[Press Release] — Los Angeles – FOX Sports’ BIG NOON KICKOFF starts Week 1 with a bang, featuring GRAMMY-nominated musical guest mgk, live from Morgantown and the campus of West Virginia University on Saturday, August 31 at 10:00 AM ET.
The multi-faceted musician will perform his new song “Lonely Road,” originally recorded with Jelly Roll and inspired by John Denver’s iconic “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” on BIG NOON KICKOFF in front of a live crowd of Mountaineer faithful.
Denver’s original song is one of the official state anthems of West Virginia and has been performed at home football games and university functions at West Virginia University since the 1970s.
Fans in attendance can catch an additional performance before the show begins at the aptly named “Almost Heaven Village” on West Virginia University’s campus starting at 9:00 AM ET.
BIG NOON KICKOFF provides a preview of the day’s top college football games live from the most exciting campuses in the sport, starting Saturdays at 10:00 AM ET on FOX – featuring the star-studded desk of Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer, plus insight and interviews from Chris “The Bear” Fallica,Bruce Feldman and Tom Rinaldi.
BIG NOON SATURDAY game of the week highlighting No. 8 Penn State taking on West Virginia at 12:00 PM ET on FOX, with Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft on the call.
For more information on FOX Sports’ college football coverage, visit FOX Sports Press Pass and follow @FOXSportsPR and @CFBonFOX on Twitter.
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