NBC Sports Network (formerly OLN and Versus)[1] airs college football games from various college football conferences.
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The network put college football on the network knowing the NFL contract was set to expire following the 2005 NFL season. They were hoping to get some games, but were shut out. The NFL decided to grant the remaining games to its own NFL Network. Versus instead added games from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) as part of a deal between Comcast (the owner of Versus), CBS Sports Network and the MWC which also lead to the creation of the MountainWest Sports Network.
In 2006, Versus used Gary Bender or Bob Papa as the play-by-play announcer, Glenn Parker as the analyst and Argy Stathapulos as the sideline reporter for their coverage of Mountain West football.
On June 6, 2007, it was announced that Versus has agreed to a multi-year year deal with Fox Sports Net to sublicense up to 10 college games annually from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences. Previously, these games had aired on TBS.
In 2008, Versus announced a contract with the Ivy League to broadcast at least 3-games a year, culminating in the annual Harvard-Yale football rivalry. The contract was for 2-years and was renewed in 2010.[2]
In 2010 Fox Sports discontinued the Big-12 games on Versus and upped the number of Pac-10 games to 7 a season.
After the 2010 season the Pac-10 announced they were expanding and changing their name to the Pac-12. With 1 to 2 additional games to broadcast each week Fox Sports chose to expand the Pac-12 games by adding college football to FX. Versus would continue with the 7 games they previously received. [3] It is believed Versus will lose the rights to the Pac-12 in 2012 to the Pac-12 Network. However, the NBC Sports Group might replace their package of Pac-12 games with a package of 8 Thursday night games from the NFL.
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Saturday 9/10/11 | TCU @ Air Force | 3:30pm | Mountain West[4] |
Saturday 9/10/11 | Utah @ USC | 7:30pm | Pac-12[5] |
Saturday 9/17/11 | Texas Tech @ New Mexico | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/24/11 | Cornell @ Yale | 12:00pm | Ivy League[6] |
Saturday 9/24/11 | Southern @ Florida A&M | 3:30pm | |
Saturday 9/24/11 | Nebraska @ Wyoming | 7:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/01/11 | Nevada @ Boise State | 2:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/08/11 | Colorado @ Stanford | 7:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 10/15/11 | Penn @ Columbia | 3:30pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 10/15/11 | Stanford @ Washington State | 7:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 10/22/11 | Yale @ Penn | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 10/22/11 | Air Force @ Boise State | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/5/11 | Arizona State @ UCLA | 7:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 11/12/11 | Penn @ Harvard | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/12/11 | TCU @ Boise State | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/12/11 | Arizona State @ Washington State | 10:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 11/19/11 | Harvard @ Yale | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/19/11 | Colorado State @ TCU | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/19/11 | Colorado @ UCLA | 7:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 11/26/11 | Washington State @ Washington | 7:30pm | Pac-12 |
Saturday 12/3/11 | UNLV @ TCU | 2:30pm | Mountain West |
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Thursday 9/2/10 | Pitt @ Utah | 8:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/4/10 | Wisconsin @ UNLV | 11:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/11/10 | BYU @ Air Force | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/18/10 | Baylor @ TCU | 4:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/2/10 | Navy @ Air Force | 2:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/9/10 | USC @ Stanford | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/16/10 | BYU @ TCU | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/16/10 | Arizona @ Washington State | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/30/10 | Stanford @ Washington | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/6/10 | Penn @ Princeton | 3:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/6/10 | Oregon State @ UCLA | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/13/10 | Brown @ Dartmouth | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/13/10 | San Diego State @ TCU | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/13/10 | Oregon @ Cal | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/20/10 | Yale @ Harvard | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/27/10 | TCU @ New Mexico | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/27/10 | Oregon State @ Stanford | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 12/4/10 | Washington @ Washington State | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Saturday 9/12/09 | Texas @ Wyoming | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/19/09 | Duke @ Kansas | 12:00pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 9/19/09 | Florida State @ BYU | 7:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/26/09 | Cornell @ Yale | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 9/26/09 | Arizona @ Oregon State | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/03/09 | Oregon State @ Arizona State | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/10/09 | Iowa State @ Kansas | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/17/09 | Princeton @ Brown | 12:30pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 10/17/09 | Colorado State @ TCU | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/17/09 | Stanford @ Arizona | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/24/09 | Oklahoma State @ Baylor | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/24/09 | Air Force @ Utah | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/24/09 | TCU @ BYU | 7:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/31/09 | Nebraska @ Baylor | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/31/09 | UNLV @ TCU | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/07/09 | Kansas @ Kansas State | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 11/07/09 | TCU @ San Diego State | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/14/09 | Missouri @ Kansas State | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 11/14/09 | Arizona @ Cal | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/21/09 | Harvard @ Yale | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/21/09 | San Diego State @ Utah | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/21/09 | Cal @ Stanford | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Saturday 8/30/08 | TCU @ New Mexico | 6:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/6/08 | Texas A&M @ New Mexico | 5:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/13/08 | UCLA @ BYU | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/20/08 | Utah @ Air Force | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/27/08 | Army @ Texas A&M | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 9/27/08 | Florida A&M vs Tennessee State | 4:00pm | |
Thursday 10/2/08 | Oregon State @ Utah | 9:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/4/08 | Kansas @ Iowa State | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/4/08 | Navy @ Air Force | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/4/08 | Washington @ Arizona | 7:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/11/08 | Cornell @ Harvard | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Thursday 10/16/08 | BYU @ TCU | 8:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/18/08 | Nebraska @ Iowa State | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/18/08 | Oregon St @ Washington | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/25/08 | Baylor @ Nebraska | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 10/25/08 | Dartmouth @ Columbia | 4:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/1/08 | Brown @ Pennsylvania | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/8/08 | Iowa State @ Colorado | 1:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 11/15/08 | Princeton @ Yale | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/15/08 | Southern California @ Stanford | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/22/08 | Yale @ Harvard | 12:00pm | Ivy League |
Saturday 11/22/08 | Air Force @ TCU | 3:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/22/08 | Oregon St @ Arizona | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 11/29/08 | Baylor @ Texas Tech | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 11/29/08 | Oregon @ Oregon St | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Saturday 9/1/07 | Virginia @ Wyoming | 2:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/1/07 | Arizona @ BYU | 5:30pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/8/07 | BYU @ UCLA | 6:30pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 9/8/07 | Wisconsin @ UNLV | 10:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/15/07 | Iowa @ Iowa State | 1:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 9/15/07 | UCLA @ Utah | 5:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/22/07 | Arizona @ California | 6:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 9/29/07 | Baylor @ Texas A&M | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 9/29/07 | Cincinnati @ San Diego State | 10:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/6/07 | Southern California @ Stanford | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Saturday 10/13/07 | Oregon State @ California | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Thursday 10/18/07 | Utah @ TCU | 8:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/20/07 | Texas @ Baylor | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Thursday 10/25/07 | Air Force @ New Mexico | 9:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/3/07 | Kansas State @ Iowa State | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Thursday 11/8/07 | TCU @ BYU | 9:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/10/07 | Kansas State @ Nebraska | 12:30pm | Big 12 |
Saturday 11/24/07 | Utah @ BYU | 2:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 12/1/07 | California @ Stanford | 7:00pm | Pac-10 |
Date | Game | Kickoff Time (EST) | Host Conference |
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Saturday 9/16/06 | Texas Tech @ TCU | 5:00pm | Mountain West |
Thursday 9/28/06 | BYU @ TCU | 6:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 9/30/06 | Boise State @ Utah | 3:00pm | Mountain West |
Thursday 10/5/06 | TCU @ Utah | 9:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 10/28/06 | BYU @ Air Force | 2:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/4/06 | TCU @ UNLV | 3:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/11/06 | Colorado State @ Utah | 2:00pm | Mountain West |
Saturday 11/18/06 | San Diego State @ TCU | 4:00pm | Mountain West |
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