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Keith Max Jackson (born October 18, 1928) is a retired American sportscaster, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006), his coverage of college football (1952–2006), his style of folksy, down-to-earth commentary, and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence, and operatic tone considered "like Edward R. Murrow reporting on World War II, the voice of ultimate authority in college football."
Born in Georgia at Roopville, Jackson grew up on a farm outside Carrollton, near the Alabama state line. The only surviving child in a poor family, he grew up listening to sports on the radio. After enlisting and serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he attended Washington State University in Pullman under the G.I. Bill. Jackson began as a political science major, but he became interested in broadcasting. He graduated in 1954 with a degree in speech communications.
Though best known for his college football broadcasts, Jackson announced numerous other sports for ABC throughout his career, including Major League Baseball, NBA basketball, boxing, auto racing, PGA Tour golf, the USFL, and the Olympic Games. He briefly worked college basketball with Dick Vitale. Jackson also served as the pregame / halftime / postgame anchor for ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII in 1988. During his onair tenure he is credited with nicknaming the Rose Bowl as "The Grandaddy of them All" and Michigan Stadium as "The Big House".
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Washington State University (WSU) is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the northwest United States.
Founded 126 years ago in 1890, WSU (colloquially "Wazzu") is the state's land-grant university, well known for its programs in chemical engineering, veterinary medicine, agriculture, pharmacy, neuroscience, food science, plant science, business, architecture, and communications. It is ranked in the top 140 universities in America with high research activity, as determined by the U.S. News & World Report. With an undergraduate enrollment of 24,470 and a total student enrollment of 29,686, it is the second largest institution of higher education in Washington state.
The university also operates campuses across Washington known as WSU Spokane, WSU Tri-Cities, and WSU Vancouver, all founded 27 years ago in 1989. In 1992, WSU launched an Internet-based Global Campus, which includes its online degree program, WSU Online. These campuses award primarily bachelor's and master's degrees. Freshmen and sophomores were first admitted to the Vancouver campus in 2006 and to the Tri-Cities campus in 2007. Total enrollment for the four campuses and WSU Online exceeds 29,686 students. This includes 1,751 international students.
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Sound bites, introductions, funny comments and play calls of Keith Jackson calling Michigan football.
Keith Jackson joins FOX College Saturday and explains where his famous 'Whoa, Nellie!' phrase came from.
ABC Sports Intro for Alabama vs Tennessee. Keith Jackson delivers one of the best introductions to a football game ever. 1992 in Knoxville
Keith Jackson was born April 19, 1965, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was raised in a single parent home where love and discipline went hand-in-hand. Keith began playing football at the early age of 9 with the Sunset Tigers in his home town. His love of the game continued throughout junior high school and on into high school where he excelled and came under the radar of division one colleges. http://pdaspeakers.com/speaker/4131/KeithJackson
Joe talks about NFL Films with the voice of John Facenda and College Football's Keith Jackson.
A video tribute to the life and legacy of legendary broadcasting great Keith Jackson. This 1954 Washington State University alum has been hailed as the signature voice of College Football. Produced by Eric Johnson of KOMO TV in Seattle, this is a MUST SEE story for college football, and WSU fans alike.
Recently, Brian Cook from mgoblog.com forwarded me an e-mail from a fan asking if there was any footage available on the halftime tribute to Keith Jackson from the 1998 Penn State game. This was right before his first retirement where Bo Schembechler presented him a jersey with "The Big House" over the front as well as a Michigan football helmet. The marching band spelled out, "THANKS KEITH." On T.V., we only got the tail end of the tribute but here it is. I would have loved to see the entire thing. Especially since it was Keith that nicknamed Michigan Stadium, "The Big House."
Best TE in Oklahoma Sooner Football history. Which is saying a lot because Jermaine Gresham was pretty great too.
This is the "home run ball" that gave OU the lead for good vs. Joe Pa's Nittany Lions in the 1986 Orange Bowl. Thanks to jimsoklahomasportspage.com!
This is the intro from ABC Sports of the 2006 BCS National Championship Game between USC and Texas - arguably one of the greatest college football games in history. It was the final game for legendary college football announcer Keith Jackson, who called the action alongside Dan Fouts. This was also one of the final broadcasts that was branded with the ABC Sports name, as "ESPN on ABC" took over later in the year.
Who ever heard of an 88-yard tight end reverse? Thanks to jimsoklahomasportspage.com!
This is the final minute of the 1985 Alabama at Georgia football game. Alabama out-played Georgia but never could pull away. Georgia, as they had done many times under Dooley, stayed close and blocked a punt for a touchdown to take a 16-13 lead. They seemed destined for victory but Bama's Mike Shula saved the day. As a Georgia fan, this game hurt but it still makes my arm hairs stand up to hear Keith Jackson call the game. Enjoy...
Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles on the call for national TV.
This is the introduction to the 100th Michigan/Ohio St. game done by none other than the legend Keith Jackson. Quite possibly the greatest intro I've ever seen, brings a huge adrenaline rush to see the great memories The music is called Clocks by Coldplay, which is absolutely perfect. My very first Michigan football clip
1958 Washington State College (later Washington State University) defeated Stanford University in this 53 minute black and white film commentated by Keith Jackson. This video is made from 2 reels of 16mm film and as of 2013, still represents the largest margin of victory by a Washington State team over Stanford. The final score of the game was WSC 40 STAN 6. Digitized at the Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) thanks to funding from the J.L. Stubblefield Trust. Original 16mm film is held at MASC in Archives 29, Box 3B.