Here comes Fox

[tnapucco]

 

[theboardref]

ESPN be like

 

[Justin Tyme]

ESPN be like

espn must be in more financial trouble than we thought, to be outbid by FOX. Yikes.

 

[theboardref]

espn must be in more financial trouble than we thought, to be outbid by FOX. Yikes.

With the amount of talent they laid off, yes.

 

[USCDoom]

Should have never banned us from their crappy board...

 

[Innermind]

That's a lot of major match-ups... I hope FOX is having the dude from Motown, Gus Johnson call those games.... Gus be aight!

 

[theboardref]

Should have never banned us from their crappy board...

ROBUST!!!

 

[ericd7633]

It appears Notre Dame at MSU is one of the games. I'm assuming all these would be prime time games? Except OSU/Mich?

 

[Across The Field]

This is spectacular. Also, @Innermind is spot on. Gus Johnson is my new favorite announcer, basketball and football. Dude knows how to make anything exciting.

 

[romeo212000]

Looks like they're getting bedlam.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

I'd expect ESPN to tone down the spending, especially in college football and MLB.

 

[Wild Turkey]

People only watch the SEC anyway.

 

[ellupo]

People only watch the SEC anyway.

Obviously not enough. That's why that deal ESPN made with the devil, I mean the SEC is killing them.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Should have never banned us from their crappy board...

That's a good point. That was right about the time I stopped watching/reading ESPN content too. They made a bunch of sweeping changes, including shutting down their boards, and it really took fans away from their site and pushed them to other places. If people have to log onto ESPN to interact with your message boards, they're probably going to be more likely to click on your shit as well.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Really not a fan of Fox CFB broadcasts. It feels almost too NFL like.

 

[006]

I'd expect ESPN to tone down the spending, especially in college football and MLB.

College football is the only money maker they have left. It's the billions they pay for MNF and 1 wild card playoff game with no possible way to make up the difference through advertising that put them in a lot of this trouble.

 

[006]

Obviously not enough. That's why that deal ESPN made with the devil, I mean the SEC is killing them.

Espn makes money on the SEC network.
http://thespun.com/college-football/sec-network-big-ten-valuation?ads=off

 

[ericd7633]

Obviously not enough. That's why that deal ESPN made with the devil, I mean the SEC is killing them.

This statement couldn't be more incorrect.

 

[4down20]

Obviously not enough. That's why that deal ESPN made with the devil, I mean the SEC is killing them.

Bullshit. The ESPN/SEC deal is based on revenue sharing, it's impossible ESPN is losing money from it.

 

[4down20]

Really not a fan of Fox CFB broadcasts. It feels almost too NFL like.

That's because Fox broadcasts suck and they won't even take the time to do a college football intro so they just use the NFL intro.