Fox Sports Announces 2012 College Football Broadcast Teams

FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) unveiled its broadcast teams for the upcoming 2012 college football season on FOX, FX, FOX Sports Net Regional Networks (FSN), Big Ten Network (BTN) and FOX College Sports (FCS). Executive Producer, Co-President & COO, FOX Sports Media Group, Eric Shanks announced details today at the Group's annual college football preseason production seminar, held in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, one of sports television's most enthusiastic voices and analyst CharLes Davis, a former Tennessee standout, FSMG's lead college football announce team from a year ago, return in 2012 and are joined by exciting newcomer and Emmy nominee Julie Alexandria, who serves as the crew's sideline reporter. FOX Sports kicks off its first-ever regular season over-the-air college football package with Hawaii at #3 USC, live from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 1 (7:00 PM ET). Alexandria previously co-hosted the BTN series TAILGATE 48, and her credits also include hosting The Seven on MTV, Mets Weekly on SNY where she was nominated for two Emmy Awards, the New York City Marathon on ABC, Slamball on CBS Sports and Weekend pregame on Spike.

In addition to calling the premier game-of-the-week during FOX Sports' 13 consecutive weeks of regular season action, the trio calls the Pac-12 Conference Football Championship Game on Friday, Nov. 30 (8:00 PM ET) followed by the Big Ten Conference Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 1 (8:00 PM ET). Johnson, Davis and Alexandria wrap up the 2012-13 campaign with an exciting Big 12/SEC match-up in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic live from Cowboys Stadium on Friday, Jan. 4 (8:00 PM ET).

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL's No. 2 team is led by veteran college football play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack and college football analyst and former University of Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt, with FOX Sports Radio personality and former USC fullback Petros Papadakis providing sideline analysis. Bolerjack, Klatt and Papadakis call games on FOX and FX, FOX Network Group's widely distributed general entertainment basic cable network seen in more than 99 million households.

Heisman Trophy winner and Nebraska standout Eric Crouch joins FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL as an analyst for games on FX, and he's joined by play-by-play announcer Justin Kutcher and former Notre Dame standout Darius Walker who serves as the team's sideline analyst.

In addition to 21 games on FOX and 20 games on FX, FSN, which reaches over 85 million homes through its owned and affiliated networks, televises dozens of games this fall and has three broadcast teams led by veteran play-by-play broadcaster Joel Meyers, with analyst Brian Baldinger and sideline reporter Jim Knox. Other teams feature Mike Morgan on play-by-play, analyst JC Pearson and sideline reporter Laura McKeeman and play-by-play man Ron Thulin, who is joined by analyst Shaun King and sideline reporter Desmond Pernell. Adam Alexander calls games on FCS.

Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Famer Eddie George and former Oregon All-American quarterback Joey Harrington partner with host Erin Andrews to form the brand new FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame, halftime and postgame team. George and Harrington also team with host Patrick O'Neal for studio updates during FX's coverage.

Kevin Frazier, co-anchor of the hit television magazine program The Insider and former Super Bowl MVP and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen return for their second season handling studio pregame, halftime and postgame coverage on FSN.

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL rules analyst Mike Pereira is also available each week to offer perspective on rules interpretation and analysis on controversial plays live from his FOX Network Center command post in Los Angeles.

BTN's college football schedule features more than 40 games, extensive pregame, halftime and postgame coverage on Saturdays and football-themed studio shows every weeknight. Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith anchor the network's game-day studio coverage on BIG TEN FOOTBALL SATURDAY for the sixth straight season and contribute to additional studio shows during the week. BTN's football broadcast teams include Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Derek Rackley (analyst); Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Chris Martin (analyst) and Matt Devlin (play-by-play) and Glen Mason (analyst).

Following are FSMG's 2012 college football broadcast teams:

FOX BTN
Play-by-Play - Gus Johnson Play-by-Pay - Kevin Kugler
Analyst - CharLes Davis Analyst - Chris Martin
Sideline Reporter - Julie Alexandria

FOX/FX BTN
Play-by-Play - Craig Bolerjack Play-by-Play - Matt Devlin
Analyst - Joel Klatt Analyst - Glen Mason
Sideline Analyst - Petros Papadaikas

FX BTN
Play-by-Play - Justin Kutcher Play-by-Play - Brian Anderson
Analyst - Eric Crouch Analyst - Jon Jansen
Sideline Analyst - Darius Walker

FSN BTN
Play-by-Play - Joel Meyers Play-by-Play - Wayne Larrivee
Analyst - Brian Baldinger Analyst - J. Leman
Sideline Reporter - Jim Knox

FSN BTN
Play-by-Play - Mike Morgan Play-by-Play - Josh Lewin
Analyst - JC Pearson Analyst - Danan Hughes
Sideline Analyst - Laura McKeeman

FSN BTN
Play-by-Play - Ron Thulin Play-by-Play - Tom Werme
Analyst - Shaun King Analyst - Kelly Stouffer
Sideline Reporter - Desmond Pernell

FCS BTN
Play-by-Play - Adam Alexander Play-by-Play - Matt Sheppard
Analyst - TBA Analyst - Chuck Long
Sideline Reporter - TBA

BTN BTN
Play-by-Play - Eric Collins Play-by-Play - Chris Denari
Analyst - Derek Rackley Analyst - Justin Conzemius

About FOX Sports Media Group

FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) is the umbrella entity representing News Corporation's wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FSMG includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple websites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships. FSMG includes FOX Sports, the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting Company; Fox's 20 regional sports networks, their affiliated regional web sites and FSN national programming; SPEED and SPEED2; FOX Soccer, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go; FUEL TV; FOX Deportes and FOX College Sports. In addition, FSMG also encompasses FOX Sports Interactive Media, which includes FOXSports.com on MSN, Whatifsports.com Scout.com and Yardbarker.com. Also included in the Group are Fox's interests in joint-venture businesses Big Ten Network, BTN 2Go and STATS, LLC, as well as licensing agreements that establish the FOX Sports Radio Network and FOX Sports Skybox restaurants.

 

 

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