College Football Countdown
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ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC (branded for sponsorship purposes as ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC presented by Walmart) is a college football television show that typically airs at 3:00 PM on Saturday afternoons during football season on ABC. The programs precede game action on the network and have been doing so ever since 1981. ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC is a presentation of the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) regular season American college football television package.
Hosts
- Jim Lampley: (1981–1987)[1][2]
- Al Trautwig: (1988)
- Roger Twibell: (1989–1991)
- John Saunders: (1992–2015)
- Stan Verrett: (2016)
- Kevin Negandhi: (2017 – present)
Analysts
- Beano Cook: (1982–1985)
- Bo Schembechler: (1991)
- Todd Blackledge: (1996–1998)[3]
- Terry Bowden: (1999–2003)
- Craig James: (2003–2008)
- Aaron Taylor: (2004–2005)
- Doug Flutie: (2006–2008)
- Jesse Palmer: (2009–2013)
- Mack Brown: (2014–2018)
- Danny Kanell: (2014)
- Mark May: (2015–2016)
- Booger McFarland: (2017, 2020–present)
- Jonathan Vilma: (2018–2019)
- Mark Sanchez: (2019–2020)
- Dan Orlovsky: (2023)
References
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (21 August 1992). "TV SPORTS; Lampley's New Look Raises (2) Eyebrows". The New York Times.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (23 August 1996). "The College Football Crew at CBS Includes a Point-Spread Maven". The New York Times.