Two of the nation’s top-ranked prep recruits, offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson (Cretin-Derham Hall/St. Paul, Minn.) and defensive end J.R. Ferguson (Hargrave Military Academy/Frederick, MD.), will announce their college selections live, exclusively on CBS College Sports Network during the afternoon show (3:00 – 7:00 PM, ET).  Henderson, Lemming’s No. 1-ranked overall recruit and Parade Magazine’s National Player of the Year, is deciding between Ohio State, Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, USC, Minnesota and Miami.  Ferguson, Lemming’s No. 26-ranked overall recruit and No. 7-ranked defensive end, is deciding between Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, California and LSU.  
 
MAXPREPS NATIONAL SIGNING DAY PRESENTED BY OLD SPICE features host Adam Zucker, along with CBS College Sports Network football recruiting expert Tom Lemming and former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer. Aaron Taylor reports from Los Angeles, where he will visit with USC and UCLA.  
 
The show will also feature interviews with college coaches, including Brian Kelly (Notre Dame), Urban Meyer (Florida), Mark Richt (Georgia), Greg Schiano (Rutgers), Dave Wannstedt (Pittsburgh) and many more, analysis from MaxPreps.com National Football Editor Stephen Spiewak, in addition to comprehensive video footage and in-depth analysis of elite recruits and recruiting classes, live cut-ins to player commitment press conferences, conference breakdowns and a special look at the top crop of juniors.
 
Located at maxpreps.com/signingday, MaxPreps.com’s 2010 Signing Day site offers continuous multi-media coverage leading up to and throughout Signing Day, including breaking news and in-depth analysis by MaxPreps.com experts, final rankings of the top national recruiting classes and Lemming’s top 100 list, a comprehensive player commitment database with a dedicated page to every Division I recruit.  In addition, MaxPreps.com will have a 48-hour live interactive blog the day before and the day of National Signing Day. Included will be breaking news, expert opinions, and interaction amongst users.
 
In addition, the over 200 official athletic school sites produced by CBSSports.com College Network, will offer live streaming press conferences and exclusive on-demand video content, with various in-depth features and individual recruit highlight packages.  Participating schools include top programs such as Michigan (MGoBlue.com), North Carolina (tarheelblue.com), Notre Dame (und.com ), Oklahoma (soonersports.com), Texas (texassports.com), UCLA (uclabruins.com), USC (usctrojans.com ), UTAH (utahutes.com) and Wisconsin (UWBadgers.com).  The online content can be accessed through each individual school’s All-Access broadband product.
 
Tom Lemming is the nation’s leading football recruiting expert, tirelessly logging thousands of miles each year to evaluate more than one thousand of the top high school football players across the country.  He is also featured on the MAXPREPS LEMMING REPORT, the network’s weekly recruiting show, which breaks down the nation’s top prep football recruits.   
 
* Tom Lemming, along with MaxPreps.com recruiting experts, Stephen Spiewak and Mitch Stephens are available for recruiting interviews.  If interested, please email: dsabreen@cbs.com

 SETH DAVIS TO HOST “COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS” 

 
“INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL” DEBUTS WITH WALLY SZCZERBIAK, GREG ANTHONY, PETE GILLEN AND STEVE LAPPAS AS ANALYSTS
  

CBS College Sports Network has added two new weekly primetime college basketball studio shows to complement its extensive roster of live college basketball game coverage. COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS and INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL debut on Monday, Jan. 11 at 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM, ET, respectively.   

College Basketball expert Seth Davis hosts COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS. Each week the hard-hitting, fast paced program will focus on all the latest news, storylines and inside scoop in the world of college basketball. Throughout the season COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS will talk with a variety of high-profile guests from the college basketball community, including coaches, writers and broadcasters.
 
“Seth Davis has established himself as a true Insider in college basketball,” said Steve Herbst, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS College Sports Network. “COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS gives him the platform to share his extensive knowledge with our viewers. The show will entertain and inform, making it a must-watch for all hoops fans.”
 
INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL will serve as the ultimate source for college basketball coverage. The half-hour show will offer fans a look at all the latest news and highlights, including analysis of the week’s games and extensive breakdowns of players and coaches.
 
Former Miami (Ohio) star and NBA veteran Wally Szczerbiak joins CBS College Sports Network and will serve as an analyst on INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL, along with CBS Sports’ lead college basketball studio analyst Greg Anthony, Pete Gillen and Steve Lappas.  Adam Zucker hosts the show.
 
“We’re excited about adding Wally to our deep stable of on-air talent,” continued Herbst. “His knowledge, passion and basketball experience will be a great fit with our CBS College Sports Network team.”  

Mike Aresco will serve as the Executive Producer of COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS. Tim Weinkauf will produce both COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS and INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL.  Tyler Hale is Coordinating Producer, studio production.

CBS College Sports Network debuts a special one-hour edition of the original programming series “Heisman Tales” featuring legendary LSU running back Billy Cannon, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1959.  HEISMAN TALES: BILLY CANNON debuts on Friday, Dec. 18 (8:00 PM, ET).
 
The show explores the life and football career of Cannon on the 50th anniversary of his Heisman win.   Included in the special are his legendary punt return against Ole Miss in 1959; his impact on LSU’s football program; his legal troubles after football; his redemptive induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and acceptance by the football community. The famously reclusive Cannon speaks about his accomplishments and his struggles. Cannon’s LSU coach Paul Dietzel also is interviewed, as are journalists, teammates, family members and friends of the great LSU running back.   
 
Cannon granted CBS College Sports Network special access to the dental practice he oversees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he rebuilt a life that has had many ups and downs, including his phenomenal athletic feats on the football field, and his two-and-a-half year imprisonment for a counterfeiting conviction.
 
HEISMAN TALES: BILLY CANNON is the latest installment in CBS College Sports Network’s original series on Heisman winners.  Past shows featured Roger Staubach, John Cappelletti, John David Crow, Earl Campbell and Pete Dawkins.

 THIS JUST IN…

 …from CBS College Sports Network

CBS College Sports Network will broadcast a special pregame (7:00 PM, ET) and postgame show, INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE FROM FORT WORTH, on Saturday, Nov. 14 surrounding its broadcast of *No. 14-ranked Utah at undefeated and *No. 4-ranked TCU (7:30 PM, ET). Adam Zucker hosts both shows live from Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas along with Aaron Taylor and Tony Barnhart with Lauren Shehadi reporting.

Play-by-play announcer Tom Hart is joined in the booth by Taylor to call the game. Shehadi reports from the sidelines.

CBS College Sports Network is available to fans across the country through various local cable and video operators, and nationally via satellite on DIRECTV (CHOICE XTRA Package - Channel 613) and Dish Network (CLASSIC SILVER 200 Package - Channel 152).  For more information, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.

 * Coaches Poll as of 11/8/09

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK’S “ONE2ONE” INTERVIEW SERIES

“ONE2ONE: URBAN MEYER” Airs Friday, Oct. 30 at 8:00 PM, ET
 

CBS College Sports Network airs a special edition of the network’s in-depth interview series ONE2ONE on Friday, Oct. 30 (8:00 PM, ET), featuring Florida football coach Urban Meyer. CBS College Sports Network contributor and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan sits down with Meyer in advance of Georgia taking on No. 1-ranked Florida this weekend on CBS Sports.
 
Meyer discusses a range of topics, including starting the season 7-0 (the first time Florida has done so since 1996), his special relationship with Tim Tebow, growing up in Ohio and his love for Ohio State, his place alongside college football coaching legends and why the Georgia game is special.  
 
To see a clip of Meyer discussing Tim Tebow’s concussion and the emotional affect it had on him, click here.
 
Christine Brennan is an award-winning sports columnist for USA Today, an ABC News and NPR commentator, a best-selling author and a nationally-known speaker. Twice named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered 13 consecutive Olympic Games, summer and winter. Brennan, one of the nation's most-read sports columnists, was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins as a staff writer at The Washington Post in 1985.
 
