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NFL Network To Offer
Unprecedented Exclusive HD Coverage Of The 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl
Network will air over
21 hours of live and original HD coverage of the game and its practice
sessions during Senior Bowl Week.
MOBILE, Ala. (January
18, 2008) -- The NFL Network’s exclusive high-definition coverage of
the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl game and its practices will offer viewers
an unprecedented 21 hours of live and original coverage of the event.
NFL Network’s exclusive high-definition
coverage of the league’s next generation of NFL stars begins Monday, January
21 at 3:00 p.m. (CST) from Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
Practice coverage runs Monday, January 21
through Thursday, January 24 with live two-hour telecasts from North and
South team practices. Each night at 7:00 p.m. a 30-minute Path to the Draft
Senior Bowl Recap Show airs providing interviews and analysis.
The week culminates Saturday, January 26 with
the 59th annual Under Armour Senior Bowl at 3:00 p.m., beginning with a
special Total Access Senior Bowl pre-game show at 2:30 p.m.
The NFL Network crew of Paul Burmeister,
Mike Mayock and Charles
Davis during last year's Under Armour Senior Bowl practice coverage
at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
The network’s on-air talent roster from Mobile
will include Paul Burmeister, Mike Mayock, Charles Davis and newcomer Ernie
Accorsi. Accorsi, most recently the New York Giants’ general manager from
1998-2006, brings years of player personnel and front office expertise to
the telecast.
Rich Eisen will calls Saturday’s game
alongside Mayock, Davis and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trent Dilfer.
The Senior Bowl features 100 of the country’s
best senior collegiate football players and top NFL draft prospects on teams
representing the North and South. This year, the North team will be coached
by Lane Kiffin and the Oakland Raiders staff, while Mike Nolan and the San
Francisco 49ers coaches lead the South.
“NFL Network is the only network able to
dedicate round-the-clock coverage to the upcoming draft class,” said NFL
Network Executive Producer Eric Weinberger. “The Senior Bowl is really the
first day of our coverage of the 2008 NFL season and leads nicely into our
extensive draft coverage over the next four months.”
The Senior Bowl game and coverage of its
practice sessions will also air on Sirius Satellite Radio, giving the event
several hours of worldwide radio exposure, as well. Senior Bowl content will
also appear throughout the week on NFL.com, the official website of the NFL.
The Senior Bowl is attended annually by over
800 NFL coaches, scouts and front office personnel searching for the next
great NFL superstar. NFL Network will be there for the entire week with 21
hours of programming from Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Fans will have an open
window to the action all week, including practices and the game, giving them
the same view every team uses to help determine its draft.
Last year, the Senior Bowl produced 12
first-round picks in the NFL Draft, 90 total selections and a top five
choice for the seventh consecutive year. 2007 Senior Bowl participant
Patrick Willis was named the 2007 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the
Associated Press and is one of 24 former Senior Bowl participants to be
named to the 2008 Pro Bowl.
Among players who have accepted invitations to
participate: quarterbacks John David Booty (USC), Colt Brennan (Hawaii),
Brian Brohm (Louisville), Chad Henne (Michigan) and Andre Woodson
(Kentucky); receivers Early Doucet (LSU) and Limas Sweed (Texas); offensive
linemen Sam Baker (USC) and Kirk Barton (Ohio State); defensive linemen
Sedrick Ellis (USC) and Andre Fluellen (Florida State); linebackers Dan
Connor (Penn State) and Shawn Crable (Michigan); and defensive back Tom
Zbikowski (Notre Dame).
Annually, NFL Network airs nearly 200 football
games, including eight regular season NFL games, 52 preseason games, 98 game
replays, Super Bowl and NFL Classics.
NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a
day on a year-round basis and is the first television network fully
dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football. For more information, log
onto www.nfl.com/nflnetwork. NFL.com is the exclusive internet home of NFL
Network.
Below is a day-by-day breakdown of NFL
Network’s planned television coverage of the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl:
2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl on NFL
Network – all times are CST
Monday, Jan. 21
3:00 – Day 1: North Team Practice (HD)
7:00 – Day 1: Path to the Draft Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)
Tuesday, Jan. 22
9:30 – Day 2: North Team Practice (HD)
3:30 – Day 2: South Team Practice (HD)
7:00 -- Day 2: Path to the Draft Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)
Wednesday, Jan. 23
9:30 – Day 3: North Team Practice (HD)
3:30 – Day 3: South Team Practice (HD)
7:00 – Day 3: Path to the Draft Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)
Thursday, Jan. 24
9:30 – Day 4: North Team Practice (HD)
3:30 – Day 4: South Team Practice (HD)
7:00 – Day 4: Path to the Draft Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)
Saturday, Jan. 26
2:30 – NFL Total Access Senior Bowl Pre-game Show (HD)
3:00 – 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl (HD)
6:00 – NFL Total Access Senior Bowl Post-game Show (HD)
NFL Network. Football 24/7.
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