re: Verne and Gary calling Louisville vs Auburn?

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Didn't CBS lose the rights to the US Tennis Open ? So their College Football Broadcast will start earlier this year.

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this is why^^^^

South Carolina & Georgia in September always occurred at the same time as the US Open and CBS covered tennis while ESPN gladly picked up the football game.

When the United States Tennis Championships became the U.S. Open in 1968, CBS Sports televised the tournament from the Forest Hills section of Queens, with Bud Collins and Jack Kramer calling matches that featured Arthur Ashe’s milestone victory in the men’s final.

That was the start of a long tradition at CBS. No other broadcaster has shown the Open, the same distinction that holds for CBS and the Masters golf tournament, partners since 1956. But while the CBS-Masters relationship looks as if it will go on as long as golf exists, the CBS-United States Open connection will end after the men’s final is played Monday afternoon.


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