August 15, 2011: CBS Sports Network kicks off its ninth season of college football coverage with an extensive lineup of games featuring the best of the Mountain West, Conference USA, Army and Navy football, NCAA Division II and the Patriot League. The Network will air 42 games this season and again feature a top roster of announcers and analysts including seven new voices highlighted by former University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez and veteran play-by-play announcers Gary Thorne and James Bates.

Rodriguez teams with play-by-play announcer Dave Ryan to call Conference USA and Mountain West games. Thorne pairs with returning analyst Randy Cross for Army home games. Cross will continue to be the analyst for Navy home games, teaming this season with announcers Tim Brant and Josh Lewin, who will handle two games each. With his role this season, Cross becomes the first announcer to call both Army and Navy home games throughout a season.

Bates, a former University of Florida linebacker, also joins CBS Sports Network after five years as a play-by-play announcer with the Mtn. – Mountain West Sports Network. Bates is joined in the booth by analyst Aaron Taylor to call Conference USA and Mountain West games. Also new to the Network is play-by-play announcer Todd Harris and analyst Doug Chapman, who will serve as the broadcast team for Division II games and select Conference USA match-ups. Brooke Olzendam and Kaylee Hartung return as sideline reporters in 2011.

CBS Sports Network’s studio programming is anchored by Adam Zucker. Former University of Texas and NFL linebacker Brian Jones returns as a studio analyst on the Network’s various college football shows. Molly Qerim and Brent Stover also serve as studio hosts this season.

CBS Sports Network again serves as the broadcast home for Armed Forces football, airing 10 games featuring Army, Navy and Air Force, highlighted by Rutgers vs. Army at Yankee Stadium on November 12 and Southern Miss at Navy on October 10.

The Network also enters its sixth year as a broadcast partner of the Mountain West and seventh year with Conference USA. CBS Sports Network will air three Boise State games during the Broncos’ first season in the Mountain West and will showcase other top teams including: Purdue at Rice (9/10), Boston College at UCF (9/10), Northwestern at Army (9/17), Virginia Tech at Marshall (9/24), SMU at TCU (10/1), North Carolina at ECU (10/1), ECU at Houston (10/8) and TCU at San Diego State (10/8).

CBS Sports Network’s complete 2011 college football schedule follows.

2011 CBS SPORTS NETWORK COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

DATE	GAME	TIME
Sept. 1 (Thurs.)	UMass at Holy Cross (Fitton Football Stadium, Worcester, MA)	8:00 PM
Sept. 3	Delaware at Navy(Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD)	3:30 PM
Sept. 8 (Thurs.)	Central Washington at Humboldt State (Redwood Bowl, Arcata, CA)	8:00 PM
Sept. 10	San Diego State at Army (Michie Stadium, West Point, NY)	12:00 NOON
Sept. 10	Purdue at Rice (Rice Stadium, Houston, TX)	3:30 PM
Sept. 10	Boston College at UCF (Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL)	8:00 PM
Sept. 15 (Thurs.)	Bloomsburg at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (George P. Miller Stadium, Indiana, PA)	8:00 PM
Sept. 17	Northwestern at Army (Michie Stadium, West Point, NY)	3:30 PM
Sept. 17	Hawaii at UNLV (Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV)	10:00 PM (Mtn. Simulcast)
Sept. 22 (Thurs.)	Missouri Western State at Washburn (Washburn Yager Stadium, Topeka, KS)	8:00 PM
Sept. 24	Virginia Tech at Marshall (Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV)	3:30 PM
Sept. 24	Tulsa at Boise State (Bronco Stadium, Boise, ID)	8:00 PM
Sept. 29 (Thurs.)	Houston at UTEP (Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX)	8:00 PM
Oct. 1	Tulane at Army (Michie Stadium, West Point, NY)	12:00 NOON
Oct. 1	SMU at TCU (Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX)	3:30 PM
Oct. 1	North Carolina at ECU (Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC)	8:00 PM
Oct. 6 (Thurs.)	Colorado School of Mines at Colorado State-Pueblo (The Thunderbowl, Pueblo, CO)	8:00 PM
Oct. 8	Southern Miss at Navy (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD)	3:30 PM
Oct. 8	ECU at Houston (John O'Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX)	7:00 PM
Oct. 8	TCU at San Diego State (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA)	10:30 PM
Oct. 13 (Thurs.)	San Diego State at Air Force (Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO)	8:00 PM
Oct. 15	UAB at Tulsa (Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK)	8:00 PM
Oct. 20 (Thurs.)	Ashland at Saginaw Valley State (Wickes Memorial Stadium, University Center, MI)	8:00 PM
Oct. 22	ECU at Navy (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD)	3:30 PM
Oct. 22	SMU at Southern Miss (Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS)	8:00 PM
Oct. 27 (Thurs.)	Augustana College at Minnesota State, Mankato (Blakeslee Stadium, Mankato, MN)	8:00 PM
Oct. 29	Lehigh at Colgate (Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, NY)	12:00 NOON
Oct. 29	Fordham at Army (Michie Stadium, West Point, NY)	3:30 PM
Oct. 29	Southern Miss at UTEP (Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX)	8:00 PM
Nov. 3 (Thurs.)	Tulsa at UCF (Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL)	8:00 PM
Nov. 5	Troy at Navy (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD)	3:30 PM
Nov. 5	Houston at UAB (Legion Field, Birmingham, AL)	7:00 PM
Nov. 5	Boise State at UNLV (Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV)	10:30 PM
Nov. 10 (Thurs.)	Houston at Tulane (Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA)	8:00 PM
Nov. 12	Rutgers vs. Army (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY)	3:30 PM
Nov. 12	UCF at Southern Miss (Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS)	8:00 PM
Nov. 17 (Thurs.)	Southern Miss at UAB (Legion Field, Birmingham, AL)	8:00 PM
Nov. 19	Colorado State at TCU (Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX)	3:30 PM
Nov. 19	Boise State at San Diego State (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA)	8:00 PM
Nov. 25 (Fri.)	UTEP at UCF (Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL)	7:00 PM
Nov. 26	ECU at Marshall (Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV)	3:30 PM
Dec. 3	Fresno State at San Diego State (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA)	8:00 PM