FOX Sports announced via social media they are pairing wagering expert Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica and reporter Bruce Feldman together during the Friday episode of Fallica’s Bear Bets podcast. The show will air live on social media and be available afterwards on all major podcast platforms. The show will be called Bruce and The Bear, and the announcement says it “will preview the biggest CFB matchups of the weekend every Friday on X Spaces and wherever you get your podcasts.”
Fallica also hosts Bear Bets on Thursdays with former NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz. While it is a similar format to other shows in the gambling space, Fallica and Schwartz are actually making the bets they talk about, not just giving them out to help the public. This gives the show more of an authentic feel to it.
Fallica and Feldman work together as part of the Big Noon Kickoff team which also consists of Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart, Urban Meyer and Tom Rinaldi.
After more than 25 years at ESPN with College GameDay, Fallica left to join FOX Sports in 2023.