Verne Lundquist ‘didn’t want to do’ SEC on CBS initially
"I fought it. I didn’t want to do it."
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Irritable Nick Saban preemptively got annoyed at reporter Jenny Dell after ignoring her question
This is pretty on brand for Nick Saban, who like Bill Belichick and Gregg Popovich, often has his petulance with the media excused.
CBS’ Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their 3:30 p.m. ET SEC slot in 2023
Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated reports that "The Big Ten’s deal will be arranged in a way to allow CBS to fulfill its SEC duties in the first year of the contract."
CBS names Jenny Dell their top CFB reporter and promotes Sherree Burruss, while Jamie Erdahl officially joins NFLN
CBS has elevated Dell into Erdahl's old role, and Burruss into Dell's old role.
CBS sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl beat Alabama safety Jordan Battle and teammates in a basketball P-I-G game
Erdahl made some impressive shots here.
CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says “We plan to be involved in the business of big-time college football going forward”
"We plan to be involved in the business of college football, big-time college football, going forward, and to take advantage of that tradition we've established."
CBS lost its announcing booth for a few plays in Alabama-LSU, leading to sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl filling in
Erdahl provided some play-by-play for a few plays with Nessler and Danielson off the air.
SEC COVID-19 issues see Alabama-LSU threatened, Auburn-Mississippi State postponed, problems elsewhere
One SEC game this week has already been postponed, and others could be, including the CBS game of Alabama-LSU.
With SEC on CBS package renewal negotiations ahead, SEC memo says they “do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights”
“We believe that we have a good faith obligation to offer to enter into an exclusive negotiation period with CBS, but do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights for reasons that can best be addressed by our legal counsel.”
LSU – Alabama ratings up 47 percent from 2018 for CBS, highest since 2011
LSU - Alabama was the second-most-watched regular-season college football game since 2011.
CBS’ Brad Nessler talks preparing to call LSU-Alabama: “You have to be ready for a big play on just about every snap.”
"It's fun to call a game when there's points and there's strategy and it's not just every yard is such a grind and every third down is 'God, is anybody ever going to convert a third down?' You've got these two offenses that can score literally in 11 seconds."
LSU-Alabama to be played in afternoon for first time since 2010, but Paul Finebaum’s “does not have the cachet it used to” take...
Alabama-LSU has been a primetime CBS game every year since 2010, but it won't be this year thanks to CBS' pick of Notre Dame-Georgia as their one contractually-allowed primetime game.
No. 7 Florida-No. 5 LSU is on ESPN rather than CBS thanks to an interesting CBS decision to take No. 1 Alabama-No. 24...
The CBS pick of Alabama-Texas A&M happened before last weekend's Florida win, but it also likely has a lot to do with markets and viewers.
