aurorasooner
8/18/2014, 02:08 PM
I was reading these articles from Awfulannouncing.com, and it appears that Fox won't/can't compete with GameDay this year, after trying to compete with GameDay for only one year. (I guess their Sat AM CFB program last year was a ratings disaster). Instead they're moving their live CFB program to late Fri Night (Midnight eastern time) and will replay segments on Sat morning.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-sports-1-launching-new-friday-night-college-football-pregame-show.html
http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-sports-1-launching-new-friday-night-college-football-pregame-show.html
also "10 Questions for Year 2 of Fox Sports 1" which is on the same website. (I haven't watched FS-1 in forever and didn't even know they were still on the air, we don't have FS-2)
Some quotes from the articles.
"Much was made of the decision by Fox Sports 1 to cancel the heavily hyped Fox College Saturday after just one year. Erin Andrews is back to sideline reporting full-time and the network is basically starting over with their college football coverage.
"Fox Sports 1 worked hard to try to challenge ESPN directly with their college football lineup, from game broadcasts to the studio. Their package (albeit airing a much larger package of games that included less desirable conferences)"
"With FOX Sports also holding an expansive rights package for games this season, " Huh, I just looked at the CFB TV schedule thru Sept of this year, and it appears that the ESPN/ABC match-ups are beating Fox like a "rented mule"--at least thru September. It also appears ESPiN wants nothing to do with the Whorns and are basically giving their games to Fox.
Fox's marquee CFB games are
Rutgers at Wazu,CU/CSU,N Dakota St at Iowa State, Wofford at Ga Tech, Central Arkansas at Texas Tech, Samford at TCU, Fresno at USCw, SMU at Baylor, Arizona at U-Texas San Antonio, K-State at Iowa St, UAB at Miss State, Michigan State at Oregon, BYU at Texas, The Citadel at Florida St., Northwestern St. at Baylor, T-Tech at UTEP, Kansas at Duke, Minnesota at TCU, Texas/UCLA, UCLA at Az. State,
Their possibly big match-ups (imo) are CU/CSU, Fresno at USCw, Michigan St/Oregon, BYU/Texas, Minnesota at TCU, Texas/UCLA and UCLA/Az, State, which are possibly 7 decent matchups thru September, with only M.State/Oregon and UCLA/Texas being really big, and include no OU games other than the PPV opener vs La Tech. (Fox will probably get the OU/W Va matchup on Sept 20 unless W Va upsets the Tide, then gfl with them getting the OU/W Va game.
ESPN/ABC big match-ups in Sept. include Boise St./Ole Miss, Alabama/W. Va, Cal/Northwestern (not Northwestern State), Clemson/Georgia, Florida St/ Stool St, LSU vs Wisky, OU/Tulsa, USC/Stanford, Arkansas/Texas Tech, Iowa St/Iowa, Tennessee/OU, USCw/BC, Auburn/K-State, Miami/Nebraska, (lots of tv matchups on 9/27 aren't decided yet. (excludes their SEC Network games of Arkie/Auburn and aTm/USCe)
It's easy to tell why Fox's Sat AM studio show failed, they just don't have the quality CFB match-ups to follow it on Saturdays. They've got a pretty good line-up of commentators/analysts too with Brando, Joel Klatt, Petro, Feldman, Mandel, and Erin, although they should probably just send her to the kitchen to make sandwiches and give out pro-biotics. (I think that Clay Travis is the di*k that dumped on Stoops though--said something like he would always bet against Bob in any games where the opposition has a quality coaching staff).
Also their FCS programming is still showing basketball, baseball, wraslin, tiddle-d-winks, etc and their cable college network (Fox College Sports Pacific/Midwest/Atlantic) just started showing FB games, although their matchups are usually E Popcorn St. vs Directional U. They also don't have nearly as much Sooner/Big 12-4+2 CFB programming as last year (imo). Perhaps it will increase during CFB season. The Big, PAC-12, and SEC have 100 times more exposure on cable/sat TV than the Big 12 does, imo.
