Big 12 signs deals with ESPN and Fox through 2030-31, with a 90 percent average annual value jump
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
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Utah under fire for not telling FS1 broadcast QB Cam Rising wouldn’t play
"Even if you didn’t get a heads up in the meeting, you should get a call from the sports information director — basically, the PR department — before the game."
Report says Fox is blocking early Texas-Oklahoma move to SEC, Big 12 plans they’ll be there through 2024-25 (updated)
"Sources told Dodd that Fox would likely have demanded a return to make its future programming whole, including a top-tier selection of games years into the future given the marquee programs would have left its airwaves early."
Urban Meyer reportedly to stay at Fox, with ‘no contact’ with Nebraska
"He's expected to stay at Fox and not pursue coaching opportunities."
Drew Brees went on Fox’s college football pregame show and proved he does have a personality
Thursday night may have been Drew Brees’ best possible audition for his next opportunity in the media.
Big 12 to start media rights talks with Fox and ESPN 18 months early
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
Fox promoted their Nebraska-Northwestern Ireland game with a graphic including Kansas State’s mascot
Missed it by that much, Fox.
Former ESPN sideline reporter Allison Williams joins Fox Sports
"Having to step away from the sport and profession I love this past year has re-affirmed and reinvigorated the passion I have for this job."
Fox officially announces they’ve hired Jason Benetti
“Jason is a top-tier broadcaster that elevates every production he joins.”
Jason Benetti reportedly talking with Fox about joining college football coverage
Fox is changing things up.
FBS AD says Fox and ESPN are “quietly” driving realignment by relaying valuations: “We’re not picking random schools.”
"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)."
With Fox reaching an extension with the Big Ten, what happens now for ESPN and other possible rights suitors?
Michael Strahan’s No. 92 jersey retired by Giants, Charles Woodson inducted into Packers’ Ring of Honor
The two Fox broadcasters were both honored by their former NFL teams on Sunday.
The latest impressive SkyCam kick return touchdown coverage came from the Big Ten Network’s Michigan-Maryland broadcast
The SkyCam operator did a great job of following this play as it developed.
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.
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."
