Big Noon Kickoff
{{Short description|College football studio show}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = CFB 19 logo FOX BIG NOON KICKOFF-2C-stkd.svg
| alt_name =
| genre = College football pre-game show
| director =
| presenter = Rob Stone
Mike Hill (fill-in)
| starring = Mark Ingram II (2023–present)
Matt Leinart
Brady Quinn
Urban Meyer (2019–2020; 2022–present)
Charles Woodson
Clay Travis
Tom Verducci
Bruce Feldman
Tom Rinaldi (2021–present)
Chris "Bear" Fallica (2023–present)
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Fox CFB Theme
"Boom" by X Ambassadors (intro song, 2021–present)
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes =
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| editor =
| location = Fox Network Center (Fox Studio Lot Building 101), 10201 W Pico Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, California
Various NCAA stadiums (for road shows)
| camera =
| runtime = 60 minutes (2019, November 7, 2020 show)
120 minutes (special on–location broadcasts, 2019; full–time, 2020–present)
180 minutes (special on–location broadcasts, 2022-present)
| company = Fox Sports
| network = Fox
FS1 {{Small|(weekly simulcasts)}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|8|31}}
| last_aired = present
| related = Fox College Football
Fox NFL Sunday
}}
Big Noon Kickoff is an American college football studio show broadcast by Fox, and simulcast on sister network Fox Sports 1 (FS1). Premiering on August 31, 2019, it serves as the pre-game show for Fox College Football, and in particular, Big Noon Saturday—the network's weekly 12:00 p.m ET/9:00 a.m PT kickoff window.
It is hosted by Rob Stone, and features former national champion and 2004 Heisman Trophy winning USC Trojans quarterback Matt Leinart, former national champion and 2009 Heisman Trophy winning Alabama running back Mark Ingram II, former Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Brady Quinn, and former Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer as panelists, with Bruce Feldman acting as Fox's CFB insider, as well as Tom Verducci, who usually does baseball for Fox, and Tom Rinaldi, both working on feature reports. Radio host Clay Travis serves as a contributor, and 1997 Heisman Trophy winner and former Michigan Wolverines cornerback Charles Woodson will also join the show on select weeks, most notably if Michigan is featured.
Meyer was on the show as an analyst for the first two seasons, but left after the 2020 season to take the Jacksonville Jaguars head coaching job, and was replaced by former Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops for the 2021 season. Meyer returned for the 2022 season replacing Stoops. Bush left after the 2022 season,{{Cite web |date=2023-09-30 |title=What happened to Reggie Bush? Explaining Fox's Big Noon Kickoff pregame show change for 2023 |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/reggie-bush-fox-big-noon-kickoff-pregame-show-change-2023/5bcaa8f341dfd75f2c40f7dc |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-us}} with 2009 Heisman Trophy winner running back Mark Ingram II joining the cast for the 2023 season.{{Cite web |title=Former Heisman winner Mark Ingram II to join FOX Sports' 'Big Noon Kickoff' cast |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/former-heisman-winner-mark-ingram-ii-to-join-fox-sports-big-noon-kickoff-cast |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}
History
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In the 2013 season, Fox aired a college football pre-game show on its Fox Sports 1 channel, Fox College Saturday. The program was unable to compete with ESPN's popular and established College GameDay, with Fox only being able to sustain an average viewership of 70,000. The show was cancelled after a single season, and its role was supplanted by the Friday-night edition of Fox Sports Live.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-sports-1-launching-new-friday-night-college-football-pregame-show.html|title=Fox Sports 1 launching new Friday night college football pregame show|date=2014-08-16|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fs1-already-giving-up-on-fox-college-saturday.html|title=FS1 already giving up on Fox College Saturday?|date=2014-06-02|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-22}}
Fox introduced the Big Noon Saturday window for its college football coverage in the 2019 season; the network had aired occasional noon kickoffs during the season before (including, after having acquired the Big Ten's primary football rights in 2017, the Michigan–Ohio State rivalry),{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/05/ohio_state_vs_michigan_rivalry.html|title=Ohio State vs. Michigan football rivalry to be televised on FOX during 2017 season|last=Landis|first=Bill|date=2017-05-16|website=cleveland.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-03}} and they were among Fox's top-viewed games in the 2018 season. Fox has positioned the timeslot as featuring one of its flagship games of the day. Fox made that decision in order to boost their ratings by avoiding competition with CBS that has their featured SEC (until 2023 with the game moving to ABC and CBS replacing it with Big Ten football games in its place from 2024 onward) game of the week in the 3:30 p.m. timeslot, and ABC with their featured game in primetime.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/college-football-fanbases-arent-happy-being-stuck-with-noon-et-kickoffs.html|title = College football fanbases aren't happy being stuck with noon ET kickoffs|date = 8 November 2019}} Big Noon Kickoff was henceforth introduced as a pre-game show for the new window.{{Cite web|url=https://buckeyeswire.usatoday.com/2019/08/14/fox-college-football-pregame-show-with-urban-meyer-video-promo/|title=Watch: Trailer for FOX College Football Pregame show featuring Urban Meyer|date=2019-08-14|website=Buckeyes Wire|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}
