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Kickoff time for Washington-Michigan contest changed
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The highly-anticipated nonconference game between Washington and Michigan will kickoff 30 minutes later than previously expected.
On Monday, ESPN announced some programming changes to its college football coverage on Saturday, Sept. 11. Instead of a 7:30 p.m. ET start time, Washington and Michigan will get things underway in Ann Arbor at 8 p.m. ET. The network also announced time changes for the Florida-USF game and the Iowa-Iowa State contest.
“Due to the expected ABC News coverage of the 20th anniversary of September 11th, ESPN has adjusted the start times of the trio of ESPN college football games slated for ABC that Saturday,” the release said.
🏈 PROGRAMMING UPDATE: Due to the expected @ABC News coverage of the 20th anniversary of September 11th, ESPN has adjusted the start times of the trio of @ESPNCFB games slated for ABC that Saturday pic.twitter.com/4BEUIJOHrt
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) July 12, 2021
All three games will be aired on ABC. Michigan-Washington will close out the night in prime time coverage.
Michigan was scheduled to make the trip to Seattle to play Washington in 2020, but that contest was canceled because of the pandemic. The two teams have played 12 times, with the Wolverines owning a 7-5 lead in the all-time series.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB