His voice will forever mean college football to me. Even with some of the
on-air mistakes over the last few years that he referred to, hearing Keith
Jackson's voice meant it was a big game. If he retires i will miss him.
Perhaps some of you "old-timers" will remember a sports columnist named Jim
Murray from Los Angeles. To me, no one wrote a column like Murray...and no
one could call a game with the style of Kieth Jackson.


>From: Trader Kevin <cbot_kevin@...>
>Reply-To: collegebcs@yahoogroups.com
>To: BCS <collegebcs@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [collegebcs] Keith Jackson Mulls Retirement
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:18:43 -0800 (PST)
>
>New York Times
>March 21, 2006
>
>Keith Jackson has not retired from ABC Sports, but he is
>seriously contemplating it. He said last night that he
>planned to tell ESPN executives in discussions that begin
>today: "I'm retired. Talk me out of it."
>
>He added: "My posture is, I consider myself retired. I can
>feel the fork. Fifty-three seasons is a long time."
>
>Jackson said he did not expect to be persuaded to stay but
>would listen to any offer from ESPN, which operates ABC
>Sports. "Their approach has been, 'Tell us what makes you
>comfortable,'" he said.
>
>But, he said, "I'm 77 and I feel it." He said he had made
>on-air mistakes, "and I hate it." Jackson planned to retire
>after the 1998 college football season but was asked to
>stay by Howard Katz, then the new head of ABC Sports.
>
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