NBC is wasting no time putting Mike Tirico to work in a variety of ways. He’ll step in for Dan Hicks for NBC’s first three Notre Dame broadcasts of the season, including a potentially juicy matchup with Michigan State on September 17th.
.@miketirico will call 1st three @NDFootball games on NBC. @DanHicksNBC will call last four. Doug Flutie and @KathrynTappen are back.
— Ken Fang (@fangsbites) August 30, 2016
Tirico is calling the first three due to @DanHicksNBC calling @PGATOUR FedExCup playoffs.
— Ken Fang (@fangsbites) August 30, 2016
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Notre Dame is ranked #10 in the preaseason AP poll, and they open the year Sunday night at Texas on ABC. If they make it unbeaten to the Michigan State game in a few weeks, that contest is likely going to be one of the games of the week, though it does go up against a primetime Ohio State at Oklahoma matchup on FOX.
As previously announced, Tirico will essentially be taking over from Bob Costas as on-site host for Sunday Night Football going forward, but in terms of play-by-play duties, this might be it until he takes the reins for two late December Thursday Night Football games.
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