SPARTANBURG, SC -- The Southern Conference today announced its schedule of football games to be televised during the 2003 season. A total of 15 games will be televised on three different carriers. Elon will have two games televised this season.
Fox Sports Net South will carry five games this fall. The Fox schedule kicks off on Sept. 13 when Georgia Southern travels to McNeese State for an inter-conference matchup between a pair of Top 10 teams. The Eagles will also be televised on Sept. 20 when they travel to Wofford. The Appalachian State at Furman game will be televised on Oct. 11 and the Georgia Southern at Appalachian game on Oct. 18 will also be shown live on Fox. On November 15, Fox will carry either the Western Carolina at Appalachian State game or Wofford at Furman, depending on the conference championship significance of the contest.
Fox Sports Net South, a regional cable affiliate of Fox Sports Television, reaches 10.5 million cable and satellite subscribers in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
A pair of new national television networks will carry a total of 10 contests this fall. College Sports TV (CSTV) will televise two games including Appalachian State at Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 6 and Furman at Georgia Southern on November 8. CSTV, which launched on April 7 and is available on Direct TV, is the first television network devoted exclusively to college sports.
The Football Network, which will launch prior to the start of the 2003 season, will carry eight games including six Conference games. TFN’s schedule starts on August 28 with Samford at Chattanooga. Both of Elon's televised games (August 30 at Furman at 7:00 and November 15 versus Georgia Southern at 3:30) will be carried live on TFN. Elon's game against Georgia Southern will mark the first-ever nationally broadcast game from Rhodes Stadium. Note that the time of this game has been changed to 3:30 from 2:00.
The Southern Conference is continuing to negotiate for additional games on network television for this fall.
Fox Sports Net South
Sept. 13 Georgia Southern at McNeese St. 8:00
Sept. 20 Georgia Southern at Wofford 7:00
Oct. 11 Appalachian State at Furman 3:30
Oct. 18 Georgia Southern at Appalachian State 4:00
Nov. 15 Western Carolina at Appalachian State 4:00 OR
Wofford at Furman 4:00
The Football Network
Aug. 28 Samford at Chattanooga 8:00
Aug. 30 Elon at Furman 7:00
Sept. 20 Citadel at Western Carolina 3:30
Sept. 20 Richmond at Furman 7:00
Oct. 4 East Tennessee State at Appalachian State 3:30
Oct. 25 Appalachian State at Wofford 12:20
Nov. 15 Georgia Southern at Elon 3:30
Nov. 22 Furman at Chattanooga 3:30
College Sports Television
Sept. 6 Appalachian State at Eastern Kentucky 3:30
Nov. 8 Furman at Georgia Southern 1:00
All times Eastern
Schedule subject to change
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