College Football’s Most Dominant Player?
It’s ESPN
By JAMES ANDREW MILLER, STEVE EDER and RICHARD SANDOMIR, NYT
The nation’s annual rite of mayhem and pageantry known as the college football season begins this week, and Saturday will feature back-to-back-to-back marquee matchups.
At the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, last year’s national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide, will battle the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic.
Earlier in the day in Houston, Oklahoma State will play Mississippi State in the Texas Kickoff Classic. And that night in Arlington, Tex., Louisiana State and Texas Christian will face off in the Cowboys Classic.
The games will not just be televised by ESPN. They are creations of ESPN — demonstrations of the sports network’s power over college football.
(More here.)
By JAMES ANDREW MILLER, STEVE EDER and RICHARD SANDOMIR, NYT
The nation’s annual rite of mayhem and pageantry known as the college football season begins this week, and Saturday will feature back-to-back-to-back marquee matchups.
At the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, last year’s national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide, will battle the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic.
Earlier in the day in Houston, Oklahoma State will play Mississippi State in the Texas Kickoff Classic. And that night in Arlington, Tex., Louisiana State and Texas Christian will face off in the Cowboys Classic.
The games will not just be televised by ESPN. They are creations of ESPN — demonstrations of the sports network’s power over college football.
(More here.)
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