, weekday afternoon's Sports Nation and shows devoted to college football, NBA and NASCAR.
ESPNU
The 24-hour college sports television network airs more than 650 live events annually and offers over 1,000 original studio shows. ESPNU has seen a steady increase since its inception on March 4, 2005 and is now in 75 million households. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNUHD, now in over 20 million homes. The network has long-term carriage agreements with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers - Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.
ESPN3
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a
destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually
and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the
WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members. It is
currently available to more than 85 million homes at no additional cost to fans
who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an
affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to
approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military
personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base
military networks.
NEW YORK CITY - The Rimington Trophy committee has released its 2013 Spring Watch List. The list includes 17 returning players from the 2012 Watch List. In all, there are 44 players on the Watch List. The SEC leads the way with nine players while the PAC-12 and the Mountain West Conference check in with five players each. The following is a list of those named to the 2013 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List.
* American Football Coaches Association * Walter Camp Foundation * Sporting News * Football Writers Association of America
The Center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. If there is a tie with first team votes, then the Center with most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by the Rimington Trophy committee. The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 11, 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About the Rimington Trophy The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football. Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The fourteen-year old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised nearly $100 million for CF Research. Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman. For more on the Rimington Trophy and a list of past recipients, visit www.rimingtontrophy.com About the NCFAA The Rimington Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, ncfaa.org. |
