TCU-Texas gets 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Black Friday

TCU and Texas will kick off in the afternoon when they play on Black Friday in Austin, the Big 12 announced.

Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with the game televised on Fox or FS1.

Three other kickoff times were also announced.

The Horned Frogs’ opener against South Dakota State on Sept. 3 is set for 7 p.m. on FSN, and the home game against Arkansas on Sept. 10 is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2.

TCU’s Big 12 opener against Iowa State on Sept. 17 is scheduled for 11 a.m. on FS1.

That leaves eight games with times and networks unannounced. The TCU web site says the SMU game, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 23, will be televised on ESPN.

TCU played seven prime-time games last season.

Here are the TV times released by the Big 12 on Wednesday:

Sept. 2

Northwestern State at Baylor, 6:30 p.m., FSN

Sept. 3

Missouri at West Virginia, 11 a.m., FS1

Southeastern Louisiana at Oklahoma State, 2:30 p.m., FSN

Rhode Island at Kansas, 6 p.m., Jayhawk TV

Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

South Dakota State at TCU, 7 p.m., FSN

Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., FSN

Sept. 4

Notre Dame at Texas, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Sept. 10

Central Michigan at Oklahoma State, 11 a.m., FS1

Youngstown State at West Virginia, 1 p.m.

Ohio at Kansas, 1:30 p.m., FSN

SMU at Baylor, 2:30 p.m., FS1

UL-Monroe at Oklahoma, 6 p.m., FSN/Sooner Sports

Arkansas at TCU, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2

UTEP at Texas, 6 p.m., LHN

Sept. 17

Iowa State at TCU, 11 a.m., FS1

Florida Atlantic at K-State, 1:30 p.m., FSN

Pittsburgh at Oklahoma State, 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech, 6 p.m., FSN

Ohio State at Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m., Fox

Sept. 24

San Jose State at Iowa State, 11 a.m., FSN

Sept. 29

Kansas at Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m., FS1

Oct. 8

Texas vs. Oklahoma (Dallas), TBD, FS1

Oct. 15

Iowa State at Texas, TBD, LHN

Nov. 3

Oklahoma at Iowa State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Nov. 25

TCU at Texas, 2:30 p.m., Fox or FS1

Baylor vs. Texas Tech (Arlington), 5 p.m., ESPN

This story was originally published June 1, 2016 at 2:06 PM with the headline "TCU-Texas gets 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Black Friday."