If Davis had chosen to join FOX Sports, he would have reportedly replaced host Rob Stone on the show while leading FIFA Men’s World Cup coverage in 2026 and also calling college basketball for the company.
"We are really unique in that our audiences are young, they’re consuming on different platforms and the investment from a company like ESPN, which has been around for 20 years investing in this space, is paying those dividends now."
The final episode of the regular season, which aired ahead of the SEC Championship Game, averaged 2.1 million viewers and was its best conference championship episode since 2010.
As a whole, the program registered as the fourth most-watched regular-season episode of all time and is up 21% over the comparable edition from last season.
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Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."