Initial college football broadcasts on the Fox network were limited to selected bowl games, beginning with the Cotton Bowl Classic from 1999 to 2014. From 2006 to 2009, Fox broadcast the Bowl Championship Series (excluding games played at the Rose Bowl stadium, whose rights were held by ABC under a separate agreement). Fox also holds rights to the Redbox Bowl and Holiday Bowl.

Coverage history

Cotton Bowl Classic

The Fox network acquired its first college football telecast in 1998, when it obtained the broadcast rights to the annual Cotton Bowl Classic held each January on (eventually, the day after) New Year's Day; the first game to be shown on the network as part of the deal was held on January 1, 1999. Fox renewed its contract to carry the game in 2010, in a four-year agreement that ran through the 2013 NCAA college football season.

Fox lost the rights to the Cotton Bowl to ESPN for the 2015 edition, as the cable network holds the television contract to all six bowl games that encompass the College Football Playoff system under a twelve-year deal worth over $7.3 billion. The Cotton Bowl was the only game among the six that was not already broadcast by ESPN.[1][2]

Date Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s)
January 3, 2014FoxGus JohnsonCharles DavisKristina Pink
January 4, 2013Julie Alexandria and Petros Papadakis
January 6, 2012Tim Brewster and Daryl Johnston
January 7, 2011Kenny AlbertDaryl JohnstonCharles Davis and John Lynch
January 2, 2010Pat SummerallKrista Voda and Shepard Smith
January 2, 2009Brian BaldingerJeanne Zelasko and Krista Voda
January 1, 2008
January 1, 2007Krista Voda
January 2, 2006Thom BrennamanTerry DonahueJeanne Zelasko and Chris Rix
January 1, 2005Brian BaldingerJeanne Zelasko
January 2, 2004Tim Green and Bill MaasBrian Baldinger
January 1, 2003Tim Green and Ron Pitts
January 1, 2002Tim Green and Dave Lapham
January 1, 2001
January 1, 2000Mike Doocy
January 1, 1999Joe BuckBill MaasSuzy Kolber and Ron Pitts

Bowl Championship Series

From the 2006 through the 2009 seasons, Fox held the broadcast rights to most of the games comprising the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) – including the Sugar Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl and the Orange Bowl, as well as the BCS Championship Game. Fox paid close to $20 million per game for the rights to televise the BCS games.[3] The network's contract with the BCS excluded any event in the series that was held at the Rose Bowl stadium, such as the Rose Bowl Game and the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, as ABC already had a separate arrangement with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association to serve as the broadcaster for the games.

ESPN, which is majority owned by ABC's corporate parent The Walt Disney Company and serves as the producer for all of ABC's sports coverage, would displace Fox outright as the broadcaster of the BCS beginning in the 2010–11 season. This left the Fox network with only the Cotton Bowl Classic as the sole college football game, to which it held the television rights until the 2013–14 season.

Fiesta Bowl

Date Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s)
January 4, 2010FoxSam RosenTim RyanChris Myers
January 5, 2009Matt VasgersianChris Myers and Laura Okmin
January 2, 2008Terry Donahue and Pat HadenLaura Okmin
January 1, 2007Thom BrennamanBarry Alvarez and Charles DavisChris Myers

Orange Bowl

Date Network Play-by-play Color commentator Sideline reporters
January 5, 2010FoxDick StocktonCharles DavisChris Myers and Laura Okmin
January 1, 2009Thom BrennamanChris Myers
January 3, 2008Kenny AlbertDaryl Johnston and Barry AlvarezJeanne Zelasko
January 2, 2007Matt VasgersianTerry Donahue and Pat HadenLaura Okmin

Sugar Bowl

Date Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 2010FoxThom BrennamanBrian BillickChris Myers
January 2, 2009Kenny AlbertDaryl JohnstonChris Myers and Charissa Thompson
January 1, 2008Thom BrennamanCharles DavisChris Myers
January 3, 2007Kenny AlbertTerry Bradshaw and Howie LongJeanne Zelasko

BCS National Championship Game

Year Network(s) Bowl Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s) Sideline reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) TV Rating[4]
2007 Fox 2007 BCS National Championship Game Thom Brennaman Barry Alvarez and Charles Davis Chris Myers Chris Rose Emmitt Smith, Eddie George and Jimmy Johnson 17.4
2008 Fox 2008 BCS National Championship Game Thom Brennaman Charles Davis Chris Myers Chris Rose Eddie George, Urban Meyer and Jimmy Johnson 17.4
2009 Fox 2009 BCS National Championship Game Thom Brennaman Charles Davis Chris Myers Chris Rose Eddie George, Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson 15.8

Holiday Bowl

The bowl has been broadcast by Mizlou (1978–1984), Lorimar (1985), ESPN (1986–2016), and Fox Sports 1 (2017–present).[5][6] On June 15, 2017, it was revealed that the Holiday Bowl had not renewed its contract with ESPN—one of the network's longest relationships—and had entered into an agreement to move to FS1 beginning 2017.[7]

Redbox Bowl

From 2002 through 2015, the bowl was televised by ESPN or ESPN2; since 2016, it has been carried by Fox.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ESPN to televise college football playoff in 12-year deal". ESPN. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ John Ourand and Michael Smith (November 9, 2012). "ESPN homes in on 12-year BCS package". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Steven Zeitchik (December 28, 2007). "Fox faces BCS contract challenges". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ↑ bcsfootball.org – TV Ratings Archived October 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Kelly, Doug (ed.). "2019–20 Football Bowl Association Media Guide" (PDF). Football Bowl Association. pp. 89–90. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ Posner, Jay (June 15, 2017). "Holiday Bowl moving from ESPN to FS1". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Holiday Bowl moving from ESPN to FS1". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Doug (ed.). "2019–20 Football Bowl Association Media Guide" (PDF). Football Bowl Association. p. 118. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
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