The ACC has announced its plans for a shortened and delayed football season, including a full slate of conference games for Notre Dame. Plus: UEFA Champions League coverage plans on CBS; NBC’s NHL announcing plans; and more.
ACC announces football plans, with Notre Dame playing full slate
The ACC announced Wednesday that it plans to hold a shortened college football schedule in which teams would play ten conference opponents and one in-state rival from another conference. As part of the altered format, Notre Dame would play a full ACC schedule and be eligible for the ACC Championship Game, in exchange sharing its NBC rights fee with the conference.
The season would begin no earlier than Labor Day and the ACC Championship Game would take place as late as December 19. [ACC 7.29]
UCL final to CBS Sports Network
Next month’s planned UEFA Champions League final is scheduled to air on CBS Sports Network, it was announced Wednesday. The final is one of only three knockout round matches scheduled to air on linear television, with CBSSN also set to carry Manchester City-Real Madrid and Bayern Munich-Chelsea during the round of 16.
The CBS broadcast network will not carry any knockout stage matches this year, but will air the Champions League final annually starting next year. [CBS Sports PR]
Most of NBC’s NHL announcers to work remotely for now
The majority of NBC NHL broadcasters will work games remotely during the league’s resumption of play, including lead play-by-play voice Mike Emrick, who is calling games from a home studio in Michigan. Only John Forslund, Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher and Pierre McGuire will be stationed on-site, with the former three in Toronto and McGuire in Edmonton. [NBC Sports PR 7.27]
Plus: Vilma, Daughtery, PGA Championship
ESPN college football studio analyst Jonathan Vilma has officially joined Fox Sports as an NFL game analyst, it was announced Wednesday. The news was first reported by the New York Post last month. … Former ESPN NASCAR analyst Brad Daugherty has joined NBC Sports in the same capacity, it was announced Tuesday. Daughtery will serve as a studio analyst alongside Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty and occasionally work Xfinity Series races from the broadcast booth. … CBS and ESPN will have announcers on-site for the planned PGA Championship next month. On CBS, Jim Nantz will be joined in the 18th tower by Nick Faldo, who has been working remotely from Golf Channel’s Orlando studios since the PGA Tour returned from hiatus last month. On ESPN, Scott Van Pelt will be joined in the 18th tower by David Duval. [Fox Sports PR 7.29, NBC Sports PR 7.28, ESPN PR 7.29]
