Awful Announcing
Mark Silverman is already eyeing the September 19th Florida State trip to Boise for Big Noon Kickoff, though it would mean a morning start locally.
"Urban Meyer took a shot at me out of nowhere when he was doing a very small interview for somebody..."
An occasional noon ET kickoff could maybe help a Pac-12 school's national exposure, and that may be why some schools are considering it. But will any of the schools interested be worth a featured slot in Fox's noon window?
Big Noon Kickoff also topped ESPN's GameDay in overnight ratings for the first time ever.
Big Noon Kickoff averaged 1,979,000 viewers for its 11 a.m ET-noon hour Saturday. College GameDay averaged 2,725,000 viewers for its final hour, but 2,125,000 across its three hours, so Fox's peak is at least getting close to ESPN's average. And few would have predicted that when Big Noon Kickoff launched.
The game's 6.3 rating is second only to LSU-Alabama this season.
Ever since Fox Sports launched FS1 several years ago, their hoped for competition with Bristol has not gone...
The Ohio State-Penn State showdown will be a noon ET start on Fox on Nov. 23.
