Comments on: KEITH JACKSON: RETIRED (ALLEGEDLY)

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:36:00 +0000

Keith Jackson IS college football. Yeah, he’s slipped some the past few years, but even now he’s much better than “Looking live” Musburger. I hope the football gods take pity on all you non-believers.

I loved it when he used to call the Cocktail Party (back when my Dawgs actually used to win, and it actually WAS a cocktail party).

By: D'Jango

D'Jango — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:51:31 +0000

While he has passed on, Chick Hearn was probably more senile than good ol’ Keith. I remember a game where he called Shaq “Patrick Ewing” for a full quarter and said about David Robinson’s parents “David Robinson’s father is a handsome man. And so is his mother.”

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:13:19 +0000

Michigan versus Texas Rosebowl, talking about Vince Young.

Dan: Veni, vidi, vici.
KJ: Ah, yes. How sweet the wine.

How sweet, indeed, Keith.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:55:15 +0000

The most prized posession in my house is my tape of the 1985 Iron Bowl. Shula, Jelks (before he went evil), Tiffin (in a moment he’s still dining off and will for the rest of his life) and in the booth, KJ and Broyles with lines like “How do you describe a game like this? I suppose if your roots are Southern, you call it Three Whoopies And A Hot Damn.”

Sigh. Wife won’t like that one.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:45:37 +0000

I strongly suspect he’ll still be wheeled out regularly like Gifford was on MNF after he got dumped from the booth.

Or, worse… Beano and Keith, in simultaneous phone-ins, on Gameday Scoreboard with Lou Holtz, Mark May, and Reece Davis. My head hurts just thinking about it.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:58:56 +0000

D’oh!

“Buck is not only NOT Methuselah old…”

Might help if I actually read what was written.

By: NewAZTiger

NewAZTiger — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:57:06 +0000

The best part about watching Dye Era Iron Bowls is Keith Jackson doing the commentary.

It was sad to watch him decline over the past few years.

By: Newspaper Hack

Newspaper Hack — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:45:01 +0000

Oda — actually, they said on the radio that he “was done with play-by-play forever.”

By: Orson Swindle

Orson Swindle — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:24:19 +0000

LRH, Keith Jackson's regionalisms come from being born in Roopville, Georgia.

By: Oda Saburo

Oda Saburo — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:42:47 +0000

So with the last retirement, he went from national games to Pac-10 games (this past year’s ND-Pitt game notwithstanding). So with this one, does it mean he’s just doing USC games and the Rose Bowl from now on? Because he’s obviously not “really” retiring, much as I can hope for it.

By: Newspaper Hack

Newspaper Hack — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:53:24 +0000

My long-standing memory of KJ was the ‘93 Sugar Bowl, talking about the “big uglies” and the bookends, Copeland and Curry. Oh, yeah, and “TEAGUE’S GOT THE BALL!” Better than sex.

Yeah, I said it. Listening to Keith Jackson call a game in which your team slaughters the other for the national championship is better than sex. Sex with a hot chick. A dozen times.

By: bitterhorn

bitterhorn — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:08:57 +0000

I don’t think anyone disagrees that, in his prime, there was nothing better than listening to Keith Jackson call a game on a crisp autumn late afternoon. That’s what makes his decline so abominable (and poignant)- The Voice is still there, but the gray matter has shriveled away. The right thing for him to do is walk away. Now, where’s all my Janine porn? It’s here somewhere…

By: phil

phil — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:04:18 +0000

I’m going to miss Keith, that’s for sure. I think it is good that he went out with such a great final game as this past Rose Bowl.

I was watching the “airplanes, Dan, airplanes!” game and the memory still brings a tear to my good eye (as do the Harry Carey memories).

A toast in Keith’s honor, may he have a long happy retirement.

By: LRH

LRH — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:56:56 +0000

“Georgia Drawl”, the man is from Washington state. His voice is distinctive and he uses colloquialisms quite liberally, but a southern drawl it is not.

By: Orson Swindle

Orson Swindle — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:15:57 +0000

And she’s not.