Gary Danielson on his favorite calls: ‘Sometimes you just have to shut up’
"Those great calls were not ruined by me trying to put my words in a time where it didn't need to be."
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Network execs reveal Big Ten TV draft process
"I’ve never been in an NFL Draft board room, but I imagine it’s pretty similar, right?"
Gary Danielson announces retirement from CBS Sports after 2025 season
Longtime college football analyst Gary Danielson is retiring from the booth after the 2025 season with Charles Davis set to replace him.
Gary Danielson, Brad Nessler question Sherrone Moore’s strategy: ‘What was that?’
"That's like gold. That's just precious gold ticking away."
Michigan QB Alex Orji gets taken out by massive CBS camera
Michigan quarterback Alex Orji couldn't connect on a trick play against Oregon and then painfully ran into a camera crane.
CBS paid homage to 1924 Michigan-Illinois game with press outfits, radio reenactment
From a radio reenactment to Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, and Jenny Dell dressing in 1924 fashions and Nessler reading a Grantland Rice column, this was quite the open.
Hot mic catches James Franklin asking ‘Are you f****** kidding me’ in celebration
Nothing like a hot mic.
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CBS adding Aaron Taylor to ‘College Football Today’ studio show
A familiar face will be part of CBS college football studio coverage this season.
Gary Danielson’s Iowa-PSU assignment over Alabama-Ole Miss raised eyebrows
The news of Danielson's assignment on Saturday split viewers into two camps.
Ohio State-Indiana Big Ten debut scores for CBS
Ohio State at Indiana provides CBS with big numbers in Week 1.
CBS, Fox, NBC will rotate top weekly Big Ten game choices
Each of the Big Ten's media partners will get multiple cracks at picking first weekly.
Analyzing ESPN’s report on an unfinished Big Ten TV deal, Kevin Warren criticisms, and the conference having to ‘pay back’ Fox and NBC
According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, ex-Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren gave the 2026 conference championship game to NBC "without full authority to do so." Warren's deal with NBC also created a divide between the network and top schools over late-November night games.
Big Ten announces deals with Fox, CBS, NBC through 2029-30, including championship game splits and basketball details
Fox will carry four conference championship games during this span, with CBS getting two and NBC getting one.
CBS’ Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their 3:30 p.m. ET SEC slot in 2023
Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated reports that "The Big Ten’s deal will be arranged in a way to allow CBS to fulfill its SEC duties in the first year of the contract."
