From Chicago Sun-Times · · 1m 20s
NBC's college football duo
Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge call Miami-Notre Dame game despite 36-year age gap.
In brief
Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge call Miami-Notre Dame game despite 36-year age gap. NBC's Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge form the best college football TV duo with a 36-year age gap. Originally reported by Chicago Sun-Times.
NBC's college football duo
Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge form the best TV duo in college football despite their 36-year age gap.
Miami-Notre Dame game
No. 1 Miami visits No. 11 Notre Dame for Saturday night's college football game at 6:30 p.m. on NBC.
Age gap
Eagle is 29, Blackledge is 65, creating the biggest age gap between regular partners in major sports.
TV broadcast
NBC gives the game big-game treatment with expanded pregame show and sideline reporters for each team.
Family legacy
Eagle likely learned from his father, Ian, who called basketball with Bill Raftery for decades.
TV chemistry
Eagle and Blackledge sound like contemporaries despite their generational difference.
White Sox ratings
Chicago Sports Network's Sox games averaged 84,800 viewers per game, a 168% increase from last year.
Sox audience growth
Sox games in August and September averaged 112,000 viewers, a 78% increase from spring months.
CHSN needs baseball
CHSN needs a baseball season to boost viewership after Bulls and Blackhawks struggled.
Blackhawks criticism
Jay Zawaski criticized Blackhawks after Jeff Blashill called the Avalanche game 'a really good game.'
The takeaway
NBC's Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge form the best college football TV duo with a 36-year age gap.
