This week's news stories:
Bleacher Report columnist Brian Leigh has posted a list of fourteen significant games in the upcoming 2014 season. Full story here.
An article from FBSchedules.com reveals that head coaches in the SEC are divided over whether their teams should schedule FCS-level opponents. Florida's Will Muschamp has already said that the Gators will no longer play FCS opponents. Full story here.
Big Ten Network's Tom Dienhart posted a column discussing how Penn State head coach James Franklin and his assistants plan to attend summer football camps at Georgia State and Stetson as "guest coaches." Since the camps in question are in the SEC's recruiting territory, coaches from that conference have raised objections to Franklin's decision. Full story here. ESPN has more information at this link.
BIG XII Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has proposed new recruiting rules. Full story here.
President Barack Obama opened an all-day summit at the White House which focused on concussions in sports. The summit featured representatives from professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, athletes, as well as medical professionals. Full story here.
Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to a two-year contract extension which will raise his base salary to $1.9 million. Full story here.
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Earlier today two "Group of Five" conferences, the PAC-12 and the BIG XII, released their early season television schedules for the 2014 season. The BIG XII's schedule features sixteen games that will be televised on the FOX and ESPN networks. The PAC-12's preliminary television schedule at this time features thirty-eight games which will be televised on various networks. The PAC-12's own network will carry twelve of these games while NBC will televise the Stanford at Notre Dame game on Saturday, October 4th. CBS Sports Network will carry three games and the ESPN and FOX networks will televise the rest of PAC-12 games currently scheduled. The scheduled times for games that are not on either list will be announced six-to-twelve days before the day of the game. Are your favorite games on these lists? Comments are welcome.
BIG XII EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Saturday, August 30th
North Dakota State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
West Virginia vs. Alabama – 3:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State – 8:00 PM, ABC
Sunday, August 31st
Southern Methodist at Baylor – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 6th
Kansas State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Brigham Young at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 13th
Kansas at Duke – 3:30 PM, ACC Regional Sports Network (Check Local Listings)
Arkansas at Texas Tech – 3:30 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Minnesota at Texas Christian – 4:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Texas-San Antonio at Oklahoma State – 7:00 PM, Fox Sports Networks (Check Local Listings)
Tennessee at Oklahoma – 8:00 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Thursday, September 18th
Auburn at Kansas State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, September 25th
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, November 20th
Kansas State at West Virginia – 7:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, November 27th
Texas Christian at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
PAC-12 EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Thursday, August 28th
Idaho State at Utah – 7:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Rutgers at Washington State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - CenturyLink Field)
Weber State at Arizona State – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Friday, August 29th
Colorado State vs. Colorado – 9:00 PM, FOX 1 (neutral site - Sports Authority Field)
UNLV at Arizona – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, August 30th
UCLA at Virginia – 12:00 PM, ESPN
Portland State at Oregon State – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
California-Davis at Stanford – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at USC – 7:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Washington at Hawai’i – 8:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
South Dakota at Oregon – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 4th
Arizona at Texas-San Antonio – 8:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, September 5th
Washington State at Nevada – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, September 6th
Sacramento State at California – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at Utah – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Eastern Washington at Washington – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Stanford – 3:30 PM, ABC
Michigan State at Oregon – 6:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Arizona State at New Mexico – 7:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
Memphis at UCLA – 10:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Oregon State at Hawai’i – 10:30 PM, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, September 13th
Wyoming at Oregon – 2:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Illinois at Washington – 4:00 PM, FOX
Army at Stanford – 5:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Portland State at Washington State – 8:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Boston College – 8:00 PM, ABC/ESPN/ESPN 2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes (neutral site - AT&T Stadium)
Arizona State at Colorado – 10:00 PM, ESPNU
Nevada at Arizona – 11:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 25th
UCLA at Arizona State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, October 2nd
Arizona at Oregon – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, October 4th
Stanford at Notre Dame – 3:30 PM, NBC
Friday, October 10th
Washington State at Stanford – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Thursday, October 16th
Utah at Oregon State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, October 24th
Oregon at California – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - Levi's Stadium)
Thursday, November 13th
California at USC – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, November 28th
Arizona State at Arizona – 3:30 PM, FOX
Stanford at UCLA – 3:30 PM, ABC
All times are subject to change.
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