Ohio State at Michigan Coverage, ESPN College GameDay Features

College Football: Extensive Multimedia Coverage of #7 Ohio State at #21 Michigan

November 14, 2007 -- ESPN will provide extensive multi-platform coverage of #7 Ohio State at #21 Michigan in a showdown for the Big Ten championship, Saturday, Nov. 17, at noon on ABC (specific details below). Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and reporter Lisa Salters will call the game telecast.

* College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (Saturdays at 10 a.m. on ESPN) will originate from Ann Arbor. College GameDay is hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard.

* ESPN Classic and ESPNU will offer a number of classic Ohio State-Michigan games:

Wednesday, Nov. 14 2 p.m.: 1981 Ohio State at Michigan ESPNU

Thursday, Nov. 15 2 p.m.: 1995 Ohio State at Michigan ESPNU

Friday, Nov. 17 1 p.m.: 1997 Ohio State at Michigan ESPNU

3 p.m.: 2006 Michigan at Ohio State ESPNU

5 p.m.: 2005 Ohio State at Michigan ESPNU

Saturday, Nov. 18 3 a.m.: 1973 Ohio State at Michigan ESPN Classic

5 a.m.: 1997 Ohio State at Michigan ESPN Classic

7 a.m.: 2005 Ohio State at Michigan ESPN Classic

9 a.m.: 2006 Michigan at Ohio State ESPN Classic

* ESPN.com’s coverage will include reporting, columns and features from leading college sports analysts and experts, including:

Wednesday, Nov. 14
--Bruce Hooley: The game isn't what it was supposed to be, but the winner still wins the
Big Ten title.

--The experts at ESPN Scouts, Inc. will provide a comprehensive game preview and matchup breakdown, as well as examining the professional prospects on both teams

Thursday, Nov. 15
--Mel Kiper, Jr.: Five worth watching (best games and matchups of the weekend)

--Coach Class: Magazine analysts on the Ohio State-Michigan matchup

Saturday, Nov. 17
--Live interactive blog from noon to 7 p.m.

• Fans can purchase and download full versions of the classic 1973, 1997, 2002 and 2006 Ohio State–Michigan games from The iTunes Store for $1.99 each.

• ESPN podcasts will deliver perspectives, analysis and coverage of the matchup directly to listeners’ computers and portable digital media devices via the ESPN.com PodCenter and ESPN.com, and The iTunes Store. The daily ESPN U College Football Insider podcast and the weekly ESPN College GameDay To Go podcast will take fresh looks at the many angles of the historic game, as well as the other top college football stories of the week.

• ESPN International will offer live coverage in 37 countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Russia and Iceland as well throughout the world on ESPN.com and the Armed Forces Network.

College GameDay Features: Reporter Greg Garber Gets Mohawk Haircut

This week’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (Saturdays at 10 a.m. on ESPN) will include ESPN.com reporter Greg Garber receiving a Mohawk haircut as part of a story about the seemingly growing trend for the hairstyle among college football players. Players from South Florida, Kentucky, Oregon and Boston College are featured in the piece. College GameDay, originating from #7 Ohio State at #21 Michigan, is hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard. Additional features:

• Howard’s Heisman tour, of interviews with potential Heisman Trophy candidates will continue with a one-on-one interview with Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing.

• Reporter Tom Rinaldi will look at the turnaround at Indiana following the death of Coach Terry Hoeppner earlier this year, how his widow remains very close to the team and the patch the players wear in Hoeppner's honor.

• Similar to the season’s first show at Virginia Tech, the first half of the program will originate from outside the stadium while Fowler, Corso, Herbstreit and Howard will move inside the stadium for the remainder of the show.

Source: ESPN

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