The four letter network is flipping the script and doing something cool for a change, interrupting the steady flow of poker and late 80's/early 90's boxing programming on ESPN Classic to run a 50-hour college football marathon featuring classic games from each team in the AP Top 25.
U of L's selected game is the '04 Liberty Bowl against Boise State, and will run during the coveted 11 p.m.-1 a.m. time slot on Aug. 29. If you're a glutton for punishment you can also catch the Cards against the Broncos in the '99 Humanitarian Bowl on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m., or in last year's game against Rutgers the next day at 11 a.m., or of course in the '05 West Virginia game which will be making its 119th appearance on national television at 1 p.m. on Aug. 30.
The marathon will begin on Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. with the 1998 Big 12 championship game featuring Texas A&M and Kansas State, and will end two days later at the same time with the 2004 Rose Bowl between USC and Michigan.
The schedule for the entire marathon looks like this:
Aug. 28
5-6 p.m. 1998 Big XII Championship: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M (25)
6-8 p.m. 1999 Humanitarian Bowl: Louisville vs. Boise State (24)
8-10 p.m. 2003 Sheraton Bowl: Houston vs. Hawaii (23)
10-midnight 2005 Houston Bowl: TCU (22) vs. Iowa State
Aug. 29
Midnight-3 a.m. 2003 Arkansas (21) at Kentucky (hehe)
3-5 a.m. 1995 Orange Bowl: Nebraska (20) vs. Miami
5-7 a.m. 1994 Orange Bowl: Florida State (19) vs. Nebraska
7-9 a.m. 1982 Alabama vs. Auburn (18)
9-11 a.m. 1983 Sugar Bowl: Penn State (17) vs. Georgia
11 a.m.-1 p.m. 2006 Louisville at Rutgers (16)
1-3 p.m. 1999 Fiesta Bowl: Florida State vs. Tennessee (15)
3-5 p.m. 1993 UCLA (14) at USC
5-7 p.m. 1981 Sugar Bowl: Georgia (13) vs. Notre Dame
7-8 p.m. 1982 Stanford at California (12)
8-11 p.m. 2003 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State (11) vs. Miami
11 p.m.-1 a.m. 2004 Autozone Liberty Bowl: Boise State vs. Louisville (10)
Aug. 30
1-3 a.m. 1998 Virginia Tech (9) at Miami
3-4 a.m. 1981 Orange Bowl: Oklahoma (8) vs. Florida State
4-6 a.m. 1999 Rose Bowl: UCLA vs. Wisconsin (7)
6-8 a.m. 1997 Sugar Bowl: Florida (6) vs. Florida State
8-10 a.m. 1998 Rose Bowl: Michigan (5) vs. Washington State
10 a.m.-1 p.m. 2006 Rose Bowl: Texas (4) vs. USC
1-3 p.m. 2005 Louisville at West Virginia (3) (2005)
3-5 p.m. 2004 Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. LSU (2)
5-7 p.m. 2004 Rose Bowl: Michigan vs. USC (1)
The most pissed off team in the country right now: No. 26 Missouri.