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ABC records best CFB Week One numbers since 2016
The LSU-USC game here was a big part of overall ABC ratings success.
Viewers enjoyed Holly Rowe’s insight into newly implemented helmet communication
"Holly Rowe remains the sideline gold standard."
Booger McFarland says rain lets players pee their pants
"Since everything is wet, you just let it flow!"
Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer make the case for Florida State
"That point is proven best by that roster being able to win without the quarterbacks the past couple of weeks."
Dabo Swinney: Time to ‘buy all the stock you can freakin’ buy’ in Clemson
"I know we’re down and everybody’s throwing dirt on us."
Alabama-USF ABC broadcast forced to use wide-angle camerawork after lightning delay
Alabama-USF viewers were treated to a bizarre broadcast in the second quarter with only wide-angle stationary cameras due to lightning.
FSU’s win over LSU is second most-watched Sunday opener on record
The 9.1 million viewers here was a giant audience number for ABC.
Notre Dame-Ohio State was the seventh-most-watched regular-season CFB game in the last five years
The 10.5 million viewers here was a giant audience number for ABC.
FBS AD says Fox and ESPN are “quietly” driving realignment by relaying valuations: “We’re not picking random schools.”
"They really don’t like to be known as deciding who is in what league, but don’t think there aren’t conversations of, ‘If we take this property, how much value are they going to bring?’ We’re not picking random schools. … They just don’t want the optics of them deciding, but the money is coming from them. They have to tell the league or someone (the TV value of schools)."
Chris Fowler handled Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux’s “Great f***ing scheme” comment by quipping “Thibodeaux did a Thi-bo-don’t”
"Apologies. Thibodeaux did a Thi-bo-don't there. But he was excited. He had a big game, and it was a good gameplan, I'll say that."
Holly Rowe will join Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit on ESPN’s top CFB team, filling Maria Taylor’s sideline role
"I’m excited to join what’s been established as the best team in college football with Chris and Kirk, and I hope to be the world’s best teammate to them."
ESPN wants to reduce emphasis on College Football Playoff, cover more schools for the sport’s benefit
ESPN's Lee Fitting says "it’s time to take a little reset."
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit publishing memoir, ‘Out of the Pocket,’ to be released August 17
The autobiography is co-authored with Gene Wojciechowski.
Oklahoma-West Virginia, ABC’s planned Saturday night primetime game, has been postponed due to COVID-19
ESPN and ABC may now have to do some schedule-shuffling.
Todd McShay left ABC’s Wisconsin-Northwestern broadcast partway through due to illness
Play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough said McShay's departure was due to illness.
Several ABC affiliates cut away from the last minute of Pitt’s 35-34 win over No. 15 UCF for commercials and local news
Several ABC stations around the country appeared to cut away from the final minute of Pitt's narrow upset of No. 15 UCF.
ABC’s Saturday Night Football opening schedule includes their first Texas home game since 2013
The Longhorns haven't had a home game in ABC's Saturday Night Football slot since Mack Brown was their head coach.
For the second-straight year, Ohio State-Michigan set a Fox viewership record, just one of many strong CFB ratings notes this week
Fox's viewership for Ohio State-Michigan was a 26 percent bump over last year, and last year set a record as their best-watched regular-season game ever.
