Big Ten Network announces league's college football broadcast lineup for 2024 season
As the Big Ten expands its membership, the conference network sees an increased number of football broadcasts. Over 40 games will be shown on BTN this season, ranging from the traditional powers to some of the new faces out West.
The on-air lineup for the 2024 season has been announced by Big Ten Network, having at least six different crews available on a weekly basis. The color commentators will rotate in with different play-by-play announcers while somebody will be down on the sideline, providing in-game updates.
Play-by-play announcers: Joe Beninati, Pat Boylan, Lisa Byington, Mark Followill, Guy Haberman, Jason Horowitz, Jeff Levering, and Jason Ross Jr.
Color commentators: Jake Butt, Anthony Herron, Lincoln Kennedy, J Leman, Matt Millen, and Yogi Roth
Sideline reporters: Brooke Fletcher, Rhett Lewis, Melanie Ricks, Taryn Hatcher, and Kylen Mills
Rules analysts: Dean Balndino and Mike Pereira
B1G tailgate is returning to the rotation too as Mike Hall and Tyvis Powell will travel to campuses, providing interviews, analysis, and interviews. Locations for the first few weeks of the season have been announced as well.
Aug. 31 – Indiana State Sycamores at Purdue Boilermakers
Sept. 7 – Bowling Green Falcons at Penn State Nittany Lions
Sept. 14 – Arkansas State Red Wolves at Michigan Wolverines
Sept. 21 – Northwestern Wildcats at Washington Huskies
Sept. 28 – Maryland Terrapins at Indiana Hoosiers
Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer is set to be a part of the Big Ten Network once again. He has done a show, Urban Analysis, over the past couple of years. Breaking down games across the network — the show comes back in the fall as a staple in the Big Ten.
Yahoo reporter Ross Dellenger will appear on the network at times, while former NFL and college football head coach Dave Wannstedt is set to contribute too. A stacked lineup from top to bottom in a new era for the Big Ten.
Of course, the Big Ten still have the big money television contracts with FOX, CBS, and NBC. Some of the premier games the college football will have this season will be over the major broadcast channels alongside their respective streaming services.
Big Ten Network will still air plenty of quality games, though. When you have 18 teams, getting them all into a schedule on a Saturday can be difficult. Thankfully, a great job of announcers is lined up to present these games to fans across the country.