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The television channel Versus
Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a cable television sports channel owned by Comcast and shown in the United States. It was previously known as OLN until a name change on September 25, 2006....
 currently airs college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 games from various college football conferences
Conference (sports)

A conference usually refers to a grouping of teams, typically based on geographical location. Sometimes if there are many teams, a conference can be split into Division s....
. At the time this program began, the channel was known as OLN but, in 2006
2006 in television

The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule....
, it was renamed Versus.

The network put college football on the network knowing the NFL contract
NFL on television

The television rights to broadcast National Football League games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport. It was television that brought professional American football into prominence in the modern era of technology....
 was set to expire following the 2005 NFL season
2005 NFL season

The 2005 season of the National Football League was the 86th season played by the major professional American football league in the United States....
. They were hoping to get some games, but were shut out. The NFL decided to grant the remaining games to its own NFL Network
NFL Network

NFL Network is an United States television specialty channel dedicated to American football. It is owned and operated by the National Football League and is also shown in Canada and Mexico....
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The television channel Versus
Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a cable television sports channel owned by Comcast and shown in the United States. It was previously known as OLN until a name change on September 25, 2006....
 currently airs college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 games from various college football conferences
Conference (sports)

A conference usually refers to a grouping of teams, typically based on geographical location. Sometimes if there are many teams, a conference can be split into Division s....
. At the time this program began, the channel was known as OLN but, in 2006
2006 in television

The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule....
, it was renamed Versus.

The network put college football on the network knowing the NFL contract
NFL on television

The television rights to broadcast National Football League games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport. It was television that brought professional American football into prominence in the modern era of technology....
 was set to expire following the 2005 NFL season
2005 NFL season

The 2005 season of the National Football League was the 86th season played by the major professional American football league in the United States....
. They were hoping to get some games, but were shut out. The NFL decided to grant the remaining games to its own NFL Network
NFL Network

NFL Network is an United States television specialty channel dedicated to American football. It is owned and operated by the National Football League and is also shown in Canada and Mexico....
. Versus instead added games from the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I FBS , officially began operations in July 1999 in sports....
 (MWC) as part of a deal between Comcast
Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
 (the owner of Versus), CBS College Sports Network and the MWC which also lead to the creation of the MountainWest Sports Network
MountainWest Sports Network

MountainWest Sports Network, informally known as The Mtn. is an United States regional sports network.Launched on September 1, 2006 as a joint-venture of the Mountain West Conference, CBS College Sports Network and Comcast....
.

In 2006, Versus used Gary Bender
Gary Bender

Gary Bender is an United States sportscaster and 2008 inductee in to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame....
 or Bob Papa
Bob Papa

Bob Papa is an United States sportscaster. Papa is currently employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants....
 as the play-by-play
Play-by-play

Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term that means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the game in progress....
 announcer, Glenn Parker
Glenn Parker

Glenn Parker is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants....
 as the analyst and Argy Stathapulos as the sideline reporter
Sideline reporter

A sideline reporter, also known as a field reporter/analyst, courtside reporter , third-member of a broadcast team, or inside-the-glass reporter , is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists with additional coverage away from the broadcasting booth or press row ....
 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
Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
 to sublicense up to 10 college games annually from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences. Previously, those games had aired on TBS
TBS (TV network)

TBS is an United States cable television TV network owned by media mogul Ted Turner that shows sports and a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy....
.

Schedules


2008 schedule

Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference
Saturday 8/30/08 TCU at New Mexico 6:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/6/08 Texas A&M at New Mexico 5:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/13/08 UCLA at BYU 3:30pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/20/08 Utah at Air Force 4:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/27/08 Army at 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 at Utah 9:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 10/4/08 Kansas at Iowa State 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 10/4/08 Navy at Air Force 4:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 10/4/08 Washington at Arizona 7:30pm Pac-10
Saturday 10/11/08 Cornell at Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
Thursday 10/16/08 BYU at TCU 8:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 10/18/08 Nebraska at Iowa State 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 10/18/08 Oregon St at Washington 7:00pm Pac-10
Saturday 10/25/08 Baylor at Nebraska 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 10/25/08 Dartmouth at Columbia 4:00pm Ivy League
Saturday 11/1/08 Brown at Pennsylvania 12:00pm Ivy League
Saturday 11/8/08 Iowa State at Colorado 1:30pm Big 12
Saturday 11/15/08 Princeton at Yale 12:00pm Ivy League
Saturday 11/15/08 Southern Cal at Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10
Saturday 11/22/08 Yale at Harvard 12:00pm Ivy League
Saturday 11/22/08 Air Force at TCU 3:30pm Mountain West
Saturday 11/22/08 Oregon St at Arizona 7:00pm Pac-10
Saturday 11/29/08 Baylor at Texas Tech 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 11/29/08 Oregon at Oregon St 7:00pm Pac-10


2007 schedule

Date Game Kickoff Time (EST) Host Conference
Saturday 9/1/07 Virginia
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
 at Wyoming
University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie Mountains and Snowy Range mountains....
 		 2:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/1/07 Arizona
University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and Space grant colleges Public university institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States....
 at BYU
2007 BYU Cougars football team

The 2007 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.In this year BYU clinched its second consecutive Mountain West Conference championship title outright after defeating Utah on 24 November....
 		 5:30pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/8/07 BYU at UCLA 6:30pm Pac-10
Saturday 9/8/07 Wisconsin at UNLV 10:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/15/07 Iowa
University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public university research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees....
 at Iowa State 		1:30pm Big 12
Saturday 9/15/07 UCLA at Utah
University of Utah

