- College Football on Versus
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The television channel Versus currently aired college football games from various college football conferences. At the time this program began, the channel was known as OLN but, in 2006, it was renamed Versus. On January 2, 2012, the network will be renamed NBC Sports Network.[1]
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History
The network put college football on the network knowing the NFL contract was set to expire following the 2005 NFL season. They were hoping to get some games, but were shut out. The NFL decided to grant the remaining games to its own NFL Network. Versus instead added games from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) as part of a deal between Comcast (the owner of Versus), CBS Sports Network and the MWC which also lead to the creation of the MountainWest Sports Network.
In 2006, Versus used Gary Bender or Bob Papa as the play-by-play announcer, Glenn Parker as the analyst and Argy Stathapulos as the sideline reporter for their coverage of Mountain West football.
On June 6, 2007, it was announced that Versus has agreed to a multi-year year deal with Fox Sports Net to sublicense up to 10 college games annually from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences. Previously, these games had aired on TBS.
In 2008, Versus announced a contract with the Ivy League to broadcast at least 3-games a year, culminating in the annual Harvard-Yale football rivalry. The contract was for 2-years and was renewed in 2010.[2]
In 2010 Fox Sports discontinued the Big-12 games on Versus and upped the number of Pac-10 games to 7 a season.
After the 2010 season the Pac-10 announced they were expanding and changing their name to the Pac-12. With 1 to 2 additional games to broadcast each week Fox Sports chose to expand the Pac-12 games by adding college football to FX. Versus would continue with the 7 games they previously received. [3] It is believed Versus will lose the rights to the Pac-12 in 2012 to the Pac-12 Network. However, the NBC Sports Group might replace their package of Pac-12 games with a package of 8 Thursday night games from the NFL.
Schedules
2011 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Saturday 9/10/11 TCU @ Air Force 3:30pm Mountain West[4] Saturday 9/10/11 Utah @ USC 7:30pm Pac-12[5] Saturday 9/17/11 Texas Tech @ New Mexico 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 9/24/11 Cornell @ Yale 12:00pm Ivy League[6] Saturday 9/24/11 Southern @ Florida A&M 3:30pm Saturday 9/24/11 Nebraska @ Wyoming 7:30pm Mountain West Saturday 10/01/11 Nevada @ Boise State 2:30pm Mountain West Saturday 10/08/11 Colorado @ Stanford 7:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 10/15/11 Penn @ Columbia 3:30pm Ivy League Saturday 10/15/11 Stanford @ Washington State 7:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 10/22/11 Yale @ Penn 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 10/22/11 Air Force @ Boise State 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 11/5/11 Arizona State @ UCLA 7:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 11/12/11 Penn @ Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/12/11 TCU @ Boise State 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 11/12/11 Arizona State @ Washington State 10:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 11/19/11 Harvard @ Yale 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/19/11 Colorado State @ TCU 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 11/19/11 Colorado @ UCLA 7:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 11/26/11 Washington State @ Washington 7:30pm Pac-12 Saturday 12/3/11 UNLV @ TCU 2:30pm Mountain West 2010 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Thursday 9/2/10 Pitt @ Utah 8:30pm Mountain West Saturday 9/4/10 Wisconsin @ UNLV 11:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/11/10 BYU @ Air Force 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/18/10 Baylor @ TCU 4:30pm Mountain West Saturday 10/2/10 Navy @ Air Force 2:30pm Mountain West Saturday 10/9/10 USC @ Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/16/10 BYU @ TCU 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/16/10 Arizona @ Washington State 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/30/10 Stanford @ Washington 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/6/10 Penn @ Princeton 3:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/6/10 Oregon State @ UCLA 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/13/10 Brown @ Dartmouth 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/13/10 San Diego State @ TCU 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/13/10 Oregon @ Cal 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/20/10 Yale @ Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/27/10 TCU @ New Mexico 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/27/10 Oregon State @ Stanford 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 12/4/10 Washington @ Washington State 7:00pm Pac-10 2009 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Saturday 9/12/09 Texas @ Wyoming 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 9/19/09 Duke @ Kansas 12:00pm Big 12 Saturday 9/19/09 Florida State @ BYU 7:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/26/09 Cornell @ Yale 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 9/26/09 Arizona @ Oregon State 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/03/09 Oregon State @ Arizona State 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/10/09 Iowa State @ Kansas 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/17/09 Princeton @ Brown 12:30pm Ivy League Saturday 10/17/09 Colorado State @ TCU 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/17/09 Stanford @ Arizona 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/24/09 Oklahoma