MSU’s games vs. UAB and Pitt will be on ESPN2, ESPN
The Big Ten conference announced on Monday that it has added some additional games to its ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 schedules including Michigan State’s home opener against the UAB Blazers and MSU’s game against the Pittsburgh Panthers later in September.
The UAB game on September 1st will be a noon kickoff on ESPN2. This is the first football meeting between the two teams.
Pittsburgh visits Spartan Stadium on September 15th at noon on ESPN. Last season the Spartans beat the Panthers 38-23 at Pittsburgh.
The Big Ten’s lineup of games on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 starts on the opening weekend on Saturday, Sept. 1. Michigan State will begin its season at home against UAB in a Noon EDT start to be televised by ESPN2. Wisconsin will kick off its campaign at home against Washington State at 2:30 p.m. CDT with regional coverage on ABC and outer-market coverage on ESPN. As part of the Big Ten’s new television agreement, all regional afternoon football games aired on ABC will also be aired by ESPN or ESPN2 in outer-markets, making the game nationally available. Also on Sept. 1, Illinois will start its season at 2:30 p.m. CDT on ESPN2 by taking on Missouri in St. Louis.
Big Ten non-conference coverage continues on Saturday, Sept. 8 with Michigan hosting Oregon at 3:30 p.m. EDT, a contest featuring national coverage by ABC. The conference office previously announced another Sept. 8 televised game with the Notre Dame at Penn State contest to appear on ESPN at 6 p.m. EDT.
The final full weekend of non-conference action will feature three Big Ten contests appearing on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 on Saturday, Sept. 15. The Wolverines will welcome the Fighting Irish to Michigan Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. EDT tilt to appear nationally on ABC. At Noon EDT, Michigan State will host Pittsburgh on ESPN while Purdue will face Central Michigan on ESPN2.