Early CFB highlights include ESPN Events games in Houston and Vegas, Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff going to Minneapolis and Madison
Week 0 games are back on both ESPN and Fox, and both networks also have a strong Week 1 lineup.
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Oklahoma is “bitterly disappointed” about getting a Big Noon Saturday slot for their Nebraska game, the latest noon pushback
"We are bitterly disappointed that the Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry, on the 50th anniversary of the Game of the Century, will kick off at 11 a.m."
Tom Rinaldi leaves ESPN for Fox, where he’s expected to be featured across CFB, NFL, MLB and soccer properties
Rinaldi had been with ESPN since 2002, and had been well-known for his work on CFB and golf coverage in particular. It looks like he'll have a wide range of responsibilities at Fox.
Matt Millen trends after his “He runs like a…how should I say this? He’s not a running back” comment on Noah Vedral
"He runs like a...how should I say this? He's not a running back. He's a quarterback who happens to run."
“Big Noon Kickoff” cast off air due to COVID-19 quarantine protocols, with NFL on Fox cast and Emmanuel Acho filling in
Fox's "Big Noon Kickoff" will look very different this week.
Week 2 of college football has a raft of postponements and cancellations, including the Louisiana Tech-Baylor Big Noon Kickoff game
Three Week Two games involving Big 12 teams (TCU, Baylor, and Oklahoma State) have been postponed or cancelled within the last week, and a couple of other Week Two games have also seen postponements.
Mountain West reportedly reaches deals with Fox and CBS Sports Network, which could almost triple their per-school revenue
The 10 Mountain West schools other than Hawaii and Boise State made $1.1 million per year per school under the current deals with CBSSN and ESPN. They could hit $3 million or more under these new deals.
Pat McAfee keeps feud with Urban Meyer alive, calling him a “bum” on ESPN’s Get Up
"Urban Meyer took a shot at me out of nowhere when he was doing a very small interview for somebody..."
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.
FS1’s video feed cut out for NASCAR Truck Series Hall of Fame 200 finish, finish came with audio only, then a quick throw...
The race finished with audio only, and then video came back just before FS1 threw to college football.
Nebraska started a game on Fox Business Network for the second time this season, thanks to Texas Tech-Baylor overtimes
Lou Dobbs got cut off for Nebraska-Minnesota.
