Rece Davis to host College GameDay

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Chris Fowler is taking over Brent Musburger's position on Saturday Night Football with Musburger moving to retirement the SEC Network (wait, aren't those the same thing?).

With Fowler gone, they're promoting Davis from Thursday Night Football to host of College GameDay. Not sure who is going to take over for the spot vacated by Davis for Thursday Night Football, but they might bump another play-by-play like Joe Tessitore or hire someone from outside.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/12287061/rece-davis-taking-host-college-gameday

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Anyway, the main takeaway of the article is that this is the first time I realized that Chris Fowler and Rece Davis aren't the same person.

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Davis always sounds like he's got a plugged up nose. Plus, sometimes he tries too hard to sound clever or funny. But he's still pretty good.
 
The announcer switch was made this year. They let Fowler keep Gameday as part of getting him to sign a new contract. They said at the time that they would evaluate how he could do both jobs.

I like his play by play. I like Brent on SEC SEC SEC. I don't watch Gameday anymore since it went to 3 hours of Tom Rinaldi
 
I didn't like the combo of Davis, Palmer and Pollack on broadcasts...casual conversation style. Davis could host the PBA on Sunday afternoons and not miss a beat.

Why does ESPN think Pollack adds value to Gameday?
 
The announcer switch was made this year. They let Fowler keep Gameday as part of getting him to sign a new contract. They said at the time that they would evaluate how he could do both jobs.

I like his play by play. I like Brent on SEC SEC SEC. I don't watch Gameday anymore since it went to 3 hours of Tom Rinaldi
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Why do you hate pianos?
 
The announcer switch was made this year. They let Fowler keep Gameday as part of getting him to sign a new contract. They said at the time that they would evaluate how he could do both jobs.

I like his play by play. I like Brent on SEC SEC SEC. I don't watch Gameday anymore since it went to 3 hours of Tom Rinaldi
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Why do you hate pianos?
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I was forced to take piano lessons from a really mean teacher. I threw up before the lessons. Then I played keyboards in a band and the guitar player got all the hot girls.

Pretty much been in therapy all my life due to the piano.
 
The announcer switch was made this year. They let Fowler keep Gameday as part of getting him to sign a new contract. They said at the time that they would evaluate how he could do both jobs.

I like his play by play. I like Brent on SEC SEC SEC. I don't watch Gameday anymore since it went to 3 hours of Tom Rinaldi
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Why do you hate pianos?
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Davis always sounds like he's got a plugged up nose. Plus, sometimes he tries too hard to sound clever or funny. But he's still pretty good.
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Yeah I can't stand listening to him talk. He took over the ESPN College Football podcast this season but I couldn't get through a full episode of his nasally delivery. Hopefully this means someone else will be doing the podcast.
 
The announcer switch was made this year. They let Fowler keep Gameday as part of getting him to sign a new contract. They said at the time that they would evaluate how he could do both jobs.

I like his play by play. I like Brent on SEC SEC SEC. I don't watch Gameday anymore since it went to 3 hours of Tom Rinaldi
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As long as Brent continues to point out all the SEC poontang, I'm all for this.
 
I'd like to see ESPN pluck Neu from Pac-12 Network purgatory, he seems perfect for that type of job and tends to represent the Pac pretty well.
 
Davis always sounds like he's got a plugged up nose. Plus, sometimes he tries too hard to sound clever or funny. But he's still pretty good.
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Yeah I can't stand listening to him talk. He took over the ESPN College Football podcast this season but I couldn't get through a full episode of his nasally delivery. Hopefully this means someone else will be doing the podcast.
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I really like both Davis and Fowler. I don't think there's anybody in broadcasting that facilitates discussion better than Fowler. Davis sometimes tends to throw out his opinions more than he should.
 
Davis always sounds like he's got a plugged up nose. Plus, sometimes he tries too hard to sound clever or funny. But he's still pretty good.
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Agree. Especially on the podcast he does with Maisel, which is pretty good. I always thought its him trying to ditch his Alabama accent.

I can't watch Gameday anymore. It's too corny, the analysis is shit, and it's one long product commercial. The only thing they got going is the crowd signs. They've stepped it up.
 
I haven't watched game day in probably 10 years. I wonder if Herbie will retire from game day soon instead of pulling double duty. Corso is on borrowed time at this point.

I don't think it will survive with Davis, Howard, Pollock, and whoever else. The current ESPN is incapable of putting together a quality show. It's way too commercial (Disney) nowadays.
 
I haven't watched game day in probably 10 years. I wonder if Herbie will retire from game day soon instead of pulling double duty. Corso is on borrowed time at this point.

I don't think it will survive with Davis, Howard, Pollock, and whoever else. The current ESPN is incapable of putting together a quality show. It's way too commercial (Disney) nowadays.
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The only shows I watch on ESPN anymore is the occassional Sportscenter, and mostly all of the 30 for 30 films. I have to say that the 30 for 30 shows are awesome, and probably the best productions put forth by ESPN in a very long time.
 
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