Southland Announces Early TV Selections for 2015 Season

FRISCO, Texas – Southland Conference football television plans for the first four weeks of the season have been finalized along with arrangements for select games throughout the remainder of the season, the league office announced Wednesday. Matchups in the early portion of the schedule are set for broadcast across American Sports Network, ESPN3 and Fox Sports Net.



For games on Oct., 3, and beyond, the conference will reveal most television choices 12 days prior to kickoff. This will allow for the best matchups to be selected each week for various partners. In previous years, the conference announced all television selections prior to the season, except for wild card choices in the final weeks of the season.



ESPN plans to exercise its option to make the initial choice most weeks, placing a top-tier game on ESPN3, its multi-screen network. The Southland Conference on American Sports Network will then make its selection, with those games syndicated throughout the region and beyond. Cox Sports Television is set to air a package of games as well, but those dates and times are still to be determined.



Opening night falls on Thursday, Sept., 3, and will feature a conference matchup between Southeastern Louisiana and Northwestern State. The Southland Conference on American Sports Network will carry the game on local affiliates across the country. ASN’s list of partner stations will be announced at a later date.



The season’s first Saturday, Sept., 5, will feature at least three televised games. Stephen F. Austin’s opener against Northern Arizona will be available exclusively on ESPN3, while a pair of road games will also receive coverage with McNeese State at LSU on SEC Network Alternate and Sam Houston State visiting Texas Tech on Fox Sports Net.



The Southland Conference on American Sports Network will feature four more games in the early portion of the schedule, including UIW at McNeese State (Sept. 12), Lamar at Sam Houston State (Sept. 19), Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian (Sept. 26) and Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 1). Two matchups later in the season have also been locked in for ASN: Central Arkansas at Houston Baptist (Oct. 10) and Nicholls at Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 19).



For games not selected by conference partners, individual schools will have the ability to produce broadcasts via television or online outlets. For example, Stephen F. Austin has announced a partnership that will allow all unselected home games to air on ESPN3, including the aforementioned opener vs. Northern Arizona.





Southland Conference Football: Early Television Selections



Thursday, Sept. 3

Southeastern Louisiana at Northwestern State, 6 p.m., American Sports Network



Saturday, Sept. 5

Northern Arizona at Stephen F. Austin, 6 p.m., ESPN3

McNeese State at LSU, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network Alternate

Sam Houston State at Texas Tech, Time TBD, Fox Sports Net



Saturday, Sept. 12

UIW at McNeese State, 6 p.m., American Sports Network

Northwestern State at Louisiana-Lafayette, 6 p.m., ESPN3

Nicholls at Louisiana-Monroe, 6 p.m., ESPN3

Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net

Lamar at Baylor, 6:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net



Saturday, Sept. 19

Southeastern Louisiana at Ohio, 1 p.m., ESPN3

Northwestern State at Mississippi State, 3 p.m., SEC Network

McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin, 6 p.m., ESPN3

Lamar at Sam Houston State, 6 p.m., American Sports Network



Saturday, Sept. 26

Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian, 2:30 p.m., American Sports Network

Central Arkansas at Northwestern State, 6 p.m., ESPN3



Thursday, Oct. 1

Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana, 6 p.m., American Sports Network



Saturday, Oct. 10

Central Arkansas at Houston Baptist, 2:30 p.m., American Sports Network



Thursday, Nov. 19

Nicholls at Southeastern Louisiana, 6 p.m., American Sports Network



Other television selections will be made no later than 12 days prior to kickoff. All times listed are central.