ONE2ONE features personal sit-down interviews with the biggest names in sports. Since the show’s debut in December 2004, guests have included NFL Legend Dan Marino, Louisville coach Rick Pitino, NBA Commissioner David Stern, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, among others.  
 
            CBS College Sports Network is available across the country through local cable operators and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 152.  For more information on how to get CBS College Sports Network, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.
 
*DVD’s of this show are available for media.  Please email dsabreen@cbs.com.

 CBS College Sports Network returns to the hardwood for the 2009-10 college basketball season, with broadcasts of over 120 games featuring top men’s and women’s teams from the Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, Atlantic 10, Big East, Patriot League, West Coast Conference and Division II. Coverage tips off with the Cancun Caribbean Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 24 as Cleveland State takes on Kentucky, and Virginia battles Stanford.

CBS Sports’ lead studio analyst Greg Anthony returns for his second season as a game analyst on CBS College Sports Network, along with Pete Gillen and Steve Lappas, who begin their fifth season as part of the Network’s coverage. Play-by-play announcers Tom Hart, Jason Knapp and Tom McCarthy return to call men’s games, along with Dave Ryan, who debuts on the Network’s basketball broadcasts this season. Analysts Debbie Antonelli, Tammy Blackburn and Ann Schatz pair with play-by-play commentators Knapp and Ryan for women’s contests.

CBS College Sports Network again serves as the home of Conference USA basketball including a Wednesday prime-time package of games, as well as the Conference USA Men’s Championship quarterfinal and semifinal tournament games. The Network also showcases the Mountain West Conference and Atlantic 10 Men’s Championship semifinal tournament games.

CBS College Sports Network’s extensive coverage of women’s basketball is highlighted by the Big East Tuesday Night Women’s Game of the Week, highlighting the conference’s top teams.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEN’S SCHEDULE INCLUDE:

• Pittsburgh at Duquesne – Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

• Michigan at Utah – Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

• Cincinnati at UAB – Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

• San Diego St. at UNLV – Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

• Duquesne at Xavier – Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

• UAB at Memphis – Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

• UTEP at Tulsa – Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

• BYU at Utah – Wednesday, March 3, 2010

 CBS College Sports Network Basketball Schedule…2

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WOMEN’S SCHEDULE INCLUDE:

• Villanova at Temple – Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009

• Notre Dame at UCF – Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

• Vanderbilt at Notre Dame – Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

• Notre Dame at Louisville – Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

• Rutgers at UConn – Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Conference USA Men’s Quarterfinals/Semifinals – Thurs./Fri. March 11-12, 2010

• Mountain West Conference Men’s Quarterfinals/Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2010

• Atlantic 10 Men’s Semifinals – Saturday, March 13, 2010

• NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Championships – Saturday, March 20, 2010

• NAIA Men’s and Women’s Championships – Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The complete 2009-10 broadcast schedule follows. 

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK, THE HOME OF SERVICE ACADEMY FOOTBALL, SALUTES OUR NATION’S ARMED FORCES
 
NETWORK’S “ARMED FORCES APPRECIATION WEEK” CULMINATES WITH TRIPLEHEADER FEATURING ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE ON SATURDAY, OCT. 10
 
FREE WEEK-LONG PREVIEW OF CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK INCREASES DISTRIBUTION TO OVER 50 MILLION HOMES
 
CBS Sports’ Golf Analyst David Feherty Joins Broadcast Team as Sideline Reporter for Navy-Rice Game
 
Service Academy Football Alumni Pete Dawkins, Joe Bellino and Chad Hennings Featured in Special Programming
 
CBS College Sports Network, the broadcast home of U.S. service academy football, will salute our nation’s Armed Forces and service academy football teams: Army, Navy and Air Force. Coverage is highlighted by a tripleheader featuring each of the academies on Saturday, Oct. 10 - Vanderbilt at Army (NOON, PM, ET), Navy at Rice (3:30 PM, ET) and TCU at Air Force (7:30 PM, ET). CBS College Sports Network kicks off the day with a special one-hour (11:00 AM – 12:00 NOON, ET) “SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES” pre-game show.
 
