CW Network unveils broadcast team for 2024 ACC football games

While “talking season” and annual media events like the ACC Football Kickoff and Big Ten Media Days are dominating the conversation this week in college football, fans of ACC schools have some new information about games that will be broadcast on The CW this fall.

On Monday, The CW announced broadcast teams and studio hosts ahead of the 2024 season. In its second season televising ACC games, a familiar name will be taking the reins as the new play-by-play voice for The CW’s coverage of ACC football: veteran broadcaster Thom Brennaman.

News of Brennaman’s return to a major broadcast booth was announced over the weekend . Brennaman will team up with Max Browne (color commentary) and Treavor Scales (sideline reporter) on The CW broadcasts of ACC games this fall.

Brennaman has a lot of experience calling college football. He served as the play-by-play voice for the BCS National Championship Game on Fox from 2006-08 and was heavily featured on the network’s weekly coverage of Sunday NFL games for over 20 years.

Brennaman also served as the play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Reds and called postseason Major League Baseball games for Fox. In 2020, he was fired after being caught on a “hot mic” using a homophobic slur during a Reds game against the Kansas City Royals.

Last year, The CW acquired the rights to ACC games that had been televised by Raycom Sports. ACC football games on The CW were called by Tom Werme, who also held play-by-play duties for the network’s ACC basketball broadcasts. Clemson appeared on The CW once in 2023: the team’s 24-17 loss to NC State on Oct. 28.

In addition to the ACC, The CW has also added Pac-12 (“Pac-2”) contests to its slate this season with both Oregon State and Washington State set to make frequent appearances on the network. Mike Yam, who previously worked for the Pac-12 Network, will host the new “CW Football Saturday” studio show beginning Saturday, Aug. 31.

Thus far, only two ACC games have been announced as CW Network telecasts: Virginia Tech’s Week 2 contest against Marshall on Sept. 7 at Lane Stadium and Wake Forest’s Week 3 matchup vs. Ole Miss on Sept. 14 in Winston-Same.

TV info for Clemson’s first two games this season was announced earlier this summer. The Tigers will face Georgia in their season-opener August 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta at noon ET on ABC. Clemson’s home opener vs. Appalachian State (Sept. 7) will be broadcast on ACC Network at 7 p.m. ET.

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