Tom Luginbill fights through Duke fans storming the field to get postgame interview
ESPN's Tom Luginbill showed remarkable effort to fight through the crowd and reach Duke coach Mike Elko for a postgame interview.
ESPN's Tom Luginbill showed remarkable effort to fight through the crowd and reach Duke coach Mike Elko for a postgame interview.
"The pants ripped all the way...I couldn't have planned it any better."
“They made me feel very, very important and very wanted."
Amanda Gifford is set to be ESPN's point person on college football, with Mark Gross taking much of the responsibility for their NFL coverage.
The new show will take NFL Rewind's 3 p.m. ET slot.
"College football as a regional game of rivalries is fading from memory."
"The Pac-12 is committed to delivering unprecedented access and entertainment to our fans throughout our football broadcasts, and to working with our media partners to be on the cutting edge of innovation."
A Dennis Dodd report that "it appears ESPN is out as a Pac-12 primary rightsholder" was contradicted by reports from Nicole Auerbach and Ross Dellenger.
"We want to bring our fans closer to what we do, and give them a peek under the hood."
This game averaged 551,000 viewers on ESPN, and 247,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic.
"There's no formal timeline or brink from which you can't come back. But this is where things are right now -- a deal is unlikely."
The Big Ten isn't necessarily done with ESPN forever.
"I think it’s a mindset of staying, like I said, positive, and grateful, and work as hard as you can. But it’s been much more than I anticipated, and I’ve got four more years of it, so there’s no backing out now."
ESPN's College GameDay will have small boxes of promotional cereals available around their Columbus, OH show this week, with different boxes featuring each of GameDay's main six cast members.
“There is no better teammate, and we can’t wait for him to bring his unique coaching perspective and passion for the game back for our viewers.”
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
ESPN announced Corso's on-set return Friday.