Jason Benetti reportedly talking with Fox about joining college football coverage
Fox is changing things up.
Fox is changing things up.
"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)."
The two Fox broadcasters were both honored by their former NFL teams on Sunday.
The SkyCam operator did a great job of following this play as it developed.
Week 0 games are back on both ESPN and Fox, and both networks also have a strong Week 1 lineup.
"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."
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.
"He runs like a...how should I say this? He's not a running back. He's a quarterback who happens to run."
Fox's "Big Noon Kickoff" will look very different this week.
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.
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.
"Urban Meyer took a shot at me out of nowhere when he was doing a very small interview for somebody..."