After a successful inaugural season, Compass Media Networks announced expanded and enhanced coverage of NCAA Football featuring 18 of the country’s most compelling games. Coverage begins September 4 with Oregon State playing Mountain West Champion TCU at Cowboy Stadium in Texas.
“Awesome! Incredible! Our schedule of games is the best in America,” Peter Kosann, CEO of Compass Media Networks, tells RBR-TVBR. “All the top teams. All the heritage schools. We are thrilled and excited to deliver our radio affiliates these tremendous broadcasts.”
Schedule includes champions from the following conferences:
BIG TEN (OHIO STATE), BIG 12 (TEXAS), MOUNTAIN WEST (TCU), PAC-10 (OREGON), WAC (BOISE STATE), SEC (ALABAMA)
– Defending national champion ALABAMA vs. PENN STATE on September 11th; vs. FLORIDA on October 2nd for SEC Championship rematch
– Heritage rivalries –
OKLAHOMA vs. TEXAS, STANFORD vs. USC, IOWA vs. OHIO STATE, PENN STATE vs. MICHIGAN, USC vs. NOTRE DAME, OREGON vs. OREGON STATE
2010 SCHEDULE:
Date: Matchup:
9-4 TCU vs. Oregon State
9-11 Penn State vs. Alabama
USC vs. Virginia – USC Home Opener
9-18 Texas vs. Texas Tech
9-25 Boise State vs. Oregon State
10-2 Alabama vs. Florida
Oklahoma vs. Texas – “Red River Rivalry”
10-9 Stanford vs. USC
10-16 USC vs. Cal
10-23 Iowa vs. Wisconsin
10-30 USC vs. Oregon
Michigan vs. Penn State
11-6 Purdue vs. Wisconsin
11-13 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech
11-20 Iowa vs. Ohio State
11-27 USC vs. Notre Dame
Penn State vs. Michigan State
12-4 Oregon vs. Oregon State – “Civil War Rivalry”
Compass just celebrated its first anniversary. Within the world of play-by-play sports, Compass Media Networks now holds the rights to:
1. Sunday NFL (details t/b/a)
2. NCAA Basketball, including the Big Ten Tournament (first 2 rounds in 2010 and then all rounds starting 2011)
3. NCAA Football
Last year Compass struck a multi-year deal with Learfield Communications (the country’s leading rights holder to college sports) which enables them to have first right of refusal to acquire national rights to college games.
RBR-TVBR observation: In just 12 months, Compass has emerged as a major player in national play-by-play sports. Look for them to acquire more exclusive content in the months to come.
