"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
"ESPN is finalizing an agreement with TNT Sports to include the College Football Playoff semifinal round, with rights to one CFP semifinal annually in 2026, 2027, and 2028."
The game was the most-viewed non-NFL sporting event over the past year and peaked with 26.1 million viewers during the 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. EST quarter-hour.
On Thursday night, the Capital One Orange Bowl between Notre Dame and Penn State averaged 17.8 million viewers, marking the second most-watched iteration of the contest since 2006.
The quarterfinal matchup between Notre Dame and Georgia will air on ESPN with play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough, analyst Greg McElroy and reporters Molly McGrath and Laura Rutledge.
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."