ESPN to televise Orange & White game

Clemson’s annual Orange & White Spring Game will be televised by ESPN, the network announced on Wednesday.

ESPN will pull back the curtain for a sneak peek of the 2018 college football season when its networks carry 20 spring games throughout March and April as teams take the first step toward the College Football Playoff semifinals on ESPN (December 29).

The five-week slate kicks off on Saturday, March 24 and continues with multiple games nearly every weekend, highlighting ESPN.com’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 heading into the 2018 season.

Top-ranked Clemson kicks off coverage on ESPN on Saturday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m., with Chris Fowler, Brock Huard and Tom Luginbill on the call from Clemson Memorial Stadium.

Second-ranked Alabama and No. 3 Georgia, the two teams left standing at the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, play their spring games back-to-back on ESPN, Saturday, April 21. Joe Tessitore, Kirk Herbstreit, Joey Galloway and Holly Rowe will call the action live from Tuscaloosa at 2 p.m., with Bob Wischusen, Todd Blackledge and Maria Taylor following at 4 p.m. between the hedges in Athens.

–Staff Reports