Saturday Oct.4 College Football Coverage Maps
Coverage Maps for the October 4th College Football games on ESPN 2 and ABC have been made available, and the networks will only be broadcasting two of the scheduled four 3:30 PM games in high definition.
As usual ABC will be broadcasting four different College Football games during the 3:30 slot on Saturday to markets around the country, and will vary which region gets which game depending on local demand for that particular matchup. Additionally, ESPN 2 will air a different game in that region than the one being broadcast on ABC, so that duplicate broadcasts are avoided. ABC and ESPN call this a reverse mirror, and usually it is done completely in high definition. This week, however, only 2 of the 4 games on ABC are HD and only 1 of the ESPN 2 games is in HD.
On Saturday, you’ll be lucky to live on the East coast, as most of these residents will receive HD Football games from both ABC and ESPN 2 at 3:30, while everyone on the west coast will get standard def on ABC and the Illinois vs Michigan on ESPN 2.
| 3:30 ABC/ESPN HD Reverse Mirror Games | |||
| DATE | TIME (ET) | DESCRIPTION | NETWORK |
| 10/4/2008 | 3:30 PM | Illinois Fighting Illini vs Michigan Wolverines | ABC (720p) ESPN 2 (720p) |
| 10/4/2008 | 3:30 PM | Florida State Seminoles vs Miami Hurricanes | ABC (720p) ESPN 2 (720p) |
As for the 8 pm slot, ABC usually only airs one game, but this week has decided to pick up two games, broadcasting them regionally. Check the map below to see which game will be available in your area.
| ABC HD 8:00 pm Regional Coverage Map | |||
| DATE | TIME (ET) | DESCRIPTION | NETWORK |
| 10/4/2008 | 8:00 PM | Ohio State Buckeyes vs Wisconsin Badgers | ABC (720p) |
| 10/4/2008 | 8:00 PM | Oregon Ducks vs USC Trojans | ABC (720p) |
Also worth noting is that the Big Ten Network, which usually broadcasts multiple HD College games at noon on Saturday will only be airing one game this week.
ABC 3:30 Coverage Map
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ESPN 2 3:30 Coverage Map
ABC’s 8pm Coverage Map
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October 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
ABC map for Saturday 8:00 PM football coverage: This line up pleases no one. You don’t even include all of Iowa in the big ten coverage and I can tell you that no one in the NE or SE cares about either game. The Pac 10 game appeals to only the most western states. The middle of the country would be more inclined to show interest in a Big Ten match up. You need to replace whoever is your demographics guy, or gal. Oh well, guess I can watch USC, hoping they loose again but I hardly know where Oregon is and have no interest in any type of water fauna.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Ohio State and USC are big-time programs so it makes sense to split the network.
Besides, Ohio State-Wisconsin IS going to all of Iowa. KETV-7 in Omaha and KTVO-3 in Kirksville/Ottumwa are airing the game.
October 4th, 2008 at 9:58 am
ABC needs to step it up. All of the other stations broadcast all their games in HD, why can’t ABC do the same. I’m getting tired of turning over to ABC every Saturday afternoon only to be disappointed with standard-def. I often find myself changing the channel to watch lesser games that are in HD just because I’d rather watch that. High-Definition football is the standard and ABC needs to get with it.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I am shocked that Louisiana would get the USC-Oregon game over Wisconsin-Ohio State. This makes no sense geographically, demographically, nor logically. Primarily, one game has a 13-point spread and one game has a 1-pt spread. In addition, the Ohio State University has one of the largest alumni associations in the country, and there are Buckeyes everywhere. If the decision to include an area into Ohio State coverage is even close, make your errors in favor of doing so.
October 4th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Here we are 2 miles from the amazing Terps (UMD) rebounding from first game losses and cannot see their away game Oct. 4th. What is going on? Never before blacked out away games.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:39 am
When USC got a big lead ABC switched most of that network to Ohio State-Wisconsin — in plenty of time for Terrelle Pryor’s winning TD run.