ESPN Reroutes College Football Broadcasts as Lightning Disrupts Southern Slate

By Kennington Smith III and Amanda Christovich · Front Office Sports · 2026-09-20

ESPN Reroutes College Football Broadcasts as Lightning Disrupts Southern Slate

Front Office Sports reports that a series of severe weather systems forced ESPN to shuffle its broadcast schedule across four different channels on Saturday. Persistent lightning strikes in the South triggered mandatory NCAA safety protocols, extending several games into five-hou

Front Office Sports reports that a series of severe weather systems forced ESPN to shuffle its broadcast schedule across four different channels on Saturday. Persistent lightning strikes in the South triggered mandatory NCAA safety protocols, extending several games into five-hou