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More confirmation hitting Twitter now. He called a lot of fun games for many of us. 

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Man, I loved watching him call the Saturday night SEC games with Mike Patrick. 

That is a gut punch. Ron Franklin was the voice of college football for me, more so than Keith Jackson at the time. Jackson may have called the bigger games, but Franklin called "my" games. His son was a UT student when I was there furthering our claim to him. Non of this ESPN favoritism, we always had Ron Franklin on our side. 

 

Damn. Too much death lately. Loved listening him in the 80s for horns games and he was always later the best announcer on ESPN. 
 

RIP.

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Ron gave me the time, his advice, and career guidance that took me from a weekend intern at KXAN to a full time producer for ABC Sports and ESPN in less than five years.
Always enjoyed those occasions when I’’d bump into him in a press box or locker room somewhere. He was a very kind man. RIP. 
 

Ron Franklin was the voice of college football to me.  RIP.

Sad to hear. Great play by play. Maybe my favorite. RIP Ron. 

16 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

Ron Franklin was the voice of college football to me.  RIP.

He was good after Keith Jackson was already losing his mind. Same with John Madden (I know, not college football).

Damn. So long partner. You were not terrible and that is really something in the world of announcing 

He was a great man - a great man - and lived in Austin I believe until his death. Super good person, and the best announcer for CFB of my youth / early adulthood. I loved him. RIP, Sweetheart. 

52 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Man, I loved watching him call the Saturday night SEC games with Mike Patrick. 

Gottfried

3 minutes ago, Porterhouse said:

Gottfried

Franklin, Gottfried, and Adrian Karsten were a great team. They WERE Saturday night football. 

Sad.  Such a great voice tied to great memories. RIP

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4 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

Franklin, Gottfried, and Adrian Karsten were a great team. They WERE Saturday night football. 

Saturday night ESPN college football announcing peaked here, then along came Holly Rowe to take offense at being called “sweetheart” years before @Uncle Boobs would state his desire to munch her chubby clam. 

He was in Houston for 20 years doing local network sports TV.  I remember him in the 80s

There was just something about a Saturday night game on ESPN when the game was in Austin or Baton Rouge or wherever in Texas or the southeast that having Ron Franklin on the call made the game seem like a big game whether it actually was or not.   I don't think any of the ESPN guys since have added to the game in the way Ron Franklin did in my opinion.

RIP.

 

Ugh, what a kick to the nuts. Ron Franklin was college football. The absolute best and not even close. Rip

45 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

Franklin, Gottfried, and Adrian Karsten were a great team. They WERE Saturday night football. 

Amen, brother.  It's hard nowadays to find ANY announcing team that doesn't either infuriate or just flat drive me batshit crazy.  They were seamless and always on point.

8 minutes ago, mrhorn said:

Ugh, what a kick to the nuts. Ron Franklin was college football. The absolute best and not even close. Rip

Keith Jackson may have had a more distinctive voice but Ron Franklin was the best and most professional play by play voice I ever heard. He was simply the best at it.

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

Ron Franklin was the voice of college football to me.  RIP.

this

Fuck. Bumped into him at the grocery store once, when he was at his peak, caking games and even had a fishing show or appeared on them a lot. I told him “man…you’re living my dream.” He laughed and said “yeah, I get that a lot.”

Damn.

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Saturday night ESPN college football announcing peaked here, then along came Holly Rowe to take offense at being called “sweetheart” years before @Uncle Boobs would state his desire to munch her chubby clam. 

Wasn't Holly, it was Jeannine Edwards and he supposedly called her "sweet baby"

Spoiler

Before Friday's Chick Fil-A Bowl, Franklin said to Edwards, "Listen to me sweet baby, let me tell you something."

After Edwards told him not to address her like that, Franklin responded by saying, "OK, then listen to me a-hole."

Franklin apologized for his remarks on Monday and said he deserved to be pulled from the Fiesta Bowl.

 

 

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As usual, you’re wrong. Holly was first. 

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On October 1, 2005, during a game between Notre Dame and Purdue that Franklin was calling, sideline reporter Holly Rowe praised Purdue defensive coordinator Brock Spack for using all three timeouts on defense despite trailing by four touchdowns late in the game. "If the coaches are giving up," Rowe added, "What does that say to the players?" Franklin responded, "Holly, it's not giving up. It's 49–21, sweetheart."

5 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

As usual, you’re wrong. Holly was first. 

My bad... apologies to @Murfdogg21

Just saw.  Thanks!!

 

 

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Clip of Ron Franklin...

 

 

Edited by LTtxfan

1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

My bad... apologies to @Murfdogg21

Just saw.  Thanks!!

 

 

That was him?  That quote is still celebrated across Irish Nation.

Saw him at many Houston Astros games in The Dome (The Houston AstroDome) in the 1970s as a child.

I always enjoyed his sports play-by-play, no matter what sport that was, on both radio and TV, and his sports reporting (KPRC Channel 2 Houston, etc.). 

RIP Ron.

Great set of pipes.

He handed me a bag of ice at a convenience store on Bee Cave Road near Loop 360 once, saying, “Here ya go, partner.” It’s like we were best buds. 

RIP, Ron Franklin.  Inspires me to recall Dave South's radio call of 2011 27-25 Longhorn victory over aggy!

4 hours ago, Par4 said:

That is a gut punch. Ron Franklin was the voice of college football for me, more so than Keith Jackson at the time. Jackson may have called the bigger games, but Franklin called "my" games. His son was a UT student when I was there furthering our claim to him. Non of this ESPN favoritism, we always had Ron Franklin on our side. 

Holler Emmy Awards GIF by Emmys

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Clip of Ron Franklin...

 

 

Billions of dollars later and CFB isn't one bit better than it was back then. Fuck ESPN.

As a child growing up in the late 50's, it was always Kern Tips doing the Humble radio broadcast of the SWC games. Used to watch the SWC highlight films he narrated whenever it rained and we couldn't go outside for PE.  I never expected there to be another announcer who could put you at the stadium through his broadcast like Kern Tips, but Ron Franklin became that voice for me on the radio and television.  RIP to one of the true legends of broadcasting.

6 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

He was in Houston for 20 years doing local network sports TV.  I remember him in the 80s

Ran across an old Bluebonnet Bowl telecast a few years ago and Franklin was the sideline reporter.  I don’t recall anyone bad mouthing his work on broadcasts, one of the best to do it. 

7 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

Gottfried

Ah yes, Gottfried. Patrick came later.

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