Disney beat all media companies in January TV viewership, thanks to CFP-boosted jump at ESPN
Disney topped YouTube, Netflix, and everyone else in January as per Nielsen numbers, thanks largely to ESPN.
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TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for January 20, 2025: how to watch CFP National Championship Game
Ohio State and Notre Dame vie for the CFP National Championship which ends college football's longest season ever.
ESPN’s Heather Dinich: Sources ‘skeptical’ of CFP changes next year
"Everything fans are talking about, they're going to talk about."
Pat McAfee’s College Football Playoff ‘Field Pass’ was the first great altcast in years
Whereas so many altcasts ignore play-by-play (or the game itself) on purpose, McAfee keeps the focus.
Marcus Freeman was ‘angry’ with James Franklin’s press conference comments
"He was angry. He was angry with the press conference thing… All the anger went toward us and that anger went onto the field."
Urban Meyer showered with boos while honored at Orange Bowl
Meyer has been a polarizing figure through the years, and the reaction was predictable.
Michael Wilbon, Tony Kornheiser take shots at ESPN over CFP format, SEC bias
"It's a money play for everybody involved, including this network."
Paul Finebaum: All-Big Ten CFP title game ‘would change the paradigm of college football’
"I'm not sure what we're gonna do down here in SEC country but hang our heads."
College Football Playoff reportedly overruled ESPN push to air Sugar Bowl in primetime
For competitive balance, safety and security, CFP and Sugar Bowl officials won out in their efforts to keep the game in the early evening while ESPN pushed to maximize its reach.
Ryan Day has hilarious exchange with reporter named Jeremiah Smith
"We'll just keep throwing it to you."
College Football Playoff will not flip semifinal game dates despite SEC request
"We're not going to flip the games."
Dillon Gabriel ‘was not high’ in viral interview, reporter says
"Dillon was not high."
Doug Lesmerises blasts ‘wounded’ Kirk Herbstreit’s Ohio State comments: ‘He turns everything on fans’
"Just chill, Herbie. Just chill on this stuff. Because this is your audience too. Who do you think's paying your fricking salary to fly all over the country and cover four different games?"
Scott Van Pelt on CFP blowouts: ‘I don’t think there’s any clear, perfect answer’
Tim Hasselbeck and Scott Van Pelt had a nuanced conversation on how there may not be an easy CFP fix.
Titans’ QB Will Levis roasted after bashing ESPN Fortnite branding for CFP
Will Levis criticized ESPN's "Fortnite OG Kickoff" branding, but then took criticism himself.
TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for December 21, 2024 (Part I): how to watch the CFP QF tripleheader
The College Football Playoff continues with three games, two on TNT/TBS/truTV/Max and one in primetime on the ESPN Family of Networks.
Curt Cignetti boasts Indiana beats ‘s***’ out of Top 25 teams, then punts game away
"We don’t just beat Top 25 teams, we beat the s*** out of them!" Well, about that...
Nick Saban: Angry Ohio State fans ‘need to quit all this negative bull****’
"Why do you care about what some guy puts on the internet, who's a fat guy, in his underwear, living in his mother's basement?"
TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for December 20, 2024: how to watch Indiana-Notre Dame CFP QF
The first-ever College Football Playoff Quarterfinal game takes place tonight from Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish host the Indiana Hoosiers on ESPN and ABC.
SEC heavily represented as Nielsen announces top CFB teams by viewership for first time
Nielsen's top 10 schools by viewership had eight SEC schools and two Big Ten ones.
SMU HC Rhett Lashlee mocked ESPN ‘creating drama’ on their network, shouting out their former reporter Brett McMurphy
"I think shortly before it was announced, I saw a tweet from Brett McMurphy, and the Vegas odds started shifting."
ESPN blasted for taking 34 minutes to reveal College Football Playoff bracket
It took ESPN 34 minutes of their selection show to get to the actual bracket reveal, after they promised it within the first 30 minutes.
Ex-ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy reported SMU was in over Alabama before CFP reveal show began
McMurphy posted on X that SMU was in over Alabama at 11:59 a.m. ET, one minute before ESPN started their CFP reveal show.
