We all knew that Fox would be making some changes to their college football coverage following the departure of Erin Andrews. They’d also made some smaller moves in the off-season to acquire new play-by-play man. The network announced their broadcast lineup for the upcoming season on Tuesday, and it looked mostly the same, but with a shift in focus.
Following Andrews’ departure, Fox College Saturday — Fox Sports 1’s early-morning alternative to College Gameday — has been cancelled. Instead, the network will extend the Fox pre-game show prior to their evening game on Fox’s broadcast network to an hour. That will remain hosted by Rob Stone, who will be joined by veteran Fox analyst Joel Klatt and newcomer, perhaps the surprise analyst addition of the summer, Dave Wannstedt.
The network will use a triumvirate of “insiders” to compliment this studio team, as newcomers Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel join Clay Travis. Petros Papadakis, Coy Wire and rules expert Mike Pereira will also contribute. Their analysis will be heard most often during the week on shows like America’s Pregame and Fox Sports Live.
Gus Johnson and Charles Davis will begin their third season together as Fox’s lead college football team on Saturday, August 30th at 7:30 p.m. ET when Fresno State visits USC. America’s Pregame co-host Molly McGrath joins them as a sideline reporter. McGrath will maintain her regular gig during the season.
New hire Joe Davis teams up with Joey Harrington and Kris Budden to form what appears to be Fox’s #2 team. Davis is notable for, at the age of 25, being the youngest person to ever broadcast a bowl game, which was in 2013. Makes your accomplishments to date feel small, huh?
Other Fox Sports college football teams include newcomer Tim Brando and Joel Klatt (likely for Thursday night games with Klatt usually in the studio) as well as veteran voice Craig Bolerjack and analyst Ryan Nece. Fox’s college football season launches on August 28th with Rutgers-Washington State on FS1.
Awful Announcing reached out to Fox Sports multiple times in the past several days for clarification on potential changes to their college football roster, but the network neglected to return our repeated inquiries for comment.
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