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[gdogg]

ESPN SEC Broadcasters have few SEC ties

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://kentucky.scout.com/a.z?s=48&p=2&c=878405"><font color="#000000">"Out of seven announcers ESPN assigned to the SEC packages, was it really a stretch to hope the number with SEC ties would be larger than the number of Seattle residents? It's not that these people aren't capable broadcasters, but they have zero feel or understanding for what makes the league special. They'll be learning about conference traditions as they visit a place like the Swamp for the first time.

There are plenty of talented people who actually know about the SEC ESPN could have hired, but the network has continued its inexplicable practice of largely excluding conference alums from their announcing teams.</font></a> Florida <font color="#000000">has Jesse Palmer, known more for his reality show than his college career, and Erin Andrews at the network. Rece Davis is an</font> Alabama <a rel="nofollow" href="http://kentucky.scout.com/a.z?s=48&p=2&c=878405"><font color="#000000">grad. That's it. More Canadians cover college football for ESPN than do SEC alums (yes, Palmer counts as both).

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[The Big Slick]

To me, his voice is synonamous with Saturday Night SEC football.

 

[TR.sixpack]

nm

 

[tossedoff]

After Gottfried had his stroke, they should have paired Franklin with someone else and kept him on the ESPN primetime game. However, I think Franklin may have had more to do with his going to the Big12 games because he lives in the Dallas area and if you notice, he primarily does Big12 basketball games. </p>

 

[MSUCostanza]

that his "honey" comment to Holly Rowe is what got him banished to the **** games.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

After Gottfried had his stroke, they should have paired Franklin with someone else and kept him on the ESPN primetime game. However, I think Franklin may have had more to do with his going to the Big12 games because he lives in the Dallas area and if you notice, he primarily does Big12 basketball games. </p>

I thought he lived here in Austin since I had seen him around a few times.

 

[HamilReb]

He may live in Austin but he is from Miss. That is not the reason he is no longer doing SEC telecasts.

Costanza is correct. Personally I never understood what the big deal was anyway. How was that being disrespectful?

I guess I know, but I hear it all the time.

Holly Rowe Incident

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

link

 

[HamilReb]

But yeah this thread is.

Is there a statute of limitations for being germaned?

 

[McMeat]

He does live in Austin. Played golf with him a couple of times.

 

[MSU CS 2004]

<span class="storybody">As for the game itself, as the Who sang it's "meet the new boss, same as the old boss". That's right, Dave Neal will be the play-by-play guy for the ESPN package, a carryover from the J-P days. Why ESPN would choose to maintain a tie to the most mocked broadcast crew in recent college history is anybody's guess, but they did give Neal new partners.
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Maybe because Dave Rowe was 35% of the reason for the broadcast being mocked.

<span class="storybody">The early telecasts are expected to have a vastly improved picture, be better produced, and have score updates and highlights that were missing when Raycom had the rights.</span>

<span class="storybody">Meet the other 65%. Dave Neal mostly suffered from guilt by association.</span> Plus, he's basically the voice of the SEC. He does it all: football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball and I don't know what else.

 

[patdog]

I thought Todd Blackledge and Gary Danielson both did a very good job of covering SEC football for CBS even though they're both Big 10 guys. That said, I have little faith in ESPN finding announcers of their quality for SEC games.