ESPNU College Football - History

History

ESPNU launched its college football coverage on August 25, 2005 with a SIAC matchup between Benedict and Morehouse.

ESPNU College Football's debut season showcased 75 games from Division I-A conferences such as the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, the MAC, Mountain West, SEC, Sun Belt and the WAC.

Also included were Division I FCS and Division II conferences such as the Big Sky, MEAC, Ohio Valley, SIAC, Southern and the SWAC.

They also debuted their first college football studio show, ESPNU Inside the Polls.

ESPNU also aired coverage of special events such as the Steel City Classic and the Turkey Day Classic.

ESPNU launched its second season of college football coverage on August 26, 2006 with a matchup between Tuskegee at Stillman.

ESPNU College Football featured over 70 games from new conferences such as the Gateway and the Ivy League. ESPNU also lost the rights, in 2006, to broadcast teams from Conference USA, the Mountain West and the WAC.

Notable personalties joined ESPNU College Football, such as Clay Matvick, Brian Kinchen and Chris Martin.

In 2006, ESPNU began utilizing the 1st and Ten technology for select games.

They also debuted two new studio shows to go along with ESPNU Inside the Polls, in ESPNU Coaches Spotlight and ESPNU Recruiting Insider.

Along with the Steel City Classic, ESPNU also showcased new special events in the Detroit Football Classic, Battle of the Bay and the Walt Disney World Florida Classic.

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