I'm partial to Jack Cristil just as any Mississippi State fan would be. I think if he had called the games for the likes of Bama or LSU or Florida instead of Mississippi State, he would have been much more appreciated around the college football world.

I still remember listening live to one of his now-famous lines after yet another inept offensive performance from Croom's team. He usually did a 'Sonic Drive of the game' segment at the end of every game. He said: "The Drive the Game may be my drive home from Starkville to Tupelo. Hopefully, it'll be an uneventful drive." I literally spit my drink when I heard it.

The man just had a great, great sense of humor and painted a picture of what went on in the game. He needed every ounce of that humor to call games for us from 1953 to 2011. He was as much as a treasure to the SEC just as Munson and Ward were.

A few other Jack Cristil quotes that I found online:

"It's third down and so long, you will need surveying equipment to see how much is needed for a first down."

"There are only 45 seconds left. Maybe Ole Miss wont score another td. In the 1st quarter that is."

"The QB and the receiver weren't on the same page there, but hey its only week eleven."

"Well, the Bulldogs take a delay of game. That backs them up to their 4 where it will be fourth and 31. We just wanted to McAdams plenty of room to kick the ball because he has such a powerful leg."

-"Well, that's only a loss of 9 there. So, it's only third and 19."

"Chris Relf can throw it long. He cannot throw it accurately, but he can throw it long."

"At the end of the third quarter, Ole Miss barely out in front, 38-0."

"Handoff to Dixon. And Dixon is murdered on the play."

"They are going to have to send in their second kickoff coverage unit because the first unit is going to tire out with all these kickoffs."

This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 1:10 pm