Category: On3 College Business

Lincoln Riley claims ‘there’s not just one part of the country paying players’ with NIL changes

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… USC head coach Lincoln Riley didn’t mention the SEC by name Monday, but his message was unmistakable. The balance of power in college football is changing, and the SEC is no longer at the forefront of the sport. Appearing on The Herd, Riley framed the NIL era as a turning point that has redistributed power […]

ESPN College GameDay follows up most-watched regular season with strong postseason TV ratings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… After a historic regular season, ESPN College GameDay continued to find success in the postseason. The show saw a 30% increase in postseason viewership. Monday’s program ahead of the national championship drew an average 2.62 million viewers, ESPN announced. That made it the sixth-most watched postseason College GameDay in history and the second-highest viewership for […]

College Football TV Ratings: Indiana’s national championship win over Miami averages 30.1 million viewers

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Monday night, Indiana completed a historic run to a national championship over Miami. The Hoosiers defeated the Hurricanes 27-21 in the College Football Playoff title game, which drew strong TV ratings. IU’s victory averaged 30.1 million viewers for ESPN and peaked at 33.2 million, the network announced Thursday. It became the second most-watched CFP national […]

Adidas releases tribute to Fernando Mendoza, Elijah Sarratt after Indiana’s national championship win

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Throughout Indiana’s run to a national championship, adidas partnered with two of the Hoosiers’ biggest stars: quarterback Fernando Mendoza and wide receiver Elijah Sarratt. The two players signed NIL deals with the brand this season while leading the Hoosiers to the mountaintop. As the confetti fell at Hard Rock Stadium following Indiana’s victory over Miami […]

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, Elijah Sarratt surprise teammates with adidas gear ahead of national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship against Miami, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza and wide receiver Elijah Sarratt showed some love to their teammates. They gifted the Hoosiers adidas gear. Mendoza and Sarratt both signed NIL deals with adidas this year as IU put together its run to the national championship. The brand also […]

Carson Beck reveals how NIL ‘creates a whole new landscape’ in college football

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… When Carson Beck arrived at Georgia as a freshman in 2020, the NIL era was still a year away. That came in 2021, giving him a front-row seat as the college football landscape drastically changed. As he looked back on the last six years, Beck – now the quarterback at Miami – broke down NIL’s […]

College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship, Nielsen has released TV ratings data for Indiana and Miami. So far, the Hoosiers have been the bigger draw. Indiana is averaging 6.648 million viewers through the regular season and CFP semifinals, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel data. Miami, meanwhile, is averaging 5.588 million viewers. […]

College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship, Nielsen has released TV ratings data for Indiana and Miami. So far, the Hoosiers have been the bigger draw. Indiana is averaging 6.648 million viewers through the regular season and CFP semifinals, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel data. Miami, meanwhile, is averaging 5.588 million viewers. […]

Massive NIL overtures from other schools couldn’t delay Ty Simpson’s NFL dreams

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The sums of money being thrown at Ty Simpson were staggering, even by today’s gaudy NIL standards, but he kept going back to something his old coach, Nick Saban, told him. “He’s always had a way of helping you see things clearly, sort of like your grandfather,” Simpson told On3 on Tuesday, soon after officially […]