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CBS SPORTS' COLLEGE FOOTBALL LINE-UP STUFFED FOR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

ARKANSAS TAKES ON *NO. 1-RANKED LSU ON FRIDAY, NOV. 23

  

NO. 19-RANKED TENNESSEE BATTLES FOR SPOT IN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP VS. KENTUCKY AND FLORIDA STATE VISITS NO. 12-RANKED FLORIDA ON SATURDAY, NOV. 24

  

VERNE LUNDQUIST, GARY DANIELSON AND TRACY WOLFSON HAVE FULL PLATE CALLING GAMES IN BATON ROUGE AND GAINESVILLE

 

CBS Sports presents national coverage of Southeastern Conference college football over the Thanksgiving weekend on Friday, Nov. 23 (2:30-6:00 PM, ET) and Saturday, Nov. 24 (1:30-8:00 PM, ET).

 

            *No. 1-ranked LSU hosting Arkansas highlights Friday's coverage, as LSU looks to defeat their Western Division foe and remain in the hunt for the national championship. Saturday's doubleheader features a national broadcast of *No. 19-ranked Tennessee taking on Kentucky (1:30 PM, ET). A Tennessee win secures a spot in the SEC Championship game. In the second game, Florida State visits intra-state rival and No. 12-ranked Florida (5:00 PM, ET).

  

            Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson, CBS Sports' lead college football announce team works double-duty this weekend. Friday, they handle the call for Arkansas-LSU from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., Craig Silver, the Network's coordinating producer of college football, produces and Jim Cornell directs. On Saturday, Lundquist, Danielson and Wolfson call the action for Florida State-Florida from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, in Gainesville, Fla. Steve Karasik produces and Steve Milton directs.

  

Craig Bolerjack and Steve Beuerlein call the action for the Tennessee-Kentucky contest from Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Ky.  Steve Scheer produces and Mark Grant directs.

 

Legendary Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning joins host Tim Brando and analyst Spencer Tillman on COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the Network's pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show on both Friday and Saturday. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY kicks off the day on Saturday (1:00 PM, ET).  Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs.

  

All three games also will be broadcast in HDTV.

  

Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

 

*Coaches Poll as of 11/19/07