"Russini's second act is all about making the right first impression. That's where the focus should be. Should there be an apology? To the public, no. To those she worked alongside and covered? Absolutely. But that doesn't need to happen on camera."
“You don’t want to burn out the audience. My general rule, though, is if I’m tired of talking about a topic, they must be. But also, my show is always guided by what is the big news of the day."
"Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, and Kathryn Tappen return to Big Ten Saturday Night and will call all Saturday primetime games this season. Dan Hicks and Jason Garrett are also back in NBC’s Notre Dame Football booth."
“We’ve had what? USC, a couple of Boston College guys, a Purdue guy, and Jason Garrett, a former head coach. Like I said, there’s plenty of ND alum out there. Let’s start to move the goalposts that way as an analyst.”
ESPN unveiled their 26 (!) college football announcing crews late last week, and I got to their 8th best crew before I started to wonder if NBC would put together something better than that.
"Russini's second act is all about making the right first impression. That's where the focus should be. Should there be an apology? To the public, no. To those she worked alongside and covered? Absolutely. But that doesn't need to happen on camera."
“You don’t want to burn out the audience. My general rule, though, is if I’m tired of talking about a topic, they must be. But also, my show is always guided by what is the big news of the day."