America celebrates New Years Day with the tradition of watching college football on television. Despite being a tradition filled institution, the broadcasters and how they cover the sport have changed dramatically.
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40 Years of New Years Day Bowl Games on Television
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Hall of
Fame
Hall of
Fame
Hall of
Fame
Florida
Citrus
Florida
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Florida
Citrus
Florida
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Florida
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Florida
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Florida
Citrus
Peach
Florida
Citrus
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Florida
Citrus
Outback Outback Outback Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Fiesta Sugar
Ticket
City
Ticket
City
Heart of
Dallas
Heart of
Dallas
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Florida
Citrus
Florida
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Citrus
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buster
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buster
Carquest Carquest Rose Rose Sugar
Florida
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Florida
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Florida
Citrus
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Hall of
Fame
Hall of
Fame
Hall of
Fame
Hall of
Fame
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Capital
One
Capital
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Citrus
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NBC adds the Fiesta Bowl
for a New Year’s Day Triple
Header
ABC begins
broadcasting the Rose
Bowl .
ESPN shows a New Years Day
bowl game for the first time.
The Bowl Coalition
begins.
The Bowl
Alliance begins.
The BCS
Begins.
FOX begins
broadcasting
New Years Day
bowl games.
NBC no longer broadcasts a New Years
Day bowl .
FOX broadcasts BCS bows. (Except
Rose)
First year of BCS National
Championship Game.
NBC begins broadcasting the
NHL Winter Classic opposite
New Years bowl games.
Only one New Years Day bowl
game is shown on broadcast
networks.
ESPN networks broadcast all New
Years Day games.
CBS no longer broadcasts a New
Years Day bowl.
The College Football Playoff
Begins
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