ESPN2 College Football Saturday Primetime
| College Football Primetime | |
|---|---|
| Starring |
Bob Wischusen Brock Huard Shannon Spake |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 hours (approximate) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ESPN2 (1994-) |
| Original release | 1994 – Present |
ESPN2 College Football Primetime is a live game presentation of Division 1-A college football on ESPN2. In the past, the primary sponsors have been Polaroid, AT&T and GoDaddy.com, and Hampton Hotels. It currently does not have a primary sponsor. The game telecast airs every Saturday night at 7:45pm ET during the college football regular season. The game is preceded by a 45-minute long College Football Scoreboard with Chris Cotter, Butch Davis, and Robert Smith. They will also present the halftime show. This game telecast is also presented in high-definition on ESPN2HD.
Since debuting in 1994, it has broadcast games from numerous conferences including the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and the Big East. This game is often seen as the ESPN2 Game of the Week along with the Thursday night telecast.
On October 14, 2006, ESPN2 College Football Primetime aired on five different networks as part of ESPN Full Circle. The networks included ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360 and Mobile ESPN.
Personalities
Current
- Bob Wischusen (play-by-play, 2015–present)
- Brock Huard (analyst, 2012–present)
- Shannon Spake (field reporter, 2014–present)
Former
- Dave Barnett: (play-by,play, 2000–04)
- Ed Cunningham: (analyst, 2006, 2011)
- Stacey Dales (field reporter, 2007)
- Bob Davie: (analyst, 2007–10)
- Ron Franklin: (play-by-play, 2006)
- Mike Gottfried: (analyst, 2005)
- Mark Jones (play-by-play, 2007–13)
- Sean McDonough: (play-by-play, 2005)
- Jessica Mendoza: (field reporter, 2012–13)
- Dr. Jerry Punch: (field reporter, 2005–06)
- Mike Golic (analyst, 2000–02)
- Bill Curry (analyst, 2000–04)
- Michele Tafoya (field reporter, 2000–02)
- Todd Harris (field reporter, 2008)
- Joe Tessitore (play-by-play, 2014)
Game features
- Impact Players: Following the starting lineups, Jones and Davie run down the top two or three impact players on each teams side of the ball.
- Halftime Report: Brian Kenny or Linda Cohn present the halftime report, which features highlights of earlier games and a look at other happenings in the sports world.
- SportsCenter In-game: This segment appears during various time in the game, when Rece Davis gives up to the minute highlights when something big happens in another game.
- Primetime Pulse: Two or three times during the game, Rece Davis shows a screen with live coverage of the ABC primetime game, the ESPN primetime game and the ESPN2 primetime game.
See also
- College GameDay
- College Football Scoreboard
- College Football Final
- ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime
- ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime
- Saturday Night Football
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