My sentiments exactly. You knew it was a huge game if it was on TV. RIP Mr. Jackson we will miss you.
Link: Keith Jackson Passes Away
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Simply put....the greatest that`s ever been at his craft. Those of you who never heard him call an Alabama game missed hearing and seeing an American treasure. God bless and RIP Mr. Jackson.
I’ve been watching old games on YouTube off and on all day long. It is amazing how good he was and how today’s broadcasters need to take some lessons from him. Thanks for the memories Mr Jackson!
He was great. The national title game against Miami was priceless for several reasons, but he was definitely one of them. Hearing him say A-LA-Bama was music to the ears. RIP, Mr. Jackson.
God bless Keith Jackson and his family.
You know, the mind is a mysterious thing. It makes me wonder if he held on long enough to see who won the NC this year. Just a thought.
You know, the mind is a mysterious thing. It makes me wonder if he held on long enough to see who won the NC this year. Just a thought.
RIP Keith and God bless his family. I know he and coach Bryant had a good relationship. He always showed coaches a lot of respect. He was the best!
My favorite broadcaster by far! I can remember listening to him during so many Bama games!!
I remember in the closing comments of the 92 NC game, he said something to the effect of......”They didn’t stumble into it, they didn’t back into it......They just WHIPPED Miami!”
There will never be another one like Keith Jackson! RIP!
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I remember in the closing comments of the 92 NC game, he said something to the effect of......”They didn’t stumble into it, they didn’t back into it......They just WHIPPED Miami!”
There will never be another one like Keith Jackson! RIP!
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Or right after the last Stacy TD: "With 6:06 left to play in the ballgame, I think I heard the door slam."
Edit: I'm sorry, it was Lassic.
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Dang. 
Growing up I always enjoyed listening to him calling games. His classic, “Whoa Nellie!” or just “Thanks for joining us here at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama...” or my favorite, “Touchdown, Alabama!”. No one has ever been quite like him since.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Jackson.
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Growing up I always enjoyed listening to him calling games. His classic, “Whoa Nellie!” or just “Thanks for joining us here at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama...” or my favorite, “Touchdown, Alabama!”. No one has ever been quite like him since.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Jackson.
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Well here I go again showing my age….
To me Keith Jackson defined a new era in sports broadcasting and set the bar impossibly high for his successors. His predecessors were primarily radio broadcasters and damn good at what they were doing but worked with an audience that had no video imagery of what was taking place, so painted the picture with their narration. Damn good at what they did, but Ted Husing, Bill Stern, Harry Wismer, Mel Allen (Bama grad), and Red Barber, et al, pretty much had to paint a verbal picture of the action they were seeing, and if they erred in names, downs, yardage, etc, there was no one challenging their calls, the radio audience just had to blindly accept their description.
Keith Jackson however, was providing the voice over to the action the audience was watching, to me a much more demanding circumstance and one he handled supremely well. For me, in doing this, he set the bar supremely high for those that followed him, and all have failed to achieve his level of excellence.
Farewell and Godspeed Keith, you were gone too soon and I miss you and your elegant interpretation of the game terribly.
To me Keith Jackson defined a new era in sports broadcasting and set the bar impossibly high for his successors. His predecessors were primarily radio broadcasters and damn good at what they were doing but worked with an audience that had no video imagery of what was taking place, so painted the picture with their narration. Damn good at what they did, but Ted Husing, Bill Stern, Harry Wismer, Mel Allen (Bama grad), and Red Barber, et al, pretty much had to paint a verbal picture of the action they were seeing, and if they erred in names, downs, yardage, etc, there was no one challenging their calls, the radio audience just had to blindly accept their description.
Keith Jackson however, was providing the voice over to the action the audience was watching, to me a much more demanding circumstance and one he handled supremely well. For me, in doing this, he set the bar supremely high for those that followed him, and all have failed to achieve his level of excellence.
Farewell and Godspeed Keith, you were gone too soon and I miss you and your elegant interpretation of the game terribly.
[FONT="]My most memorable moment of his was the UCLA at UGA opener in 1983. Working with Frank Broyles, their pregame discussion turned to the subject of the attractiveness of CFB over pro football. Finally Jackson says, "there ain't no Lumpkin street in the NFL." End of conversation. [/FONT]
[FONT="]They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To me those words painted a picture worth 10 thousand words.[/FONT]
[FONT="]They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To me those words painted a picture worth 10 thousand words.[/FONT]
The great thing about the Jackson-Broyles team was that they weren't interested in demonstrating how smart they were--all they wanted to do was help the viewers enjoy the games as much as they themselves did.
ESPN has a 5 minute video with good clips...
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22081307/keith-jackson-was-sound-college-football
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22081307/keith-jackson-was-sound-college-football
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