College Football Playoff opens NY Stock Exchange bell

This morning ESPN visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to toast The College Football Playoff on New Yearâ€™s Eve. To mark the occasion hosts of College GameDay, Desmond Howard and Rece Davis, rang the Opening BellÂ®. They were joined by Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff and George Zimmer, of Generation Tux, as well as ESPNâ€™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 Yearâ€™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 Post contribution from Amy Phillips. 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.

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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