Sports Illustrated described the show as being "built around" Urban Meyer (who retired as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes at the end of the 2018 season, and had previously been an ESPN analyst). Meyer stated that he had prepared for the role by studying clips of Fox's NFL pre-game show Fox NFL Sunday, and Alex Rodriguez (who joined ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball in 2018),{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2018/01/23/alex-rodriguez-added-espn-sunday-night-baseball/yK1G85ciGsJveZGFaKAwEJ/story.html|title=Alex Rodriguez added to ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' crew|last=Finn |first=Chad|website=Boston Globe|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-03}} as an example of another player-turned-television analyst. Fox executive producer Brad Zager explained that his presence was meant to help provide "intelligent dialogue" to the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/tech-media/2019/08/29/urban-meyer-broadcast-job-fox-big-noon-kick-college-football-show-espn-competition|title=Three keys for Urban Meyer, Fox's Big Noon Kickoff|website=SI.com|date=29 August 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-03}}
For the 2020 season, the program was expanded to two hours.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=Fox is expanding Big Noon Kickoff to two hours, despite no Big Ten games this fall|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/fox-is-expanding-big-noon-kickoff-to-two-hours-despite-no-big-ten-games-this-fall.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US}} On November 4, 2020, for undisclosed reasons citing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services guidance, Fox announced that the November 7, 2020 edition of Big Noon Kickoff would not feature the program's usual panel, and that the program would be shortened to one hour. The guest panel was led by Fox NFL Kickoff host Charissa Thompson, joined by Fox NFL Sunday analysts Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long, and Emmanuel Acho from Fox Sports 1's Speak for Yourself.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-05|title=Fox Sports' 'Big Noon Kickoff' crew won't be at USC-Arizona State because of CDC guidelines|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2020-11-04/fox-sports-kickoff-crew-usc-arizona-state|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105044053/https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2020-11-04/fox-sports-kickoff-crew-usc-arizona-state |archive-date=2020-11-05 |access-date=2021-02-06|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Marchand|first=Andrew|date=2020-11-05|title=Fox Sports' 'Big Noon Kickoff' crew out due to COVID-19 protocol|url=https://nypost.com/2020/11/04/fox-sports-big-noon-kickoff-crew-out-due-to-covid-19-protocol/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=New York Post|language=en-US}} On November 12, Meyer revealed that he had recently recovered from a COVID-19 infection.{{Cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Joey|date=|title=Former Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer reveals he had coronavirus|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2020/11/12/urban-meyer-ex-ohio-state-football-coach-had-covid-19/3761068001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112223939/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2020/11/12/urban-meyer-ex-ohio-state-football-coach-had-covid-19/3761068001/ |archive-date=2020-11-12 |access-date=2021-02-06|website=USA Today|language=en-US}}
Reception
The Big Lead felt that Big Noon Kickoff showed promise, but that the show's "formal" and "corporate" atmosphere (in comparison to the "casual fun" of College GameDay) led to most of the panelists seeming "stiff" on-air, and exacerbated their relative lack of broadcasting experience. Quinn was considered to be a stand-out among the panelists in its premiere broadcast, considering him the most "comfortable" on-air, and noting that both him and Meyer were well-versed at leveraging their past experience to provide insights.{{Cite web|url=https://thebiglead.com/2019/08/31/fox-big-noon-kickoff-review-debut/|title=Big Noon Kickoff Filled With Ups and Downs in Regular Season Debut on Fox|date=2019-08-31|website=The Big Lead|language=en|access-date=2019-09-16}}
