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04/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/09/2024 00:33

TNT Sports' First Mountain West Football Doubleheader of the Year to Kick Off with Wyoming Hosting Idaho Saturday, Sept. 7, at 3:30 p.m. ET

TNT Sports will continue its coverage of Mountain West football with truTV and Max's first doubleheader of the year. Wyoming will host Idaho to kick off Week 2's coverage at 3:30 p.m. ET, followed by Georgia Southern at Nevada at 7 p.m.

Ari Wolfe (play-by-play), Darius Walker (analyst) and Jared Greenberg (reporter) will call the action from Laramie, while J.B. Long (play-by-play), Mike Golic, Jr. (analyst) and Nabil Karim reporter) will make their TNT Sports college football debut in Reno.

Walker, a former Notre Dame and Houston Texans running back, has worked as an analyst for ESPN and Fox Sports. Wolfe is an award-winning broadcaster with experience calling Mountain West football since 2009, and currently works at the Tennis Channel. He's also previously served as a studio host and play-by-play talent for NFL Network along with twice being a member of NBC Sports' Olympics talent team. Greenberg has served as a sideline reporter for TNT Sports primarily covering the NBA since 2012.

Long has served as the play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Rams since 2016, and also called football and other sports for the Pac-12 Network from 2012-24. Golic was an Academic All-American at Notre Dame before joining ESPN as a host and color football analyst. Golic is now a co-host of the GoJo and Golic daily morning podcast on the DraftKings Network.

Studio coverage throughout the season for TNT Sports will be hosted by Adam Lefkoe with a talented and accomplished roster of analysts:

  • Champ Bailey - Pro Football Hall of Famer in 2019, following an NFL career as a perennial Pro Bowl cornerback for Washington and Denver. Dual threat at Georgia on offense, defense and special teams, earning All-America, All-SEC and Bronko Nagurski honors over three seasons in Athens.
  • Takeo Spikes - A Two-Time NFL Pro Bowl linebacker, 15-Year NFL veteran and SEC legend at Auburn. He previously served as an analyst with the SEC Network, along with NBC Sports, SiriusXM and Sky Sports.
  • Victor Cruz - Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants after making the roster as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Following his retirement from the NFL in 2018, joined ESPN as an NFL analyst. Named an all-conference wide receiver his final two seasons at the University of Massachusetts.

Mountain West football on truTV and Max includes 30-minute pregame and postgame shows with news and analysis from around the conference and throughout college football.

This season marked the return of college football to TNT Sports, which previously televised games in 2006. TNT Sports will also present two first-round College Football Playoff games during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. In addition to the first-round games, TNT Sports will add two quarterfinal games each year beginning with the 2026 season through the 2028 season.

Upcoming Mountain West College Football Schedule on truTV & Max

Date Time (ET) Game/Program
Saturday, Sept. 7 3 p.m. TNT Sports College Football Kickoff Show
Adam Lefkoe, Champ Bailey, Takeo Spikes & Victor Cruz
3:30 p.m. Idaho vs. Wyoming
Ari Wolfe, Darius Walker & Jared Greenberg
7 p.m. Georgia Southern vs. Nevada
J.B. Long, Mike Golic, Jr. & Nabil Karim
Postgame TNT Sports College Football Postgame Show
Lefkoe, Bailey, Spikes & Cruz