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‘College GameDay’ Halloween broadcast maintains historic viewership streak

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ESPN’s “College GameDay” continued its meteoric ratings rise during Saturday’s Halloween broadcast from Bloomington, Indiana. Despite criticism surrounding the program’s direction and analyst Pat McAfee’s prominent role, the show attracted another massive audience during Week 9. “College GameDay” averaged 2.5 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched Week 9 broadcast in the program’s history, which started […] The post ‘College GameDay’ Halloween broadcast maintains historic viewership streak appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Sports media world reacts to polarizing first College Football Playoff ranking

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It’s Election Day, but it’s also College Football Playoff ranking reveal day, and strong reactions to the ranking would have you believe those are the results determining the future of democracy. On Tuesday night, Rece Davis hosted ESPN’s College Football Playoff rankings show alongside Booger McFarland, Greg McElroy, and Joey Galloway. As the show wore…

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How to Watch First 2026 College Football Playoff Rankings Reveal: TV Channel, Live Stream and Start Time

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The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2026 season will be unveiled Tuesday night, with Miami as the No. 1 team in the nation.

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Pat McAfee takes shot at The New York Times while taking off shirt on ‘GameDay’

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ESPN was true to its word that when Lee Corso retired, the iconic mascot headgear game pick went with him. What replaced that as the centerpiece of College GameDay is Pat McAfee standing on the studio desk and taking off his shirt. How fun and cool you find that to be is up to you,…

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Rece Davis: 24-team CFP will devalue both the regular season and playoff

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College GameDay host Rece Davis has made it abundantly clear he is not a fan of the College Football Playoff’s potential 24-team expansion. During the latest episode of the College GameDay Podcast, the longtime ESPN college football voice questioned what the point of expanding from 12 teams to 24 would be, believing the move would devalue…

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ESPN’s Rece Davis on CFP expansion: ’24 is preposterous and 16 is bordering on it’

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The debate over how many teams the College Football Playoff should expand to, if it should expand at all, is currently raging as all signs point to a 24-team bracket coming soon. While the SEC has been championing a 16-team expansion, nearly every other power broker in the sport seems to support the 24-team solution,…

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Rece Davis, Louis Riddick laugh at Mel Kiper Jr. for mentioning Shedeur Sanders

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders doesn’t know if he’ll be the starting quarterback in his second season as a professional, but he’ll be hard-pressed to find a more ardent supporter than ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr, who touted him leading up to last year’s draft and was incredulous after his slide to the fifth…

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Mike Greenberg wants NFL Draft hosts to be able to call timeout after notable selections

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Rich Eisen, Rece Davis, and Mike Greenberg are all veterans of NFL Draft hosting duties, and the trio came together on Friday to discuss the 2026 version of the annual event. Eisen wanted to know how Davis, covering the event on ABC, and Greenberg, hosting for ESPN, felt about this year’s faster pace, which had…

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Kirk Herbstreit wanted nothing to do with his Primanti Bros. sandwich during NFL Draft

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One of the staples of College GameDay these days is the smorgasboard of local cuisine that the analysts devour during the show. But not everything on the platter is worth potentially messing up your suit over. ESPN’s premiere college football showcase acted as one of the studio desks during Thursday’s presentations of the 2026 NFL…

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Watch Flyers catch NSFW strays before 2026 NFL Draft

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The Pennsylvania rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins chooses no location or event. On Thursday, the Flyers caught some strays during the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, which was held in Pittsburgh. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some Pittsburgh fans took the opportunity to take shots at the Flyers, with the cameras rolling […] The post Watch Flyers catch NSFW strays before 2026 NFL Draft appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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CFP selection committee mulling changes to weekly ESPN rankings show

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Five times each college football season, fans turn to ESPN knowing there’s a strong likelihood they leave frustrated. That’s because for five weeks spanning from around Halloween to conference championship weekend, ESPN exclusively unveils the newest College Football Playoff rankings. That show has been a source of consternation among football fans, and even ESPN’s own…

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‘College GameDay’ crew gets into heated debate over state of college basketball

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Fresh off his 17th Sweet 16 appearance as a head coach, Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari was on set in Indianapolis for ESPN’s College GameDay show ahead of Saturday’s Final Four games. During the show, Calipari got into a heated debate with the other panelists, Rece Davis, Jay Williams, Jay Bilas, and Seth Greenberg, over…

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