College Football Countdown
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–present)
References
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- College Football Countdown
- Saturday Night Football
- Al Michaels
- Keith Jackson
- Jerry Punch
- Mike Tirico
- Gary Danielson
- Paul Maguire
- Matt Millen
- Ron Franklin
- Stacey Dales
- Matt Winer
- Beano Cook
- Bob Griese
- Lynn Swann
- Brad Nessler
- Tim Brant
- Gary Bender
- Bill Flemming
- Dan Fouts
- Jim Lampley
- Chris Schenkel
- Ray Scott
- Chris Spielman
- David Norrie
- Gary Thorne
- Roger Twibell
- Bob Davie
- Terry Bowden
- Frank Broyles
- Ara Parseghian
- Bo Schembechler
- Dick Vermeil
- Bud Wilkinson
- Todd Harris
- Jack Arute
- Dean Blevins
- Lewis Johnson
- Gary Reasons
- Sam Ryan
- Doug Flutie
- Aaron Taylor
- Lisa Salters
- Lee Corso
- Craig James
- John Saunders
- Steve Levy
- Brian Griese
- Todd McShay
- Jesse Palmer
- Mike Golic
- Maria Taylor
- Game of the Century (1966)
- Game of the Century (1967)
- The Ten-Year War Begins
- Game of the Century (1969)
- Game of the Century (1971)
- The Vote for the Rose Bowl
- The Kick
- Wide Right I
- Wide Right II
- First conference championship game
- Miracle at Michigan
- Choke at Doak
- Flea Kicker
- Texas A&M stuns Kansas State in 2 overtimes
- Clockgate
- Holy Buckeye
- First meeting between Texas and Ohio State
- Game of the Century (2006)
- 1 Second Left
- Battle at Bristol
- Block Six
- 9-overtime game
- The American
- Atlantic Coast
- Big Ten
- Big 12
- Pac-12
- SEC (starting in 2024)