NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES LIVE ON ESPN AMERICA AND ESPN PLAYER
BCS National Championship Game between nation’s top two teams live on television and online
Extensive coverage of five BCS Games and Bowl Games across ESPN America and ESPN Player
The pinnacle of the NCAA Football season in the US will be broadcast live and in high definition on ESPN America as it brings viewers exclusive coverage of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Bowl Games. Every single game will also be available live and on-demand via online service ESPN Player.
This year the BCS National Championship Game will pit top-ranked Louisiana State University, the Southeastern Conference Champions who have a perfect 13-0 record, against second-ranked Alabama (11-1), the 2009/10 National Champions. ESPN America will bring viewers all the atmosphere and live build-up to the game at 11pm GMT on Monday 9th of January 2012, with preview show College GameDay. The match-up will follow from the 76,468-capacity Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans at 1:30am.
The BCS games start at 10pm on Monday 2nd January with a double bill comprising the Rose Bowl – Oregon against Wisconsin – and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which sees Oklahoma State take on Stanford. On Tuesday 3rd January the Allstate Sugar Bowl will be live at 1:30am as Michigan face Virginia Tech, while on Wednesday 4th January at 1:30am, fans can watch the Discover Orange Bowl between Clemson and West Virginia.
BCS GAMES ON ESPN AMERICA AND ESPN PLAYER
Mon, 2 Jan 10pm Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio Wisconsin v Oregon
Mon, 2 Jan* 1:30am Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Stanford v Oklahoma St
Tue, 3 Jan* 1:30am Allstate Sugar Bowl Michigan v Virginia Tech
Wed, 4 Jan* 1:30am Discover Orange Bowl West Virginia v Clemson
Mon, 9 Jan* 1:30am Allstate BCS National Championship Alabama v LSU
* dates are shifted on a 2am-to-2am day calendar, to reflect that the games begin in the overnight period. Ex: a game at 1:30am on 2 Jan. is by standard calendar early morning on 3 Jan.
ESPN America will broadcast 23 live postseason Bowl Games, while ESPN Player will offer live and on-demand access to every one of the 30 match-ups. ESPN America’s live coverage starts at 7pm on Saturday 17th December with the New Mexico Bowl between Temple and Wyoming. The game is the first of three back-to-back contests, also featuring the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – Ohio v Utah St – and the New Orleans Bowl, where San Diego State face Louisiana-Lafayette. The Bowl games run through to Sunday 8th January, including triple bills on Friday 30th Saturday 31st December, with the GoDaddy.com Bowl between Northern Illinois and Arkansas State live at 2am on Sunday 8th January rounding out the action.
This year’s BCS and Bowl Games will feature the best young talent in the country, including all five candidates for the Heisman trophy – awarded to the year’s most outstanding college football player – as players look to shine on the big stage ahead of next year’s NFL Draft. Last year’s first overall draft pick was Heisman-winning quarterback Cam Newton, who won the BCS National Championship with Auburn and now stars for the Carolina Panthers.
Four of the five Heisman finalists will feature in BCS games – early season favourite, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, will play in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Wisconsin running back Montee Ball will line up in the Rose Bowl, while two of the candidates will be on opposing sides in the National Championship Game – Alabama running back Trent Richardson and LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu. Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, who won the prestigious trophy this weekend, will step onto the field in the Valero Alamo Bowl against Washington, live on ESPN America and ESPN Player at 2am on Thursday 29th December.
Viewers will also be able to keep up with all the action throughout the Bowl period with regular editions of College GameDay and College Football Special providing the latest news, updates and highlights.
COMPLETE BOWL SEASON COVERAGE ON ESPN AMERICA
Sat, 17 Dec 7:00pm Gildan New Mexico Bowl Temple v Wyoming
10:30pm Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio v Utah St
2:00am R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl SDSU v La Lafayette
Tue, 20 Dec 1:00am Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg Fla Int’l v Marshall
Wed, 21 Dec 1:00am San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl TCU v La Tech
Thu, 22 Dec 1:00am MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Arizona St v Boise St
Sat, 24 Dec 1:00am Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Nevada v So Miss
Mon, 26 Dec 10:00pm AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl Missouri v UNC
Tue, 27 Dec 9:30pm Little Caesars Bowl W Michigan v Purdue
1:00am Belk Bowl Louisville v NC State
Wed, 28 Dec 9:30pm Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Toledo v Air Force
1:00am Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl California v Texas
Thu, 29 Dec 10:30pm Champs Sports Bowl Florida St v N Dame
2:00am Valero Alamo Bowl Washington v Baylor
Fri, 30 Dec 5:00pm Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl BYU v Tulsa
8:30pm New Era Pinstripe Bowl Rutgers v Iowa St
11:30pm Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Miss St v W Forest
Sat, 31 Dec 7:00pm Hyundai Sun Bowl Georgia Tech v Utah
8:30pm AutoZone Liberty Bowl Cincinnati v Vanderbilt
12.30am Chick-fil-A Bowl Virginia v Auburn
Mon, 2 Jan 6:00pm Capital One Bowl Nebraska v S Carolina
6:00pm Outback Bowl Michigan State v Georgia
Sun, 8 Jan 2:00am GoDaddy.com Bowl Arkansas St v N Illinois
NCAA FOOTBALL BCS AND BOWL GAMES ON ESPN PLAYER
Fans will be able to watch all the BCS games live and on demand on ESPN Player, as well as nearly all the action from Bowl season. ESPN Player College Pass gives American collegiate sports fans access to all of the NCAA football coverage, as well as complete coverage of NCAA college basketball (including the NCAA March® Madness® Tournament), lacrosse, baseball, ice hockey and more. The broadband sports service gives fans the ability to pause and rewind on-demand events, allowing them to scroll to any part of the game they may have missed, review a great play with the 10-second rewind button, or return the start of the game with a single click.
Visit ESPNPlayer.com to for more information and to subscribe to ESPN Player College Pass.
