TSN2 Delivers Extensive NCAA Bowl Game Coverage, Beginning Saturday

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TORONTO (December 20, 2013) – TSN2 has the biggest games in college football with extensive NCAA bowl game coverage over the holidays. Altogether, TSN2 will have coverage of 12 of the most-anticipated bowl games, kicking off with a tripleheader tomorrow on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. ET on TSN2 (see complete broadcast schedule below).    

Highlights of the schedule include all five Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games culminating with the 2014 VIZIO BCS National Championship on Monday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN, as the #1-ranked Florida State Seminoles take on the #2-ranked Auburn Tigers.  

This year’s National Championship marks the final year of the BCS, a system designed to match the two top-rated teams to compete for the title of the best team in college football. Next season will be the inaugural year of the College Football Playoff (CFP).

NCAA Football on TSN
As announced earlier this week, TSN and ESPN have extended their long-standing partnership, giving TSN exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to ESPN’s slate of college football programming. A highlight of the agreement includes Canadian broadcast rights to the BCS in 2014 and the new CFP beginning in January of 2015, as well as other important bowl match-ups.  

TSN and TSN2’s NCAA bowl game broadcast schedule is as follows:

Saturday, Dec. 21

• Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Washington State vs. Colorado State at 2 p.m. ET on TSN2
• Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Buffalo vs. San Diego State at 5:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette at 9 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Monday, Dec. 23

• Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg: East Carolina vs. Ohio at 2 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Tuesday, Dec. 24

• Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Boise State vs. Oregon State at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Friday, Dec. 27

• Military Bowl: Marshall vs. Maryland at 2:30 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Wednesday, Jan. 1

• Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. LSU at 1 p.m. ET on TSN2
• Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO: Stanford vs. Michigan State at 4:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
• Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: UCF vs. Baylor at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Thursday, Jan. 2

• Allstate Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Alabama at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Friday, Jan. 3

• Discover Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Ohio State at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Saturday, Jan. 4

• BBVA Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Houston at 1 p.m. ET on TSN2 

Monday, Jan. 6

• VIZIO BCS National Championship: Florida State vs. Auburn at 8 p.m. ET on TSN

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