June 3, 2008
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech and the Atlantic Coast Conference announced today game times and television information for four of the Yellow Jackets’ 12 regular season football games in 2008.
Tech’s season opener Aug. 28 against Jacksonville State, the debut of head coach Paul Johnson at Bobby Dodd Stadium, will kick off under the lights at 7:30 p.m. The Thursday night game will have an internet-only broadcast on ESPN 360.
The Yellow Jackets’ ACC opener Sept. 6 at Boston College will kick-off at 12 p.m. and will be televised regionally by Raycom.
On Sept. 13, Georgia Tech’s game at Virginia Tech will have a 3:30 p.m. start. That contest will be televised regionally by ABC and will be seen outside of the region on ESPN.
The Jackets will appear on ESPN’s Thursday Night package for the 16th straight year when Tech hosts Miami Nov. 20. That game will kick-off at 7:30 p.m.
The remaining eight games on Georgia Tech’s schedule will be listed as TBA. The ACC and its television partners announce the majority of all other game times 12 days in advance of each game.
Nineteen games involving ACC teams will be televised over the first three weeks of the season. ACC teams will also play a combined seven times on ESPN’s Thursday Night package. ABC will nationally-televise the ACC Championship Game, held this year for the first time in Tampa, Fla.
2008 AtlanticCoast Conference
Early Season Football Television Schedule Release
(All times Eastern)
Date………….. Game……………………………………………………………… Network……….. Gametime
Aug. 28……… Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech………………… ESPN 360……… 7:30 pm
Aug. 28……… Charleston Southern at Miami………………………. ESPN 360……… 7:30 pm
Aug. 28……… NC State at South Carolina……………………………. ESPN…………….. 8 pm
Aug. 28……… WakeForest at Baylor,………………………………….. FSN………………. 8 pm
Aug. 30……… Virginia Tech at East Carolina (Charlotte) ……. ESPN ……………. 12 pm
Aug. 30……… Southern California at Virginia………………………. ABC/ESPN2*.. 3:30 pm
Aug. 30……… Delaware at Maryland…………………………………… ESPNU………….. 3:45 pm
Aug. 30……… McNeese State at North Carolina…………………………………………… 6 pm
Aug. 30……… James Madison at Duke…………………………………………………………. 7 pm
Aug. 30……… BostonCollege at Kent State (Cleveland)……… ESPNU………….. 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30……… Alabama vs. Clemson (Georgia Dome)…………. ABC……………… 8 pm
Sept. 6……….. Georgia Tech at BostonCollege…………………….. Raycom……….. 12 pm
Sept. 6……….. Furman at Virginia Tech………………………………… ……………………… 1:30 pm
Sept. 6……….. Mississippi at WakeForest…………………………….. ABC /ESPN2*. 3:30 pm
Sept. 6……….. The Citadel at Clemson…………………………………. ESPN 360……… 3:30 pm
Sept. 6……….. Richmond at Virginia…………………………………….. ESPNU………….. 3:45 pm
Sept. 6……….. Northwestern at Duke …………………………………………………………….. 7 pm
Sept. 6……….. Western Carolina at Florida State…………………………………………… 6 pm
Sept. 6……….. William & Mary at NC State…………………………………………………… 6 pm
Sept. 6 ………. Maryland at Middle Tennessee State…………….. CSS………………. 7 pm
Sept. 6……….. Miami at Florida…………………………………………….. ESPN…………….. 8 pm
Sept. 11…….. North Carolina at Rutgers………………………………. ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Sept. 13…….. NC State at Clemson……………………………………… Raycom……….. 12 pm
Sept. 13…….. California at Maryland………………………………….. ESPN or 2……… 12 pm
Sept. 13……. Navy at Duke…………………………………………………. ESPNU………….. 12 pm
Sept. 13…….. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech……………………….. ABC/ESPN*…. 3:30 pm
Sept. 13…….. UT Chattanooga at Florida State…………………… ESPNU………….. 3:45 pm
Sept. 13…….. Virginia at Connecticut………………………………….. ESPNU………….. 7:30 pm
Oct. 9………… Clemson at WakeForest………………………………… ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Oct. 16………. FloridaState at NC State……………………………….. ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Nov. 6……….. Maryland at Virginia Tech…………………………….. ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Nov. 13……… Virginia Tech at Miami………………………………….. ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Nov. 20……… Miami at Georgia Tech………………………………….. ESPN…………….. 7:30 pm
Dec. 6………… Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game……………. ABC……………… 1 pm
……. Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
* Game available on ESPN or ESPN2 reverse mirror in many areas outside of ABC Regional telecast.
