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At least two B1G teams will kick off the 2016 season in front of a national audience.
ESPN announced its schedule for a headliner-filled opening weekend of college football. Two of those games will feature B1G teams.
Michigan will begin its highly anticipated season against Hawaii on Saturday, Sept. 3 at noon ET on ESPN. Following that game on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET will be the showdown between LSU and Wisconsin at Lambeau Field.
Here was the complete ESPN slate for the opening weekend, which is subject to change:
Additional ESPN games could be announced on a later date.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.