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Community => FAQ: Using H-W Forum => See: MEMORIALS => Topic started by: Knocker of rocks on January 13, 2018, 08:17:13 AM
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Keith Jackson passes at 89. He was a legend in sports broadcast, and I remember him as a local broadcaster in Seattle. When he left, he was replaced by Bruce King (also recently deceased). They were similar enough in appearance that it caused by brain some confusion.
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Will be missed. Was a great College football announcer. Some of his legendary championship calls were Ohio St vs Miami in 2OT and USC vs Texas. Both great games.
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IMO he was the best that ever called a game, what a voice. I loved the way he described players, the one I remember most was a game between LSU and Notre Dame I believe, this was back in the late 70,s or early 80,s I think, LSU had a def. lineman that was just dominating the Irish o.line, nobody could contain this guy. Jackson described him during one play as a "290lb big ugly out of Baton Rouge thats as quick as a panther". Loved the way he called a game.... RIP Mr. Jackson.
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"Whoooaaa Nellie! We gotta barn burner going on here today!"
Keith Jackson was the best. Saturdays were just not the same when he retired.
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He did ABC,s Wild World Of Sports also didn't he, "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat", that poor ski jumper crashed and burned a thousand times at the beginning of that show every week, over all those years it was on.
