ESPN’s Rece Davis makes conference realignment joke about Arizona-UCLA
"Maybe we'll see Arizona and UCLA next week again too, in the Big 12/Big Ten challenge. Too soon?"
"Maybe we'll see Arizona and UCLA next week again too, in the Big 12/Big Ten challenge. Too soon?"
"Let’s see if he can use that big ole fanny."
"Sizzle it up in the frying pan."
"I love Ohio State, I love the Big Ten. I love coming to these stadiums."
"ESPN had some bad facts."
“I don’t see us avoiding the Big Ten.”
Dan Shulman was scheduled for the ESPN play-by-play, but his father passed away.
"I thought there was a lot of buzz out there that the committee would never put a Group of Five [school] in. That's weird. They must not have gotten that rule."
Davis has become a signature face for the network in a variety of event coverage.
The veteran reporter is moving to Fox Sports after 19 years with ESPN.
Northwestern alum Darren Rovell was a believer.
"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."
The motivation clearly worked, too.