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
against athletic compete great liked loved mess screw turn
Everything's going to turn out great for Casey, because he loved to compete against us, ... He liked to see us screw up, or he liked to make us mess up with his athletic ability.
believe citizen finished learn president senior vote
I'm finished with play-by-play forever. I'm going out to learn to be a senior citizen and find a president I can vote for and believe in.
casual seen team
I have never seen a team that had this many tools, and they do it with a casual assuredness.
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We expect that average selling prices for the second quarter of 2006 will be flat to slightly up sequentially. We also expect that gross margins will continue to grow by between 50 to 100 basis points sequentially in the second quarter of 2006.
best offense
This is the best offense I've ever seen.
best considered seen team usc
I've always considered that 1972 USC team the best team I've ever seen. I've said that for a long time, and I've seen them all.
best considered seen team usc
I've always considered that 1972 USC team the best team I've ever seen, ... I've said that for a long time, and I've seen them all.
beats team usc
If this USC team beats Texas, they're right there with them.
damn hear life point run sure tired
I'm at a point in my life where I can't see as well, I can't hear as well and I damn sure can't run as fast. And you get tired after a while. I've been doing it for 53 years and I think that's long enough.
looking san sitting
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.
bloody fabric society
It's permeated the fabric of the bloody society, almost.
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.
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.
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.