OT: Play by play guy Ron Franklin

by **Pony!Poni!Pone'!** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:50 am

Man...I tell you, this guy is one of the best voices in the game. But a few years ago he was black-balled to some extent for chastizing a sideline reporter...now this:

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archi ... ge-for-off

by **Mitch McConnell** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:34 pm

ESPN dismissed him.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/ESPN ... top-303299

by **Junior** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:52 pm

i really like him.

he was a local sports anchor for one of the major affiliates in Houston (NBC, I think) growing up in the 70's/80's. he was doing the UT games at that point before going national.

by **Topper** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:53 pm

He was an Ole Miss man. The irony that it is also the school of Trent Lott will not be lost on Senator McConnell.

by **Mitch McConnell** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:54 pm

He was great. Unfortunately, his old south male chauvanism was his undoing.

But hwere is Edwards' punishment in this? I know she was the offended party. But she shot back and called him an expletive too. ESPN lets her walk for this?

by **b_caesar** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:10 pm

Mitch McConnell wrote:He was great. Unfortunately, his old south male chauvanism was his undoing.

But hwere is Edwards' punishment in this? I know she was the offended party. But she shot back and called him an expletive too. ESPN lets her walk for this?

Did anyone file a complaint on his behalf like they did for her?

by **Hal** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:04 pm

Mitch McConnell wrote:He was great. Unfortunately, his old south male chauvanism was his undoing.

But hwere is Edwards' punishment in this? I know she was the offended party. But she shot back and called him an expletive too. ESPN lets her walk for this?

She did? Everything I have read said her response was something along the lines of "don't call me that" ... and then he fired his parting shot.

by **Junior** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:14 pm

The link above says she said "Okay, then, a--hole."

by **mrydel** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:22 pm

Junior wrote:The link above says she said "Okay, then, a--hole."

No. He called her that after she told him not to call her by the first name he had used.

by **smupony94** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:26 pm

Junior wrote:i really like him.

he was a local sports anchor for one of the major affiliates in Houston (NBC, I think) growing up in the 70's/80's. he was doing the UT games at that point before going national.

He used to chill with Marvin Zindler

by **Junior** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:37 pm

yeah, they found all kinds of slime in the ice machine.

by **b_caesar** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:32 pm

smupony94 wrote:
Junior wrote:i really like him.

he was a local sports anchor for one of the major affiliates in Houston (NBC, I think) growing up in the 70's/80's. he was doing the UT games at that point before going national.

He used to chill with Marvin Zindler

Eyeeeeeewitness NEWS...

by **smupony94** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:35 pm

Junior wrote:yeah, they found all kinds of slime in the ice machine.

He went to Stephenville with my grandmother and he was a "dandy" as she puts it

by **Rayburn** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:12 pm

smupony94 wrote:
Junior wrote:i really like him.

he was a local sports anchor for one of the major affiliates in Houston (NBC, I think) growing up in the 70's/80's. he was doing the UT games at that point before going national.

He used to chill with Marvin Zindler

Zindler was on the ABC affiliate, Ron worked for the CBS and then the NBC affiliates in H-town.

He grew up in Hazelhurst, Mississippi.

He busted that sideline barbie at a production meeting. If ESPN is supid enough to dump the best announcer in college football for Jeannine Edwards (who?) then screw them.