The decision to move the network's featured game to 12:00 p.m. was met with heavy criticism, as fans argue that it diminishes the fan experience of marquee games played at noon compared to games played at night or in the late afternoon. This criticism has particularly come from Penn State fans, as they argue that Big Noon Kickoff diminishes the quality of the school's traditional White Out game. Penn State typically aims to schedule their White Out tradition for a night game, but Penn State's marquee Big Ten matchups are usually featured on Big Noon Kickoff, requiring the school to schedule their White Out game for what fans consider to be lesser-quality opponents.{{Cite web |title=The Penn State Football White Out is Dead ... Thanks to FOX {{!}} OPINION - NittanyCentral |url=https://nittanycentral.com/penn-state-football-white-out-dead-news/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=nittanycentral.com|date=4 June 2024 }}
The time change also forced some games in the Pac-12 to kick off in the morning at the network's choosing, kicking off at either 9:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. local time, another highly criticized consequence of the network's decision.
Viewership
During the first episode, the show garnered 838,000 viewers, which amounted to a 0.8 rating.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/big-noon-kickoff-and-college-gameday-week-1-viewership-01dmb6xxa0y1|title=Big Noon Kickoff and College GameDay Week 1 Viewership|website=The Big Lead|date=4 September 2019 |access-date=2019-12-03}} A special two-hour edition of Big Noon Kickoff leading into the Michigan-Ohio State game on November 30, 2019 received a series-high 1.6 overnight rating, beating College GameDay (which drew a 1.54 rating) in its time slot for the first time in the program's history.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ratings/ohio-state-michigan-fox-ratings-big-noon-kickoff-biggest-audience-gameday.html|title=Ohio State-Michigan matches ratings from last year, Big Noon Kickoff earns biggest audience ever|date=2019-12-01|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-02}}
Personalities
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= Current =
- Rob Stone: (Host, 2019–present)
- Mike Hill: (Fill-in Host, 2019–present)
- Mark Ingram II: (Analyst, 2023–present)
- Matt Leinart: (Analyst, 2019–present)
- Brady Quinn: (Analyst, 2019–present)
- Urban Meyer: (Analyst, 2019–2020; 2022–present)
- Charles Woodson: (Part Time Analyst, 2019–present)
- Clay Travis: (Contributor, 2019–present)
- Tom Verducci: (Contributor, 2019–present)
- Bruce Feldman: (Insider, 2019–present)
- Tom Rinaldi: (Reporter, 2021–present)
- Chris "Bear" Fallica: (Researcher/Contributor, 2023–present)
= Former =
- Reggie Bush: (Analyst, 2019–2022)
- Bob Stoops: (Analyst, 2021)
On-site broadcasts
Initially, unlike its main competitor College GameDay, Big Noon Kickoff originated from Fox Sports' studio in Los Angeles, and only travelled to game sites in the event of major rivalry games or as a pre-game show for the Big Ten championship.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/college-gamedays-duel-with-big-noon-kickoff-from-columbus-is-most-interesting-chapter-in-fox-espn-rivalry-in-some-time.html|title=College GameDay's duel with Big Noon Kickoff from Columbus is most interesting chapter in Fox-ESPN rivalry in some time|date=2019-11-22|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}} Fox scheduled four road shows in 2020, but only 3 happened, as their scheduled visit to USC was canceled due to Fox holding their crew out that weekend due to COVID-19 protocols, which Urban Meyer later revealed that he dealt with a COVID infection. The first 6 weeks of the 2021 season featured the crew going on the road, a Big Noon Kickoff first. Beginning in the 2022 season, Big Noon Kickoff moved permanently to on-location broadcasts throughout the season.{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Kristian |date=2022-09-01 |title=College Football 2022 Preview: Fox Sports Boosts Home Run Production, Onsite Studio Footprint for Big Noon Kickoff |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2022/09/01/college-football-kickoff-2022-fox-sports-boosts-home-run-production-onsite-studio-footprint-for-big-noon-kickoff/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}}
With Deion Sanders' debut as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, Fox broadcast Big Noon Kickoff from Colorado's first three games in the 2023 season; its Week 3 edition was broadcast from Boulder, Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Showdown—which ESPN also chose as its site for College GameDay that week—rather than Penn State at Illinois as originally scheduled, marking the first time that Big Noon Kickoff was broadcast from the same site for two consecutive weeks, and the first time that it was broadcast from the site of a game not televised by Fox.{{Cite web |last=Keeley |first=Sean |date=2023-09-09 |title=Big Noon Kickoff, College GameDay both heading to Colorado-Colorado State as ESPN & Fox go all-in on Deion Sanders |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/big-noon-kickoff-college-gameday-colorado-state-deion-sanders.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cohn |first=Stephen |date=2023-09-09 |title=Fox's Big Noon Kickoff no longer coming to Champaign |url=https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2023/9/9/23865936/big-noon-kickoff-no-longer-coming-to-champaign-next-week-fighting-illini-illinois-ncaa-big-ten |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=The Champaign Room |language=en}}
