Sports Media Digest- October 12, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/page/2/ College Gameday to Originate from South Bend- Tomorrow’s ESPN College Gameday program heads to South Bend, IN for the first time since 2005. The crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, and host/reporter Samantha Steele and Tom Rinaldi preview all the days college football action beginning at 9:00a.m. ET on ESPNU then at 10:00a.m. ET on ESPN. College Football This Weekend on the CBS Networks- The marquee college football game on CBS will be the SEC match-up between Alabama and Missouri. Kick-off is 3:30p.m. ET with Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, and Tracy Wolfson. The CBS Sports Network will air three games, beginning at Noon ET as Kent State visits Army ( Ben Holden, Randy Cross and sideline reporter Cadet Ally McKearn have the call). Game two comes up at 3:30p.m. ET as Bucknell takes on Harvard (Dave Ryan, Todd Christensen and Evan Washburn report). Tomorrow night at 8:00p.m. Southern Miss will take on Central Florida (with James Bates, Aaron Taylor and Lauren Gardner). CBS Sports Spectacular Goes Uncut with College Football- This weekend’s edition of the CBS Sports Spectacular will go behind the scenes of two teams in the SEC. Beginning at 2:00p.m. ET Uncut-Auburn looks at the Tigers while at 2:30p.m. ET the network will televise Uncut- South Carolina. Hugh Galyean narrates both shows for CBS Sports. ESPN will have First Look at BCS Stadings Sunday- The first BCS standings will come out Sunday and ESPN will have the exclusive first look at the rankings. Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, Kirk Herbstreit and David Pollack will host BCS Countdown Sunday at 8:30p.m. ET on ESPN then continue the talk at 9:00p.m. ET on ESPNU. Next Sports Illustrated Television Program to Air Tomorrow on NBC- The next edition of Sports Illustrated’s program on NBC is slated to air tomorrow at 1:30p.m. ET. The new episode will feature SI writer Lars Anderson speaks with Dale Earnhadrt Jr.; Lee Jenkins reports on the world of college football kickers; Rick Telander looks at the Brooklyn Net; and Tom Verducci looks at some unheralded World Series heroes. NFLN’s A Football Life Looks at the life of Steve McNair- The next edition of NFL Network’s (NFLN) A Football Life will look back at the successes, and ultimately the tragedy, of former quarterbak Steve McNair. Steve McNair: A Football Life debuts next Wednesday at 8:00p.m. ET Golf Channel Debuts Our Longest Ride Next Tuesday- The Golf Channel has produced a six-part series that looks at four men’s journey to play golf on the road to the Arctic Circle. Our Longest Ride follows the journey of three Chicago retirees, and the ashes of their friend as the fourth, as they ride through Canada playing golf on their way north. Our Longest Ride debuts this Tuesday, October 16th, at 10:30p.m. ET