2022 ESPN CFB Announcer Teams released


ESPN College Football Commentator Teams for 2022-23:

Game/NetworkCommentators
ABC Saturday Night FootballChris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
ESPN Saturday Night PrimetimeSean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Molly McGrath
ESPN and ABC SaturdayJoe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Katie George
ESPN and ABC SaturdayMark Jones, Robert Griffin III, Quint Kessenich
ESPN and ABC SaturdayDave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill
ESPN and ABC SaturdayBob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden
ESPN and ABC SaturdayDave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Tiffany Blackmon
ESPN and ESPN2 SaturdayAnish Shroff, Brock Osweiler, Taylor McGregor
ESPN and ESPN2 SaturdayBeth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN ThursdayMatt Barrie, Louis Riddick, Harry Lyles Jr.
ESPN and ESPN2 FridayRoy Philpott, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
ESPN and ESPN2 SaturdayBrian Custer, Dustin Fox, Lauren Sisler
SEC Saturday NightTom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
ACC Network PrimetimeDave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Kelsey Riggs
SEC NetworkDave Neal, Deuce McAllister, Andraya Carter
SEC NetworkTaylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
ACC NetworkWes Durham, Roddy Jones, Taylor Davis
ACC NetworkChris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Lericia Harris
ESPN2 and ESPNU SaturdayClay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Dawn Davenport
ESPN2 and ESPNU SaturdayKevin Brown, Hutson Mason
ESPN2 and ESPNU SaturdayJohn Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
ESPN2 and ESPNU SaturdayDrew Carter, TBD
ESPN2 and ESPNU SaturdayConnor Onion, Craig Haubert
Longhorn NetworkLowell Galindo, Sam Acho, Alex Chappell
ESPNU Thursday – HBCUTiffany Greene, Jay Walker
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How much will you watch CFB and how?

How much will you watch CFB and how many streaming services?

  • Casual consumer but only 1 or 2 services

    Votes: 65 34.9%
  • Casual consumer across 3+ services

    Votes: 23 12.4%
  • Heavy consumer but only 1 or 2 services

    Votes: 60 32.3%
  • Heavy consumer across 3+ services

    Votes: 38 20.4%

Tough poll to formulate but simple premise;

If the market continues down the direction of leagues being spread across many different service, how much CFB will you watch and are you somebody that is going to seek out games across multiple streaming services (Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Paramount, Peacock, etc)? Or, are you likely to watch only what is on your primary cable-like streaming service (i.e. Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling, etc)?

Casual = ISU and 1 or 2 games/week
Heavy = ISU and 3+ games/week

A common concern is that while streaming may be the obvious future (and current reality for many of us), the fragmentation of where games are shown may decrease visibility for a program like ISU or a league like the Big 12 that won’t be as prevalent on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, or ESPN. This poll will be pretty skewed given the site audience, but interesting.

ESPN Out for B1G TV Rights

This is all over You Tube. ESPN has withdrawn its bidding for B1G TV deal. FOX, CBS, NBC to carry its FB games, IIRC, starting 2024. This has to be a positive for the BIG12. It also, IMO, boosted the value of PAC12 TV rights. ESPN has more money to spend, and it wants "PAC12-After-Dark" time slot. What this means for the BIG12 remains to be seen. I believe the BIG12 will also get a boost to TV revenue. What that'll look like is anyone's guess. Overall I think it's a positive for the BIG12.
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2022 Field of Dreams

Caught the last few innings of the Minor League game on MLB Network tonight. High A ball, Davenport vs Cedar Rapids. Everything about watching these games bring a sense of pride and renewed love for the game. The players, umps, commentators and fans are in awe of the atmosphere and nostalgia. Beautiful evening, beautiful ballpark and a great thing for the state of Iowa!

On That Note: Think

Welcome to another edition of “On That Note,” CF’s weekly music series, co-hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

I've had a little extra time to think about my topic for this week, and this one was right there all along as the thought came to me about having the topic being the words think and thought.

It includes all variations of those words and topic includes title and lyric examples.

Last Week: On That Note: A Fifth of OTN

We Will Collective - Employer Matching Donations

I was hired by a large employer here in Des Moines a few months ago and I was looking through some of their benefits outside the typical medical/401k match/etc and I stumbled up something that perked my interest.

They will match up to $10,000 in charitable donations to any nonprofit organization of your choosing. They will also turn any recorded volunteer hours into cash donations. They organization just has to be located in Iowa and be tax exempt under 501(c)(3).

As far as I know, the We Will Collective should fit that bill. I wonder how many other large employers in Iowa have something similar to this? Might as well leverage everything we can.
@brentblum

Iowa State squarely on the bubble in latest bracketology

Some interesting projections for March Madness this year. Biggest one that sticks out to me is TCU at a No. 4 seed.

RV Village - Assignments

Looking forward to the new RV Village. Mainly because of no more noisy generators and no diesel fumes (from my RV). Also, not as much 'tailgate creep' with the assigned spots and a more defined area. I did chuckle at some of the restrictions (no glass bottles, no liquor. and no standalone speakers). I did upgrade my amplification this year, but if you knew what I had before it was laughable, but it worked.

I understood the 'no DJ Booth' or PA setups. Not everyone wants to listen to your music as much as you do... (especially when you are drunk singing the first 30 seconds of each song at midnight, that was annoying)

There will be some adjustments from D4 to here, but I like it.

I got spot 429 and I am next to a college roommate, so that will be fun. Will be there 9/2. My dogs are itching to get back in the rig.

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Light and Magic on Disney+

Great show. A lot about ILM that I did not know, especially the people who worked there. I have watched a half dozen documentaries about Pixar, never saw a story before about how it was developed at ILM. All the Pixar docs started with Steven Jobs purchasing it from George Lucas. An amazing show and well worth seeing.
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*** 2022-2023 College Football Survivor Week 1 ***


I know I'm 3 weeks early but pumped to get this contest up and going and since you have to be in at the start no one can say I didn't have time to get in on this. Again starting Week 1 with games associated as Week 0 on the 27th. I will get the Week 2 thread up the next day for the games for the 1st through the 6th.

New this year are tiebreaker points. If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.


I will be using ESPN's Lines


Rules/How to Play if you are new:
  1. Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
  2. Don't pm me the pick, post on here your pick.
  3. You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
  4. The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
  5. Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
  6. You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch.
  7. If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
  8. If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
  9. You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
  10. If you have questions, pm me
  11. Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
  12. Post 3 will have each player and their previous week's picks.
  13. You can only pick teams that are undefeated (they will be bolded).
  14. You can't join in during the middle of the season.
    Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.
Have any questions, pm me or ask in the thread. Thanks!

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