European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23count on Jackson commentary by Bill Modoono the Pittsburgh press of three guesses which legendary to sportscaster said the following and shame on you if you need More than one a those big old boys playing in the trenches Are pretty Good Well who else is there anyone except Keith Jackson who could say that in Public and get away with it go ahead. Laugh at the big Fella. Sure he a a Heck Uva horse who is absolutely nobody a idea of a �?T90s sportscaster but they Haven to herded him out yet. For which we should be grateful. Abc sports began its 28th season of College football last weekend his work in the Oklahoma Urcla opener was carried by an which will also air his play by play of the Penn state us game at 9 30 . Saturday and while Jackson has Only been around 25 seasons a and for a lot of that time not As abcs primary College football announcer a he still personifies football on network to. He a the last of a Breed a a National announcer whose identity is indelibly linked with one sport and one sport Only. Sure he has done the Winter and summer olympics the world series College basketball boxing and countless a wide world of sports shows. But when you think of him you think of College football first and Foremost. No one else in network television fits that description. Dick Enberg and Pat Summerall Are primarily known As announcers not As pro football announcers. Vin Scully is no longer doing network baseball on to Don Dunphy is Long gone from boxing. No announcer today would risk such close association with one sport. It is the surest route to career disappointment. Sports Are no longer Loyal to networks let alone network announcers. But Jackson remains Loyal to College football maybe As he puts it a the Fields further away these Days and maybe he does no to care for All the to Money and hype but underneath his grousing is genuine affection for the sport. A i remember very vividly doing a game at Nebraska in which Barry Alvarez played a said Jackson. A now he a the new head coach at Wisconsin. In be been around Long enough to announce games involving sons of fathers whose games i announced. That a fun. A a there a a new crop of people every year in College football. Some kid you never heard of can come up and become a Star. Its the process of watching Young people Progress through different stages of life. I still get a kick out of Jackson is Able to maintain his position primarily because Abc has wisely reduced his workload to emphasize his strengths. A fall i do is College football and College basketball a said Jackson who turns 62 this fall. A i work 26 weeks and i have 26 weeks off i m doing exactly what i want to he still has a tendency to take himself too seriously but in this Era of Anonymous non controversial interchangeable sports announcers even that trait can be seen As refreshing. I Money has become an Albatross for the colleges said Jackson who will get up on a Soapbox if prompted. A if you did no to have the to Money you have teams jumping in and out of conferences and it might be a Good thing. A i done to know if this saturation of College football on to is a Good thing. It spreads interest so thin you lose the loyalty strings that Are so important to the perpetuation of College Jackson and his broadcast partner Bob Griese began their fourth season together saturday when they worked the Oklahoma Urcla game from Pasadena Calif. Griese admits he does no to always understand some of his partners sayings but he a making Progress. A i learn something every telecast a said Griese who jumped from Abc to Abc and from pro football to College in 1987. A a in a just a Guy from the Midwest and he a got All these sayings from the South but you can to just let him slip them by. You have to Call him on them once in a while. The people out there done to know what he a saying they sure know what he Means when he says a a which he says in a manner that no one can duplicate although plenty have attempted to imitate. Keith Jackson May be the last of the great announcers to impersonate. He does have a Way of saying things. Such As this description of a clan a 1989 season a they were mightily stung by a total or this assessment of the Heisman trophy a a in a going to ignore the thing until they elect a linebacker. Lets go Back to one platoon football and then Well pick Jackson a distinctive Southe miss blend perfectly with the nature of College football and so does his ability to turn on the enthusiasm. To be successful College football on to should reflect the excitement in the stands and Jackson has always managed that. If Jackson has a major fault it is that he has never Keith