• Game of the Week Information
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference has announced an eight-game football "Game of the Week" package that will be carried exclusively on ESPN3 this fall.
The eight matchups that are part of the package are:
• September 28 - Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois, 4 p.m. CT
• October 5 - UT Martin at Eastern Kentucky, 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT
• October 19 - Southeast Missouri at Jacksonville State, 3 p.m. CT
• October 26 - Murray State at Jacksonville State, 3 p.m. CT
• November 2 - Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State, 2 p.m. CT
• November 9 - Eastern Kentucky at Southeast Missouri, 1 p.m. CT
• November 16 - Austin Peay at Murray State, 12 p.m. CT
• November 23 - Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State, 1 p.m. CT
This marks the seventh season the league has produced the Game of the Week package in conjunction with Tupelo Raycom. Tupelo Raycom, a Raycom Media company, brings together Tupelo-Honey (founded 1996) and WebStream Sports (2006). With offices in New York, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Nashville and Los Angeles the company develops new programming and delivers live events, music specials and branded features for broadcast, digital and in-venue entertainment.
Kevin Ingram, host of "The Wake Up Zone" on 104.5 The Zone in Nashville, will handle play-by-play duties while Bob Belvin, on-air talent and contributor at ESPN Clarksville, will provide analysis. The duo has worked together each of the past seven years in the league's TV package.
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of exclusive sports events annually. It is accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through the ESPN App. The network is currently available nationwide at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. It is also available at no cost to U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks.
The remainder of the league’s home schedule (approximately 44 contests) will be broadcast on ESPN+ for the second-straight year.
ESPN+ is the first-ever multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International group, in partnership with ESPN. It offers fans thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital networks. This includes hundreds of MLB, NHL and MLS games, Grand Slam tennis, Top Rank boxing, PGA Tour golf, college sports, international rugby, cricket, the full library of ESPN Films including 30 for 30, and more. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year) and cancel at any time. ESPN+ is an integrated part of the completely redesigned ESPN App and also available on the web, iPhone, iPad, tvOS, Android Handset, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and FireTV.
More information can be found at
www.OVCSports.com/ESPN.