ESPN/ABC TV Schedule

[bamafan216]

Okay, I know that games may be changed, but from what I read on the ESPN site; BAMA is not listed on the schedule for any games......what is their problem? Sorry if this as been said before......

Check out the link

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2043952

 

[theBIGyowski]

Not sure if I am correct...but I think CBS, by contract, has dibs on SEC games...so ESPN cannot schedule any games without first seeing what CBS is going to do. I could be wrong...but I think that's what I have heard.

 

[DiamondDust]

Not sure if I am correct...but I think CBS, by contract, has dibs on SEC games...so ESPN cannot schedule any games without first seeing what CBS is going to do. I could be wrong...but I think that's what I have heard.

That's correct. CBS begins their coverage after their U.S. Open coverage. They get first pick, and then ESPN can pick up after that. The agreement has some exceptions, but that's the basic set-up.

 

[Bama Bound]

The ESPN schedule is not set at times until a few weeks before the scheduled game and as you know times can change a few days before the game.

 

[JD95]

Our games with Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, and Auburn will all be strong candidates for ESPN, depending on what other SEC games are on those same dates. CBS gets first pick, then ESPN.

 

[LCN]

...... with the third pick going to what was JP Sports . I guess the 4th and new network beginning this year is regional FOX Sports .

 

[TiderinMiss]

Unfortunantly, we're enslaved to CBS.

There was always something special about Keith Jackson and the ABC crew televising some great Bama games.

 

[DiamondDust]

...... with the third pick going to what was JP Sports . I guess the 4th and new network beginning this year is regional FOX Sports .

I'd expect to see FOX make a bigger push for broadcast rights in the near future, especially since they have the BCS rights minus the Rose Bowl.

I'd also expect to see an SEC Network, much like the Big 10 is doing, in the next few years.

 

[Crimson323]

Unfortunantly, we're enslaved to CBS.

Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman aren't exactly the most "welcoming" broadcasters I have ever seen. I wish the SEC could strike a deal with ABC as soon as possible.

 

[DiamondDust]

The only good thing about the CBS deal is that the WHOLE country sees the game. ABC is regionally based. The only football you're going to get on CBS is the SEC, which is actually a pretty good deal.

 

[Stephen323]

...... with the third pick going to what was JP Sports . I guess the 4th and new network beginning this year is regional FOX Sports .

It is not new for FSN South to carry some games in the first week or two of the season before CBS starts their coverage. I'm not sure what they carried last year, but I distinctly remember them carrying the Georgia-Georgia Southern game in 2004 to open the season. I doubt they will be carrying games once CBS gets going. They won't have a time slot to do so.

 

[bamanut_aj]

Our games with Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, and Auburn will all be strong candidates for ESPN, depending on what other SEC games are on those same dates. CBS gets first pick, then ESPN.

Not saying they haven't, but have an Arky, Florida or UT game ever been on anything BUT CBS?

 

[BEATtutorsee]

Not saying they haven't, but have an Arky, Florida or UT game ever been on anything BUT CBS?

I remember a bunch of the UcheaT games being on ESPN back in the 90s, but I don't remember much about the others.

 

[TIDEFAN17]

Not saying they haven't, but have an Arky, Florida or UT game ever been on anything BUT CBS?

Going as far back as I can remember:

Arkansas:
1995 - JP
1997 - JP
1998 - ESPN 2
1999 - CBS
2000 - ESPN 2
2001 - CBS
2002 - ESPN
2003 - CBS
2004 - CBS
2005 - JP

Florida: *SEC Title Game
1992 - ABC *
1993 - ABC *
1994 - ABC *
1996 - ABC *
1998 - JP
1999 - CBS
1999 - ABC *
2005 - CBS

Tennessee:
1990 - CBS
1992 - ESPN
1993 - ESPN
1994 - ESPN
1995 - ESPN
1996 - CBS
1997 - ESPN
1998 - CBS
1999 - CBS
2000 - CBS
2001 - CBS
2002 - ESPN
2003 - CBS
2004 - CBS
2005 - CBS

 

[ihatefulmer]

Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman aren't exactly the most "welcoming" broadcasters I have ever seen. I wish the SEC could strike a deal with ABC as soon as possible.

Brando and Tillman only do the pregame, half time and post game shows. I think Todd Blackledge does as a good of a job in the booth as any of those guys on any of the other networks. He knows hat he's talking about and does a great job of explaining it.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Not saying they haven't, but have an Arky, Florida or UT game ever been on anything BUT CBS?

Here's what I can remember

Tennessee
1979 - ESPN
1980 - ABC
1981 - ABC
1985 - WTBS (pre-JP)
1986 - WTBS
1987 - ESPN
1989 - CBS
1990 - ESPN
1991 - ABC
1992 - ABC
1993 - ABC
1994 - ESPN
1995 - ESPN
1996 - CBS

Arkansas
1992 - ESPN
1993 - JP
1994 - ABC
1995 - JP
1996 - JP
1997 - JP

Florida
1987 - WTBS
1990 - I forget now!!
1991 - ESPN
1992 - ABC*
1993 - ABC*
1994 - ABC*
1996 - ABC*
1998 - JP
1999 - CBS
1999 - ABC*

Hope this helps; sorry I forgot on 1990.

 

[cbi1972]

Are you guys seriously remembering that, or looking it up somewhere?

 

[WRhodesTider]

Here's what I can remember

Tennessee
1979 - ESPN
1980 - ABC
1981 - ABC
1985 - WTBS (pre-JP)
1986 - WTBS
1987 - ESPN
1989 - CBS
1990 - ESPN
1991 - ABC
1992 - ABC
1993 - ABC
1994 - ESPN
1995 - ESPN
1996 - CBS

Arkansas
1992 - ESPN
1993 - JP
1994 - ABC
1995 - JP
1996 - JP
1997 - JP

Florida
1987 - WTBS
1990 - I forget now!!
1991 - ESPN
1992 - ABC*
1993 - ABC*
1994 - ABC*
1996 - ABC*
1998 - JP
1999 - CBS
1999 - ABC*

Hope this helps; sorry I forgot on 1990.

Some corrections if my memory serves me right:

Tennessee
1979 - ESPN wasn't televising live games then. Don't think that this game was televised but if it was, ABC did it.
1981 - Game wasn't televised
1986 - CBS not TBS

Arkansas
1992 - PPV not ESPN

Florida
1990 - I think it was TBS

 

[bamanut_aj]

I can barely remember last year's game times and channels, much less 1979!!!!!

 

[WRhodesTider]

I can barely remember last year's game times and channels, much less 1979!!!!!

It's easier to remember '79 than it is recent years. Back then only a couple or 3 games were televised. Off the top of my head, the only games that I think were televised were the Georgia Tech, Miami and the Sugar Bowl games. I believe that the Miami game was the first televised game at Bryant-Denny and it was a few years before Miami was any good. In fact, I think they lost to FAMU that year.