This was the press release from Versus that just arrived in my inbox:
82ND ANNUAL NOTRE DAME BLUE-GOLD SPRING FOOTBALL GAME TO AIR ON VERSUS APRIL 16 AT 2 P.M. ET
Spring Scrimmage will Air for the First Time to a National TV Audience
NEW YORK (April 14, 2011) — Notre Dame’s 82nd Annual Blue-Gold spring football game will air on VERSUS on Saturday, April 16, at 2 p.m. ET, marking the first time that the Fighting Irish’s traditional spring scrimmage game will be televised nationally. VERSUS will have unprecedented access both on and off the field.
NBC Sports’ Notre Dame Football commentators Tom Hammond (play-by-play announcer) and Mike Mayock (analyst) will call the action from the booth with former NFL quarterback Shaun King serving as sideline reporter. The game will be produced by NBC Sports’ Notre Dame Football producer Rob Hyland.
HYLAND: “Our goal is to introduce viewers to the 2011 Notre Dame Football team by providing an enhanced television experience by utilizing microphones and isolated cameras on Head Coach Brian Kelly as well as select star players. We want to cover everything the die-hard football fan would want to see and learn about this year’s program.”
Hammond is one of sports broadcasting’s most-respected and versatile talents having called many events, including horse racing, track & field, NBA and Olympics coverage, for NBC Sports. Mayock received critical acclaim last year for his first season as NBC Sports’ Notre Dame Football analyst. He also worked with Hammond to call NBC’s NFL Wild Card game earlier this year between the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. Mayock is the NFL Network’s leading college football and NFL Draft analyst. King was a former NFL quarterback, most notably for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as a Heisman Trophy candidate while at Tulane University.