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!Date!!colspan=2|Visitor!!colspan=2|Host!!Location!!City!!Notes |
{{tooltip|September 20|Friday}}
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Utah Utes|border=none}}" |No. 10 Utah |23 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|USC Trojans|border=none}}" |USC |30 |Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |First Big Noon Kickoff road show, game on FS1, 9 ET/7 MT/6 PT kickoff |
October 12
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}};" |No. 6 Oklahoma |34 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns|border=none}}" |No. 11 Texas |27 |Red River Rivalry, 2-hour show |
October 26
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none}}" |No. 13 Wisconsin |7 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 3 Ohio State |38 | rowspan="2" |Ohio Stadium | rowspan="2" |Columbus, OH | |
November 23
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 8 Penn State |17 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 2 Ohio State |28 |Rivalry, 2-hour show |
November 30
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 1 Ohio State |56 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 13 Michigan |27 |The Game, 2-hour show (Also live from Michigan on November 29, before Texas Tech-Texas) |
December 7
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 1 Ohio State |34 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none}}" |No. 8 Wisconsin |21 |Big Ten Championship Game, 8 ET/7 CT kickoff, 1-hour show |
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!Date!!colspan=2|Visitor!!colspan=2|Host!!Location!!City!!Notes |
October 24
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers|border=none}}" |Nebraska |17 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 5 Ohio State |52 | rowspan="2" | Ohio Stadium | rowspan="2" | Columbus, OH |2020 Big Ten season opener |
November 21
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Indiana Hoosiers|border=none}}" | No. 9 Indiana |35 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 3 Ohio State |42 | |
December 19
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern Wildcats|border=none|color=white}}" |No. 15 Northwestern |10 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 4 Ohio State |22 |
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{{tooltip|September 2|Thursday}}
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 4 Ohio State |45 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers |border=none}}" |Minnesota |31 |2021 Big Ten season opener, 8 ET/7 CT kickoff, 1-hour show |
September 4
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 19 Penn State |16 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none}}" |No. 12 Wisconsin |10 | |
September 11
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oregon Ducks|border=none}}" |No. 12 Oregon |35 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 3 Ohio State |28 |2015 CFP National Championship Game rematch |
September 18
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers|border=none}}" |Nebraska |16 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}};" |No. 3 Oklahoma |23 |
September 25
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none}}" |No. 18 Wisconsin |13 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Notre Dame Fighting Irish|border=none}}" |No. 12 Notre Dame |41 |
October 2
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 14 Michigan |38 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none}}" |Wisconsin |17 |Camp Randall Stadium |Madison, WI | |
October 9
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 4 Penn State |20 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |No. 3 Iowa |23 |4 ET/3 CT kickoff |
October 30
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 6 Michigan |33 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan State Spartans|border=none}}" |No. 8 Michigan State |37 |
November 13
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}};" |No. 8 Oklahoma |14 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Baylor Bears|border=none}}" |No. 13 Baylor |27 | |
November 20
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa State Cyclones|border=none}};" |Iowa State |21 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}" |No. 13 Oklahoma |28 |Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |Norman, OK | |
November 27
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 2 Ohio State |27 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 5 Michigan |42 |The Game (Also live from Michigan on November 26, 1-hour show before Kansas State-Texas) |
December 4
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 2 Michigan |42 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |No. 13 Iowa |3 |Big Ten Championship Game, 8 ET kickoff, 1-hour show |
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{{tooltip|September 1|Thursday}}
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |Penn State |35 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers|border=none}}" |Purdue |31 |8 ET kickoff, 1-hour show |
September 10
