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College Football: 8 great announcers, analysts, reporters you may not know

By Michael Collins

Oct 25, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; Joe Tessitore and Tim Tebow and Marcus Spears and Paul Finebaum share a laugh during the SEC Nation pre game show before the game with the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 25, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; Joe Tessitore and Tim Tebow and Marcus Spears and Paul Finebaum share a laugh during the SEC Nation pre game show before the game with the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports /
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SAN FRANCISCO – SEPTEMBER 14: San Francisco Giants broadcaster Dave Flemming (L) talks with filmmakers Ken Burns (R) and Lynn Novick, co-directors of ‘The Tenth Inning’, PBS’s newest production. They talked about their new baseball film before the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at AT
SAN FRANCISCO – SEPTEMBER 14: San Francisco Giants broadcaster Dave Flemming (L) talks with filmmakers Ken Burns (R) and Lynn Novick, co-directors of ‘The Tenth Inning’, PBS’s newest production. They talked about their new baseball film before the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at AT /

No. 5: Dave Flemming

  • Current Assignment: ESPN Thursday Night College Football
  • Previous: San Francisco Giants, Stanford Football and Basketball, Pac-12 Network

Another extremely versatile and experienced broadcaster, Dave Flemming will be taking over play-by-play duties on ESPN’s Thursday night college football broadcasts, alongside analyst Jesse Palmer and reporter Laura Rutledge.

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This should provide some great moments for the Thursday night games, which have some exciting matchups for the 2016 season.

Flemming’s work in both professional and college sports is becoming legendary, including some famous calls of Barry Bonds while chasing Hank Aaron’s home run record and other important Giants milestones. He was part of the broadcast team which called TCU’s monumental triple-overtime comeback against Oregon in the 2016 Alamo Bowl

He’s done it all for ESPN radio, including college football and basketball, NFL, Little League World Series, and Monday Night Baseball. Flemming’s voice will become a welcome addition to your regular college football viewing this season.

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