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 Lee Fitting says "it’s time to take a little reset."
"When I was a teen, I was like, ‘Man, I want to be on SportsCenter.' When I started my broadcasting career it was without question on my vision board."
Week 0 games are back on both ESPN and Fox, and both networks also have a strong Week 1 lineup.
The autobiography is co-authored with Gene Wojciechowski.
"I've talked to a lot of coaches around the country that say they really feel teams are opting out to avoid playing games because they don't want to get humiliated. They don't want to lose with the team that they have."
"You can almost keep doing it. They can never put you in the end zone."
"Once I was here with my niece Vanessa, who was wearing a Ducks' jacket, and she got hit on the head with a chunk of ice. It didn't knock her out, but it knocked her silly."
ESPN and ABC may now have to do some schedule-shuffling.
Howard said his symptoms include a cough and muscle soreness.
"Cole Cubelic on the field, Jordan Rodgers at home, and Tom Hart still trying to figure out his alarm at his house, so he's not quite with us. Not sure if there's a zombie apocalypse or what's going on."
Hall, Johnson, and Brandon Boykin replace Marcus Spears and Greg McElroy on the weekly talk show.
Golic will also provide analysis on College Football Live and SportsCenter.
"He wouldn’t have wanted to go out like that. His ass was too vain."
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.
Plenty of coaches have gone into TV work, but there might be some particular challenges there for Petersen, especially given his history with ESPN.
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.
"Incomplete data provides inaccurate information" is quite a stance to take on a tweet that was correct at the time.