ESPN Plans Interviews With All 120 College Football Coaches in 12 Hours

BRISTOL, Conn. -- ESPN has an ambitious plan to kick off the college football season next week, with all 120 Division I-A coaches expected to be interviewed in two six-hour specials on ESPNU.

For the math impaired, that means 10 interviews an hour. Suffice to say, they won't be going into much depth. But the Worldwide Leader has already booked 110 of the coaches, and they think they'll get the other 10.

"We're going to try to make history," said ESPNU anchor Lowell Galindo. "We're going to talk about everything a college football junkie would want to talk about, from the coaches' expectations for the 2009 season to Colt McCoy's facial hair."

This isn't the first time ESPN has tried something like this; in March Andy Katz tried to interview all 65 coaches in the NCAA Tournament. Katz ended up getting 64 of 65 (Cal State Northridge's Bobby Braswell couldn't make it), but what ESPNU is trying next week will be twice as hard.

The two six-hour shows will air Monday and Tuesday from 2 PM to 8 PM on ESPNU.