The University of Utah is a public university research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah's premier research school currently enrolls 21,526 undergraduate and 6,684 graduate student students and has 1,419 regular Faculty members....
 		 5:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 9/22/07 Arizona at California
2007 California Golden Bears football team

The 2007 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2007 NCAA Division I-BS football season....
 		 6:00pm Pac-10
Saturday 9/29/07 Baylor
Baylor Bears

Baylor Bears refers to the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are nicknamed the Bears, and some women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Bears....
 at Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football

The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in Division I FBS college football. The Aggies have competed in the South Division of Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996....
 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 9/29/07 Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public university research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio, part of the University System of Ohio....
 at San Diego St.
San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system....
 		 10:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 10/6/07 Southern Cal
2007 USC Trojans football team

The 2007 University of Southern California Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the college football 2007 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning a share of the Pacific-10 Conference Championship and winning the 2008 Rose Bowl....
 at Stanford
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
 		 7:00pm Pac-10
Saturday 10/13/07 Oregon State
2007 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the college football 2007 NCAA Division I-BS football season....
 at California 		7:00pm Pac-10
Thursday 10/18/07 Utah at TCU
2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2007 Texas Christian Horned Frog football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2007 NCAA Division I-BS football season college football season....
 		 8:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 10/20/07 Texas @ Baylor 12:30pm Big 12
Thursday 10/25/07 Air Force
United States Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy , is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado in El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
 at New Mexico
University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, USA. It was founded in 1889. It offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering....
 		 9:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 11/3/07 Kansas State
Kansas State University

Kansas State University, officially named Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science but commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas, in the United States....
 @ Iowa State
Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
 		 12:30pm Big 12
Thursday 11/8/07 TCU at BYU 9:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 11/10/07 Kansas State @ Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers

The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska?Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, fielding 21 Varsity team teams in 14 sports:...
 		 12:30pm Big 12
Saturday 11/24/07 Utah at BYU 2:00pm Mountain West
Saturday 12/1/07 California at Stanford 7:00pm Pac-10


Announcers


Play-by-play


2006
  1. Gary Bender
    Gary Bender

    Gary Bender is an United States sportscaster and 2008 inductee in to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame....
  2. Bob Papa
    Bob Papa

    Bob Papa is an United States sportscaster. Papa is currently employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants....


2007
  1. Ted Robinson
    Ted Robinson (sportscaster)

    Ted Robinson is an United States of America sportscaster....
  2. Ron Thulin
  3. Joe Beninati
    Joe Beninati

    Joe Beninati is the television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Capitals. Along with color commentator Craig Laughlin he provides Capitals game coverage for Comcast SportsNet....


2008
  1. Ron Thulin
  2. Joe Beninati
    Joe Beninati

    Joe Beninati is the television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Capitals. Along with color commentator Craig Laughlin he provides Capitals game coverage for Comcast SportsNet....
  3. Rich Ackerman
  4. Tim Neverett


Analysts


2006
  1. Glenn Parker
    Glenn Parker

    Glenn Parker is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants....


2007
  1. Kelly Stouffer
    Kelly Stouffer

    Kelly Wayne Stouffer is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent his entire four year career with the Seattle Seahawks from 1988-1992....
  2. Glenn Parker
    Glenn Parker

    Glenn Parker is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants....


2008
  1. Kelly Stouffer
    Kelly Stouffer

    Kelly Wayne Stouffer is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent his entire four year career with the Seattle Seahawks from 1988-1992....
  2. Glenn Parker
    Glenn Parker

    Glenn Parker is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants....
  3. Dale Hellestrae
    Dale Hellestrae

    Dale Robert Hellestrae is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Baltimore Ravens....


Sideline reporters


2006
  1. Argy Stathapolous


2007
  1. Lewis Johnson
    Lewis Johnson

    Lewis Johnson is a reporter for NBC Sports and Versus. He was the sideline reporter for Notre Dame Fighting Irish football football home games and in 2001 NBA Finals and 2002 NBA Finals was a sideline reporter for the The NBA on NBC and for the network's Arena Football League telecasts from 2003 through 2006....
  2. Tim Neverett
  3. Krista Blunk


2008
  1. Lewis Johnson
    Lewis Johnson

    Lewis Johnson is a reporter for NBC Sports and Versus. He was the sideline reporter for Notre Dame Fighting Irish football football home games and in 2001 NBA Finals and 2002 NBA Finals was a sideline reporter for the The NBA on NBC and for the network's Arena Football League telecasts from 2003 through 2006....
  2. Tim Neverett
  3. Bob Harwood
  4. Anne Marie Anderson
  5. Lindsay Soto
    Lindsay Soto

    Lindsay Soto is a television Sports journalism and Television producer who graduated from El Toro High School, California in 1994 and was the sports editor for her high school yearbook....


Studio hosts


2008
  1. Ted Robinson
    Ted Robinson (sportscaster)

    Ted Robinson is an United States of America sportscaster....
  2. Bill Patrick
    Bill Patrick

    William Cecil Gibson "Bill" Patrick was a Scotland association football player. He played professionally for Coventry City F.C. and Gillingham F.C. between 1954 and 1960....


Studio analysts


2008
  1. Roland Williams
    Roland Williams

    Roland Lamar Williams , is a former tight end from University of Syracuse, American football player. An 8-year NFL veteran, Roland has enjoyed great success on the field and off....
  2. Kelly Stouffer
    Kelly Stouffer

    Kelly Wayne Stouffer is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent his entire four year career with the Seattle Seahawks from 1988-1992....


See also

  • College football on television
    College football on television

    College football on television includes the broadcasting of college football games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories....


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