SerenityBuff
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The best to ever do it.
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RIP, Keith Jackson
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Will always be who I think of as the voice for the biggest college games on the biggest stage. Nobody better
Strange that he got associated with that phrase, he didn't use it much and didn't like it being tied to him.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/keith-jackson-not-thrilled-by-association-with-whoa-nellie/89211
The best of the best. I've missed him broadcasting the big games since he retired. RIP.
How many years did he do the Rose Bowl?
To this day, every time that broadcast comes on, I expect to hear his voice.
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
THE voice of college football. RIP
I remember seeing him on a broadcast as a guest a couple of years ago and it was so sad to seem him struggle to carry on a conversation.
I remember seeing him on a broadcast as a guest a couple of years ago and it was so sad to seem him struggle to carry on a conversation.
They showed the Michigan play on SC tonight talking about him. Very cool indeed.
Pretty sure that he went to college there but that he was from Georgia or Alabama. (if I'm remembering correctly one of the tv segments I caught this week)
SuperiorBuff
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Roopville, GA. Per Wikipedia
A lot of people talking about the “Whoa Nellie” line but there were many great Kieth Jackson lines that were kinda the way he talked. One of my favorites was when at the beginning of the broadcast he would say, “Helllloh egin ehverybuddy this is Keith Jacksennnn, along with my partner.........”
Or when some big team would run on the field and he would say “Here come the Buffalos and there’s Alotofem”
Or if a big guy, who is also good would carry the ball he would say “And heez a haus.”
Or if someone is running free and gonna score He would say “ And der goes Mr Holliway and der notgonnagitem.”
Or when some big guy gets tackled near the sidelines, after carrying some tacklers with him he would say “And the big fellow is Wrrrangled outa bounds at the 42 yard line...
Or if say Florida was coming back on, for example Georgia, he would say something like “Watch out Dawgs dem Gators be ssssnapping at your appendagessss.”
Or if say Nebraska was playing Michigan....“Coach Tommy Osborne versus the indelible Bo Schembecklerrrrrr, and its gonna be a goodun.”
There will never be another, but I must say that the next best guy up is Gus Johnson. That guy has a great voice and is colorful enough in his descriptions that he might someday be mentioned in the same vein.
Anyway Godspeed Keith Jackson. You will be missed.
Or when some big team would run on the field and he would say “Here come the Buffalos and there’s Alotofem”
Or if a big guy, who is also good would carry the ball he would say “And heez a haus.”
Or if someone is running free and gonna score He would say “ And der goes Mr Holliway and der notgonnagitem.”
Or when some big guy gets tackled near the sidelines, after carrying some tacklers with him he would say “And the big fellow is Wrrrangled outa bounds at the 42 yard line...
Or if say Florida was coming back on, for example Georgia, he would say something like “Watch out Dawgs dem Gators be ssssnapping at your appendagessss.”
Or if say Nebraska was playing Michigan....“Coach Tommy Osborne versus the indelible Bo Schembecklerrrrrr, and its gonna be a goodun.”
There will never be another, but I must say that the next best guy up is Gus Johnson. That guy has a great voice and is colorful enough in his descriptions that he might someday be mentioned in the same vein.
Anyway Godspeed Keith Jackson. You will be missed.
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