. That gives the Tide 4 games that kick off at 5 p.m. CT or later this season after having just 2– versus Tennessee and Arkansas– all of last season.
ESPN will air Alabamas season opener Sept. 26 at Missouri at 6 p.m. CT. The network will also reveal Alabama hosting Mississippi State on Halloween evening, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. CT
After a 2019 season that was significantly thin on prime-time video games, Alabamas 2020 schedule is currently loaded with them.
An hour after CBS revealed it would televise Oct. 17 and Nov. 14 video games against Georgia and LSU, respectively, in prime time, ESPN stated later Tuesday it will likewise transmit 2 other Alabama games at night.
CBS also revealed Tuesday it will air Alabamas home opener Oct. 3 versus Texas A&M at 2:30 p.m. CT as its game of the week.
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Other Alabama video games that still do not have kickoff times are Oct. 10 at Ole Miss, Oct. 24 at Tennessee, Nov. 21 vs. Kentucky and Dec. 5 at Arkansas. The conference stated those game times will be revealed in the normal window less than two weeks before the contests.
In typical seasons, a lot of those kickoff times are not set up until less than two weeks prior to video games. The SEC said Tuesday, “offered the unique circumstances of this season, the SEC requested that its television partners make sophisticated video game selections where possible prior to the start of the season to assist the Conference and schools with preparation and logistics.”
The greatest of Alabamas five remaining games without a revealed kickoff time is the Iron Bowl, which will stay the Saturday after Thanksgiving this season (Nov. 28) but will serve as the second-to-last– instead of last– game of the regular-season schedule. CBS has yet to reveal its game of the week for Nov. 28.
The statements mean five kickoff times are already understood of Alabamas 10-game, SEC-only schedule.
Here is Alabamas upgraded schedule:
Nov. 21– vs. Kentucky, game time and network TBA
Oct. 24– at Tennessee, video game time and network TBA
Nov. 7– open date
Dec. 19– SEC champion, video game time TBA, CBS.
Oct. 31– vs. Mississippi State, 6 p.m. CT, ESPN
Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.
Dec. 5– at Arkansas, game time and network TBA
Oct. 10– at Ole Miss, video game time and network TBA
Oct. 17– vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. CT, CBS
Nov. 28– vs. Auburn, game time and network TBA
Dec. 12– open date (all SEC).
Nov. 14– at LSU, 5 p.m. CT, CBS
Oct. 3– vs. Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m. CT, CBS
Sept. 26– at Missouri, 6 p.m. CT, ESPN
