College Football on TNT Sports | |
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Also known as | TBS Sports NCAA Football TBS Sports SEC Football Big PlayStation Saturday TBS Saturday Night College Football |
Genre | College football telecasts |
Starring | See list of commentators |
Theme music composer | Edd Kalehoff |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 180 minutes or until game ended |
Production companies | TNT Sports Fox Sports Net (2002–2006) |
Original release | |
Network | TBS |
Release | September 2, 1982 November 4, 2006 | –
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TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports) has occasionally televised college football games on its networks since 1982; that year, under an agreement with the NCAA, TBS became the first broadcaster to nationally televise college football on cable. After the NCAA broadcasting package was dismantled in 1984 following a Supreme Court ruling, TBS would broadcast SEC football from 1984 to 1992, along with selected bowl games through 2000.
Regular-season college football returned to TBS in 2002 as part of a sub-licensing agreement with Fox Sports Net, broadcasting a package of Pac-10 and Big 12 games through 2006. In 2024, ESPN announced that it had reached an agreement with TNT Sports to televise College Football Playoff games on TNT beginning that season. This was followed by its acquisition of a Mountain West Conference package for TruTV.