Is anyone going to miss Verne?

[Uncle_Blue]

I sure as hell will miss him. He and Gary Danielson are one of the greatest duos to ever to call college football games IMO.

Who do you think will take his spot?

 

[rick64]

Yeah I'll miss the old fella.

 

[Ineverplayedthegame]

Is this his last game or just his last SEC game?
With 40 bowl games, surely he gets to call one?

 

[NCukcat62]

Is this his last game or just his last SEC game?
With 40 bowl games, surely he gets to call one?

Pretty sure this is it.

 

[martycat1]

Yep.

 

[tntuk]

He will continue with Golf, but this is it for football.

 

[Ineverplayedthegame]

Like Whoa Nelly Keith Jackson, Pat Summerall, and John Madden. Reminds us old farts of how old we really are and our own impending mortality.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Pretty sure this is it.

He's doing Army v. Navy next week. Don't know about bowl games.
They named Brad Nessler several weeks ago as his replacement. In fact Brad and Danielson did the Ark v. Mizzo game the Friday after T'giving.

 

[ORCAT]

He's one of the best ever, if not the best. I really will miss him and his voice. For me, his voice is synonymous with college football. I give him the right to retire, of course, but he is still on top of his game, wish he would reconsider.

 

[Beatle Bum]

He is an icon and his voice is part of my long memory of college football. Will be missed.

 

[dvillecatfan]

sun bowl his last game?

 

[Shydog]

I will miss Verne very much,, it seems he loves the game and loves his job but doesn't take it too seriously! He has been the perfect set up guy for Gary D!!

 

[Beatle Bum]

 

[childe]

I think he's still scheduled to do March Madness.

CBS did a great job with the send-off during the post-game just now.

 

[CB3UK]

Watching replays of that game will NEVER get old. Biggest win of my lifetime by far.

 

[JBHolmesfan]

Watching replays of that game will NEVER get old. Biggest win of my lifetime by far.

I still get nervous watching Sieber kick those field goals.

 

[willyclyde]

Bout time. He was good when he could keep up. Misberger vitale and a few others need to follow suit.

 

[Cawood86_rivals]

Nessler will do great IMO. Verne is the Icon.

 

[ck-2]

I'll miss the. Verne of 10 years ago. Not this version.

 

[ukalum1988]

I still get nervous watching Sieber kick those field goals.

The 43-yarder in the second OT was clutch. Unfortunately that probably the only clutch kick I remember him making.

 

[pickled cat]

I sure as hell will miss him. He and Gary Danielson are one of the greatest duos to ever to call college football games IMO.

Who do you think will take his spot?

I sure will.

 

[ScrewDuke1]

Nessler is his replacement

 

[ScrewDuke1]

The 43-yarder in the second OT was clutch. Unfortunately that probably the only clutch kick I remember him making.

Yup, he struggled quite a bit that year. But he was great in the LSU game.

 

[51stFan]

Verne was pretty good, but Jackson stayed on out west late in his career. Both were part of what made college football great. Like Vin Skully they are some of the best.

 

[rmattox]

Jackson, Verne are probably the two best college Football announcers in my life with Jackson being #1. When CBS began covering college Football in around '82, I didn't like Musberger, but he grew on me. Still not in the league with Jackson.

 

[MrKentucky]

Verne has called the Laettner shot, Kick Six, and Tiger's chip at the 2005 Masters.

One of the most iconic plays in each of their sports. That's pretty damn cool.

 

[JasonS.]

The best. If only for his great call of the 1992 Kentucky-Duke game alone ... has a big place in UK sports history.