CBS posts their best CFB viewership in 29 years, including 13.7 million viewers for SEC championship game
The 13.7 million viewers for Saturday's SEC championship game mean that CBS had both the #1 and #2 CFB games so far this year.
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Pensacola ABC affiliate broke into end of AAC championship for further comments from Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday shootings
Gaetz commented on the shootings on WEAR Friday, then offered further comments on the station Saturday. They broke into the AAC championship to show those comments.
Lane Kiffin dodged a postgame question about leaving FAU, then confirmed he was heading to Ole Miss in postgame presser
"There's been a lot of speculation this week; was this your last game coaching as the head coach for FAU?" "This is not about that. Today is about our team, our fans, our university, winning two championships in three years is awesome, so this is an awesome day for everyone."
Oregon’s 37-15 win over Utah was the most-watched Pac-12 Championship since 2014
This Pac-12 championship was up 44 percent over last year's.
An audio issue cut off Lane Kiffin telling a radio host “I hope [FAU] still wants me here,” leaving dead air instead
Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Lane Kiffin answered a radio host's question about if he'll be back at FAU with "that's the plan," but technical difficulties meant listeners only heard dead air.
What would the College Football Playoff look like if it went by teams’ 2019 viewership?
There are plenty of interesting elements in the regular-season viewership totals for the top 15 teams in the CFP rankings.
Your 2019 college football Championship Week announcing schedule
Friday, December 6 8 PM- Pac-12 Championship: Utah vs. Oregon ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Molly McGrath ESPN...
Sports Illustrated updates “USC to dismiss Helton” story three days later with apology and retraction from Maven author
Three days after the initial "Sources: USC to dismiss Clay Helton" story hit Sports Illustrated channels, that story has been removed and replaced with an apology from the Maven author.
The PR battle over college football pregame show ratings is so stupid
This past Saturday, we finally got a college football pregame show battle worth talking about. ESPN’s College GameDay...
In a week, Mike Greenberg went from “Michigan is going to beat Ohio State” to calling that series “hammer and nail,” “a relationship,...
On Thursday, Mike Greenberg said "Michigan is going to beat Ohio State in the Big House on Saturday." On Tuesday, Greenberg said "a hammer and a nail have a relationship, but not a rivalry," and "is the problem in Ann Arbor the coach, or is it the expectation?"
Could Chris Petersen be the next college coach to take a TV job?
Plenty of coaches have gone into TV work, but there might be some particular challenges there for Petersen, especially given his history with ESPN.
“I’m kind of shocked”: Toledo sportscaster Jordan Strack’s question to Jim Harbaugh hit a nerve and went viral
"I just asked a question that I thought a lot of Michigan fans wanted to hear."
Ohio State-Michigan matches ratings from last year, Big Noon Kickoff earns biggest audience ever
Big Noon Kickoff also topped ESPN's GameDay in overnight ratings for the first time ever.