State @ Baylor 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/24/09 Air Force @ Utah 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/24/09 TCU @ BYU 7:30pm Mountain West Saturday 10/31/09 Nebraska @ Baylor 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/31/09 UNLV @ TCU 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/07/09 Kansas @ Kansas State 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 11/07/09 TCU @ San Diego State 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/14/09 Missouri @ Kansas State 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 11/14/09 Arizona @ Cal 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/21/09 Harvard @ Yale 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/21/09 San Diego State @ Utah 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/21/09 Cal @ Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10 2008 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Saturday 8/30/08 TCU @ New Mexico 6:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/6/08 Texas A&M @ New Mexico 5:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/13/08 UCLA @ BYU 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 9/20/08 Utah @ Air Force 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/27/08 Army @ Texas A&M 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 9/27/08 Florida A&M vs Tennessee State 4:00pm Thursday 10/2/08 Oregon State @ Utah 9:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/4/08 Kansas @ Iowa State 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/4/08 Navy @ Air Force 4:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/4/08 Washington @ Arizona 7:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/11/08 Cornell @ Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League Thursday 10/16/08 BYU @ TCU 8:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/18/08 Nebraska @ Iowa State 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/18/08 Oregon St @ Washington 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/25/08 Baylor @ Nebraska 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 10/25/08 Dartmouth @ Columbia 4:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/1/08 Brown @ Pennsylvania 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/8/08 Iowa State @ Colorado 1:30pm Big 12 Saturday 11/15/08 Princeton @ Yale 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/15/08 Southern California @ Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/22/08 Yale @ Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League Saturday 11/22/08 Air Force @ TCU 3:30pm Mountain West Saturday 11/22/08 Oregon St @ Arizona 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 11/29/08 Baylor @ Texas Tech 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 11/29/08 Oregon @ Oregon St 7:00pm Pac-10 2007 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Saturday 9/1/07 Virginia @ Wyoming 2:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/1/07 Arizona @ BYU 5:30pm Mountain West Saturday 9/8/07 BYU @ UCLA 6:30pm Pac-10 Saturday 9/8/07 Wisconsin @ UNLV 10:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/15/07 Iowa @ Iowa State 1:30pm Big 12 Saturday 9/15/07 UCLA @ Utah 5:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/22/07 Arizona @ California 6:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 9/29/07 Baylor @ Texas A&M 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 9/29/07 Cincinnati @ San Diego State 10:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/6/07 Southern California @ Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10 Saturday 10/13/07 Oregon State @ California 7:00pm Pac-10 Thursday 10/18/07 Utah @ TCU 8:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/20/07 Texas @ Baylor 12:30pm Big 12 Thursday 10/25/07 Air Force @ New Mexico 9:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/3/07 Kansas State @ Iowa State 12:30pm Big 12 Thursday 11/8/07 TCU @ BYU 9:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/10/07 Kansas State @ Nebraska 12:30pm Big 12 Saturday 11/24/07 Utah @ BYU 2:00pm Mountain West Saturday 12/1/07 California @ Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10 2006 schedule
Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference Saturday 9/16/06 Texas Tech @ TCU 5:00pm Mountain West Thursday 9/28/06 BYU @ TCU 6:00pm Mountain West Saturday 9/30/06 Boise State @ Utah 3:00pm Mountain West Thursday 10/5/06 TCU @ Utah 9:00pm Mountain West Saturday 10/28/06 BYU @ Air Force 2:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/4/06 TCU @ UNLV 3:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/11/06 Colorado State @ Utah 2:00pm Mountain West Saturday 11/18/06 San Diego State @ TCU 4:00pm Mountain West Announcers
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References
- ^ "Versus to become NBC Sports Network". 2011-08-01. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/43966021/ns/sports/.
- ^ "Versus renews Ivy League football contract". 2010-06-09. http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2009-10/releases/versus_to_broadcast_ivy_football_games_in_2010__2011.htm.
- ^ "FX to Carry College Football Games". 2011-03-28. http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/fx-to-carry-college-football-games/.
- ^ "MWC Football on Versus". 2011-06-10. http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040711aac.html.
- ^ "Pac-12 early TV schedule announced". 2011-05-10. http://www.pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/226324/Additional-Pac-12-2011-Football-Telecast-Windows-Announced.aspx?bg=/Portals/7/DigArticle/226324/WASH_Polk_Chris_2010-web.jpg.
- ^ "2011 Ivy League games on Versus". 2011-06-22. http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2010-11/releases/2011_Ivy_League_Football_on_VERSUS_Schedule_Announced.
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