KSR's favorite announcing team will call Kentucky vs. Southern Miss

Are you having Tom Hart withdrawal? You’re in luck because KSR’s favorite play-by-play announcer will be back in the Bluegrass soon.

ESPN just released its commentator assignments for Weeks 0 and 1 of the college football season and Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, and Cole Cubelic will call Kentucky vs. Southern Miss on the SEC Network on August 31 (7:45 p.m. ET). I believe Tom shared this news while guest-hosting KSR a few weeks ago, but it’s nice to see it in print. The trio of Hart, Rodgers, and Cubelic will anchor SEC Saturday Night on SEC Network for the eighth straight season. In fact, according to the release, Hart just signed a new contract with ESPN, so congrats to him on that.

In other ESPN commentator news, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Holly Rowe will return as the top team calling marquee matchups on ABC. This year, that will include SEC games as the SEC on ABC deal begins. The other ABC/ESPN top teams are Sean McDonough/Greg McElroy/Molly McGrath and Joe Tessitore/Jesse Palmer/Katie George. Those three groups will rotate the SEC on ABC 3:30 p.m. games this season. Kentucky will play at least two games on ABC this year, the Weeks 2 and 3 matchups vs. South Carolina and Georgia at Kroger Field.

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ESPN College Football Commentator Assignments for Weeks 0 & 1

