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."
Ross Tucker discusses the perils of saying anything about Shedeur Sanders
"Nobody's just relaxed with him. It's the strangest thing."
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"
Dan Patrick hoping for more with Michael Jordan on NBC
"I hope it’s timelier… I hope it’s not just a one and done"
Dan Patrick calls out media’s Shedeur Sanders obsession
"Has anybody asked the question to the Tennessee Titans about their backup quarterback getting reps?"
Robert Griffin III floats Tim Tebow as Florida Gators’ next head coach
"They should hire Tim Tebow."
Kirk Herbstreit believes AP voters have trust issues with USC and Lincoln Riley
"The last few years with Lincoln Riley there, they've not proven to be the team that could adjust to the Big Ten and become a perennial power."
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 shares how reporting impacted friendships with Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi
"This all goes away one day. Do your damn job. And I got caught up in it for a couple of years."
Dan Patrick calls out Richard Sherman’s ‘revisionist history’ in Russell Wilson criticism
"How about we be fair to what he did in Seattle?"
Dan Patrick: Being ‘respectful’ and ‘curious’ are keys to long sports media career
"I don't want to interrogate you, I want to have a conversation with you."
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.'"
Fox offered Erin Andrews’ role on new game show to Dan Patrick
"I get these random calls about would you be interested in a game show?"
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."
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?"
Dan Patrick: Netflix Cowboys’ series felt like ‘extended PR documentary’
"It's still fun to go down memory lane and open up the scrapbook there. But I'm just not hearing anything that I hadn't heard before."
Dan Patrick on potential London Super Bowl: ‘I think it’s inevitable’
"I think this is just inevitable with the growth of the game."