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Alabama Crimson Tide|border=none}}" |No. 1 Alabama |20 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns|border=none}}" |Texas |19 |2010 BCS National Championship Game rematch |
September 17
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners|border=none}}" |No. 6 Oklahoma |49 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers|border=none}}" |Nebraska |14 |
September 24
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maryland Terrapins|border=none}}" |Maryland |27 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 4 Michigan |34 | |
October 1
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 4 Michigan |27 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |Iowa |14 | |
October 8
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 4 Michigan |31 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Indiana Hoosiers|border=none}}" |Indiana |10 | |
October 15
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 10 Penn State |17 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 5 Michigan |41 |Michigan Stadium |Ann Arbor, MI |
October 22
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |Iowa |10 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |54 | |
October 29
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |44 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" | No. 13 Penn State |31 |
November 5
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Red Raiders|border=none}}" |Texas Tech |24 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|TCU Horned Frogs|border=none}}" | No. 7 TCU |34 |
November 12
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Indiana Hoosiers|border=none}}" |Indiana |14 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |56 |Ohio Stadium |Columbus, OH | |
November 19
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|TCU Horned Frogs|border=none}}" | No. 4 TCU |29 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Baylor Bears|border=none}}" |Baylor |28 |
November 26
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" | No. 3 Michigan |45 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |23 |Ohio Stadium |Columbus, OH |The Game, 3-hour show |
{{tooltip|December 2|Friday}}
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Utah Utes|border=none}}" | No. 11 Utah |47 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|USC Trojans|border=none}}" | No. 4 USC |24 |
December 3
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers|border=none}}" |Purdue |22 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" | No. 2 Michigan |43 |
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{{tooltip|August 31|Thursday}}
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers|border=none}}" |Nebraska |10 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers|border=none}}" |Minnesota |13 | | |
September 2
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" |Colorado |45 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|TCU Horned Frogs|border=none}}" | No. 17 TCU |42 | | |
September 9
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers|border=none}}" |Nebraska | 14 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" | No. 22 Colorado | 36 | |
September 16
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado State Rams|border=none}}" | Colorado State |35 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" |No. 18 Colorado |432OT | Folsom Field
|Boulder, CO |Rivalry; game televised by ESPN. Originally scheduled to broadcast from Champaign, Illinois. |
September 23
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners|border=none}}" |No. 16 Oklahoma |20 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cincinnati Bearcats|border=none}}" |Cincinnati |6 | | |
September 30
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|USC Trojans|border=none}}" |No. 8 USC |48 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" | Colorado |41 |Folsom Field |Boulder, CO | | |
October 7
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maryland Terrapins|border=none}}" | Maryland |17 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 4 Ohio State |37 | | |
October 14
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|USC Trojans|border=none}}" | No. 10 USC |20 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Notre Dame Fighting Irish|border=none}}" | No. 21 Notre Dame |48 |Rivalry; game televised by NBC.{{cite tweet|user=BNKonFOX|number=1710726383356526638|title=Catch the Big Noon Kickoff crew LIVE in South Bend and then tune in to watch Michigan vs Indiana on FOX for Big Noon Saturday}} {{better source needed|date=February 2024}} | |
October 21
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 7 Penn State |12 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 3 Ohio State |20 |Ohio Stadium |Columbus, OH | |
October 28
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners|border=none}}" |No. 6 Oklahoma |33 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas Jayhawks|border=none}}" |Kansas | 38 |David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium | Kansas first win over Oklahoma since 1997 | |
November 4
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas State Wildcats|border=none}}" |No. 23 Kansas State |30 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns|border=none}}" |No. 7 Texas |33OT | | |
