"After 30 years of getting up at an ungodly hour, in the middle of the night basically, I have decided that early next year I am going to step away from the morning show."
The agreement, while expected -- perhaps not this early, but expected -- did still leave several questions that I'm not sure can be answered immediately.
"People are excited. People are happy for him. I'm glad to hear it. He's worked his tail off and it's well deserved for the long, illustrious career he's had."
Big Noon Saturday grabbed 4,378,000 viewers on FOX this week for the Maryland-Michigan game. That result brings the network's first four games average viewership to 6,260,000, up 6% from 2021 and rates as the most-watched window in college football.
"After 30 years of getting up at an ungodly hour, in the middle of the night basically, I have decided that early next year I am going to step away from the morning show."