SEC on CBS Archives - Awful Announcing

Gary Danielson tried not to pretend to be an SEC guy: ‘I didn’t earn that’

"I tried to call balls and strikes and stay in the middle."

SEC reportedly never actually had a signed contract with CBS

"It's not unprecedented to not sign these long form contracts. But like, it certainly makes it more complicated. And it certainly lends itself to more arguing over what is owed."

Barrett Sallee announces CBS Sports departure

"It's been a great seven seasons with the company, and I will cherish the friendships that I have made while along the way."

SEC Championship is most-watched conference championship game in five years

The final SEC Championship game on CBS led the way on college football's Championship Weekend.

SEC fans gave CBS announcer Gary Danielson quite the sendoff

"Happy Last Gary Danielson Day to those who celebrate."

CBS’s Verne Lundquist, Brad Nessler, and Gary Danielson say goodbye to the SEC

"Nobody's had it better than us."

CBS sweeps the Week 10 college football Saturday, with tripleheader dominating the slate

CBS won all three primary Sunday windows in Week 10, with three of the week's four most-watched games airing on the network.

Many SEC on CBS viewers missed Gary Danielson on Saturday, believe it or not

"This CBS crew on Georgia-Mizzou has done the impossible. I miss Gary Danielson."

Nick Saban sad to see SEC on CBS partnership end

"I hate it that we're not gonna continue this relationship."

SEC’s relationship with CBS began to deteriorate after additions of Missouri, Texas A&M

Seeds of the SEC's eventual departure from CBS were planted over a decade ago.

CBS’ Gary Danielson talked over referee announcing critical safety in Alabama-Texas A&M game

This might have been a time to let the referee have the floor.

Gary Danielson’s Iowa-PSU assignment over Alabama-Ole Miss raised eyebrows

The news of Danielson's assignment on Saturday split viewers into two camps.

Are commercials making college football games longer?

"The networks and the conferences understand that you don’t want to make the games unwatchable."

College football schedule makers need to do better than this week’s awful slate

Hopefully the consolidation of college football and the superconference era brings no more Saturdays like this one.

The end of a College Football Era is upon us

With realignment dramatically altering the college football landscape, the 2023 season will mark the end of an era around the country.

Verne Lundquist ‘didn’t want to do’ SEC on CBS initially

"I fought it. I didn’t want to do it."

Irritable Nick Saban preemptively got annoyed at reporter Jenny Dell after ignoring her question

This is pretty on brand for Nick Saban, who like Bill Belichick and Gregg Popovich, often has his petulance with the media excused.

CBS’ Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their 3:30 p.m. ET SEC slot in 2023

Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated reports that "The Big Ten’s deal will be arranged in a way to allow CBS to fulfill its SEC duties in the first year of the contract."

CBS names Jenny Dell their top CFB reporter and promotes Sherree Burruss, while Jamie Erdahl officially joins NFLN

CBS has elevated Dell into Erdahl's old role, and Burruss into Dell's old role.

CBS sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl beat Alabama safety Jordan Battle and teammates in a basketball P-I-G game

Erdahl made some impressive shots here.

CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says “We plan to be involved in the business of big-time college football going forward”

"We plan to be involved in the business of college football, big-time college football, going forward, and to take advantage of that tradition we've established."

CBS lost its announcing booth for a few plays in Alabama-LSU, leading to sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl filling in

Erdahl provided some play-by-play for a few plays with Nessler and Danielson off the air.

SEC COVID-19 issues see Alabama-LSU threatened, Auburn-Mississippi State postponed, problems elsewhere

One SEC game this week has already been postponed, and others could be, including the CBS game of Alabama-LSU.

With SEC on CBS package renewal negotiations ahead, SEC memo says they “do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights”

“We believe that we have a good faith obligation to offer to enter into an exclusive negotiation period with CBS, but do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights for reasons that can best be addressed by our legal counsel.”