Chris Fowler promises ESPN ‘plays no part’ in pulling strings for CFP committee
Chris Fowler addressed the long-standing conspiracy theory that ESPN influences the College Football Playoff selection.
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Dan Patrick: Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss would be ‘terrible hit to his credentials’
"You want to take another job? Take another job. Okay? Your credibility is going to take a hit if you decide to go."
Cris Collinsworth thinks every first-time NFL broadcaster should start in studio
NFL broadcast partners clearly disagree.
Ross Tucker discusses the perils of saying anything about Shedeur Sanders
"Nobody's just relaxed with him. It's the strangest thing."
J.J. Watt appreciates opposing fans being kind about him calling his brother’s games
"From the fan reaction, I'm very appreciative of all the opposing fans who have been so kind because I have consciously tried to keep it extremely unbiased."
Reggie Miller willing to give Michael Jordan’s NBC role a spark
"Let us both walk in, look at each other and just go. whatever comes out, comes out. I want to do it"
Charles Barkley applauds ESPN leaving ‘Inside the NBA’ alone
"It’s an honor to work for them. And we only did three shows and they’ve been great."
Bill Cowher aghast at Steelers’ throwback uniforms on ‘Sunday Night Football’
"I don't like them at all."
Robert Griffin III floats Tim Tebow as Florida Gators’ next head coach
"They should hire Tim Tebow."
Kirk Herbstreit admits he ‘quite often’ wakes up and doesn’t know what city he’s in
"I know where I am right now, and I know where I'm going this week. I know that. But other than that, I don't know a whole lot."
Dan Patrick has two and a half years to convince himself to retire: ‘I have to come to grips with that’
"I have to come to grips with that. I haven’t yet. So, if you hear me kind of not really being declarative, you’re right."
Mike Greenberg: ‘My sports soul is calloused enough’ to handle being Jets fan on air
"I would've thought that, that would be totally verboten. That, you know, Norby [Williamson] would call me in and fire me if that came up on the air."
Al Michaels says Howard Cosell turned ‘bitter’ at the end of his career: ‘Very difficult to work with’
"He just grew tired of everything at the end, so it wasn’t a pleasant departure."
Dan Patrick calls out Richard Sherman’s ‘revisionist history’ in Russell Wilson criticism
"How about we be fair to what he did in Seattle?"
Brandel Chamblee blames media for skewing relationship with Bryson DeChambeau
"I say a lot of nice things about him...they pick up on one negative thing you say about him and it becomes a headline."
Mike Florio: Eagles-Rams bad beat should concern NFL about gambling partnerships
"The normal instances of the game become fodder for, 'The fix is in.'"
Nick Wright ‘truly disgusted’ with sports media’s Micah Parsons coverage
"I was really happy that Micah made the impact he did because he deserved to."
Derek Carr staying prepared for NFL comeback: ‘If God wanted me to do it, I gotta be ready’
"If God wanted me to do it, I gotta be ready. I don’t want to go out there and not be ready. I’ll be ready"
Dan Patrick pitches college football preseason to ‘level the playing field’
"Until you level the playing field of strength of schedule or who you're playing, quality opponents, you're going to have McNeese State and Samford and Grambling."
Tony Gonzalez believes he ‘absolutely’ could have played in the NBA: ‘Call me crazy’
"I could have went in the league and got you eight to 10 rebounds a game and got you eight to 10 points a game"
Dan Patrick skeptical Fox can recreate ‘College GameDay’ with Dave Portnoy
"Fox is hoping they're Pepsi."
Robert Griffin III accuses media of rushing to tear Arch Manning down
"This is just the epitome of the media building him up just to tear him back down"
Dan Patrick takes issue with NFL lifting Tom Brady’s broadcasting restrictions: ‘Pick one or the other’
"He was involved with a team that was involved in the two biggest cheating scandals of all time, correct?"
Chris Fowler predicts big audience for Bill Belichick’s UNC debut
"[ESPN] is expecting big ratings for that Labor Day night game."
Cris Collinsworth is ‘of course’ preparing for Micah Parsons to play in NBC opener
"Jerry's been down that road."
