Here’s the actual news release from the Four-Letter-Dot-Com. And here are our thoughts.
Matt Millen, who will also provide analysis on ESPN’s NFL studio coverage, will work Saturday telecasts on ABC with Sean McDonough, who called select Friday and Saturday games last year, and reporter Holly Rowe who moves from ESPN’s Saturday prime time games.
Millen should be a spectacular fit. He can use insight from his playing experience to analyze the players and segue into how he would ruin a franchise by drafting them.
Todd Blackledge
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOU EAT!
Erin Andrews, who adds the Saturday game to her ESPN Thursday night series role.
Erin Andrews Thursday, Erin Andrews Saturday, Erin Andrews in NCAA 10 and Erin Andrews every-fucking-where. Is that a bad thing? No. You can never get enough of a body like this:
Jesse Palmer will add Saturday studio analysis on ABC to his Thursday night ESPN game telecast. In the new position, Palmer will provide pre-game, halftime and post-game analysis for every telecast on ABC and on the half-hour College Football Countdown at 3 p.m.
YES more tips from the Bachelor: what to do on a first date, how to appreciate Canada and what color suits match with color changing eyes.
Craig James, who will continue as an analyst on ESPN’s Thursday night series, Mike Patrick, the voice of many top events on ESPN for 27 years, and reporter Heather Cox will form a new team for Saturday telecasts on ABC
Just once we’d like to see Craig James gallop around the set with a pony head on a stick between his legs.
Analysts Bob Griese and Chris Spielman will join Dave Pasch on the Saturday noon telecast on ESPN. Last year, Spielman called select Friday and Saturday games while Bob Griese worked Saturday games on ABC.
Dave Pasch has a schnoz and no one cares about OATMEALABETUS-University Greise.
Andre Ware will provide analysis on the new ESPN Regional Television Saturday SEC over-the-air syndication package
Awesomo, he can jinx all the SEC schools now. “Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU ALL UNBEATABLE!”
Host Rece Davis and analysts Lou Holtz and Mark May will return to work ESPN’s Saturday pre-game, halftime, post-game and College Football Final (Saturdays at midnight) studio coverage, as well as call select ESPN and ESPN2 weekday games.
Will this be the year Holtz’ stray spit darts into May’s eye causing to the two men to come to blows. Sadly it won’t be.
Returning announcer pairings to television’s deepest field of commentators include: Mark Jones and Bob Davie; Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham; Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore; Clay Matvick and David Diaz-Infante; and Charlie Neal and Jay Walker.
Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham broadcast all of ESPN’s games in the Garden of Eden. It’s a shame they’ve been banished to purgatory.
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