On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews ESPN football analyst and co-host of the Scoop City podcast, Chase Daniel.
Brandon and Chase discuss a wide range of topics including how Kirk Herbstreit helped him call football games, Arch Manning’s struggles, Jaxson Dart being the man on the New York Giants, and more.
Here’s the full breakdown:
- 1:55: Calling college football games
- 13:17: Studio work at ESPN
- 16:34: Working at Fox
- 25:04: Coaching?
- 27:26: Arch Manning
- 32:10: Jaxson Dart
- 34:30: Playing surfaces/London NFL team
- 38:26: Quarterback play/Travis Kelce
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