ESPN announces television broadcast lineups for 2023 college football season

John Clay
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ESPN has announced its broadcast lineups for the 2023 college football season.

Among the highlights:

▪ With Todd Blackledge moving to NBC as lead analyst on its Big Ten broadcasts, former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy will be the No. 2 game analyst for ESPN, teaming with Sean McDonough and Molly McGrath.

▪ Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe will continue as the No. 1 team for ABC’s “Saturday Night Football.”

▪ Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic will continue for the seventh consecutive season as the broadcast team on the SEC Network.

▪ Former Florida quarterback Jesse Palmer moves from the studio back to the broadcast booth, where he will team with Joe Tessitore and Louisville’s Katie George.

▪ Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III will team with Bob Wischusen on ABC and ESPN.

▪ Another new pairing has Louis Riddick joining Mark Jones on ESPN and ABC.

▪ Dave Flemming will team with former NFL quarterback Brock Osweiler and newcomer Kayla Burton.

Here’s the full ESPN release.

ESPN’s first college football telecast for 2023 will have UMass at New Mexico State on Aug. 26 at 7 p.m.

The SEC Network’s first telecast for 2023 will be Hawaii at Vanderbilt on Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Before Kentucky and Andre Woodson faced Florida and Tim Tebow in Lexington in 2007, the pregame build-up was such that it brought ESPN’s “College GameDay” to the University of Kentucky for the only time ever. ESPN analysts Lee Corso (in Gators’ head) and Kirk Herbstreit are shown making their game predictions.
Before Kentucky and Andre Woodson faced Florida and Tim Tebow in Lexington in 2007, the pregame build-up was such that it brought ESPN’s “College GameDay” to the University of Kentucky for the only time ever. ESPN analysts Lee Corso (in Gators’ head) and Kirk Herbstreit are shown making their game predictions.

Kentucky football’s first three games

▪ Sept. 2: UK vs. Ball State is a noon game on the SEC Network.

▪ Sept. 9: UK vs. Eastern Kentucky is a 3 p.m. game to be streamed on SEC Network+ and ESPN+.

▪ Sept. 16: UK vs. Akron is a 7:30 p.m. game on ESPNU.

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