Social Media Is Raving Over NBC’s New Score Bug That Debuted During Notre Dame, Navy Game (PIC)

As the NCAA College Football season begins, NBC decided to debut a new score bug during the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Navy Midshipmen game.

The new lower third is a far cry from their old bug, where the teams and their scores were featured next to each other, the quarter, the clock, and the play clock next to each other, the play and yardage, and the NBC logo on the side. The new third is more efficient, with the team names and scores on opposite sides, with the scores towards the center, and the NBC logo centered, the time under, and the quarter and play clock under.

NBC debuts new score bug on Navy-Notre Dame game https://t.co/yvwEAEPuuF pic.twitter.com/EvDt6mh6t7

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 26, 2023

Fans on Twitter are raving about the new score bug, noting similarities between the NFL bug. The new, smaller graphic makes the action on the field easier to follow, as other networks have moved to bigger bugs that focus on scores and clocks as opposed to the on-field action.

We have a change… 8 years later a ND graphics change. The NBC bug from 2015-2018 is now officially retired. @awfulannouncing #CollegeFootball #NotreDamevsNavy pic.twitter.com/wvPDgrtnFk

— Scorebugwatch (@scorebugwatch) August 26, 2023

An example of what the NBC score bug looked like for Notre Dame games last year in comparison: https://t.co/v9YwDE8yKm pic.twitter.com/iTtqcRdMoH

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 26, 2023

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One cool thing I learned from my time working at NBC Sports is that a lot of what they do to broadcast huge events, like the NFL and Olympics, is usually tried out in their Notre Dame broadcasts first. Watching Irish games became a lot more interesting to me after hearing that. https://t.co/DwDaxwpx92

— Michael Piff (@Mike_PiFF03) August 26, 2023

It's not bad looking.

— I-95 East Coast Sports Podcast ??? (@AlwaysACaptain) August 26, 2023

The Notre Dame vs. Navy match is the first time NBC has used the new bug. The game, played in Dublin, Ireland, is a wise choice for the debut as Notre Dame is one of the most recognizable brands in college football.

With week 1 of the NCAA season underway, NBC has made a welcome change to their onscreen product. The new bug is welcomed by college football fans.