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?"
The Big Ten's NBC broadcast crew is set.
NBC has its Big Ten broadcast team, featuring two broadcasters with differing amounts of experience.
While the Big Ten's media deals are done, whoever leads the conference will still have a lot of decisions to make on multiple fronts. Here are five important ones.
We take a look back at the biggest sports media stories of 2022.
Taylor is expected to continue hosting Football Night In America on Sundays as well.
The Big Ten isn't necessarily done with ESPN forever.
Yeah, there's a pseudo-replacement coming with the ACC and SEC. It won't be the same.
The fallout from Big Ten media deals without ESPN has now extended to the end of two existing interconference basketball challenges, and the launch of a new one.
"It will take a couple of steps, but we’re going to take a step towards closing that gap. Then we’re going to be looking at expansion. We’re going to be looking at schools that make sense for us."
"Yeah, I think players should receive a revenue share."
“I don’t see us avoiding the Big Ten.”
"I think it was the right decision for us, mostly because of what was available, what was on offer to us to buy, which is not what we were hoping for."
"We're trying to do anything we can to think about how we remain competitive. Florida State is expected to win. We're going to be very aggressive."
"I could see perpetual and future growth."
“I definitely think it should be shared.”
Fox will carry four conference championship games during this span, with CBS getting two and NBC getting one.
Notre Dame and Michigan might be renewing their rivalry sooner rather than later.
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."
The Big Ten is set to no longer air on ESPN networks in its next wave of media deals.
ESPN is on the verge of being without Big Ten college football and basketball games for the first time in 40 years.
"They're the ones signing the mega TV deals, and a new one is coming in 2024. Why can't that be a NIL deal right from the Big Ten?"