ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime

ESPN College Football Primetime is a live game presentation of Division 1-FBS college football on ESPN or sometimes ESPN2. In the past, the presenting sponsor was Cooper Tires, but since the 2006 season, the current presenting sponsor is Applebee's. The game telecast airs every Thursday night at 7:45pm ET during the college football regular season. The game is preceded by a 30-minute segment with Matt Barrie, Joey Galloway and Jesse Palmer, all of whom also appear on the halftime report. This game telecast is also presented in high definition on ESPNHD.

ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime
StarringMatt Barrie
Roddy Jones
Harry Lyles Jr.
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time3 hours (approximate)
Release
Original networkESPN or ESPN2
Original releaseSeptember 3, 1992 (1992-09-03) –
present

It has broadcast games from numerous conferences including the SEC, ACC, Sun Belt and the American. This game is often seen as the ESPN Game of the Week along with the Saturday night telecast.

The most visible voices of ESPN College Football Primetime over the years have been Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, but none remain in the booth, with Tirico and Herbstreit being promoted and Corso cutting back on his schedule. The current commentators are Matt Barrie on play-by-play, Roddy Jones as analyst and Harry Lyles Jr. as sideline reporter since 2021.

2021 Season Ratings
DateMatchupViewers (millions)TV Rating[1]network
September 2, 7:00 ET Boise State 31 UCF 36 841K 0.5 ESPN
September 2, 7:30 ET East Carolina 19 Appalachian State 33 245K n.a ESPNU
September 16, 8:00 ET Ohio 14 Louisiana 49 698K 0.43 ESPN
September 23, 7:30 ET Marshall 30 Appalachian State 31 1.0 0.6 ESPN
September 30, 7:30 ET Virginia 30 Miami 28 1.4 0.8 ESPN

2021 Schedule
DateMatchupNetwork
October 7, 7:30 ET Houston Tulane ESPN
Coastal Carolina Arkansas State ESPNU
October 14, 7:30 ET Navy Memphis ESPN
Georgia Southern South Alabama ESPNU
October 21, 7:30 ET Tulane SMU ESPN
Louisiana Arkansas State ESPNU
October 28, 7:30 ET USF East Carolina ESPN
Troy Coastal Carolina ESPN2
November 4, 7:30 ET Georgia State Louisiana ESPN
Delaware State Morgan State ESPN2
November 11, 7:30 ET North Carolina Pitt ESPN
November 18, 7:30 ET Louisville Duke ESPN
November 25, 7:30 ET Ole Miss Mississippi State ESPN

Personalities

Current
  • Matt Barrie: (play-by-play, 2020–present)
  • Roddy Jones: (analyst, 2021-present)
  • Harry Lyles Jr.: (field reporter, 2021)

Former

By year
Game Play-by-play Analyst(s) Field Reporter(s)
1997Mike TiricoMike Gottfried or Todd BlackledgeJerry Punch
1998
1999Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004Jill Arrington
2005Kirk HerbstreitErin Andrews
2006Chris Fowler
2007Doug Flutie and Craig James
2008Craig James and Jesse Palmer
2009
2010Rece DavisJenn Brown
2011
2012David Pollack and Jesse PalmerSamantha Ponder
2013
2014
2015Joe TessitoreKaylee Hartung
2016Dave FlemmingJesse PalmerLaura Rutledge
2017rotating analysts
2018
2019Adam AminMatt Hasselbeck and Pat McAfeeMolly McGrath
2020Matt Barrie Mike Golic Jr.
2021Roddy JonesHarry Lyles Jr.

Game features
  • Starting Lineups: The starting lineups are presented during the first possession of each team's offense and defense.
  • Impact Players: Following the starting lineups, Barrie and Jones run down the top two or three impact players on each team's side of the ball.
  • Halftime Report: Kevin Connors, Joey Galloway and Jesse Palmer present the halftime report, which features analysis of the first half, highlights of earlier games and a look at other happenings in the sports world.

See also

References
  1. "College Football TV Ratings". SportsMediaWatch.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. Video on YouTube
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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