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Hammerhunker · 01-13-2018, 11:24 AM

I couldn't find a thread on his passing so I thought it would be fitting here. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, I lived to hear Keith Jackson call a college football game each Saturday, and Bowl Game on New Years Day. He was a dandy!

countryboy · 01-13-2018, 01:52 PM

RIP Keith.

He was one of the best.

Caulfield · 01-13-2018, 02:14 PM

Whoa Nellie.
w/o Keith, there is no Big House and the Rose Bowl is just another exhibition game,
not the Grandaddy of'em All.

SPTO · 01-13-2018, 02:21 PM

It is not an exaggeration to say that Keith Jackson built the ABC Sports (now ESPN) college football behemoth. He was the voice of Saturday for generations and called some of the greatest games in college football history. I saw him on a somewhat recent internet show and he expressed how he wanted to highlight the players' as people and to emphasize the importance of their backgrounds and where they came from.

Keith Jackson loved the poetic and romantic notion of collegiate sports and always expressed himself in a classy style. Even in his later years when he wasn't at his best he always strove to make the event seem special and made you want to sit with him for the next 3+ hrs and enjoy the game.

R.I.P. Keith Jackson you will sorely be missed.

WaitTilNextYear · 01-13-2018, 05:03 PM

Glad I searched for this before making a new thread in a different place. Sort of fitting that after a long and illustrious life, Jackson dies in a year when Alabama and Georgia played each other for a title (he was born in a border county of those 2 states). R.I.P.

Keith Jackson will always be the voice of college football as far as I'm concerned. He did that for over 50 years. He was the big game announcer for many of the games I saw growing up, games that cemented my fandom long before I ever set foot on a college campus. I remember he and Bob Griese made a good tandem, doing many a Michigan game and even when Bob's son Brian was the starting QB. To say that Keith was great at what he did would be a massive understatement.

His Wiki page reads as a sort of world history of sporting events--reporting from behind the Iron Curtain in a 1958 crew match between UW and the Soviet Union, covering the 1964 RNC with Walter Cronkite, announcing the inaugural season of Monday Night Football in 1970, covering the Olympics from Munich in 1972, doing World Series in the 70s and 80s, the Bucky Dent game, letting Al Michaels get the Lake Placid Miracle on Ice gig in 1980, working college basketball with Dick Vitale, doing NBA games alongside Bill Russell, coining nicknames for the Rose Bowl and Michigan Stadium, getting a Michigan marching band salute and gear from Bo Schembechler, getting an honorary toilet dedicated to him at Nebraska Stadium, capping it off with the call of Texas-Southern Cal in the Vince Young game.

Whoa Nellie! What a career.

Hammerhunker · 01-14-2018, 10:27 AM

I will just say, I had tears, I'm just too sentimental of a person. I have reached an age where we're starting to lose those that created memorable moments for us, for me the ones that stand out had something to do with sports. Literally, every Saturday my beloved Grandpa and I would sit down to watch whatever game Keith Jackson did. When listening to other commentators, my Grandpa would comment that the guy "isn't a Keith Jackson". He was a gem, the likes we will never experience again.

JonathanRiddle · 02-12-2018, 12:16 AM

It is really heart warming to read so many good thoughts about Keith. He was a legend in his own way. His iconic voice can make you much more interested in the game.

01-13-2018, 11:24 AM	#1
Hammerhunker MVP OVR: 22 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Broncos and Rockies Roam Posts: 2,916 Blog Entries: 2	Keith Jackson I couldn't find a thread on his passing so I thought it would be fitting here. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, I lived to hear Keith Jackson call a college football game each Saturday, and Bowl Game on New Years Day. He was a dandy! Geaux Tigahs likes this.

