Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson
Keith Max Jacksonis a retired American sportscaster, known for his career with ABC Sports, his coverage of college football, his style of folksy, down-to-earth commentary, and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence, and operatic tone considered "like Edward R. Murrow reporting on World War II, the voice of ultimate authority in college football."...
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth18 October 1928
CityRoopville, GA
bloody fabric society
It's permeated the fabric of the bloody society, almost.
far heads says somebody unless upstairs
That's one I want to go to, unless somebody upstairs says you can't do it. But so far the heads have nodded.
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It's just the aura, the ambience, particularly when it's full. And then you've got the broad-shouldered San Gabriels sitting there, looking down on all of this.
contract exists porch shop sure union worry
It's a year-by-year thing with me, that's all I can tell you. ... The Pac-10 contract exists through 2011, but I'm pretty sure by 2011, I will have become the shop steward of the International Porch Sitters Union and I won't worry about it.
good gym home job joke keeping rip team year
We did things day by day. The joke was that we don't have a home gym so we're going to take yours. We had a good team that year because Rip did a good job of keeping us together.
answer came game goes question
The question came up the other day: Has there ever been another game that had more on it or more hype? The answer is no. ... I think this one goes down as an all-time all-timer.
assume state university
You know why. It's Texas. It's the state university of Texas. They just assume that posture. It's their birthright.
die parking perfect pressure stadium worry
This is the perfect time. I don't want to get back into the pressure cooker of play-by-play and worry about travel. I don't want to die in a stadium parking lot.
best offense
This is the best offense I've ever seen.
arts awards liberal research scientific
Historically scientific research has been more popular, and liberal arts has lagged behind. The awards for the arts are much smaller.
corn dog folks places rather riding sick tee
There aren't many places where you'd find folks that'd rather have a corn dog then a steak. But I think in this one, you probably do. And then riding that Ferris wheel, you can get sick before they even tee it up.
basketball home people
We may not have had any home games, but we were going to show people what Patriots basketball was all about. That was just Rip's attitude.
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He had never seen a corn dog, much less tasted one. It took him three quarters to eat one, and then he ate three.
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I always felt the '72 USC team was the best team I ever saw. Then along came '95 Nebraska. Whoa! My word. But if these guys, if USC wins, they've got to be right there, too. You can't deny them that.