AP fileNEW YORK - Out of the Monday Night Football business, ABC is set to serve up a regular dose of college football on Saturday night.
ABC Saturday Night College Football will begin this fall with Notre Dame at Georgia Tech on Sept. 2. The next week, ABC will air Ohio State at defending national champion Texas.
The 12-week prime-time college football series is a first for a broadcast network. All games will being at 8 p.m. Eastern. Last season, ABC did four Saturday prime-time college games.
ABC’s Monday Night Football ended a 36-year run in December as the longest running network series. ESPN will take over the weekly Monday night NFL game this season.
Brent Musburger will be the primary play-by-play man for Saturday Night College Football with former Notre Dame coach Bob Davie the color analyst.
Lisa Salters will be the sideline reporter and ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit will occasionally join Musburger and Davie in the booth.
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