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re: RIP Ron Franklin
Posted on 1/19/22 at 5:58 am to CBandits82
Posted on 1/19/22 at 5:58 am to CBandits82
He made sec prime time sat night football into must watch tv whoever was playing
Loved his calls and you could feel the excitement
Loved his calls and you could feel the excitement
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Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:38 am to boston vol
Can't believe stupid women got this man fired from ESPN.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:40 am to boston vol
He'll always be the iconic SEC voice to me.
RIP Ron
RIP Ron
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:41 am to boston vol
I always liked Franklin, I thought he was one of the best play bY play guys in CFB
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:50 am to boston vol
crap. i met ron at the 2001 SECCG coaches luncheon in atlanta. great guy. great announcer. RIP RON! 
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:56 am to boston vol
When college football was at it's finest incarnation. Not the woke joke it is today.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:57 am to CBandits82
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Early 2000s SEC Saturday Night games with Ron Franklin were incredible.
This. SEC’s best era: tough physical Defense first league without all the gay programs that joined later.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:59 am to ETT2001
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:00 am to Fat Bastard
Was there as a student.
One of the greatest games played in TS.
One of the greatest games played in TS.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:04 am to 19
i was in montreal for a hockey game so i missed game. saw score in morning paper day after in hotel at restaurant during breakfast. I jumped up hollering.
i went to ole miss game week after. the classic stewart patridge to rufus french game. ugh.
i went to ole miss game week after. the classic stewart patridge to rufus french game. ugh.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:10 am to boston vol
Good HEAVENS!
Man,he was great. Will be missed.
Man,he was great. Will be missed.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:13 am to I-59 Tiger
Being a female sideline reporter just gets more fun all the time — on Friday, ESPN announcer Rod Franklin's sexist comments to reporter Jeannine Edwards got him pulled from a bowl game. And it's not his first offense.
According to Sports by Brooks, Franklin, Edwards, and fellow announcers Ed Cunningham and Rod Gilmore got into a discussion before Friday's Chick-fil-A Bowl about Gilmore's wife's election as mayor of Alameda, CA. When Edwards tried to add something, Franklin said, "Why don't you leave this to the boys, sweetcakes." She stood up for herself, replying, "don't call me sweetcakes, I don't like being talked to like that." His response: "okay then, a-hole."
RIP Ron and you were right. She was an azzhole and ugly.
According to Sports by Brooks, Franklin, Edwards, and fellow announcers Ed Cunningham and Rod Gilmore got into a discussion before Friday's Chick-fil-A Bowl about Gilmore's wife's election as mayor of Alameda, CA. When Edwards tried to add something, Franklin said, "Why don't you leave this to the boys, sweetcakes." She stood up for herself, replying, "don't call me sweetcakes, I don't like being talked to like that." His response: "okay then, a-hole."
RIP Ron and you were right. She was an azzhole and ugly.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:20 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
quote:I'm bringing this back in memoriam of Ron.
sweetcakes
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:21 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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.
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."
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 8:23 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:25 am to OlGrandad
Franklin called some fricking epic LSU-Auburn games.
Those early 2000s games between us were badass.
Those early 2000s games between us were badass.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:56 am to boston vol
HAS 5, HAS 10, HE WILL SCORE
RIP to one of the greats
RIP to one of the greats
Posted on 1/19/22 at 9:10 am to boston vol
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He, along with Mike Gottfried and Adrian Karsten were the goat CFB announcing team.
Without a doubt they were the best. I miss them all.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 9:18 am to Fat Bastard
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went to ole miss game week after.
Yep, was there for that one, too.
DiNardo said he actually cried after that game he was so sick with the "what ifs."
I have never been more frustrated with a team effort in my life...was kinda like UGA/Bama #1 this year.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 9:31 am to boston vol
Graduated from Oxford High School and studied at Ole Miss. He was a television icon at two of the best television stations in Houston, first KHOU (CBS) and then KPRC (NBC).
He did Houston Oiler play by play and then on to ESPN. Later did texas university play by play.
He was one of the nicest people in broadcasting and didn't suffer fools. Early days of political correctness got him....first Holly Rowe and finally Jeannie Edwards.
Edwards also helped Billy Gillispie get canned when she asked a stupid question at halftime and he told her it was a stupid question.
He did Houston Oiler play by play and then on to ESPN. Later did texas university play by play.
He was one of the nicest people in broadcasting and didn't suffer fools. Early days of political correctness got him....first Holly Rowe and finally Jeannie Edwards.
Edwards also helped Billy Gillispie get canned when she asked a stupid question at halftime and he told her it was a stupid question.
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 9:33 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 9:55 am to agswin
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