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CBS SPORTS OUTLINES ANNOUNCER ROSTER FOR 2024 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jenny Dell Return as Lead Announce Team
CBS Sports Network Welcomes Two New Game Analysts – Former Rutgers All-American Cornerback, Logan Ryan & Two-Time All-American, Butkus and Lombardi Award Winner, Luke Kuechly
Coverage Kicks off Saturday, Aug. 24 on CBS Sports Network (Week Zero),
Saturday, Aug. 31 on CBS Television Network & Paramount+
CBS Sports has outlined its game and studio announcer lineup for the 2024 college football season for matchups airing on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+, as well as CBS Sports Network.
Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, and Jenny Dell will return as lead announce team covering the first full season of marquee Big Ten on CBS matchups every Saturday in the Network’s traditional 3:30 PM ET window, along with the 2024 Big Ten Championship in primetime on Saturday, Dec. 7, (8:00 PM ET). The crew will kick off the season on Saturday, Aug. 31, calling Akron-Ohio State (3:30 PM ET).
Play-by-play announcer Rich Waltz will work with analyst Ross Tucker and sideline reporter Tiffany Blackmon on select Mountain West and service academy games airing on CBS, beginning with UCLA-Hawaii (7:30 PM ET) on Saturday, Aug. 31. Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely and Blackmon will be on the call for Minnesota-Wisconsin on Friday, Nov. 29 (12:00 PM ET) on CBS.
CBS Sports Network will welcome two new additions to its roster this season, former Rutgers All-American standout cornerback Logan Ryan as a game analyst, and two-time All-American (Butkus and Lombardi Award-winning) former Boston College linebacker, Luke Kuechly, as an analyst for select games.
Robert Turbin will serve as an analyst for CBS Sports Network’s lead game on Saturdays and be joined predominantly throughout the season by Waltz, along with sideline reporter Amanda Guerra. The crew will be on the call Saturday, Aug. 24 for the Week Zero matchup of SMU-Nevada (8:00 PM ET, CBS Sports Network).
Returning announcers on CBS Sports Network this season include:
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Play-by-Play – Waltz, Jordan Kent, Dave Ryan, Carter Blackburn, Chris Lewis, Alex Del Barrio, John Sadak and Jason Knapp
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Analyst – Tucker, Turbin, Randy Cross, Taylor McHargue, Adam Breneman, Donte Whitner, Brock Vereen
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Reporter – Blackmon, Guerra, Tina Cervasio, Keiana Martin, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Emily Proud, Brandon Baylor.
As previously announced, Aaron Taylor will join CBS Sports’ COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY pre-game, halftime and expanded post-game studio coverage on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+, joining Adam Zucker, Brian Jones and Rick Neuheisel.
Brent Stover will anchor CBS Sports Network’s live studio coverage on Saturdays for comprehensive pregame, halftime and postgame coverage and be joined by analyst Kevin Carter, along with a second rotating analyst of Cardale Jones or Beanie Wells.
INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, CBS Sports Network’s early-week college football studio show, returns for a 22nd season with its weekly two-hour program. Anchored by Zucker, he’ll be joined by Jones, Neuheisel, Taylor and Cross. Three season preview shows are scheduled to air across Monday, Aug. 19 (8:00 PM & 9:00 PM ET) and Tuesday, Aug. 20 (7:00 PM ET), and the first in-season episode will air at 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Subsequent episodes will air on Tuesday nights throughout the season.
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CBS Sports Contacts:
Jeff Szklinski, jeff.szklinski@paramount.com
Matthew Fils-Aime, matthew.fils-aime@viacomcbs.com
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