Pat McAfee realized how big ‘College GameDay’ is after a message from President Obama
“So like it was in 2020, I think, when I realized like, hey, this is a completely different animal and it is an institution."
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NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt: ‘I want Super Bowl Saturday’
"I think the Black Friday game walks so that Super Bowl Saturday can run."
Ian Eagle shares his thoughts on the Tom Brady-Greg Olsen saga
"...These are arranged marriages. You don’t get to choose who you work with."
Is there anything Adam Schefter could do to get in trouble at ESPN?
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
Greg Olsen flippantly told Tom Brady ‘This TV thing sucks’ during their first Fox meeting
"Greg said, 'Tom, I gotta tell ya, this TV thing sucks.' It was great, we were dying laughing."
Jim Nantz calls discussing Tom Brady’s divorce during NFL broadcast ‘out of bounds’
"I’m gonna be there to cover a football game, I want to be respectful."
Erin Andrews thought Fox would hire Peyton Manning, not Tom Brady, to replace Troy Aikman
"I had convinced myself we were getting Peyton Manning."
Greg Gumbel doesn’t think broadcasters attract fans: “Moe, Larry, and Curly can do a good football game”
"The only thing a broadcaster can do is chase people away."
Troy Aikman: “Disappointing” Fox didn’t attempt to keep me from joining ESPN
"I guess what’s perplexing to me is that I had no conversation with my boss."
Kenny Mayne looks back at ESPN exit in comments to Jimmy Traina: “It all turned out okay for me and my family.”
"It was the right move for everybody. They saved some money, I replaced it with Caesars and the other things I'm doing. Everybody did okay."
NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt on auditioning for ESPN’s ManningCast: “The hype is real, they don’t need a host”
Brandt also talked to SI.com's Jimmy Traina about trying to replace Nate Burleson on 'Good Morning Football.'
Tony Romo on early broadcasting work: ‘It was so boring…this guy needs to stop doing this right now’
"I sounded like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the teacher. ‘Bueller, Buller.’ ”
Joe Buck responds to military flyover controversy, says Fox is investigating who leaked clip
"No, it was not a hot mic," said Buck. "It leaked. It was clipped by somebody along the chain."