November 11
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 3 Michigan |24 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 10 Penn State |15 | |
November 18
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" | No. 3 Michigan |31 |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maryland Terrapins|border=none}}" | Maryland |24 | | |
November 25
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 2 Ohio State |24 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 3 Michigan |30 |The Game, 3-hour show | |
December 2
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |No. 2 Michigan |26 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |No. 16 Iowa |0 |
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August 31
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 8 Penn State |34 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|West Virginia Mountaineers|border=none}}" | West Virginia |12 |
September 7
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns|border=none}}" |No. 3 Texas |31 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" | No. 10 Michigan |12 |2005 Rose Bowl Game rematch, 3-hour show |
September 14
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Alabama Crimson Tide|border=none}}"|No. 4 Alabama |42 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|border=none|color=white}}" |Wisconsin |10 | |
September 21
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|border=none}}" | Marshall |14 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |No. 3 Ohio State |49 | |
September 28
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" | Colorado |48 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UCF Knights|border=none}}" | UCF |21 |Orange County, FL{{efn|The UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is entirely located in unincorporated Orange County, Florida}} | 3:30 PM EDT kickoff |
October 5
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UCLA Bruins|border=none}}" | UCLA |11 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" |No. 7 Penn State |27 | |
October 12
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats |border=none}}" | Arizona |19 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|BYU Cougars|border=none}}" | No. 14 BYU |41 | 4:00 PM EDT kickoff |
October 19
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers |border=none}}" | Nebraska |7 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Indiana Hoosiers |border=none}}" | No. 16 Indiana |56 | |
October 26
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers |border=none}}" | Nebraska |17 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 4 Ohio State |21 |Ohio Stadium |Columbus, OH | |
November 2
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 4 Ohio State |20 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Penn State Nittany Lions|border=none}}" | No. 3 Penn State |13 |Beaver Stadium |University Park, PA |
November 9
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}" | No. 20 Colorado |41 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Red Raiders|border=none}}" | Texas Tech |27 | 4:00 PM EST kickoff |
November 16
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Utah Utes|border=none}}| Utah |24 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes|border=none}}| No. 17 Colorado |49 |
November 23
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Indiana Hoosiers|border=none}}" | No. 5 Indiana |15 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |38 | rowspan="2"|Ohio Stadium | rowspan="2" |Columbus, OH | |
November 30
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" | Michigan |13 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | No. 2 Ohio State |10 |The Game, 3-hour show |
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| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UNLV Rebels|border=none}}" | No. 20 UNLV |7 | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Boise State Broncos|border=none}}" | No. 10 Boise State |21 |Mountain West Championship Game, 8:00 PM EST kickoff |
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August 30
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns|border=none}}" |Texas | | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" | Ohio State | |2025 Cotton Bowl rematch |
September 6
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes|border=none}}" |Iowa | | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa State Cyclones|border=none}}" |Iowa State | |
September 13
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oregon Ducks|border=none}}" |Oregon | | style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern Wildcats|border=none|color=white}}" |Northwestern | | |
September 20
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
September 27
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
October 4
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
October 11
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October 18
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October 25
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
November 1
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
November 8
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
November 15
