College football quickly approaching! ESPN, Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC getting set for a plethora of games


Yesterday marked the 105th birthday of Marty Glickman, the first well known broadcaster produced by Syracuse University. For that matter, when Marty was born, radio wasn’t an embryo yet. Truth be told, I’m not sure there was much of a sports broadcast school when Marty attended SU. He was a wonderful athlete, known especially for his prowess on the gridiron. Several decades into sports announcing, he tutored and mentored many from Marv Albert to Sean McDonough and Dick Stockton. He never turned anyone down. Glickman helped so many!
Morbid thoughts
I keep the names of broadcasters who died during the year and list them sadly, close to New Year’s Day. In our eighth month this is what we have. May they rest in peace:
Ron Franklin, ESPN, (Jan)
Dan Reeves, Westwood One, (Jan)
Joe B. Hall, local talk radio, Kentucky (Jan)
John Clayton ESPN, (March)
Gino Cappelletti, (May) Patriots radio
Bob Lanier, NBA Radio (May)
Tony Siragusa, Fox, (June)
Mike Pratt, Kentucky, (June)
Hank Goldberg, ESPN, (Born and died on a July 4th)
Bill Russell, CBS/ABC (July)
Vin Scully, LA Dodgers/NBC (August)
Voices calling play-by-play college Saturday and NFL Sunday – There are four: Here you go:
Dave Pasch: Arizona Cardinals and ESPN
Wes Durham: Atlanta Falcons and ESPN
Anish Shroff: Carolina Panthers and ESPN
Bob Wischusen: New York Jets and and ESPN
Many of the same voices you’ve seen in past seasons will be back when the 2022 schedule starts at the end of August. As college football creeps up on us, ESPN will dominate, per below Fox, CBS and NBC.
Game/Network, Commentators
ESPN will carry more games than any of the networks. Last week it released its list of voices:
ABC Saturday Night Football, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
ESPN Saturday Night Primetime, Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Mollie McGrath
ESPN and ABC Saturday, Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Katie George
ESPN and ABC Saturday, Mark Jones, Robert Griffin III, Quint Kessenich
ESPN and ABC Saturday, Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill
ESPN and ABC Saturday, Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden
ESPN and ABC Saturday, Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Tiffany Blackmon
ESPN and ESPN2 Saturday, Anish Shroff, Brock Osweiler, Taylor McGregor
ESPN and ESPN2 Saturday, Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN Thursday, Matt Barrie, Louis Riddick, Harry Lyles Jr.
ESPN and ESPN2 Friday, Roy Philpott, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
ESPN and ESPN2 Saturday, Brian Custer, Dustin Fox, Lauren Sisler
SEC Saturday Night, Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
ACC Network Primetime, Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Kelsey Riggs
SEC Network, Dave Neal, Deuce McAllister, Andraya Carter
SEC Network, Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
ACC Network, Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Taylor Davis
ACC Network, Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Lericia Harris
ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday, Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Dawn Davenport
ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday, Kevin Brown, Hutson Mason
ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday, John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday, Drew Carter, TBD
ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday, Connor Onion, Craig Haubert
Longhorn Network, Lowell Galindo, Sam Acho, Alex Chappell
ESPNU Thursday – HBCU, Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker
ESPN Radio, Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons and/or Mike Couzens, Max Starks (Commentator teams are subject to change. Additional broadcasters will be used throughout the season.)
More details on on-air assignments covering the other networks once its releases
First game played weekend of August 27th:
The collegiate headliners are:
ESPN top college teams
#1 Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit
#2 Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge
#3 Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy
#4 Mark Jones, Robert Griffin III
#5 Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek
#6 Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky
#7 Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore
Fox
#1 Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt
#2 Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
#3 Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
CBS
#1 Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson
#2 TBA (mostly CBS Sports Network)
NBC
Jac Collinsworth, Jason Garrett