The UTC - JAX State season- opening college football game is one of at least six TV games on August 26 and is the ESPN Prime Time game with kickoff set at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
The important FCS game between two top 15 teams will have fans, coaches and players connected with football at various levels tuned in to watch or in attendance at Crampton Stadium in Montgomery, Ala.
While 10 FCS schools decided to play an "early game" on August 26, the UTC - JAX State game, with approval from the NCAA and coordinating the time and location with ESPN and the NCAA first set this opener in the fall of 2015 and then others followed.
Six TV Games on Saturday August 26
(All games EDT)
2:30 p.m. - CBSSN ... Oregon State at Colorado State
3 p.m. - ESPN ... Portland State at Colorado State
6 p.m. -NESN ... Hawaii at UMass
** 6:30 p.m. - ESPN ... Chattanooga vs. Jacksonville (Ala.) State ..
to be played in Montgomery, Ala.
7 p.m. - CBSSN ... South Fla. at San Jose State
10 p.m.- ESPN ... Stanford at Rice
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net