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
November 22
|TBD | |TBD | |TBD |TBD | |
November 29
|style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio State Buckeyes|border=none}}" |Ohio State | |style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines|border=none}}" |Michigan | | The Game |
{{Small|Winners listed in BOLD
Neutral site host listed in Italics
Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (once released) released prior to game}}
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On-site appearances by team
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Appearance(s)
! Team ! Hosted ! Record ! Win pct. ! Last appearance ! Last hosted |
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22
| 14 | 17{{ndash}}5 | {{Winning percentage|17|5}} | November 30, 2024 | November 30, 2024 |
17
| Michigan | 6 | 14{{ndash}}3 | {{Winning percentage|14|3}} | November 30, 2024 | September 7, 2024 |
11
| 4 | 4{{ndash}}7 | {{Winning percentage|4|7}} | November 2, 2024 | November 2, 2024 |
7
| Colorado | 4 | 6{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|6|1}} | November 16, 2024 | November 16, 2024 |
7
| Nebraska | 1 | 0–7 | {{Winning percentage|0|7}} | October 26, 2024 | September 17, 2022 |
7
| Oklahoma | 2 | 5{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|5|2}} | October 28, 2023 | November 20, 2021 |
6
| 3 | 0{{ndash}}6 | {{Winning percentage|0|5}} | September 14, 2024 | September 14, 2024 |
5
| Indiana | 2 | 1{{ndash}}3 | {{Winning percentage|1|3}} | November 23, 2024 | October 19, 2024 |
5
| Iowa | 2 | 1{{ndash}}4 | {{Winning percentage|1|4}} | December 2, 2023 | October 1, 2022 |
4
| Texas | 2 | 2{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|2|2}} | September 7, 2024 | November 4, 2023 |
4
| USC | 1 | 2{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|2|2}} | October 14, 2023 | September 20, 2019 |
3
| Maryland | 1 | 0{{ndash}}3 | {{Winning percentage|0|3}} | November 18, 2023 | November 18, 2023 |
3
| TCU | 2 | 2{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|2|1}} | September 2, 2023 | September 2, 2023 |
3
| Utah | 0 | 1{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|1|2}} | November 16, 2024 | N/A |
2
| Alabama | 0 | 2{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | September 14, 2024 | N/A |
2
| Baylor | 2 | 1{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|1|1}} | November 19, 2022 | November 19, 2022 |
2
| 2 | 1{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|1|1}} | August 31, 2023 | August 31, 2023 |
2
| 1 | 2{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|2|0}} | October 14, 2023 | October 14, 2023 |
2
| Purdue | 1 | 0{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|0|2}} | December 3, 2022 | September 1, 2022 |
2
| 1 | 0{{ndash}}2 | {{Winning percentage|0|2}} | November 9, 2024 | November 9, 2024 |
1
| Arizona | 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | October 12, 2024 | N/A |
1
| 1 | 1{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | December 6, 2024 | December 6, 2024 |
1
| BYU | 1 | 1{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | October 12, 2024 | October 12, 2024 |
1
| UCF | 1 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | September 28, 2024 | September 28, 2024 |
1
| 1 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | September 23, 2023 | September 23, 2023 |
1
| 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | September 16, 2023 | N/A |
1
| 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | November 20, 2021 | N/A |
1
| Kansas | 1 | 1{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | October 28, 2023 | October 28, 2023 |
1
| 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | November 4, 2023 | N/A |
1
| Marshall | 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | September 21, 2024 | N/A |
1
| 1 | 1{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | October 30, 2021 | October 30, 2021 |
1
| 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | December 19, 2020 | N/A |
1
| Oregon | 0 | 1{{ndash}}0 | {{Winning percentage|1|0}} | September 11, 2021 | N/A |
1
| UCLA | 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | October 5, 2024 | N/A |
1
| UNLV | 0 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | December 6, 2024 | N/A |
1
| 1 | 0{{ndash}}1 | {{Winning percentage|0|1}} | August 31, 2024 | August 31, 2024 |
Big Noon Saturday
{{Infobox television
| name = Big Noon Saturday
| image =
| caption =
| genre = College football telecasts
| creator =
| director =
| presenter = Gus Johnson
Joel Klatt
Jenny Taft
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Fox College Football theme {{small|(main theme)}}
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes =
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| location = Various NCAA stadiums
| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 210 minutes or until game ends
| company = Fox Sports
| network = Fox
| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|8|31}}
| last_aired = present
| related = Fox College Football
}}
Big Noon Saturday is an American weekly presentation of 12 p.m. ET broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football games on Fox. The branding has been used since 2019. It is generally the game played at the site of Big Noon Kickoff.
