ESPN 'Coaches Film Room' to Feature Dino Babers

BRISTOL, Conn. – A veteran coach with more than 30 years of experience, Syracuse head football coach Dino Babers will lend his expert insight and analysis to ESPN for Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship between Clemson and Alabama.

Babers will be live in the network's Bristol studio as part of the "Coaches Film Room," which will air with limited commercial interruption on ESPNEWS from 8:15 p.m. until the end of the game. He will be joined by Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck, former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich, Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre and Baylor head coach Matt Rhule. ESPN college football analyst Brian Griese will also be on the set for additional insight.

Babers has a connection to both national championship participants. He game-planned against Clemson for the Orange's Nov. 5 meeting with the Tigers in Death Valley. In addition, Babers coached Alabama receiver Gehrig Dieter for two seasons at Bowling Green.

The "Coaches Film Room" is part of ESPN's fourth "MegaCast" and will feature the five coaches breaking down the Clemson-Alabama game from multiple camera angles, using clicker technology and telestration, to provide analysis of what's happening on the field.

This year's "MegaCast" features 14 variations to follow this year's national title game. The traditional game telecast airs on ESPN with alternative productions on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ESPN Classic, ESPN Goal Line and ESPN3. ESPN Deportes has the Spanish-language telecast of the game, while ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio provide audio in English and Spanish.

In addition to the "Coaches Film Room," alternative productions include the "Homers Telecast" with former Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd and former Alabama center Barrett Jones on ESPN2, and "ESPN Voices" with Michelle Beadle, Keyshawn Johnson, Bill Walton and Marcellus Wiley.

Babers just completed his first season at Syracuse and owns a 41-24 record in five years as a head coach. His 2016 Orange squad set or tied more than 40 school records on offense and defeated ACC Coastal Division champion Virginia Tech for the program's first over a ranked opponent since 2012.

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