Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit are calling No. 1 Ohio State at No. 4 Texas on ABC, with Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge reporting from the sidelines. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. CT) on Saturday, September 12 at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. ESPN’s top crew gets the biggest game of Week 2, the same booth that called the 2024 playoff semifinal and last year’s opener between these teams.
| Role | Announcer |
|---|---|
| Play by play | Chris Fowler |
| Analyst | Kirk Herbstreit |
| Sideline reporter | Holly Rowe |
| Sideline reporter | Laura Rutledge |
| Network | ABC (ESPN app with a TV login) |
Why This Crew
Fowler and Herbstreit are ABC’s lead college football team and work the national championship game every January. Herbstreit doubles as a College GameDay analyst, and GameDay is in Austin Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon ET, so he goes straight from the set to the booth. Two sideline reporters is the network’s setup for its marquee window, one on each bench.
Radio Announcers
The Texas radio call is Craig Way on play by play with Roger Wallace on color and Will Matthews on the sideline through the Longhorn Radio Network. The Ohio State radio call is on the Ohio State Sports Network. Both feeds are on the schools’ apps and SiriusXM’s college channels.
How to Watch
ABC is free over the air with an antenna and is included in YouTube TV, Hulu Live, Fubo, DirecTV Stream and Sling (in markets that carry local ABC). The ESPN app streams the ABC feed with a TV provider login. There is no ESPN+ only option for this game. Full kickoff, streaming and odds details are on Ohio State vs. Texas: Time, TV Channel and How to Watch.
Other Week 2 Announcer Assignments
| Game (ET) | Network | Crew |
|---|---|---|
| No. 11 Oklahoma at Michigan, noon | FOX | Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft |
| No. 6 Oregon at Oklahoma State, noon | ESPN | Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor |
| Arizona State at No. 10 Texas A&M, noon | ABC | Tom Hart, Jesse Palmer, Kris Budden |
| No. 16 Penn State at Temple, noon | ESPN2 | Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Morgan Uber |
| Washington State at Kansas State, noon | TNT | J.B. Long, Mike Golic Jr., Coy Wire |
| No. 12 Alabama at Kentucky, 3:30 | ABC | Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Katie George |
| Rice at No. 3 Notre Dame, 3:30 | NBC | Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett, Caroline Pineda |
| Arizona at No. 15 BYU, 3:30 | FOX | Connor Onion, Robert Griffin III, Alexa Landestoy |
| Mississippi State at Minnesota, 3:30 | CBS | Brad Nessler, Charles Davis, Jenny Dell |
| Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa, 7:30 | NBC | Paul Burmeister, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen |
| No. 13 Texas Tech at Oregon State, 7:30 | CBS | Rich Waltz, Brian Kelly, Adam Breneman, Jordan Giorgio |
Assignments per Awful Announcing, On3 and College Sports Network. Related: Oklahoma vs. Michigan announcers, where College GameDay is this week, today’s full TV schedule.
The Bottom Line
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge have the call for Ohio State at Texas on ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET. If you want the radio version, Craig Way carries it for Texas.