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ESPN, ABC announce Kickoff Weekend game times (let the countdown begin!)

College football is on the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the 2016 season's first Saturday.

ESPN and ABC on Tuesday announced the game times for the kickoff weekend, beginning with an SEC matchup on Thursday, Sept. 1 (South Carolina at Vanderbilt) and wrapping up Labor Day with an SEC (Ole Miss) vs. ACC (Florida State) game at 8 p.m. in Orlando, Fla.

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In between, the season's first Saturday starts at 7:30 a.m. ET when Georgia Tech and Boston College square off in Dublin, Ireland, followed by one of the more attractive games of the day at noon ET: Oklahoma vs.