{"id":46317,"date":"2025-05-13T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/46317\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:40:09","slug":"fox-announces-nfl-doubleheader-to-go-against-cfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/46317\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox announces NFL doubleheader to go against CFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, the third weekend of December will be football overload.<\/p>\n<p>As many will recall, last year, the third weekend of December featured two high-profile NFL games and a College Football Playoff tripleheader. This year, it\u2019s looking more like the same.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Fox Sports announced it will exclusively air an NFL doubleheader on Saturday, December 20. This is the same day that the College Football Playoff will presumably play three first-round games, barring a schedule shift from last year\u2019s layout. Fox will air a doubleheader featuring the Philadelphia Eagles against the Washington Commanders and the Green Bay Packers against the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FOX Sports secures two, new exclusive broadcast windows in Week 16 for the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>The added doubleheader sets a record for most-ever by any network (11) and makes FOX the home of the most NFL windows this season (31).<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd2\ufe0f: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7sBXSTmzAR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/7sBXSTmzAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sHJrTkDOxm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sHJrTkDOxm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSportsPR\/status\/1922036631436968019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The decision reinforces the NFL\u2019s strategy to claim that Saturday, the first that falls outside of its federally restricted period. Traditionally, the NFL has held games on the third Saturday in December without much competition from college football. That changed last season when the College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams, necessitating an earlier start.<\/p>\n<p>Controversially, the College Football Playoff decided to compete head-to-head with the NFL last year. Viewership numbers for those games were <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nfl\/predictably-dominates-college-football-playoff-viewership.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pretty lackluster<\/a>, as one would expect when competing against the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Before last year, the NFL urged the College Football Playoff to schedule two first-round games on Friday and two on Saturday, a format that could presumably make room for both properties with minimal conflict. It\u2019s unclear whether the playoff committee will heed that advice this year or continue with the 1-3 split between Friday and Saturday games in the first round. However, if\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/college-football\/espn-cfp-content-schedule-changes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">early reports<\/a> indicate anything, it likely isn\u2019t happening this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once again, the third weekend of December will be football overload. 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