ESPN’s Bill Bonnell and Jimmy Platt, the producer and director of the college football national championship game
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Episode 359 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN producer Bill Bonnell and ESPN director Jimmy Platt. Bonnell and Platt served as the producer and director for the Michigan-Washington college football national championship game. In this podcast they discuss what is unique about a national college football championship for the production truck; how Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Washington coach Kalen DeBoer are in production meetings; what having two sideline reporters means for a broadcast; how many cameras are used for the title game; how they decide on crowd shots; working with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit; Bonnell being a runner for Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell; Platt directing the game in which Damar Hamlin collapsed and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
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| 1:08.6 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host, Richard Deich. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 1:14.0 | Two guests this episode, two very, very prominent people when it comes to the college football national championship, which features Michigan versus Washington. |
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| 1:30.1 | 7.30 p.m. on ESPN. Our guests are Bill Bunnell, who is a coordinating producer for ESPN and has worked in sports broadcasting for four decades. |
| 1:44.2 | He is the main or lead producer on the Michigan-Washington game. |
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