College Football Countdown

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ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC is a college football television show that typically airs at 3:00 PM on Saturday afternoons during football season on ABC. The programs precede game action on the network and have been doing so ever since 1981. ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC is a presentation of the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) regular season American college football television package.

## Hosts

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* Jim Lampley: (1981–1987)[1][2]
* Al Trautwig: (1988)
* Roger Twibell: (1989–1991)
* John Saunders: (1992–2015)
* Stan Verrett: (2016)
* Kevin Negandhi: (2017 – present)

## Analysts

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* Beano Cook: (1982–1985)
* Bo Schembechler: (1991)
* Todd Blackledge: (1996–1998)[3]
* Terry Bowden: (1999–2003)
* Craig James: (2003–2008)
* Aaron Taylor: (2004–2005)
* Doug Flutie: (2006–2008)
* Jesse Palmer: (2009–2013)
* Mack Brown: (2014–2018)
* Danny Kanell: (2014)
* Mark May: (2015–2016)
* Booger McFarland: (2017, 2020–present)
* Jonathan Vilma: (2018–2019)
* Mark Sanchez: (2019–2020)
* Dan Orlovsky: (2023–present)

## References

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1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 21, 1992). "TV SPORTS; Lampley's New Look Raises (2) Eyebrows". The New York Times.
2. ^ Video on YouTube
3. ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 23, 1996). "The College Football Crew at CBS Includes a Point-Spread Maven". The New York Times.

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Related articles|

* ESPN College Football
* College football on television
* College bowl game broadcasts

Programs|

* College Football Countdown
* Saturday Night Football

Current commentators|

* Chris Fowler
* Kirk Herbstreit
* Holly Rowe
* Sean McDonough
* Greg McElroy
* Molly McGrath
* Joe Tessitore
* Jesse Palmer
* Katie George
* Mark Jones
* Roddy Jones
* Quint Kessenich
* Dave Pasch
* Dusty Dvoracek
* Taylor McGregor
* Bob Wischusen
* Louis Riddick
* Kris Budden
* Kevin Negandhi
* Booger McFarland
* Bill LeMonnier
* Matt Austin

Past commentators|

* Al Michaels
* Keith Jackson
* Jerry Punch
* Mike Tirico
* Gary Danielson
* Paul Maguire
* Matt Millen
* Ron Franklin
* Stacey Dales
* Matt Winer
* Beano Cook
* Bob Griese
* Lynn Swann
* Brad Nessler
* Tim Brant
* Gary Bender
* Bill Flemming
* Dan Fouts
* Jim Lampley
* Chris Schenkel
* Ray Scott
* Chris Spielman
* David Norrie
* Gary Thorne
* Roger Twibell
* Bob Davie
* Terry Bowden
* Frank Broyles
* Ara Parseghian
* Bo Schembechler
* Dick Vermeil
* Bud Wilkinson
* Todd Harris
* Jack Arute
* Dean Blevins
* Lewis Johnson
* Gary Reasons
* Sam Ryan
* Doug Flutie
* Aaron Taylor
* Lisa Salters
* Lee Corso
* Craig James
* John Saunders
* Steve Levy
* Brian Griese
* Todd McShay
* Mike Golic
* Maria Taylor
* Todd Blackledge

Lore televised by ABC|

* Game of the Century (1966)
* Game of the Century (1967)
* The Ten-Year War Begins
* Game of the Century (1969)
* Game of the Century (1971)
* The Vote for the Rose Bowl
* The Kick
* Wide Right I
* Wide Right II
* First conference championship game
* Miracle at Michigan
* Choke at Doak
* Flea Kicker
* Texas A&M stuns Kansas State in 2 overtimes
* Clockgate
* Holy Buckeye
* First meeting between Texas and Ohio State
* Game of the Century (2006)
* 1 Second Left
* Battle at Bristol
* Block Six
* 9-overtime game

Conferences televised|

* The American
* Atlantic Coast
* Big 12
* SEC

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Broadcast networks|

* ABC
* Saturday Night Football
* CBS
* Fox
* NBC
* Notre Dame
* Other
* The CW

| Announcers by network|

* ABC
* CBS
* Fox
* NBC

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Minor networks|

* Stadium
* PBS

Syndication|

* ESPN Events
* Raycom

| Regional networks|

* Southland Conference
* WAC

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Cable channels|

* CBSSN
* Eleven Sports Network
* ESPN
* FS1
* FS2
* NFLN
* TBS
* USA

| Announcers by network|

* CBSSN
* FS1

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College
sports networks|

* ACCN
* Big Ten
* ESPNU
* SEC
* Stadium College Sports

| Regional sports networks|

* ACCRSN
* BYU
* Longhorn
* MVC
* Oregon
* Pac-12

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Major events|

* Bowl games (BCS)
* ABC
* CBS
* Fox
* NBC
* First televised football game

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Miscellaneous
programs|

* College Football Final
* College Football Scoreboard
* NBC Game of the Week

| College Football Primetime|

* Thursday
* Saturday (ESPN2)

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Pregame shows|

* College Football Countdown
* College GameDay
* locations
* SEC Nation
* Big Noon Kickoff

Weekday studio shows|

* College Football Live
* College Football Now
* College Scoreboard

Contract information|

* College Football Association
* NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
* Timeline of American Football on UK television

Out-of-market sports packages|

* ESPN GamePlan
* Option Play

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