College football begins on Saturday with No. 10 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech in Ireland. Here is ESPN’s entire schedule for Weeks Zero and One so you can plan accordingly.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Platform
Sat, Aug 24	Noon	Aer Lingus College Football Classic: No. 10 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (from Dublin, Ireland) Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	McNeese at Tarleton State Lowell Galindo, Fozzy Whittaker	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	FCS Kickoff: North Alabama vs. Southeast Missouri State (from Montgomery, Ala.) Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Morgan Uber	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kick-Off: Florida A&M vs. Norfolk State (from Atlanta, Ga.) Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Quint Kessenich	ABC/ESPN+
Thu, Aug 29	7 p.m.	Western Carolina at No. 24 NC State Wes Durham, Tom Luginbill, Dana Boyle	ACC Network
		North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest Matt Schick, Charles Arbuckle	ESPN+/ACCNX
		New Hampshire at UCF Robert Lee, Rene Ingoglia	ESPN+
		Central Connecticut at Central Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Randy Buffington	ESPN+
		Lafayette at Buffalo Anthony Lima, Jordan Reid	ESPN+
		Fordham at Bowling Green Joey Lindstrom, Ryan Cavanaugh	ESPN+
		Jackson State at UL Monroe	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas (from Little Rock, Ark.) Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Duquesne at Toledo Michael Reghi, Marcus Ray	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	North Dakota State at Colorado Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Murray State at No. 11 Missouri Matt Barrie, Dan Mullen, Harry Lyles Jr	SEC Network
		Lindenwood at No. 22 Kansas Shawn Kenney, Taylor McHargue	ESPN+
		Alcorn State at UAB Nate Gatter, Jay Sonnhalter	ESPN+
		SE Louisiana at Tulane Doug Sherman, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN+
		Northwestern State at Tulsa James Westling, Leger Douzable	ESPN+
	9 p.m.	Southern Utah at No. 12 Utah Richard Cross, Barrett Brooks, Shane Sparks	ESPN+
Fri, Aug 30	7 p.m.	Temple at No. 16 Oklahoma Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Elon at Duke Clay Matvick, Steve Addazio, Justin Walters	ACC Network
	10:30 p.m.	TCU at Stanford Dave Flemming, Brock Osweiler, Stormy Buonantony	ESPN
Sat, Aug 31	11:30 a.m.	No. 8 Penn State at West Virginia Mike Couzens, Max Starks, Mike Peasley	ESPN Radio
	Noon	Aflac Kickoff: No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 1 Georgia (from Atlanta, Ga.) Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath	ABC/ESPN+
		Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt Roy Philpott, Sam Acho, Taylor Davis	ESPN
		Kent State at Pittsburgh Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox	ESPNU
		Austin Peay at Louisville Jorge Sedano, Orlando Franklin, Morgan Uber	ACC Network
	12:45 p.m.	Chattanooga at No. 15 Tennessee Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	South Dakota State at No. 17 Oklahoma State Shawn Kenney, Taylor McHargue, Tori Petry	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Towson at Cincinnati Eric Rothman, Je’rod Cherry	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 Miami at Florida Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George	ABC/ESPN+
		Colorado State at No. 4 Texas Mike Monaco, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport	ESPN
		Ohio at Syracuse Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Coley Harvey	ACC Network
		Western Illinois at Northern Illinois Kelsie Kasper, Ryan Cavanaugh	ESPN+
		Kennesaw State at UTSA Jack Benjamin, LaDarrin McLane	ESPN+
		Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts	ESPN+
		East Tennessee State at Appalachian State	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Boise State at Georgia Southern Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	4:15 p.m.	Old Dominion at South Carolina Dave Neal, Aaron Murray, Ashley ShahAhmadi	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	UC Davis at California Roxy Bernstein, Craig Haubert, Sherree Burruss	ESPN+/ACCNX
		North Texas at South Alabama	ESPN+
		Campbell at Liberty	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State Kevin Fitzgerald, Charlie Strong	ESPN+/SECN+
		Richmond at Virginia Chris Carlin, Forrest Conoly	ESPN+/ACCNX
		Norfolk State at East Carolina Joe Tordy, Reggie Walker	ESPN+
		South Carolina State at Florida A&M Noah Reed, Byron Chamberlain	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Western Kentucky at No. 5 Alabama Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor	ESPN
		Furman at No. 6 Ole Miss Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Ashley Stroehlein	ESPN+/SECN+
		UT Martin at No. 18 Kansas State Mark Neely, Ahman Green	ESPN+
		Tarleton State at Baylor Peter Sousa, Brad Hopkins	ESPN+
		North Alabama at Memphis James Westling, Leger Douzable	ESPN+
		Sam Houston at Rice Chuckie Kempf, Doc Holiday	ESPN+
		Bethune-Cookman at South Florida AJ Ricketts, Patrick Murray	ESPN+
		Tennessee Tech at Middle Tennessee	ESPN+
		Central Arkansas at Arkansas State	ESPN+
		Nevada at Troy	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 20 Texas A&M Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe	ABC/ESPN+
		Alabama A&M at Auburn Lowell Galindo, Fozzy Whittaker	ESPN+/SECN+
		Abilene Christian at Texas Tech Ted Emrich, Dave Steckel	ESPN+
	7:45 p.m.	Southern Miss at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	James Madison at Charlotte Justin Kutcher, Charles Arbuckle	ESPNU
		Georgia State at Georgia Tech Wes Durham, Tom Luginbill, Dana Boyle	ACC Network
		Houston Christian at SMU Doug Sherman, Tyoka Jackson, Marilyn Payne	ESPN+/ACCNX
		Southern Illinois at BYU Richard Cross, Barrett Brooks	ESPN+
		Nicholls at Louisiana Tech	ESPN+
		Grambling at Louisiana	ESPN+
		Lamar at Texas State	ESPN+
	9 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State at New Mexico State	ESPN+
	10:30 p.m.	New Mexico at No. 21 Arizona Brian Custer, Rod Gilmore, Lauren Sisler	ESPN
Sun, Sep 1	3 p.m.	Denny’s Orange Blossom Classic: North Carolina Central vs. Alabama State (from Miami Gardens, Fla.) Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Red Tails Classic: Tuskegee vs. Johnson C. Smith (from Montgomery, Ala.) Jason Ross Jr, Marcus Ray	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Modelo Vegas Kickoff Classic: No. 23 USC vs. No. 13 LSU (from Las Vegas, Nev.) TV: Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe Radio: Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons	ABC/ESPN+/ESPN Radio
Mon, Sep 2	7:30 p.m.	Boston College at No. 10 Florida State Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Kris Budden	ESPN