After some rumors swirled, news officially broke Thursday that Barstool Sports and FOX Sports are teaming up to take a stab at competing with ESPN. Barstool founder and front man Dave Portnoy will now join the much-maligned FOX Big Noon Kickoff, which already features Mark Stone, Mark Ingram, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, and Urban Meyer.
Additionally, a “Barstool College Football Show” will air in tandem with Big Noon Kickoff for select college football games. A new daily studio show featuring Barstool personalities will air on FS1, which expects to compete directly with ESPN’s daily talk shows like “First Take” and “Get Up.