ESPN's Chris Fowler on Sportscasting During a Time of Crisis, College Football vs. the NFL, and Calling the National Championship

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🗓️ 7 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Bryan is joined by ESPN’s Chris Fowler to discuss his career as a sports broadcaster covering both college and professional sports since 1986. They begin by remembering the unfortunate death of college basketball player Hank Gathers back in 1990, then discuss what it was like to cover a tragedy. Later, they dive into the differences between covering NFL versus college games, the impact of the transfer portal, and preparing for the upcoming College Football National Championship between Georgia and TCU. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Chris Fowler Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Chris Murn, me and my buddy Kevin O'Connor, aka Kevin O'Everything,
0:07.0	post an NBA podcast called The Miss Match.
0:10.2	They call it The Miss Match because I'm awesome and Kevin is such a gigantic nerd.
0:14.5	No, no, that's not why at all Chris, they call it The Miss Match because I have a brain
0:19.6	and you're a loud mouth bozo.
0:21.5	Good grief.
0:23.0	Anyway, listen to our amazing NBA podcast The Miss Match.
0:28.0	Or don't, we really don't care.
0:29.6	We're probably gonna win a million awards either way.
0:31.9	Chris, we do care, so don't say that.
0:34.6	Please subscribe and listen to The Miss Match only on Spotify.
0:38.2	Did you really call me a bozo?
1:07.3	Hello, media and consumers.
1:18.0	Welcome to Pressbox, Brian Curtis of The Ring Are Here along with producer Erica Servantes.
1:24.0	On Monday, we've got a big college football game.
1:27.8	It's the national championship.
1:29.6	TCU, the pride of Fort Worth Texas versus the defending national champs, the Georgia Bulldogs.
1:37.0	And at a hotel here in LA on Friday, I spent some time with the announcer who will be calling
1:42.0	that game, ESPN's Chris Fowler.
1:46.1	Now this being the week that Bill's safety, DeMar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the
1:49.8	field, we began there with a similar moment that occurred when Fowler was hosting sports
1:54.7	center years ago.
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