Rece Davis on His Long Career at ESPN and the Changing Landscape of College Football

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🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Bryan is joined by 'College GameDay' host Rece Davis to talk about his 25-plus-year career at ESPN. He talks about how he got his start at ESPN2, using 'Seinfeld' puns on 'SportsCenter,' and the upcoming college football season. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Rece Davis Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.1	Hello media consumers, welcome to the press box.
0:27.0	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here along with producer Kaya McMullen, who's sitting in for Erica.
0:32.5	While I'm here on the East Coast, I made one last trip to ESPN headquarters in Bristol.
0:37.7	This time I went to see Reese Davis.
0:40.5	Reese Davis is the host of ESPN's College Game Day.
0:43.4	The show a lot of us college football fans begin our Saturdays with.
0:47.3	And the show that's one of two, maybe three, pre or post game shows that are essential
0:52.6	viewing anywhere on sports television.
0:55.2	Today Davis is such a big part of ESPN that there's actually a Lego mural of him and
0:59.2	fellow cast members on the wall in Bristol.
1:02.3	But the early parts of his career were very interesting.
1:05.2	In the mid 90s Davis cut his teeth at ESPN 2, aka the Duce.
1:11.0	When he got to sports center, he was the guy using sign-feld catch phrases.
1:15.0	And for a time Davis even wore a judges robes and banged a gaville in college football segments
1:21.0	with Mark May and Lou Holtz.
1:23.3	So how do you get from no soup for you to being a host?
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