Each game will feature a special pre-game presentation, highlighted by team captains from Army, Navy and Air Force presenting legendary service academy football alumni Pete Dawkins, Joe Bellino and Chad Hennings, respectively, with a football and an American flag that originated with our servicemen/women overseas.  Army’s flag and football will arrive from the Multi-National Corps-Iraq headquarters at the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad.  Navy’s football comes from the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz deployed in the Indian Ocean where it flew on a Navy combat mission over Afghanistan. Air Force’s flag and football began its journey to the game at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.  Dawkins, Bellino and Hennings will also be part of the Network’s pregame show and visit the broadcast booth during the first quarter of their games.
 
“We are proud to be the home of U.S. service academy football, and honored to have the U.S. military involved in this special day of programming that showcases our men and women in uniform, as well as compelling football action,” said Steve Herbst, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS College Sports Network.  “The service academies represent some of the best young people in this country, and this initiative pays tribute to all of the student-athletes, as well as the rich history and tradition at each academy.”  
 
“This will be a wonderful day for our U.S. Service Academies, our Armed Forces and college football fans,” said Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.  “We appreciate the opportunity to highlight our bright and talented future leaders at the academies and the hard work and dedication of our military men and women serving in harm’s way throughout the world.”
 
In addition, CBS College Sports Network’s October 10 coverage features interviews with U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Franklin L. Hagenbeck, Midshipman First Class Ryan Steenberge, Brigade Commander, U.S. Naval Academy and Air Force Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Michael C. Gould, as well as interviews with service academy alumni stationed overseas.  CBS Sports’ golf analyst/on-course reporter David Feherty joins the Network’s broadcast team as sideline reporter for the Navy at Rice game.  Feherty devotes himself to the Troops First Foundation which inspired him to create the Feherty’s IED (Improvised Explosive Day) of Golf, Cycling, Pheasant Hunting and Skiing events for wounded warriors.
 
  The Network presents “ARMED FORCES APPRECIATION WEEK,” Monday, Oct. 5 – Sunday, Oct. 11, leading up to the game broadcasts on Saturday.  Programming includes classic service academy football games, vignettes about great moments in academy football, features on current and former players and original programming.
 
On Friday, Oct. 9 (7:00 PM – 7:30 PM, ET), CBS College Sports Network debuts an original 30-minute special, INSIDE ACADEMY FOOTBALL, which chronicles the daily routines of football players from each service academy, exploring how their sport intersects, enriches and informs their lives as officers-in-training for the United States military. INSIDE ACADEMY FOOTBALL also looks at the football experience of the service academy student bodies, delving into the tradition and meaning of football at Army, Navy and Air Force.  To access the full week-long programming schedule, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.
 
The broadcast teams on October 10 are Dave Ryan and Jason Sehorn in West Point, NY for Vanderbilt at Army, Jason Knapp, analyst Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Feherty call the action in Houston for Navy at Rice, and Tom Hart and Aaron Taylor in Colorado Springs, Colo. for TCU at Air Force. Adam Zucker and Sam Ryan anchor studio coverage and are joined by analysts Phillip Fulmer and Brian Jones.
 
CBS College Sports Network is also offering its cable and satellite affiliates and video providers a free preview of the Network from Monday, Oct. 5 – Sunday, Oct. 11.   The free preview allows affiliates to open its signal to all customers, providing more fans with an opportunity to watch the game broadcasts and the special “ARMED FORCES APPRECIATION WEEK” programming.    In addition, the American Forces Network will simulcast CBS College Sports Network’s programming on Saturday, Oct. 10 (11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, ET) to U.S. military installations overseas, which includes 175 countries and U.S. territories.  
 
CBS College Sports Network is the home for U.S. service academy football.  The Network is in its fifth consecutive year as Navy’s exclusive broadcast partner for all home football games, and last year extended its agreement with Navy through the 2017-18 season. CBS College Sports Network recently announced an exclusive five-year agreement with the Army Athletic Association guaranteeing live television coverage of every Army home football game and select neutral site games in which Army is the home team through 2014. Through its long-term rights relationship with the Mountain West Conference, CBS College Sports Network broadcasts extensive Air Force programming and multiple football games every season.