TREY: WELCOME BACK TO
"SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA,"
FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS.
WE’RE ONLY 5 FIVE-DAYS FROM
CHRISTMAS.
-- 55 DAYS FROM CHRIS MARKS
CHRISTMAS, ALSO KNOWN THE
START OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
IT IS NOT IMMUNE FROM
POLITICS OR FINANCIAL
MOTIVATION, USC AND UCLA
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE LEAVING
THE PAC-12 TO JOIN THE BIG
TEN BECAUSE LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA AND LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA HAVE SO MUCH IN
COMMON, LAST YEAR COLLEGE
FOOTBALL WAS ROCKED WHEN
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA DECIDED
TO LEAVE THE BIG 12 AND
HEADED TO SEC, THE BIG TEN
AND SEC WILL BE THE DOMMEN
FROMDOMINANT CONFERENCES.
IS LURE OF BIG TELEVISION
CONTRACTS MAKING A MOCKERY
OF RIVALRY AND TRADITION.
JOINING US NOW BRADY QUINN,
FORMER ALL AMERICAN AT NOTER
NOTRE DAME.
FOX SPORTS FOOTBALL ANALYST,
THANK YOU, WHAT DO YOU MAKE
OF SCHOOLS FROM CALIFORNIA
JOINING THE BIG TEN?
>> TREY, DOES THAT SURPRISE
YOU, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOW
BIG TIN 10.
EVERYONE RIGHT NOW, IN REALM
OF COLLEGE SPORTS IS LOOKING
FOR STABILITY, BIG 10 AND
SEC PROVIDE, THAT FROM THAT
STAND POINT LOOKING AT
CHANGES IN COLLEGE SPORTS IN
PARTICULAR FOOTBALL WITH
NIL, NAME, IMAGE AND
LIKENESS, TRANS TRANSFER
PORTAL, AND CHANGING
LANDSCAPE AND LOOKING FOR
MORE TV RIGHTS DEALS MAKES
SENSE, THE LAST THING, LOOK
AT USC AND UCLA.
HARD ON WEST COAST BEING A
PART OF NOON, EASTERN TIME
WINDOW, THE MOST WATCHED
WINDOW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
WHEN YOU ARE A PART OF
PAC-12, NOW A PART OF THE
BIG TEN.
THEY WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PARTS OF
THAT EVERY WEEK.
TREY: I’M ASK YOU ABOUT NOON
KICKOFFS.
BUT, I WILL -- IN HONOR OF
YOU AND RATCLIFFE, I WILL
ASK ABOUT NOTRE DAME, THE
BIGGEST CATCH OF ALL, DO
THEY WIND UP, I THINK THEY
ARE IN ACCNOW, FOR
EVERYTHING BUT FOOTBALL,
WHERE THAT I DO WIND WIND
UP.
>> THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION,
THEY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION
NOW, THEY ARE STILL UNDER
CONTRACT WITH NBC FOOTBALL.
THEY NEED TO SEE HOW THIS
SHAKES OUT WITH CONFERENCE
REALIGN AM AND LOOKMENT AND
LOOKS FOR WHAT CONFERENCE
GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR POST SEASON, AND THE
MONEY SIDE OF 5TY TV THINGS.
I SAID, WHEN THE NEWS CAME
TO BE, YOU KNOW FOR MOST
PART NOTRE DAME WOULD AT
ALWAYS REMAIN INDEPENDENT
FOR WHAT THEY COULD BRING
TOGETHER, THE BIG TEN NOW
OFFERS THEM THAT.
MAYBE THAT IS MORE OF AN
ENTICING OFFER NOW IN A
COUPLE OF YEARS, I DON’T
ANTICIPATES THEY WILL MAKE
THAT DECISION UNTIL THE
RIGHTS DEAL WITH NBC SPORTS
IS UP.
TREY: WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THEM IN THE SEC, THEY HAVE
TRAVELED TO PLAY CLEMSON, WE
WOULD LOVE IT.
I’LL LIT LET THE
COMMISSIONER HANDLE THAT,
YOU MENTIONED NOON KICKOFFS,
I CHECKED SCHEDULE, ONE OF
THE BIGGEST GAMES IS
ALABAMA, PLAYING TEXAS
AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING, WHO
IS UP AT THAT TIME?
WHY SO EARLY?
IS THAT ALL TELEVISION?
>> TELEVISION PLAYS A PART.
I OF COURSE OTHER THING THAT
GETS OVERLOOKED THE FAMILY
ATMOSPHERE, I HAVE THREE
LITTLE GIRLS, I CAN’T TAKE
THEM TO PRIMETIME GAMES AT7
P.M. OR 8 P.M., IT IS PAST
THEIR BEDTIME, YOU KNOW ONE
THING THAT WE HAVE NOTICED
ON BIG NOON KICKOFF, GETTING
THERE EARLY, TWO HOURS, LIVE
TV SHOW ON SITE, THERE IS
STILL A TON OF PEOPLE,
EXCITED ABOUT THE GAME,
MASSES, THAT ARE STILL
COMING OUT AND SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT.
AND THEN FOR ALL THOSE ON
TV, THE NUMBERS BACK IT UP,
IT IS THE MOST WATCHED TIME
SLOT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN
THE FALL ON SATURDAYS, THAT
IS NOON WINDOW OR 11 A.M.,
YOU KNOW CENTRAL TIME THIS
THIS CASE.
THE NUMBERS BACK IT UP.
AND THE THE ATTENDANCE THE
CROWDS, THEY HAVE BACKED IT
UP.
I THINK IT IS CREATED
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND
WINDOW FOR FOOTBALL FAN
TONESFANS TO ENJOY THE
FOOTBALL GAMES IN PERSON.
TREY: I BELIEVE YOU, I AM
THINKING AT HIGH MYSELF OLD
AGE, I CAN NOT GET UP THAT
EARLY, I LIKE THE 8 P.M.
GAMES, I HAVE TO ASK YOU ONE
QUESTION.
YOU WERE A POLITICAL SCIENCE
MAJOR I THINK AT NOTRE DAME.
>> YES, SIR.
TREY: ANY CHANCE YOU WOULD
SWITCH JOBS WITH ME FOR A
YEAR, TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS
OUT?
I’LL DO COLLEGE SPORTS, YOU
COME DO POLITICS, WE’LL
CHECK IN IN A YEAR?
>> I THINK MY JOB SOUNDS
LIKE A LOT MORE FUN, I’LL
STICK WITH MY JOB, HANGING
OUT WITH MY CREW ON BIG NOON
KICKOFF, YOU DO A GREAT JOB,
THANK YOU.
>> DON’T MAKE UP YOUR MIND
TOO SOON, YOU ARE SURE YOU
DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT
IT?
>> I’M POSITIVE, I’M 100%
POSITIVE,.
TREY: ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH YOU
COMING UP IN 55 DAYS, THANK