NBC Sports’ kicks off its 20th season of Notre Dame Football coverage on Saturday, September 4 at 3:30 p.m. ET. Mike Mayock makes his NBC Sports debut, joining veteran Notre Dame Football commentators Tom Hammond delivering play-by-play and Alex Flanagan as sideline reporter.
Mayock was hired in August to fill the game analyst role vacated by Pat Haden, who left to become the new Athletic Director at USC, his alma mater.
Also making a debut at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday will be ActionCam, an overhead cable-camera system which will provide viewers of the Purdue game with never-before-seen angles. ActionCam was successfully tested at the Blue and Gold game this spring.
The 2010 Notre Dame Football season will include more NBC Sports distribution platforms than ever before, including robust digital and mobile features, iPhone and iPad apps, and an international agreement with Eurosport to broadcast games in Europe and Asia.
Notre Dame enters the 2010 season led by new head coach Brian Kelly, who recently compiled a 34-6 record (.850) in three seasons at Cincinnati. The Irish are 53-26-2 all time against Purdue, have won 15 of the past 16 at home against the Boilermakers, and four the past five overall.
Mike Mayock said “I’m interested to see how balanced Brian Kelly’s spread offense is going to be. Notre Dame has talented running backs and Purdue gave up a lot of yards on the ground last year. But the Boilermakers also have four new starting defensive backs. For Purdue, Robert Marve, who started 11 games as a true freshman at Miami in 2008, is the key. He’s more athletic than most spread offense quarterbacks, which means that throwing and running are options.”
Hammond stated “Working games at Notre Dame is the absolute best. The atmosphere, pageantry and tradition are unmatched. This year there is a genuine level of excitement with the Brian Kelly era beginning. I’m as curious as anyone to see how his new offensive and defensive schemes are going to play out.”
Flaganan said “During the off-season, there are countless articles, rankings and evaluations, but the thing about the first game is you really don’t know what you have until you get out there. It’s the same for both teams. It’s going to be interesting.”
NBCSports.com will steam the entire Notre Dame-NBC Sports schedule for the first time. “Notre Dame Extra” will feature a simulcast of the broadcast feed plus one additional online-only bonus camera throughout the game.
“Notre Dame Extra” will employ a full HD-quality player using Microsoft Silverlight and Smooth Streaming that will help set new benchmarks for live streaming video cross-platform. The video player will include full DVR functionality allowing the user to pause and scroll back-and-forth – even review plays in “slo-mo” — all while watching live video.
Extra will also feature live coverage of the Notre Dame and visiting teams’ bands at halftime, in-game highlights, as well as a live, online-only postgame that will include head coach Brian Kelly’s press conference.
Notre Dame Central App: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users can get complete NBC Sports coverage of the Notre Dame 2010 college football season with the Notre Dame Central app. Users can access live scores, stats, video highlights & archives, and much more. Fans can also purchase an upgrade to get LIVE access to every NBC Sports broadcast of Notre Dame Football games. The iPhone update for the 2010 season will be available prior to the September 4 season opener against Purdue, with an iPad-specific version to come later in the season.
Live Mobile Broadcasts: NBC Sports’ live coverage of every Notre Dame home football game is available on both NBC 2Go and NBC Sports Mobile.
Notre Dame on NBC Sports Mobile: Fans can receive news and scores right on their cell phones with the NBC Sports Mobile Web site or the NBC Sports iPhone app. Fans can also sign-up for exclusive text alerts with scoring updates and daily news.
Eurosport: NBC Sports and the Eurosport group have signed an international television rights agreement that provides Eurosport 2 with exclusive broadcast rights to 2010 Notre Dame home football games across Europe and Asia. Games will be broadcast throughout Europe live exclusively on Eurosport 2, and to the 14 countries where Eurosport Asia Pacific is distributed.
| 2010 Notre Dame Football Broadcast Schedule on NBC Sports | ||||||
| Day.,Date and Time (ET) | Game | |||||
| Sat., Sep. 4, 3:30 p.m. | Purdue | |||||
| Sat., Sep. 11, 3:30 p.m. | Michigan | |||||
| Sat., Sep. 25, 3:30 p.m. | Stanford | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 9, 3:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. | Western Michigan | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m. | Tulsa | |||||
| Sat., Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m. | Utah | |||||
| Sat., Nov. 20, 7 p.m.(at Yankee Stadium) | Army | |||||
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