(Trying to make a list of the best all-time college football announcers on TV and radio would be an impossible task.)Īs we all have biases based on our age, where we live and what teams we follow-working on the sideline and in a press box for a decade in Big East country, my personal list might include the name John Congemi 25 times-I've asked for some help in this particular endeavor. We also limited this list to those calling games on TV, which unfortunately eliminates a host of amazing local radio announcers who would certainly deserve their own list. (Note: There are some studio personalities on this list, but they are ranked solely by their work in the booth, not behind the desk.)
We limited this exercise to just those calling the games, not those working in the studio. This is our attempt to figure out the best college football announcers in history, from the glory days of the 1960s right up to this year's march to another national championship. The announcers, in a historical context, are every bit as memorable as some of the players. In a game in which the players stay for less than half a decade-with the best of the bunch sticking around for just two or three seasons in today's dash to the NFL-some of the biggest stars in college football's deep, rich history have been those who call the games from the booth, holding the viewers' hands through season after season, bowl game after bowl game. We really, truly live in a golden age of televised sports, and no major sport in America has benefited from the boon like good ol' collegiate pigskin. And back when college football started on TV, viewers would be happy with one or two major games a week. A generation ago, college football fans would be happy to get a dozen games a week on television. Each week there are upward of 60 major college football games (depending on your definition of major) for fans around the country to watch on TV or online.Ī decade ago, we weren't so lucky. On any given Saturday in the fall-or Thursday, Friday and the occasional Tuesday or Wednesday-it's nearly impossible to turn on the television and not find a college football game to watch.
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