Due to the early kickoff times, the package has faced criticism for having undue impacts on teams not based in the Eastern Time Zone (ET), including from University of Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione (who felt that a Noon ET kickoff for a 2021 game against Nebraska, marking the 50th anniversary of their 1971 "Game of the Century", would diminish its profile), and Stanford head coach David Shaw (who, in particular, criticized Fox Sports for scheduling noon kickoffs involving visiting Pac-12 teams).{{Cite news |last=Mandel |first=Stewart |title=Stanford's David Shaw frustrated with Fox for early kickoff time for season-opener: 'I don't want to hear s---' about ratings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2633795/2021/06/04/stanfords-david-shaw-frustrated-with-fox-for-early-kickoff-time-for-season-opener-i-dont-want-to-hear-s-about-ratings/ |access-date=2021-06-05 |website=The Athletic}}{{Cite web |title=Oklahoma 'bitterly disappointed' with Fox after network puts Sept. 18 game vs. Nebraska at 11 a.m. |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/oklahoma-unhappy-with-fox-after-network-puts-sept-11-nebraska-game-at-11-am-223751771.html |access-date=2021-06-05 |website=ca.sports.yahoo.com |date=27 May 2021 |language=en-CA}} In August 2021, University of Oklahoma president Joe Harroz cited criticism of Big Noon Saturday when discussing the Sooners' eventual 2024 move to the SEC, arguing that the Big 12 conference would be "last in line" in negotiating new media deals, and that "our fans talk about that. It also matters to student-athletes. When those who go before you, in terms of negotiations for 2025 and beyond, if those premiere slots are already taken up, it impacts things in a material way. It translates into disadvantages in recruiting the top talent, disadvantages for our student-athletes and a detriment to the fan experience." The SEC began a new rights deal with ESPN/ABC in the same season the Sooners, as well as Texas, moved to the SEC.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=Oklahoma president cites Fox's Big Noon Saturday scheduling as a factor in leaving for SEC |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/oklahoma-president-cites-foxs-big-noon-saturday-scheduling-as-a-factor-in-leaving-for-sec.html |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}
In the 2021 season, Big Noon Saturday overtook the SEC on CBS as having the highest average viewership for College Football telecasts. That season’s Michigan/Ohio State game (which saw Michigan end an eight-game losing streak in the rivalry) was the highest-rated regular-season game of the 2021 season, and most-watched regular-season game since the Alabama–LSU game in 2019.{{Cite web|title=With help from Urban Meyer, Fox's Big Noon Kickoff aims high|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ohio-state/2019/10/24/With-help-from-Urban-Meyer-Fox-s-Big-Noon-Kickoff-aims-high/stories/20191024135|access-date=2019-11-07|website=Toledo Blade|language=en}}
{{As of|2024}}, the primary broadcast team for games includes play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson and analyst Joel Klatt, with Jenny Taft as sideline reporter, with Tom Rinaldi joining the crew for big games, most notably The Game.{{cite news|title=College Football 2022 Preview: Fox Sports Boosts Home Run Production, Onsite Studio Footprint for Big Noon Kickoff|url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2022/09/01/college-football-kickoff-2022-fox-sports-boosts-home-run-production-onsite-studio-footprint-for-big-noon-kickoff/|publisher=Sports Video Group|date=September 1, 2022|access-date=March 4, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.foxsports.com/college-football}}
{{Fox Sports}}
{{NFL on Fox}}
{{College football on television}}
{{FOXNetwork Shows (current and upcoming)}}
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