Edward Aschoff’s fiancée reveals that he had non-Hodgkins lymphoma as well as pneumonia, shares scholarship fund info
"He wouldn’t have wanted to go out like that. His ass was too vain."
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Rose Bowl and Citrus Bowl post impressive numbers for ESPN and ABC
There weren't any playoff games on New Year's Day this year, but some other bowls like the Rose and Citrus drew good numbers.
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.
Fox is making progress competing with ESPN by presenting itself as an alternative to perceived SEC favoritism
The final hour of Big Noon Kickoff got close to GameDay’s average audience last week, setting up an interesting battle this week
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.
ESPN PR calls Fox EVP Michael Mulvihill’s ratings tweet “inaccurate information” over overnights/finals divide around Florida-LSU/MLB
"Incomplete data provides inaccurate information" is quite a stance to take on a tweet that was correct at the time.
No. 7 Florida-No. 5 LSU is on ESPN rather than CBS thanks to an interesting CBS decision to take No. 1 Alabama-No. 24...
The CBS pick of Alabama-Texas A&M happened before last weekend's Florida win, but it also likely has a lot to do with markets and viewers.
Virginia Tech-Miami saw ESPN cut away before the final play, plus a high-five in the announcing booth after a Miami TD (updated)
"For Olivia Dekker, Dusty Dvoracek and our entire crew, I'm Mark Jones. The Hokies get their first conference win of the year." "Oh, hang on!"
Miami-Florida drew some of ESPN’s best CFB ratings in years, which might lead to even more Week 0 emphasis
This marked the first recent Week 0 matchup between two Power Five teams, but the ratings success might mean it isn't the last one.
In honor of Goodyear Blimp HOF induction, Marty Smith and Ryan McGee will do a Notre Dame-Louisville “BlimpCast”
For the second time ever, ESPN will broadcast an ESPN3 feed of announcers commenting on a college football game from the Goodyear Blimp.
ESPN hires Ryan Leaf as a college football game analyst
After time in jail over burglaries to fuel an opioid addiction, Leaf has gotten clean and started working in the sports media. He worked for the Pac-12 Networks and Sirius XM last year, and now he'll be calling college football games for ESPN.
Brock Huard leaves ESPN to take over from Brady Quinn as a game analyst on Fox’s #2 college football team
Huard most recently worked with Bob Wischusen and Allison Williams on ESPN's fifth-listed team.
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.
Is Urban Meyer likely to return to TV, and if so, where?
Both ESPN and Fox would likely be interested in Meyer if he did want to return to TV.
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.
