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A massive winter storm is starting to hit more than half of the United States on Friday, including Texas. That’s prompting ESPN and conferences to make some scheduling changes. The biggest one impacts Saturday’s Top-20 clash between Houston and Texas Tech. The Big 12 announced that the highly anticipated game between the Cougars and Red Raiders will now start at 2 p.m. ET, moved up from the original 6:30 p.m. ET start. ESPN’s College GameDay is in town for the game, and that show will now set to begin at 10 a.m. ET. ESPN will also still air the game as planned, now at 2 p.m. ET. Saturday, #NCAAMBB @collegegameday makes its ’26 debut, live from @TexasTechMBB Grant McCasland & JT Toppin join live Who’s the best team in the country? $19K up for grabs with the State Farm Half-Court Shot 10a ET | ESPN pic.twitter.com/hU2XN0dmNY — ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 23, 2026 The storm is causing ESPN to shuffle around several game starts for both Saturday and Sunday. The full list of changes, which remains subject to change given the impact of the storms, is below: Saturday, Jan. 24 – Men’s Basketball No. 22 North Carolina at No. 14 Virginia moves from 2 p.m. on ESPN to noon on ESPN2 NC State at Pittsburgh moves from noon on ESPN2 to noon on ESPNU Chattanooga at Samford moves from 8 p.m. on ESPNU to 2 p.m. on ESPNEWS No. 15 Vanderbilt at Mississippi State moves from 6 p.m. on SECN to noon on SECN+ Ole Miss at Kentucky moves from noon to 11 a.m. on ESPN No. 6 Houston at No. 12 Texas Tech moves from 6:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on ESPN TCU at Baylor moves from ESPN2 to ESPN at 6 p.m. Morgan State at Howard moves from 6 p.m. on ESPNU to 2 p.m. on ESPN+ Tulsa at Rice moves from Sunday at 4 p.m. on ESPNU to Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN+ South Carolina at Texas A&M moves from 3:30 p.m. on SECN to 1 p.m. on SECN+ Sunday, Jan. 25 – Women’s Basketball No. 21 Duke at Pittsburgh moves from Sunday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. on ACC Network to Saturday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. on ACCNX Richmond at George Mason moves from 2 p.m. on ESPNU to 11 a.m. on ESPN+ We’ll update with any further changes as they come in. The post Massive winter storm impacts ESPN college basketball, ‘College GameDay’ start times appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The rest of the nation is learning how intense Eastern Kentucky middle school basketball is, and how used to this those who announce it are. Thursday night, Emmalena and Carr Creek elemetaries squared off in the A-Team Championships at Knott County Central High School. Carr Creek led Emmalena 48-30 in the fourth quarter, and Tyler Thompson at Kentucky Sports Radio has the details on what happened next. “As Carr Creek was bringing the ball down the court after an Emmalena basket, a fight broke out, causing officials and coaches to intervene,” she wrote. “The chaos didn’t end after the players were pulled apart, one with blood pouring down his face. Parents continued the brawl to the point that one man was tased. Based on the announcer’s reaction, it wasn’t the first time it had happened.” The announcers for this are amazing and the tasing comes out of nowhere pic.twitter.com/AjiP7I4Mm9 — Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 23, 2026 “Look here, this ball game’s gotta get over,” said the announcer, while several adults continued to bicker on the court. When one individual was tased on the court, he casually added, “They just tased Ryan. This ball game is over.” We wish Ryan the best in his recovery. In the meantime, “They just tased Ryan” may just be a new meme to keep handy the next time someone gets out of hand. ‘They just tased Ryan’ is without a doubt the greatest call an announcer has made since do you believe in Miracles https://t.co/APeClYrJoQ — Bobby Reagan (@BarstoolReags) January 23, 2026 “They just tazed Ryan” In 49 states it’s just middle school basketball… https://t.co/acItyd5SvU — Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) January 23, 2026 He said “they just tased Ryan” like Ryan has been tased before https://t.co/ZpwqS8Drnu — Drew Franklin (@DrewFranklinKSR) January 23, 2026 For what it’s worth, this wasn’t even the first school basketball brawl in Eastern Kentucky this week. Head on a swivel out there, folks. The post Announcers calmly call brawl during Kentucky middle school basketball game: ‘They just tased Ryan’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Six weeks ago, Ryan Clark called Philip Rivers’ comeback incompetent and irresponsible. On Friday, he said he’d love to see Rivers coach the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are interviewing Rivers for their head coaching vacancy, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Buffalo fired Sean McDermott on Monday after a divisional round loss to Denver, and Rivers is among the candidates meeting with the team. The 44-year-old Rivers went 0-3 in three starts for the Colts last month after Indianapolis brought him out of retirement to replace Daniel Jones. He’s never coached at the college or professional level. And yet, Clark made his pitch for Rivers on First Take Friday morning. “I would like Philip Rivers as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills. I’d actually love it,” Clark said. “If you’re not going to move right to Joe Brady, I’d rather you go Philip Rivers and step totally away from these recycled, failed-up head coaches that we are interviewing, or that we are looking at, and step into something new. We’ve seen a guy like John Harbaugh never be a coordinator and make an excellent head coach because you understand how to delegate, you understand how to lead, you understand how to communicate.” “I would like Philip Rivers as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills, I’d actually love it.” – Ryan Clark pic.twitter.com/Sf3INcCcPY — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 23, 2026 Harbaugh spent nine years as the Philadelphia Eagles’ special teams coordinator before Baltimore hired him in 2008. Rivers spent the last five years coaching high school football in Alabama. Clark somehow sees them as similar paths. The case for Rivers, according to Clark, comes down to what he showed during the three December starts with Indianapolis. Not his performance on the field, but how he carried himself afterward. “What Philip Rivers showed us when he stepped onto the field for the Indianapolis Colts is, ‘I get it. I understand it. I could figure it out. If I basically wasn’t throwing the football with my left hand, we would’ve won football games because I understood how to diagnose defenses. I understood how to get people to play for me, how to lead,'” Clark said. “You heard Philip Rivers after that game. I didn’t even care how he played against Seattle. I didn’t care that he didn’t complete a ball over 16 yards. All I care about is the way I felt motivated, the way I felt led, the way I wanted to see him again at that podium.” Rivers went 18-of-27 for 120 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in his first start against Seattle. He didn’t complete a pass longer than 16 yards. Indianapolis lost that game and the next two. Rivers threw better in those games — 277 yards against San Francisco, 147 against Jacksonville — but the results stayed the same. That doesn’t concern Clark. Rivers’ leadership at the podium convinced him the 44-year-old could handle an NFL head coaching job. That’s a dramatic reversal from Dec. 12, when the Colts first announced they were signing Rivers out of retirement. “I believe this is incompetent,” Clark said on First Take that day. “And I also believe it is irresponsible. This is not Michael Jordan coming back to play basketball after three years off for the Washington Wizards. This is a man in Philip Rivers who was always a stationary target, taking five years off to coach high school football and then coming back to play against the Seattle Seahawks, who would get after your keester if you were freaking Michael Vick.” Ryan Clark on the Colts potentially starting Phillip Rivers: “… I believe this is incompetent. And I also believe it is irresponsible. This is not Michael Jordan coming back to play basketball after three years off for the Washington Wizards. This is a man in Phillip Rivers who… pic.twitter.com/rRhJtUhT8Z — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 12, 2025 Clark defended Colts backup Riley Leonard and said even if Rivers played well and stayed healthy, he wouldn’t retract his statement. Six weeks later, Clark wants…

The season opener for Arkansas women’s tennis has been postponed due to inclement weather in the forecast over the weekend in Northwest Arkansas.

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