Link: Greg McElroy Going to the Booth to Call Games for ESPN with Dave Pasch

Anybody who's been paying attention saw this coming for G-Mac. It's been clear he's a rising star in the TV booth.

He's a young Kirk Herbstreit IMO.

Glad for him!

I remember when Cowherd interviewed him and Cowherd said he had just interviewed the guy that will take his job.

DzynKingRTR said:

I remember when Cowherd interviewed him and Cowherd said he had just interviewed the guy that will take his job.

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never happen; Greg's not a big enough A-hole

I like Greg, but I really don't care for how he handles some of the more ad hoc segments on the SEC Network. He is great when he has time to plan out interviews and segments. I'm not sure how much I will like him as a booth analyst.

B1GTide said:

I like Greg, but I really don't care for how he handles some of the more ad hoc segments on the SEC Network. He is great when he has time to plan out interviews and segments. I'm not sure how much I will like him as a booth analyst.

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He'll be a very good analyst after he's in the booth for a while. He's a very intelligent and a well spoken individual. He'll do very well and have a long and prosperous career in broadcasting. Some saw this coming before he ever left UA.

B1GTide said:

I like Greg, but I really don't care for how he handles some of the more ad hoc segments on the SEC Network. He is great when he has time to plan out interviews and segments. I'm not sure how much I will like him as a booth analyst.

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I think being a booth analyst requires the right mix of personality and football acumen. I can't say if he has the right balance until he gets un there and does it. He seems to have the tools, but it's Kind of like proving yourself at being a quarterback. You don't know how it will go until your in the actual game. I'd like to think he'd be very good.

Relayer said:

I think being a booth analyst requires the right mix of personality and football acumen. I can't say if he has the right balance until he gets un there and does it. He seems to have the tools, but it's Kind of like proving yourself at being a quarterback. You don't know how it will go until your in the actual game. I'd like to think he'd be very good.

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He's actually done a few games already. ABC/ESPN wouldn't have put him in this slot without a little bit of evidence he's ready for it.

I do think he'll grow and develop his trade, just like anybody else in any other profession, but he's already demonstrated he can do a good job.

BamaMoon said:

He's actually done a few games already. ABC/ESPN wouldn't have put him in this slot without a little bit of evidence he's ready for it.

I do think he'll grow and develop his trade, just like anybody else in any other profession, but he's already demonstrated he can do a good job.

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I missed it, not surprising since I don't have cable. Do you know when was it and what games he did?

Relayer said:

I missed it, not surprising since I don't have cable. Do you know when was it and what games he did?

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From article link: McElroy is transitioning from SEC Network’s traveling pre-game show SEC Nation to a weekly regular-season game assignment. The former national championship winning-quarterback has served as a college football studio analyst for the past two years, in addition to covering several spring games, bowl games and two regular-season games.

I'm happy for GMac but sad for me,... I really enjoyed him on the SEC Network. But deep down I saw it coming. Congrats.

Congrats to Greg! I knew from the start that he would be successful in broadcasting. He has always been great on radio and TV.

CrimsonTusk said:

I'm happy for GMac but sad for me,... I really enjoyed him on the SEC Network. But deep down I saw it coming. Congrats.

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ESPN owns the SEC Network, so he will still be a part of the during the week analysis

Congrats, but scary.


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ESPN owns the SEC Network, so he will still be a part of the during the week analysis



Cool thanks,... I thought he was gone from the SECN.

I often wonder what Greg would be doing if Mal had kept Shula a couple more years. I always liked Greg, especially his IQ and going undefeated and winning his class championship in Texas, and throwing a perfect strike in his first appearance. Greg would have always been a success in life, no matter the coach, but being the QB at the beginning of the Saban dynasty ( 3 star), has imo, taken him from the a good job like his dads, to being a TV celebrity, which he is good at and seems to enjoy. When I see Greg talking to coach Saban, I see the appreciation. Shula snagged from T Tech after Tebow reject and the rest is history. In the end, GMAC picked the right team. Smart, smart dude that GMAC.

Conclusion? No Saban, no GMAC television career. Synergy at work

Nick Saban was the best thing to happen to Greg McElroy's broadcasting career potential. He's on a path to be a lifer on the cfb broadcasting scene...and being a championship QB is what got him on that path.

I'll never forget Greg's first time on the SEC Network -- he looked so nervous with deer in the headlights expression. However, he has grown so much more comfortable in the position and I can see him taking to the analyst position like a duck to water.

Sabanizer said:

I often wonder what Greg would be doing if Mal had kept Shula a couple more years. I always liked Greg, especially his IQ and going undefeated and winning his class championship in Texas, and throwing a perfect strike in his first appearance. Greg would have always been a success in life, no matter the coach, but being the QB at the beginning of the Saban dynasty ( 3 star), has imo, taken him from the a good job like his dads, to being a TV celebrity, which he is good at and seems to enjoy. When I see Greg talking to coach Saban, I see the appreciation. Shula snagged from T Tech after Tebow reject and the rest is history. In the end, GMAC picked the right team. Smart, smart dude that GMAC.

Conclusion? No Saban, no GMAC television career. Synergy at work

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But he didn`t, and that`s all that matters as far as Greg`s career is concerned. That, by the way, applies probably to 80-90 % of people who have advanced in their careers.