After Va. Tech, Tide plays home opener at night, on pay-per-view

July 22, 2009

By Ken Rogers

Times and TV assignments have been set for Alabama’s first two home games.

The television lineups for the first three weeks of the season were released Wednesday at SEC Media Days.

Alabama’s home opener against Florida International on Sept. 12 will be a 6 p.m. kickoff and will be a pay-per-view game. The next week, Week 3, Alabama plays North Texas at 11:21 a.m. in a regionally televised game on the new SEC Network, which will be aired on WTVY Channel 4 in Dothan.

The Tide opens the season Sept. 5 in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. That game will be broadcast on ABC at 7 p.m. CDT.

The television lineups for the few couple games were released Wednesday at SEC Media Days. The season opener is Thursday, Sept. 3, when South Carolina plays at North Carolina State. ESPN will televise the game at 6 p.m.

Here’s the Week 1 TV lineup, all times Central:

Sept 3
South Carolina at N.C. State, ESPN, 6 p.m.

Sept. 5
Kentucky vs. Miami (Ohio), ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Western Kentucky at Tennessee, SEC Network, 11:21 a.m.
Jackson State at Mississippi State, ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Georgia at Oklahoma State, ABC, 2:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Auburn, ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Charles Southern at Florida, FSN, 6 p.m.
Missouri State at Arkansas, PPV, 6 p.m.
Western Carolina at Vanderbilt, CSS, 6:30 p.m.
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech in Atlanta, ABC, 7 p.m.
LSU at Washington, ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 6
Ole Miss at Memphis, ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Week 2 TV and times:
Troy at Florida, SEC Network, 11:21 a.m.
UCLA at Tennessee, ESPN, 3 p.m.
South Carolina at Georgia, ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at LSU, ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Mississippi State at Auburn, FSN, 6 p.m.
Florida International at Alabama, PPV, 6 p.m.

Week 3 TV and times:
Louisville at Kentucky, ESPNU, 11 a.m.
North Texas at Alabama, SEC Network, 11:21 a.m.
Tennessee at Florida, CBS, 2:30 p.m.
Louisiana Lafayette at LSU, ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, FSN, 6 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana at Ole Miss, CSS, 6:30 p.m.
Georgia at Arkansas, ESPN or ESPN2, 6:45 p.m.
West Virginia at Auburn, ESPN or ESPN2, 6:45 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at South Carolina, PPV, 6 p.m.

Other dates set:
Thursday, Sept. 24
Ole Miss at South Carolina, ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 31
Florida vs. Georgia, CBS, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27
Alabama at Auburn, CBS, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5
SEC Championship Game, CBS, 3 p.m.

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