ESPN’s Chris Fowler calls Rafael Nadal ‘most admired athlete’ he’s ever covered
"You can't be a very happy person if you hold yourself to a standard of perfection."
"You can't be a very happy person if you hold yourself to a standard of perfection."
"That was a tough one to take. There’s lots of conversations that go on that I’m not privy to and at the end of the day, I’m an employee and I’ve got bosses and I do what I’m told."
"Depending on the magnitude of the game, that will dictate who's calling the game."
Fowler shared more behind-the-scenes details about the game, including unique calls, the new playoff format, and NIL participation.
"People have asked, 'When my team scores a touchdown, will there be appropriate excitement like a real game?' Hell, yes!"
The return of the EA Sports College Football video game franchise will see several high profile announcers call the action.
"I have no idea what just...I mean what just happened?"
ESPN's Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will be on the call this weekend at LSU-Arkansas instead of an anticipated Colorado-Oregon game.
Fowler will continue as lead play-by-play of ESPN/ABC College Football and Grand Slam Tennis.
"Here’s a trivia question, what did John Travolta call her?"
In addition to his college football work, Chris Fowler reportedly has another new gig at ESPN.
It's somewhat understandable why networks go to remote broadcasting. But they should tell viewers.
ESPN is taking criticism both for remote broadcasts and for the prominence ESPN+ is playing in their coverage.
"Snap, hold, kick... eh, eh, eh... NO GOO-OOOD! NO GOO-OOOD! HE MISSED IT, LEFT! THE BENCH EXPLODES! IT'S MIDNIGHT! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Read the room, dude.
Usually, NFL games come with smaller and more predictable rosters than college football, but ESPN's Chris Fowler told The Denver Post the amount of players put on or activated from reserve/COVID-19 lists this year makes the game he's calling Saturday similar to a college game on the board side.
"Apologies. Thibodeaux did a Thi-bo-don't there. But he was excited. He had a big game, and it was a good gameplan, I'll say that."
"I’m excited to join what’s been established as the best team in college football with Chris and Kirk, and I hope to be the world’s best teammate to them."
A lot of ESPN talent will be featured on these feeds, which will be seen on ESPN2 in the U.S. and on Sportsnet in Canada.
"I think we a lot of times see a very different Nick Saban than the one that’s at the podium or the one that’s on stage."
ESPN’s college football national championship MegaCast Monday saw 14 variations of coverage in total, and the variety of...