ESPNU Starts its Expanded College Football Studio Schedule Monday

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ The college football studio show season begins in earnest beginning this Monday on ESPNU. Two new programs will debut Monday; CFB Daily - hosted by ESPNU’s Dari Nowkhah along rotating college football analysts and sports business reporter Darren Rovell and UNite, the network’s late night entertainment program airing weekdays at midnight. In addition to the four daily live shows – The Herd, CFB Daily, College Football Live and UNITE - ESPNU’s weekly original programming will include: Day of the Week Time (ET) ESPNU Show Monday 4:30 – 5 p.m. Final Verdict 5 – 6 p.m. Crunch Time 6 – 7 p.m. ESPNU BCS Countdown Tuesday 2:30 – 4 p.m. The Experts 4:30 – 5 p.m. College Football Featured 7-7:30 p.m. ESPNU All-Access 7:30 – 8 p.m. ESPNU Road Trip Wednesday 4:30 – 5 p.m. Big 12 This Week Thursday 4:30 – 5 p.m. ESPNU Film Room 5 -6 p.m. ESPN Recruiting Nation 10:30 p.m. – midnight SportsCenterU Friday 5:30 – 6 p.m. First Take: College Football Saturday 9 – 10 a.m. ESPN College GameDay Built by the Home Depot 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. SportsNation: College Football 11 a.m. – noon College Football Whiparound Here is a description of some of the ESPNU shows: Final Verdict (Mon., 4:30-5 p.m.): a half-hour spin-off of the weekly segment on CFB Final with Lou Holtz, Mark May, and Rece Davis. Holtz and a variety of contributors cast judgments on the weekend’s football action. Crunch Time (Mon., 5-6 p.m.): each show looks back at the last minutes of the best college football games from the previous week, packaged into a one-hour program. ESPNU BCS Countdown (Mon., 6-7 p.m.): the hour-long live studio show, hosted by Nowkhah, discusses the ever-changing college football standings. ESPN’s Mike Bellotti, Tom Luginbill and Kevin Carter will share analyst responsibilities. The Experts (Tue. 2:30-4 p.m.): the weekly 90-minute studio show rotates in top college football guests bringing fans intelligent conversation and debate every Tuesday. College Football Featured (Tue., 4:30 -5 p.m.): looks back at the week’s most compelling features with clips fromCollege GameDay, SportsCenter and other ESPN shows surrounding the game of college football. ESPNU All-Access (Tue., 7-7:30 p.m.): takes fans inside the nation’s leading college football programs each week for an all-access pass to practices, player meetings and tours of the campus. ESPNU Road Trip (Tue., 7:30- 8 p.m.): a 30-minute weekly series which taps into the tradition, rivalry and revelry from college campuses that are synonymous with the college football experience. ESPNU Film Room (Thu., 4:30- 5 p.m.): goes inside the gameplan of the week’s top matchups, with ESPN’s own leading playmakers walking you through the Xs & Os. ESPN Recruiting Nation (Thu,. 5-6 p.m.): a weekly hour-long studio show to discuss high school football players and their future impact on the college scene, as well as provide inside information and recruiting news. The show will include analysis from Luginbill and Craig Haubert, in addition to information from ESPN.com‘s 14 school sites.