Jackson will do Penn state us game. F do had much of a nose for hard news. For instance he was at the microphone when Woody Hayes had his infamous punching incident in the Gator bowl but Jackson refused to acknowledge it because due to a technical problem he could not see a replay. I think it takes us out of the journalism business when we re paying for the right to televise something 1 never understood How you could spend $50 million Tor something and then go on the air and kick the Heck out of it. That does no to make anybody Happy. A a you be got to separate journalism from the playing Field. That can be better done on a studio show. Its hard to be a journalist when you re paying for the right to do for the record he believes there will be a National championship game before the end of the decade but he also believes he will not be doing the telecast. A a they la run me off by that until then he deserves to be heard. That big old boy in the Booth is pretty Good folks Perkins provides Ray of Hope for Tampa Bay Dir Dir if Tat ct4t\ a. A by Rick Folstad the Naples Fla daily news the first round goes to Tampa Bay coach Ray Perkins. Sunday on the first Day of what May be his Pivotal season Perkins showed he was More Prophet than Gambler. Last week when he waived kicker Donald Igwe Buike new names were added to his growing list of detractors. Anyone still straddling the Ray Perkins opinion Fence suddenly knew what Side to jump to. When he Cut Iggy he Cut Tampa Bay. He brought the a Down on one of Tampa Bay a favorite buccaneers. Waiving Igwe Buike was a Gutsy move but an unpopular one. Iggy was the Bucsi All time leading scorer. From inside the 40, he was automatic almost deadly. He was As close to a sure thing As afternoon rain. So when he was Cut sept. 3, there was Surprise in the Bucsi Camp and there was grumbling. Things grew uneasy. No one was Safe. The King had gone mad. Suddenly one of the sure things Wasny to. The Guy who dispelled the myth of Security was the same one a Perkins a who took the bucs to a 5-11 season in 1989 and was still there in 1990. Maybe the wrong Guy had walked. Up Ray Perkins overcomes cuts. Bucs beat Lions 38-21 but the nil Isnit a popularity contest. No one knows that better than Perkins. If Scrooge coached a winning team head be a popular Man. They a Toast and Salute him in Tampa. Winning makes it easy to forget and forgive. It just takes a second. A if they can Cut him Igwe Buik Ethey can Cut anybody a said one of the buc survivors slamming Home the harsh reality of the nil in general and Tampa Bay in particular. All players know they walk the line. Few like to admit it. Perkins reason for cutting Igwe Buike was fundamental. Iggy was accurate but shallow. Rookie Steve Christie was accurate and deep. Deep wins kickoffs. It showed sunday against Detroit. Christie was 5 of 5 in extra Points and hit a 22-Yard Field goal. A Standard Day among nil kickers. Anything less would have been a Misdemeanour. But maybe More important was what Christie did after he scored. He consistently put the Ball deep in the end zone on kickoffs. Momentum does no to have much of a prayer when it starts from the 20-Yard line. That was the reason Christie stayed and Igwe Buike packed. Donald who if that Isnit enough there a quarterback Vinny Testaverde. In the Bucsi final exhibition game this year against the new York jets Testaverde looked lost. He came out of the game to Boos after three quarters with a a bruised ribs a bruised ego and the bucs trailing. Tampa Bay is a Tough crowd. So in comes newly acquired quarterback Chris Chandler and voila the bucs Are suddenly winners. And after the game the question that pops into everyone a head is obvious. A coach. Is there a quarterback question Here is there a Chance Vinny Isnit no. 1 or that he a going to be in a fight to stay no. 1?�?� one thing you can say about Ray Perkins. He a not a hard read. We weren to sure of the answer but we knew How it would be delivered and it was. A wok coach. Of. Take it easy. Testaverde is still no. 1.�?� and so Vinny threw three touchdown passes sunday against Detroit. A it does no to matter what the stats Are or How Many touchdown passes i threw a said Testaverde after the game. A we won and that a what sure Vinny. Igwe Buike Felt the same Way. And finally there a Gary Anderson and the Bucsi running game. Five Guys who did no to carry a Ball last year in the nil were kept. Lars Tate who led the bucs in Rushing last season Wasny to. So what do these Guys do sunday in Pontiac four of them Combine for 144 Yards Rushing including 74 Yards on 21 carries by Anderson. The bucs won 38-21. For one Day in september Perkins had the look of a wizard. Only 16 weeks left
