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Stadium To Broadcast Facebook-Exclusive College Football Games

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – DECEMBER 26: Head coach Chuck Martin of the Miami (Oh) Redhawks looks to an official for an explanation on a call during the fourth quarter against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field on December 26, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Joseph Garnett, Jr. /Getty Images)

Stadium, the new multi-platform sports network formed by Campus Insiders, 120 Sports and The American Sports Network, has partnered with Facebook to broadcast an exclusive package of 15 college football games live this season.

The lineup of games that includes nine Conference USA games and six from the Mountain West Conference will be custom-produced for a Facebook audience. Football personalities will hold live curated chat experiences during the production, a social production team and correspondents will work the sidelines of the game to engage fans in conversation, and social elements provided by the schools will be integrated.

The games are available to a global audience on the Stadium: Live College Football Show page. For fans watching in the U.S., the games can be found on Watch, Facebook’s new video platform.

The first two Facebook games will be Sept. 2 with a doubleheader as Miami (OH) takes on Marshall at 6:30 p.m. ET, and UC Davis and San Diego State go head-to-head at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Here is Stadium’s full Facebook-exclusive schedule:

  • Saturday, Sept. 2: Miami (OH) at Marshall, 6:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Sept. 2: UC Davis at San Diego State, 8:30 p.m. ET
  • Thursday, Sept. 7: Idaho State at Utah State, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Sept. 9: New Mexico State at New Mexico, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Sept. 23: FIU at Rice, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Sept. 23: Utah State at San Jose State, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Sept. 30: Texas State at Wyoming, 4:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Oct. 7: Southern Miss at UTSA, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Oct. 14: Wyoming at Utah State, 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Oct. 21: Rice at UTSA, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Oct. 28: FIU at Marshall, 2:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Nov. 4: North Texas at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Nov. 11: Southern Miss at Rice, 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Nov. 18: Marshall at UTSA, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Saturday, Nov. 25: FAU at Charlotte, 2:00 p.m. ET

The Facebook lineup of games comes in addition to Stadium’s 25-game schedule announced last week. That separate schedule will be featured exclusively within Stadium’s digital and broadcast linear experiences, including Twitter (@WatchStadium) and free internet television service Pluto TV.

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