South Florida Bulls Plus Live Weekly National Match Ups
(SUNRISE, FL) – Fox Sports Net Florida today released the regional sports network’s 2003 college football telecast schedule, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Jeff Genthner, made the announcement. The comprehensive schedule includes 12 University of Miami Hurricanes match ups, three live University of South Florida Bulls games and 23 live or tape-delayed Big Ten, Pac-10 and Big 12 contests (complete schedule follows).
“Fox Sports Net’s college football schedule reinforces the network’s commitment to hometown sports, offering exclusive coverage of local teams that compliments a full line-up of action from around the country,” noted Genthner.
The University of Miami, looking to return to the national championship game for a third consecutive year, returns to Fox Sports Net Florida for the ninth consecutive season. Ten out of the 12 regular season Hurricane games will air on tape delay Sundays at 5:00pm; the two remaining games will air on tape delay Friday evenings, Louisiana Tech (on FSN 8/29 at 6:30pm) and West Virginia (on FSN 10/3 at 7:00pm). Other important match ups for Miami include the classic rivalry against Florida (on FSN 9/7), and meetings with Boston College (on FSN 9/21), Florida State (on FSN 10/12) and Syracuse (on FSN 11/16). Frank Forte provides the play-by-play coverage and David Heffernan the color analysis for all Hurricanes games on Fox Sports Net.
Coach Jim Leavitt and the University of South Florida Bulls return with an aggressive schedule for the 2003 season. Fox Sports Net will televise three USF Bulls games live, featuring tough conference match ups with Louisville (on FSN 10/4 at 7:00pm), Cincinnati (on FSN 11/1 at 7:00pm) and Memphis (on FSN 11/29 at 2:00pm). Al Keck and Doug Graber team up to call the action this year, providing play-by-play and color analysis, respectively.
Fox Sports Net will once again showcase the very best college football match ups from the Big Ten, Big 12, and Pac-10 conferences with its 2003 national schedule. With premier teams like UCLA, Arizona and Nebraska in the line up, viewers will have ample assortment of game options each weekend through the college football season.
Fox Sports Net Florida reaches more than 4.9 million households in Florida. Fox Sports Net Florida’s programming includes Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers, the University of Miami, and the University of South Florida, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, NASCAR, and 54321. Fox Sports Net Florida is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks.
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CHRONOLOGICAL
| DATE | TIME | OPPONENT |
| Thursday, August 28 | 10:00pm | Maryland at Northern Illinois *Game to begin at 7:30pm, joined in progress |
| Friday, August 29 | 6:30pm | Big East: Miami at Louisiana Tech (D-8/28) |
| Saturday, August 30 | 12:00pm 9:00pm | C. Michigan at Michigan Big XII: North Texas at Oklahoma * Game to begin at 7:00pm, joined in progress |
| Sunday, August 31 | 7:00pm | Big XII: New Mexico St. at Texas |
| Saturday, September 6 | 12:30pm | Big XII: Utah St. at Nebraska |
| Sunday, September 7 | 5:00pm | Big East: Florida at Miami (D-9/6) |
| Saturday, September 13 | 12:30pm | Big XII: Iowa at Iowa St. |
| Sunday, September 14 | 5:00pm | Big East: East Carolina at Miami (D-9/13) |
| Saturday, September 20 | 12:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD |
| Sunday, September 21 | 5:00pm | Big East: Miami at Boston College (D-9/20) |
| Saturday, September 27 | 12:30pm 10:00pm | Big XII: Missouri at Kansas Pac-10: TBD |
| Friday, October 3 | 7:00pm | Big East: West Virginia at Miami (D-10/2) |
| Saturday, October 4 | 12:00pm 7:00pm 10:30pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD Louisville at South Florida Big XII: Texas A&M at Texas Tech *Game to begin at 10pm joined in progress |
| Saturday, October 11 | 12:00pm 10:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD Pac-10: Stanford at USC |
| Sunday, October 12 | 5:00pm | Big East: Miami at Florida State (D-10/11) |
| Saturday, October 18 | 12:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD |
| Sunday, October 19 | 5:00pm | Big East: Temple at Miami (D-10/18) |
| Saturday, October 25 | 12:00pm 10:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD Pac-10: Arizona St. at UCLA |
| Saturday, November 1 | 12:00pm 3:30pm 7:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD Pac-10: TBD Cincinnati at South Florida |
| Sunday, November 2 | 5:00pm | Big East: Miami at Virginia Tech (D-11/1) |
| Saturday, November 8 | 12:00pm 3:30pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD Big XII: TBD |
| Sunday, November 9 | 5:00pm | Big East: Tennessee at Miami (D-11/8) |
| Saturday, November 15 | 12:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD |
| Sunday, November 16 | 5:00pm | Big East: Syracuse at Miami (D-11/15) |
| Saturday, November 22 | 12:00pm | Big Ten Game of the Week: TBD |
| Sunday, November 23 | 5:00pm | Big East: Rutgers at Miami (D-11/22) |
| Friday, November 28 | 3:00pm | Pac-10: Arizona at Arizona St. |
| Saturday, November 29 | 2:00pm | South Florida at Memphis |
| Sunday, November 30 | 5:00pm | Big East: Miami at Pittsburgh (D-11/29) |
All Times are Eastern
All telecast are subject to change
TBD Selections will be announced six days prior to game-day
D = Tape Delayed Game