RIP Keith Jackson (1928-2018)

[BobbyMac]

The voice of College Football outside of ND has passed. Whoa Nellie, what a life!

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[Bishop2b5]

Greatest college football announcer ever. I grew up listening to him almost every autumn Saturday afternoon. Some of my greatest football memories were narrated by him. A true legend.

 

[yankeehater]

Wow! Very sad, I loved watching games he announced.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Woah Nellie this is a big loss. He was College Football announcing. RIP Big Fella.

 

[BobbyMac]

He was so good, he made me a Michigan fan when I was young. They were my back up team until they started playing again. He always had the Michigan/OSU game back in my day it was like a Midwest holiday.

He called the best two non-ND games I ever watched. the 2003 Fiesta Bowl with The U and OSU. (Sadly, someone won) and the 2006 Rose Bowl where Vince and UT beat SC.

 

[BobbyMac]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was Keith Jackson’s intro to the 100th game between Ohio State and Michigan in 2003. Still gives me chills. <a href="https://t.co/DmfGemnhoY">pic.twitter.com/DmfGemnhoY</a></p>— Dustin Fox (@DustinFox37) <a href="https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/952215814526119938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Irish2155]

"Rumbling, bumbling, stumbling pass the 30 yard line..."

 

[Irishize]

He was a classic. Despite being synonymous w/ CFB, he did his share of Monday Night Baseball and NFL games, too.

The only time I dreaded hearing him is when he called ND games w/ Frank Broyles. While I always sensed a bias vs ND (typical fan, right?), it revealed itself when he teamed w/ Broyles.

RIP

 

[Irish#1]

He and Enberg are on my Mt. Rushmore of announcers.

 

[ACamp1900]

He was a classic. Despite being synonymous w/ CFB, he did his share of Monday Night Baseball and NFL games, too.

The only time I dreaded hearing him is when he called ND games w/ Frank Broyles. While I always sensed a bias vs ND (typical fan, right?), it revealed itself when he teamed w/ Broyles.

RIP

Yeah, when I think KJ I typically think:

1.) Rose Bowl
2.) A dude that hated Notre Dame