Chris Spielman out at ESPN (moving to FOX)
He will have both NFL and college responsibilities at FOX.
Lots of changes at ESPN among their announcers this off-season. I liked Spielman on the college games, though I do know others disagreed.
http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latestnews/2016/05/17/chris-spielman…
Agree that Spielman is one of - if not the best - color commentators. Incisive, knowledgable and only slightly a buckeye homer.
Sad to see him move as living in Europe I do not have a good connection to Fox Sports.
I know someone who doesn't thing it is a big deal....
To be fair, I don't know that Jim Tomsula thinks anything is a big deal anyway. He probably took his own canning about as seriously as he took his notorious presser fart, with that look which is a cross between "what, me worry?" and merely being somewhat on the dim side.
As for the topic at hand, good for FOX Sports and ESPN coverage is going to be even less interesting than it already manages to be now.
I think Spielman deserves a permanent "hall pass" for his play with the Lions and the fact that he didn't hesitate to give up the NFL when his wife needed him. Even OSU gets a "good guy" once in awhile.
who the shit would downvote this?
...who downvote every WD comment, regardless of content.
He is my favorite. I loved how he would geek out on intricate things. I thought he was usually pretty fair which made it easy to look past any homerism. Line him up next to Gallaway and he is a golden boy for sure.
Speilman is my preferred commentator for any game except the UM vs OSU game.
Love the guy but his homerism is horrible. You just don't notice it because the average score of 'The Game' has been 30-17 in favor of OSU over the last 10 years. If you want to hear his bias get your hands on a broadcast of the 2011 OSU game and watch OSU's last offensive series. Speilman's silence at the end of that game says all you need to know.
All the Europeans are surprised by this, jbibiza!
is wrong.
His often mispronunciation of words grinds my gears a little bit. But other than that... Yeah he's an okay guy.
Gotta catch it with your hands!!!!!
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i give you mauve...
Whoever's the last person out at ESPN: please remember to turn out the lights.
To me, it seems like ESPN has seen the writing on the cord-cutting wall and is spending prudently, while Fox is acting and spending like its 2010.
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Don't forget that Fox still has the NFL...
I dunno either. FS1 hasn't sniffed ESPN's prestige. Maybe this is a huge gamble by them to gain a lot of ground on ESPN while ESPN is shedding assets?
ESPN has locked up the rights to most of the sports properties for next decade so Fox's next best move was to try to gain viewers through broadcast talent and personalities.
ESPN is still making tons of money, they just have lost subscribers and the growth is relatively flat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/business/media/with-espn-gains-disney…
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If not, you'll begin to hear the likes of Beth Mowins and Brock Huard doing big games. Thank God for the mute button
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Hence the problem.
Running with a incorrect rumor? That's a tough standard you have there.
And given that UMich now has the best coach it could have, I have moved on and pardoned Mr. Herbstreit.
if they never wanted Les in the first place? Kirk is reporting rumors with sources close to the situation. In that case, it's Desmond Howard. You should be mad at Desmond for leaking the rumor to Kirk, not at Kirk.
agree with most of your comments (spielman is better than most in the biz) - though mike patrick shouldve retired long ago, about the time lou holtz shouldve walked away
to go be a fry cook at one of those campus eats. . .
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Spielman is going to be doing NFL games and some college. There is more synergy there for football so I can see why this makes sense for Fox. Add in that ESPN has no money to spend on talent, and you get this.
The Colin Cowherd & Skip Bayless moves on the other hand...
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You guys think ESPN doesn't have money??? Do you know who owns ESPN?
Both of these networks have TONS of money. ESPN just happens to be doing much better than Fox. While ESPN has allowed a lot of talent to walk when their contract ended this is not about cutting ties. Fox on the other hand had to cut huge amounts of their staff and cancel shows.
What FOX is doing is very stange but remember all the people at Fox making the decisions used to work for ESPN.
Business units have to make money, and ESPN is losing subscribers and becoming far less profitable. In fact, Disney stock has been underperforming these last few months because of ESPN and investors belief that the future for ESPN is not as strong as it was