Monday, October 17, 2011

Week 7: Week of 10/16

projected first round matchups

South
[4] Fresno State (3-4, WAC) at [1] #1 LSU (7-0, SEC)
[3] #9 Arkansas (5-1, at-large) at [2] #8 Stanford (6-0, Pac-12)

East
[4] Temple (5-2, MAC) at [1] #2 Alabama (7-0, at-large)
[3] #10 Oregon (5-1, at-large) at [2] #7 Clemson (7-0, ACC)

Southwest
[4] UL-Lafayette (6-1, Sun Belt) at [1] #3 Oklahoma (6-0, Big 12)
[3] #11 Kansas State (6-0, at-large) at [2] #6 Wisconsin (6-0, Big Ten)

West
[4] #19 Houston (6-0, C-USA) at [1] #4 Oklahoma State (6-0, at-large)
[3] #15 West Virginia (5-1, Big East) at [2] #5 Boise State (6-0, MWC)

West vs. South, Southwest vs. East

Last 5 In
Alabama
Oklahoma State
Arkansas
Oregon
Kansas State

First 5 Out
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
South Carolina
Michigan State
Texas A&M

Games of Teams Currently in the Projections

Friday, October 21
#15 West Virginia at Syracuse (8pm, ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV)
Commentators: Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore

Saturday, October 22
#4 Oklahoma State at Missouri (12pm, FX)
Commentators: Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, Tim Brewster

North Carolina at #7 Clemson (12pm, ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV)
Commentators:

#11 Kansas State at Kansas (12pm, FSN)
Commentators:

#9 Arkansas at Ole Miss (12pm, SEC Network, ESPN3.com)
Commentators: Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Cara Capuano

Fordham at LA-Lafayette (1pm, Lafayette Sports Network, CBSSports.com Live)
Commentators:

#20 Auburn at #1 LSU (3:30pm, CBS, CBSSports.com)
Commentators: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson

#10 Oregon at Colorado (3:30pm, FSN)
Commentators:

Air Force at #5 Boise State (3:30pm, VS)
Commentators:

Fresno State at Nevada (4pm, WAC Sports Network, ESPN3.com)
Commentators:

Marshall at #19 Houston (4:30pm, CSS, CBSSports.com Live)
Commentators: 

Tennessee at #2 Alabama (7:15pm, ESPN2, ESPN3.com)
Commentators: Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham

Washington at #4 Stanford (8pm, ABC, ESPN3.com)
Commentators: Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard

Texas Tech at #3 Oklahoma (8pm, ABC, ESPN3.com)
Commentators: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

#6 Wisconsin at #16 Michigan State (8pm, ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV)
Commentators: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews

Friday, January 14, 2011

ESPN's Coverage of the NCAA Division I-A Football National Semifinals (Football Four)

ESPNU will have a live statstracker throughout both games with play-by-play from ESPN Radio


Here's the National Semifinals Schedule (all times ET)


Saturday, January 15
ESPN College GameDay built by the Home Depot [from Denver, CO] (11am-1pm, ESPN, simulcast on ESPN Radio): Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard

The Experts (11am, ESPNU): Lowell Gallindo, David Pollack, Danny Kanell, Rod Gilmore, Brock Huard, Tom Luginbill

Football Four Countdown (Noon, ESPNU): Rece Davis, Bob Davie, Lou Holtz, Craig James, Mark May, Todd McShay

National Semifinal (from Denver, CO): #7 Oklahoma vs. #5 Wisconsin (1pm, ABC, ESPN Radio)
TV: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe, Wendi Nix
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad

ESPN College Football Final (Midnight, ESPN): Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May
SportsCenterU (1am, ESPNU): Lowell Galindo, Tom Luginbill, Charles Arbuckle


Sunday, January 16
ESPN College GameDay built by the Home Depot [from Las Vegas, NV] (6pm, ESPN, simulcast on ESPN Radio): Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard

The Experts (6pm, ESPNU): Lowell Gallindo, David Pollack, Danny Kanell, Rod Gilmore, Brock Huard, Tom Luginbill


Football Four Countdown (7pm, ESPNU): Rece Davis, Bob Davie, Lou Holtz, Craig James, Mark May, Todd McShay


National Semifinal (from Las Vegas, NV): #10 Boise State vs. #3 TCU (8pm, ABC, ESPN Radio, ESPN 3D)
TV: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
Radio: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Suzy Kolber
3D: Joe Tessitore, Tim Brown, Ray Bentley

ESPN College Football Final (Midnight, ESPN): Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May

SportsCenterU (1am, ESPNU): Lowell Galindo, Tom Luginbill, Charles Arbuckle

Regional Finals Results

Here are the results of the Regional Finals matchups on 1/1/11 (using 11 simulations on Whatifsports.com)
I took the average scores of the winning team's wins and losing team's losses to determine the final score rounded to the nearest whole number

Allstate Sugar Bowl- #7 Oklahoma vs. #1 Auburn: Oklahoma, 34-18
Rose Bowl presented by Vizio- #10 Boise State vs. #2 Oregon: Boise State, 35-23
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic- #6 Ohio State vs. #3 TCU: TCU, 25-20
Discover Orange Bowl- #5 Wisconsin vs. #4 Stanford: Wisconsin, 43-37

National Semifinals
#7 Oklahoma vs. #5 Wisconsin
#10 Boise State vs. #3 TCU