FOX Sports plans to bring Dave Portnoy to your TV screens as Pat McAfee's influence on mainstream sports programming grows

FOX Sports is continuing to make changes. 

On Wednesday, Front Office Sports reported that the network is "nearing an expansive deal with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy that would include him appearing on its college football pregame show." And with that, Barstool content would be featured on FS1.

This move will help "Big Noon" compete with Pat McAfee and ESPN's hit show "College GameDay." 

"Portnoy would join Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram, Chris “The Bear” Fallica, and host Rob Stone on Big Noon. Charles Woodson also appears on the show on special occasions," Front Office Sports writes.

This comes after The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported on Monday that Joy Taylor has been fired and her show “Speak," which she hosts alongside Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce, has been canceled too. "Breakfast Ball" and "The Facility," which is hosted by Emmanuel Acho, Chase Daniel, James Jones and LeSean McCoy has also been axed.

"The three shows struggled to find a huge audience, prompting the cancellations, according to sources briefed on the decision," Marchand wrote.

However, The Athletic added that Colin Cowherd’s “The Herd,” and “First Things First” with Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes will remain in their currently time slots, while they will "likely produce new shows in place of the cancellations."