6/2: CFB on FOX kickoff times | Group of 5 Championship game? | Mullen & Gundy's next move
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
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🗓️ 2 June 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Just after the networks released their game selections and kickoff times, Bruce and Stew are joined by Derek Crocker, the man behind the curtain choosing the games for FOX. Derek takes you behind the scenes to what goes on in choosing which games land on which networks, and scheduling the time slots. Plus, we open up the mailbag as the guys discuss if we'll ever see a Group of 5 championship game, what are the next moves for Dan Mullen and Mike Gundy, look ahead to the most intriguing matchups of the season, what's next for Baylor, what were some of the most head-scratching coach firings of all-time, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Audible. I'm Stuart Mandel, joined by Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:13.7 | Bruce's exciting day in college football on Wednesday, the networks released their kickoff |
| 0:20.8 | times, their selections for some of the early season games and, you know, some of the bigger games throughout the season. |
| 0:27.3 | And we want to welcome back a guest we had a little bit ago on the podcast, Derek Crocker, who is the person at Fox who schedules the games. |
| 0:37.1 | Who better to debrief us on some of the big announcements that were made. |
| 0:41.5 | Derek, welcome back. |
| 0:43.3 | Thanks, guys. |
| 0:44.1 | Appreciate you having back. |
| 0:45.8 | I'm a huge fan of you guys. |
| 0:47.4 | Well, we appreciate you taking the time. |
| 0:50.3 | This is like having the wizard behind the curtain for us, so many questions. |
| 0:55.8 | I don't know, Stu, we've been covering the sport for a long time, |
| 0:59.0 | but this has always been kind of a very intriguing part of how the process, |
| 1:03.7 | you know, you kind of know what games you think you'll have, |
| 1:06.1 | but then to see it actually unfold, it's fascinating. |
| 1:10.4 | And it's a lot different this year because the, because Fox now |
| 1:14.2 | has the Big Ten. And so you're seeing, I think some fans who maybe didn't realize that, saw the |
| 1:19.0 | announcement come out and go, wait a minute, the Ohio State Michigan game is on Fox. Wow. So |
| 1:23.7 | why don't we start there, Derek? Well, first of all, a two-part question here. |
| 1:29.3 | For the most part, people are used to, you know, they get into the season and they got to wait, you know, 12-day notice, sometimes 6-day notice to know which the selections the TV network's made. |
| 1:40.1 | How are you able to announce certain games like Ohio State, Michigan before the season? |
| 1:44.2 | And most importantly, how is that game, which has been on ABC for so-so long? |
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