I think the B1G (Big 10 network) comes up for bid in 2016. Depending on how their SEC network performs, I also think Disney will throw a lot money at the B1G to try and steal Fox's ~50% share and to soothe the old feelings with the Big 10 (when ESPiN tried to low-ball them). Just look at the B1G, less than big match-ups, that ESPiN/ABC will carry in September. If that happens, that'll leave Fox with even less of the quality CFB games than they have now, which is just basically the left-overs.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-sports-1-launching-new-friday-night-college-football-pregame-show.html
http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-sports-1-launching-new-friday-night-college-football-pregame-show.html
also "10 Questions for Year 2 of Fox Sports 1" which is on the same website. (I haven't watched FS-1 in forever and didn't even know they were still on the air, we don't have FS-2)
Some quotes from the articles.
"Much was made of the decision by Fox Sports 1 to cancel the heavily hyped Fox College Saturday after just one year. Erin Andrews is back to sideline reporting full-time and the network is basically starting over with their college football coverage.
"Fox Sports 1 worked hard to try to challenge ESPN directly with their college football lineup, from game broadcasts to the studio. Their package (albeit airing a much larger package of games that included less desirable conferences)"
"With FOX Sports also holding an expansive rights package for games this season, " Huh, I just looked at the CFB TV schedule thru Sept of this year, and it appears that the ESPN/ABC match-ups are beating Fox like a "rented mule"--at least thru September. It also appears ESPiN wants nothing to do with the Whorns and are basically giving their games to Fox.
Fox's marquee CFB games are
Rutgers at Wazu,CU/CSU,N Dakota St at Iowa State, Wofford at Ga Tech, Central Arkansas at Texas Tech, Samford at TCU, Fresno at USCw, SMU at Baylor, Arizona at U-Texas San Antonio, K-State at Iowa St, UAB at Miss State, Michigan State at Oregon, BYU at Texas, The Citadel at Florida St., Northwestern St. at Baylor, T-Tech at UTEP, Kansas at Duke, Minnesota at TCU, Texas/UCLA, UCLA at Az. State,
Their possibly big match-ups (imo) are CU/CSU, Fresno at USCw, Michigan St/Oregon, BYU/Texas, Minnesota at TCU, Texas/UCLA and UCLA/Az, State, which are possibly 7 decent matchups thru September, with only M.State/Oregon and UCLA/Texas being really big, and include no OU games other than the PPV opener vs La Tech. (Fox will probably get the OU/W Va matchup on Sept 20 unless W Va upsets the Tide, then gfl with them getting the OU/W Va game.
ESPN/ABC big match-ups in Sept. include Boise St./Ole Miss, Alabama/W. Va, Cal/Northwestern (not Northwestern State), Clemson/Georgia, Florida St/ Stool St, LSU vs Wisky, OU/Tulsa, USC/Stanford, Arkansas/Texas Tech, Iowa St/Iowa, Tennessee/OU, USCw/BC, Auburn/K-State, Miami/Nebraska, (lots of tv matchups on 9/27 aren't decided yet. (excludes their SEC Network games of Arkie/Auburn and aTm/USCe)
It's easy to tell why Fox's Sat AM studio show failed, they just don't have the quality CFB match-ups to follow it on Saturdays. They've got a pretty good line-up of commentators/analysts too with Brando, Joel Klatt, Petro, Feldman, Mandel, and Erin, although they should probably just send her to the kitchen to make sandwiches and give out pro-biotics. (I think that Clay Travis is the di*k that dumped on Stoops though--said something like he would always bet against Bob in any games where the opposition has a quality coaching staff).
Also their FCS programming is still showing basketball, baseball, wraslin, tiddle-d-winks, etc and their cable college network (Fox College Sports Pacific/Midwest/Atlantic) just started showing FB games, although their matchups are usually E Popcorn St. vs Directional U. They also don't have nearly as much Sooner/Big 12-4+2 CFB programming as last year (imo). Perhaps it will increase during CFB season. The Big, PAC-12, and SEC have 100 times more exposure on cable/sat TV than the Big 12 does, imo.
I think the B1G (Big 10 network) comes up for bid in 2016. Depending on how their SEC network performs, I also think Disney will throw a lot money at the B1G to try and steal Fox's ~50% share and to soothe the old feelings with the Big 10 (when ESPiN tried to low-ball them). Just look at the B1G, less than big match-ups, that ESPiN/ABC will carry in September. If that happens, that'll leave Fox with even less of the quality CFB games than they have now, which is just basically the left-overs.