01-13-2018, 01:52 PM	#2
countryboy Then..Now...Forever OVR: 62 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Greenville, IN Posts: 51,627 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Keith Jackson RIP Keith. He was one of the best. Hammerhunker likes this. __________________ I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see. I miss the old days of Operation Sports :( Louisville Cardinals/St.Louis Cardinals

01-13-2018, 02:14 PM	#3
Caulfield Hall Of Fame OVR: 8 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Riverside, AL Blog Entries: 1	Re: Keith Jackson Whoa Nellie. w/o Keith, there is no Big House and the Rose Bowl is just another exhibition game, not the Grandaddy of'em All. Hammerhunker and countryboy like this. __________________ OSFM23 - Building Better Baseball - OSFM23 A Work in Progress

01-13-2018, 02:21 PM	#4
SPTO binging OVR: 53 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The 905 Posts: 68,062 Blog Entries: 46	Re: Keith Jackson It is not an exaggeration to say that Keith Jackson built the ABC Sports (now ESPN) college football behemoth. He was the voice of Saturday for generations and called some of the greatest games in college football history. I saw him on a somewhat recent internet show and he expressed how he wanted to highlight the players' as people and to emphasize the importance of their backgrounds and where they came from. Keith Jackson loved the poetic and romantic notion of collegiate sports and always expressed himself in a classy style. Even in his later years when he wasn't at his best he always strove to make the event seem special and made you want to sit with him for the next 3+ hrs and enjoy the game. R.I.P. Keith Jackson you will sorely be missed. Hammerhunker, AUChase and Caulfield like this. __________________ Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

01-13-2018, 05:03 PM	#5
WaitTilNextYear Go Cubs Go OVR: 18 Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 16,840	Re: Keith Jackson Glad I searched for this before making a new thread in a different place. Sort of fitting that after a long and illustrious life, Jackson dies in a year when Alabama and Georgia played each other for a title (he was born in a border county of those 2 states). R.I.P. Keith Jackson will always be the voice of college football as far as I'm concerned. He did that for over 50 years. He was the big game announcer for many of the games I saw growing up, games that cemented my fandom long before I ever set foot on a college campus. I remember he and Bob Griese made a good tandem, doing many a Michigan game and even when Bob's son Brian was the starting QB. To say that Keith was great at what he did would be a massive understatement. His Wiki page reads as a sort of world history of sporting events--reporting from behind the Iron Curtain in a 1958 crew match between UW and the Soviet Union, covering the 1964 RNC with Walter Cronkite, announcing the inaugural season of Monday Night Football in 1970, covering the Olympics from Munich in 1972, doing World Series in the 70s and 80s, the Bucky Dent game, letting Al Michaels get the Lake Placid Miracle on Ice gig in 1980, working college basketball with Dick Vitale, doing NBA games alongside Bill Russell, coining nicknames for the Rose Bowl and Michigan Stadium, getting a Michigan marching band salute and gear from Bo Schembechler, getting an honorary toilet dedicated to him at Nebraska Stadium, capping it off with the call of Texas-Southern Cal in the Vince Young game. Whoa Nellie! What a career. Hammerhunker, Geaux Tigahs, wolverine34 and 1 others like this. __________________ Chicago Cubs \| Chicago Bulls \| Green Bay Packers \| Michigan Wolverines

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01-14-2018, 10:27 AM	#6
Hammerhunker MVP OVR: 22 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Broncos and Rockies Roam Posts: 2,916 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Keith Jackson I will just say, I had tears, I'm just too sentimental of a person. I have reached an age where we're starting to lose those that created memorable moments for us, for me the ones that stand out had something to do with sports. Literally, every Saturday my beloved Grandpa and I would sit down to watch whatever game Keith Jackson did. When listening to other commentators, my Grandpa would comment that the guy "isn't a Keith Jackson". He was a gem, the likes we will never experience again. WaitTilNextYear likes this. Last edited by Hammerhunker; 02-18-2018 at 08:46 AM.

02-12-2018, 12:16 AM	#7
JonathanRiddle Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jan 2018	Re: Keith Jackson It is really heart warming to read so many good thoughts about Keith. He was a legend in his own way. His iconic voice can make you much more interested in the game.