This morning ESPN visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to toast The College Football Playoff on New Year’s Eve. To mark the occasion hosts of College GameDay, Desmond Howard and Rece Davis, rang the Opening Bell®. They were joined by Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff and George Zimmer, of Generation Tux, as well as ESPN’s President, Global Sales & Marketing Ed Erhardt, EVP and Chief Financial Officer Christine Driessen, Executive Vice President, Programming and Scheduling Burke Magnus, Emeka Ofodile and Erin Thornton and four members of the sales and marketing team who donned our exclusive New Year’s Eve Collection Tuxedos for the occasion.
College GameDay team and ESPN employees open the New York Stock Exchange.
–@ESPN "rings in" the @CFBPlayoff
#CFBPlayoff
https://t.co/J5WWHehfGe
— NYSE (@NYSE) December 15, 2015
Desmond Howard (left) and Rece Davis in the moments after the NYSE bell sounded.
Howard being shown around the NYSE this morning.
ESPN employees wearing the CFP tuxedos (L-R) representing University of Alabama, Tim Hubbell; Clemson University Marcus Lynum; Michigan State, Kwadwo Safo-Agyekum; and University of Oklahoma, Connor Cassidy.
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