Presented by Doug Saunders Original language(s) English No. of episodes 19 First episode date 24 September 1977 Network CBC Television Number of episodes 19 Language English | Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 1 Producer(s) Michael Lansbury Final episode date 19 March 1978 Number of seasons 1 Genre Sports | |
The College Game is a Canadian sports television series which was shown on CBC Television from 1977 to 1978.
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Premise
This series featured college-level sports events produced by Jim Spalding. Initial episodes were of football games culminating with the broadcast of the Canadian College Bowl championship on 19 November 1977. Play-by-play was announced by Steve Armitage with commentary by Whit Tucker.
The remaining six broadcasts featured basketball matches produced by Cec Browne. Announcers included Jack Donohue (the national basketball team coach), Ted Reynolds and Don Wittman.
Michael Lansbury, later of TSN, was the series producer.
Scheduling
This two-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. from 24 September 1977 to 19 March 1978.
References
The College Game Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA