re: RIP Ron Franklin

The night the barn burned. video and article

One of my favorite announcers, may he rest in peace.

I was in the west upper deck and at first thought the east deck was on fire.

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"I'm trying to do play-by-play and I've got producers talking in my ear from Bristol," said announcer Ron Franklin, who was calling the game on ESPN. "They're getting all these phone calls because our camera angles made it look like the stadium was on fire. It made for an unusually quiet Auburn crowd for a time, I do remember that. Very, very quiet."

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