Verne Lundquist – The Scores Report – The National Sports Blog https://www.scoresreport.com The National Sports Blog Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:16:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 What is Verne Lundquist up to tonight? https://www.scoresreport.com/2008/12/06/what-is-verne-lundquist-up-to-tonight/ https://www.scoresreport.com/2008/12/06/what-is-verne-lundquist-up-to-tonight/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:44:59 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=10314 I’m watching the Florida/Alabama game and Tim Brando just popped on the screen to preview the halftime show. When he pitched it back to Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, the following exchange occurred:

Verne: Tim, it’s great to have you guys with us, it really is. And I look forward to tonight when I know you’ll be the first to pull out your credit card.

Gary: (laughs) We’re going out, I assume.

Verne: This is no night for the squeamish.

What does this mean? Verne is 68, so you wouldn’t expect him to be out too late. But for some reason, I’m picturing an up-all-night Lundquist opening his hotel room door in nothing but an open bathrobe and some tighty whiteys, holding a loaded handgun while a couple of hookers are passed out on the bed. The room is littered with empty whiskey bottles and there are a few lines of cocaine next to a bottle of Viagra on the glass coffee table.

Or is Lundquist talking about eating a steak dinner before hitting the sack no later than 9 PM?

I wish I knew what he was up to tonight.

]]> https://www.scoresreport.com/2008/12/06/what-is-verne-lundquist-up-to-tonight/feed/ 7 Top 10 College Football TV Personalities https://www.scoresreport.com/2008/11/28/top-10-college-football-tv-personalities/ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:33:43 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=9964 Lee CorsoThe Love of Sports ranks the top 10 NCAA College Football TV personalities.

1. Rece Davis
ESPN’s lead studio guy is the ultimate college football television personality. More than anybody else, he truly “gets it.” When he speaks about the game, he sounds like a fan, from referring to Houston Nutt as “The Right Reverend” to jumping all over Lou Holtz when Holtz starts (literally) spewing indefensible garbage all over the place…

2. Uncle Verne Lundquist
Clearly, Verne has fun broadcasting the primary SEC game on CBS. Though he’s been around for a long time, he continues to be amused by the game, which is an endearing trait for a broadcaster to have. He’s jolly, in a “play tricks on the grandkids” kind of way, and he has a cool catch phrase — “How. Do. You. Do!”

6. Lee Corso
Corso’s our Dick Vitale, only imminently more palatable. He’s also completely nuts…

8. Chris Fowler
Sure, Fowler can be smarmy, and he can take himself way too seriously at times, but it would be unfair to have a list like this without acknowledging the host of the most influential show in college football. Fowler runs a tight ship, and he’s become so much a part of football Saturday, it’s very difficult to picture anybody else occupying his seat…

I love Corso. Sure he’s a bit off the reservation, but he has become Saturday morning college football over the past couple years. And he’s completely harmless.

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