Legendary College Football Announcer

Last Friday, Keith Jackson, who broadcasted college football for over 50 years, died at the age of 89.  It has taken me a week to put this enty into this website because I knew that no matter what I write, I couldn't do him justice.  My first memories of him were when he worked on the Wide World of Sports broadcasts, but that was just the tip of the iceberg!  Jackson also covered the NFL, MLB, the Olympics, auto racing, boxing - and even the 1964 National Republican Convention with Walter Cronkite.

There are great announcers from the past and the present, and I expect in the future - but in my book, no one will top Mr. Jackson.  If the greatest form of flattery is imitation, then he has achieved that as people will forever say, "Fum Bulllll!", refer to Michigan Stadium as "The Big House", the Rose Bowl as "The Granddaddy of them all", and from time to time utter "Whoa Nellie".