Greg Diener, to M-D November: > > > If FOX was looking for an alternative commentator, they didn't need to >> look further than Good Ol' JR, Jim Ross, currently under contract to Fox >> Sports. Sure, he's best known for calling wrestling, but he's moved on to >> MMA...and the man knows his football*. >> >>> >>>> >>>> > Oh for sure, J.R. has made it known on a few podcasts that he'd love to > call football. I think it would be a fun experiment to put him on maybe 1-2 > games just to see how it would go with people. Maybe for next season test > him out on a preseason game and if goes well, give him a few regular season > games. >
I can't tell if this would impact such a job, but J.R. is part of a project at *USA TODAY* where a bunch of its staffers and other 'football people' are meeting weekly during the college season to predict what members of the NCAA committee that will eventually seed teams into the new playoff bracket might do. IYC, here's their latest column on the project. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/10/14/college-football-playoff-projection-mississippi-state-florida-baylor-notre-dame/17216073/> (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
