Championship Weekend is my second favourite of the season, trailing only the Thanksgiving weekend rivalries that we enjoyed last week. It's the culmination of more than three months of football, with Bowl games and National Playoff slots on the line...even if this is the weekend that leads into a few weekends of no football before the lengthy post-season begins in the days leading up to Christmas.
Sadly, this year, ESPN has a very small number of games to show, and they don't include Oregon vs. Arizona, Wisconsin vs. Ohio State or Missouri vs. Alabama. If you are wondering exactly why ESPN Australia won't be showing the Pac-12, Big Ten and SEC title games this weekend, check out my explanation published earlier this week. Hopefully it helps to make sense of the rights ownership situation.
At least we'll get some MACtion on Saturday morning, and a look at Florida State against a Georgia Tech team that no one should discount in the ACC Championship Game a day later, following Jameis Winston' misconduct hearing this week. GameDay is broadcasting from Waco, Texas for the de-facto Big XII championship game between K-State and Baylor. Sadly, we won't actually get to see the game here...
All times AEDT
Friday 5 December
College Football Countdown (11.00am; ESPN2/ESPN2-HD)
Central Florida vs. East Carolina (11.30am; ESPN2/ESPN2-HD)
Saturday 6 December
MAC Championship - Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green (11.00am; ESPN2/ESPN2-HD)
Sunday 7 December
College GameDay - Waco, Texas (1.00am; ESPN/ESPN-HD)
Houston vs. Cincinnati (4.00am; ESPN/ESPN-HD)
Conference USA Championship - Louisiana Tech vs. Marshall (4.00am; ESPN2/ESPN2-HD)
ACC Championship: Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (12.00pm; ESPN2/ESPN2-HD)
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