June 30, 2003

CBS SPORTS' 2003 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE KICKS OFF IN PRIME TIME ON AUGUST 30 WITH PAC-10 POWERHOUSE USC VISITING AUBURN

Florida-Tennessee, Florida State-Florida and 2003 SEC Champion Georgia vs. LSU Highlights SEC National Coverage on CBS Television Network Beginning Sept. 13

CBS Sports' 2003 College Football schedule begins in prime time on Saturday, Aug. 30 (6:00-9:30 PM, ET) when Pac-10 powerhouse USC takes on Auburn from Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge return for the fourth consecutive year to call the action as the CBS Television Network's lead college football announce team. Jill Arrington serves as lead reporter.

CBS Sports begins the third year of expanded coverage of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football with exclusive national network broadcasts of SEC home games throughout the season. Highlighting the schedule is the much anticipated match-up between Tennessee and Florida. The Gators and Volunteers will continue their intense SEC East rivalry on Saturday, Sept. 20 during CBS Sports' SEC national doubleheader. Defending SEC Champion Georgia will battle LSU in the other contest.

For 14 Saturdays, CBS Sports will present live national coverage of the best SEC regular-season action the Conference has to offer concluding with the SEC Championship game featuring the Eastern and Western Division champions on Saturday, Dec. 6 (Time TBD). All SEC games will be announced six to 12 days prior to their broadcast date.

A total of 17 college football contests will be broadcast on the Network, including a clash of heated interstate rivals, Florida State vs. Florida on Saturday, Nov. 29 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET), annually one of the highest-rated broadcasts of the season, and the 104th Army-Navy game, one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports, on Saturday, Dec. 6 (4:00 PM, ET).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the Network's pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, will be broadcast in the half-hour format 10 times throughout the season, premiering on Saturday, Sept. 13 (3:00-3:30 PM, ET). Hosted by Tim Brando and analyst Spencer Tillman, COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY presents highlights of all the day's action, as well as a look at college football's most interesting stories and personalities both on and off-the-field.

CBS Sports' coverage of college football concludes with the 70th annual Wells Fargo Sun Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 31 (2:00-6:00 PM, ET). Teams from the Big Ten and PAC-10 Conferences will battle in Sun Bowl Stadium, home of the second-longest-running bowl game in the country.

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Craig Silver serves as coordinating producer and Steve Milton is the lead director for the Network's college football broadcasts. Vin DeVito serves as producer for COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, which originates from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

Tony Petitti is Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

Following is the schedule for CBS Sports' 2003 College Football broadcasts.

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CBS Sports Contact: Jennifer Sabatelle (212) 975-4120
jsabatelle@cbs.com