"College Bowl" returning to network TV

[gromit82]

What do all the Omaha references mean?

[aaron sica]

What do all the Omaha references mean?

When Peyton Manning played football, and the team went up to the line to run their play, sometimes you'd hear him yell "Omaha!". After he retired, he explained that he would say that if they had to change the play.

[Strikerz04]

Here's the press release- 12 teams in the tournament over 10 eps...

Please let the University of Omaha be one of the teams. Please let the University of Omaha be one of the teams. Please let the University of Omaha be one of the teams. Please let the University of Omaha be one of the teams. Please let the University of Omaha be one of the teams. Please let the

An "audible" bonus question. Its gotta happen.

[Neumms]

Odd host choice for a cerebral show with lots of reading and heightening drama. Jim Nantz would be the type, though not him specficially. Then again, this show wasn't on in prime time when it ran 60 years ago, and I find Manning's insurance commercials and choice of pizza place repugnant.

[weaklink75]

Bumping this as we have a start date- June 22nd at 10PM...

https://tvline.com/2021/04/12/college-bowl-reboot-nbc-peyton-manning-premiere-date/

[nowhammies10]

Honestly, seeing how Aaron Rodgers has been doing on J! gives me more confidence in Peyton Manning's ability as host. I'll reserve judgment for when it actually airs.

ETA: Capital One is listed as the title sponsor, per the logo on Manning's lectern.

[Dbacksfan12]

Honestly, seeing how Aaron Rodgers has been doing on J! gives me more confidence in Peyton Manning's ability as host.

Patrick Wayne and Larry Blyden were both actors before hosting a game show.

[PYLdude]

Honestly, seeing how Aaron Rodgers has been doing on J! gives me more confidence in Peyton Manning's ability as host.

Patrick Wayne and Larry Blyden were both actors before hosting a game show.

So was Richard Dawson.

[weaklink75]

Here’s the official press release:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/04/12/the-battle-of-brains-begins-when-nbcs-capital-one-college-bowl-premieres-tuesday-june-22-at-10-pm-et-pt-358311/20210412nbc02/

Pretty substantial stakes too- $1 million in total scholarships awarded..

[BrandonFG]

Pretty substantial stakes too- $1 million in total scholarships awarded..

How nice of them to pay one student's tuition for the semester...

[Jeremy Nelson]

Honestly, seeing how Aaron Rodgers has been doing on J! gives me more confidence in Peyton Manning's ability as host.

Patrick Wayne and Larry Blyden were both actors before hosting a game show.

So we're just not gonna make an apples to apples comparison and bring up Joe Garagiola, huh?

[nowhammies10]

Honestly, seeing how Aaron Rodgers has been doing on J! gives me more confidence in Peyton Manning's ability as host.

Patrick Wayne and Larry Blyden were both actors before hosting a game show.

So we're just not gonna make an apples to apples comparison and bring up Joe Garagiola, huh?

I forget, did Frank Gifford ever host anything? I know he was a fairly frequent guest on Password.

[trainman]

So we're just not gonna make an apples to apples comparison and bring up Joe Garagiola, huh?

Joe Garagiola didn't go straight from playing baseball to hosting game shows -- he'd spent well over a decade in baseball broadcasting and other sportscasting, plus a couple of years as a co-host on the "Today" show, before he got his first game show gig.

[That Don Guy]

NBC aired a brief clip during its Kentucky Derby coverage. That show is a lot of things...but it is not "College Bowl." It looks a lot like they took the revised rules for Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (which itself switched from traditional College Bowl rules to the format of a show called Africa Challenge); I saw three-player teams, and they were choosing categories from a board of four.

[jalman]

NBC aired a brief clip during its Kentucky Derby coverage. That show is a lot of things...but it is not "College Bowl." It looks a lot like they took the revised rules for Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (which itself switched from traditional College Bowl rules to the format of a show called Africa Challenge); I saw three-player teams, and they were choosing categories from a board of four.

(College Bowl clip at 0:36 mark)