Andre Ware, Kevin Brown will call UK Football's season opener
College football is only 16 days away, and today, ESPN released the announcing teams for week one. Kevin Brown and Andre Ware will call Kentucky’s season opener vs. Central Michigan on ESPNU Saturday, September 1 at 3:30 PM ET.
By now, you’re familiar with Ware, who has called several UK games over the years. This year, he’ll be joined by Kevin Brown, who calls high school football, college football, college basketball, and college hockey for the Worldwide Leader. This will be their debut as a commentating duo.
To see ESPN’s entire schedule, including announcing teams, for Week One, click through the jump. It’s almost here…
ESPN Commentators for Five-Day Kickoff Week Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Thu, Aug. 30 | 7 p.m. | UCF at Connecticut Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU |
Central Connecticut State at Ball State Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann |
ESPN+ | ||
Kennesaw State at Georgia State | ESPN+ | ||
8 p.m. | Northwestern at Purdue Dave Flemming, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
Southeastern Louisiana at Louisiana-Monroe | ESPN+ | ||
8:30 p.m. | Northwestern State at Texas A&M Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | |
Friday, Aug. 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Monmouth at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray |
ESPN+ |
7 p.m. | Army at Duke Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey |
ESPNU | |
9 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Wisconsin Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker |
ESPN | |
Sat, Sept. 1 | Noon | Oregon State at Ohio State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ABC |
2018 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech from Houston Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | ||
James Madison at NC State Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU | ||
Coastal Carolina at South Carolina Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Kris Budden |
SEC Network | ||
Villanova at Temple Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, |
ESPNEWS | ||
12:20 p.m. | Furman at Clemson | ACC Network Extra | |
12:30 p.m. | Alcorn State at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
1 p.m. | Massachusetts at Boston College | ACC Network Extra | |
2 p.m. | Howard at Ohio | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | 2018 Chick-fil-A Kickoff: Washington vs. Auburn from Atlanta TV: Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC and ESPN Radio | |
Austin Peay at Georgia Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN | ||
Central Michigan at Kentucky Kevin Brown, Andre Ware |
ESPNU | ||
Marshall at Miami (Ohio) Dave Weekley, Hutson Mason |
ESPN+ | ||
Albany at Pittsburgh Joel Meyers, Dustin Fox |
ACC Network Extra | ||
4 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Arkansas Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network | |
Tennessee-Martin at Missouri Mark Neely, Barrett Jones |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
6 p.m. | Delaware State at Buffalo Robert Lee, Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
South Carolina State at Georgia Southern | ESPN+ | ||
Richmond at Virginia Shawn Kenney, John Gregory |
ACC Network Extra | ||
Boise State at Troy Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | ||
North Carolina A&T at East Carolina Josh Appel, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
Elon at South Florida | ESPN3 | ||
7 p.m. | Cincinnati at UCLA Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
Louisiana Tech at South Alabama | ESPN+ | ||
Mercer at Memphis | ESPN3 | ||
Central Arkansas at Tulsa | ESPN3 | ||
VMI at Toledo Michael Reghi, Barrett Brooks |
ESPN3 | ||
Nicholls at Kansas | ESPN3 | ||
Grambling at Louisiana | ESPN3 | ||
Southeast Missouri State at Arkansas State | ESPN+ | ||
7:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Florida Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | |
Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
Stephen F. Austin at Mississippi State Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison |
ESPNU | ||
8 p.m. | 2018 Camping World Kickoff from Orlando: Louisville vs. Alabama TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor Radio: Marc Kestecher, John Congemi, Paul Carcaterra |
ABC and ESPN Radio | |
10:45 p.m. | BYU at Arizona Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
Sun, Sept. 2 | Noon | 2018 MEAC/SWAC Challenge from Atlanta: Prairie View A&M vs. North Carolina Central Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Olivia Dekker |
ESPN2 |
7:30 p.m. | Miami vs. LSU from Arlington, Texas TV: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC and ESPN Radio | |
Mon, Sept. 3 | 8 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Florida State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ESPN |
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