dallasnews.com - 11/19/2008
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09:31 PM CST on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 The tortuous BCS system apparently will remain in place at least through the 2013 college football season. President-elect Barack Obama will have to win a second term if he hopes to influence college football's power brokers to junk the Bowl ...
sportingnews.com - 11/21/2008
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sportingnews.com —
The BCS is confusing, filled with clauses, subclauses,
and countless other frills and doodads built into it.
Please consult our handy Sporting Blog chart of how the BCS will play out in 2008. Remember: this is an official Sporting Blog product, and ...
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The BCS Flow Chart Will Totally Answer All Your ...
thebiglead.com - 11/21/2008
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thebiglead.com —
We’ve been fortunate enough to land a couple
of memorable interviews - Whitlock , Kornheiser , Wilbon
and Gary Smith , to name a few - but we’ve probably never reeled in a bigger TV presence than one of ESPN’s longest-tenured and ...
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An Interview with ESPN’s Bob Ley
blogs.usatoday.com - 11/23/2008
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blogs.usatoday.com —
Along with the rest of the sports TV
business, CBS' Jim Nantz watched as ESPN blew Fox
Sports away with a $500 million, four-year offer to land TV rights for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) from 2011-2014. When a major...
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CBS' Nantz: Leave something for the rest of us
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Fang's Bites —
... Barry Horn has a story in today's edition of the Dallas Morning News about the BCS going to cable and says it won't be the last big event moving to pay TV. And Barry ...
Will Snagging the BCS Games Hinder ESPN’s Efforts to Aggressively Investigate the Top Football Programs?
The Big Lead —
... who don’t have cable? As many as 16 million people could be in the dark for the National title in a couple years, including a whopping 20 percent of people in cultural mecca known as Lubbock, Texas. ...
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BCS Considering ESPN Proposal That Would Put Games On Cable
sportsbusinessdaily.com 11/12/2008 — John Ourand , Staff Writer The BCS is considering a proposal from ESPN that would see all BCS bowl games, including the championship game, wind up on ESPN, sources familiar with the negotiations are saying. If the BCS ultimately accepts the bid, it ...
2008 in review: College football.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — The biggest college football story in 2008 is still three years away from coming to fruition.
College football's national championship game, typically the highest rated non-NFL sporting event of a given year, is moving from broadcast to cable. ESPN ...
BCS seeks big bump from Fox
sportsbusinessjournal.com 11/3/2008 — By JOHN OURAND and MICHAEL SMITH Staff writers The BCS entered exclusive negotiations with Fox last week, seeking as much as a 60 percent increase in its rights fee, according to several media and college sources. That means, based on the BCS s ...
Unofficial BCS Standings - Week 8 (Oct 19, 2008)
fanblogs.com 10/19/2008 — With the official BCS standings to be released within hours, Sam at BCS Guru has crunched the numbers and is ready to forecast the top fifteen spots in the unofficial BCS rankings.
Here's the unofficial BCS rankings, as per BCSGuru.com .
Unofficial BCS Rankings
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The BCS Is Officially In ESPN's Hands Starting In 2011
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — We already touched on this yesterday but the move of the BCS to ESPN is officially official. Every BCS Bowl Game will now be on the network from 2011-2013, which will total fifteen total contests over the three year period. Here are both ESPN and ...
It's Official, FOX Doesn't Match ESPN/ABC's BCS Bid
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 11/17/2008 — It was honestly just a matter of time, but this evening FOX finally decided to decline their opportunity to keep the BCS under its umbrella, and in turn sending the BCS back to Disney. Via Wall Street Journal .... Fox Sports declined to match an ...
A Detailed Look at the BCS System
bizoffootball.com 1/7/2009 — There is no other system that can stir up a conversation like the BCS, Bowl Championship Series . Does college football need a playoff, or is the BCS the best solution possible? Here's a detailed break down of the BCS system.
