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.
Chris Fowler addressed the long-standing conspiracy theory that ESPN influences the College Football Playoff selection.
"You want to take another job? Take another job. Okay? Your credibility is going to take a hit if you decide to go."
"Nobody's just relaxed with him. It's the strangest thing."
"Let us both walk in, look at each other and just go. whatever comes out, comes out. I want to do it"
"I hope it’s timelier… I hope it’s not just a one and done"
"Has anybody asked the question to the Tennessee Titans about their backup quarterback getting reps?"
"They should hire Tim Tebow."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"He just grew tired of everything at the end, so it wasn’t a pleasant departure."
"This all goes away one day. Do your damn job. And I got caught up in it for a couple of years."
"How about we be fair to what he did in Seattle?"
"I don't want to interrogate you, I want to have a conversation with you."
"The normal instances of the game become fodder for, 'The fix is in.'"
"I get these random calls about would you be interested in a game show?"
"I was really happy that Micah made the impact he did because he deserved to."
"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"
"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."
"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"
"Fox is hoping they're Pepsi."
"He was involved with a team that was involved in the two biggest cheating scandals of all time, correct?"
"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."
"I think this is just inevitable with the growth of the game."