Please read this outstanding breakdown of the National College Football broadcasts this past season from Awful Announcing. Great work. Now my 2 cents:

In the pre-season, I made a list of analysts and announcers that I liked. Now, I took serious heat for my Danielson and Ward opinion. After watching them in 2007, I must have been drunk or not watched a game that they had broadcast since 2003. Danielson and Nessler were great on ABC, but Gary and Verne Lundquist were nearly on mute by halftime in every SEC game I watched. Pam Ward should never be allowed in a booth for a football game ever again (of course having Ray Bentley as an analyst does not help at all).

Top Game Announcer: Ron Franklin (ESPN/ABC)—Please give him back the primetime ESPN game and send Mike Patrick to room with Britney in the psych ward.

Top Game Analyst: Pat Haden (NBC/Fox)—I know that no one saw his work since ND sucked and the Orange Bowl was pointless, but Pat Haden makes smart opinions and really puts up with a lot as an SC alum watching ND every week.

Best Host: Chris Fowler (ESPN/ABC)—He is the best in the business and I am sure that he is excited about getting to work tennis for the next 8 months so that he can get away from Corso.

Best Studio Analyst: Jesse Palmer (ESPN/ABC)—Best hire in the past five years in football broadcasting. Jesse was excited, he brought insight and was always on top of what those watching needed to know. (I agree with Awful Announcing about the International Bowl, he was awesome and needs to get more face time in 2008, maybe replacing Flutie and James???)

Final notes: Brent is slowly getting worse. Kirk, please decide if you are going to be a game analyst or a studio show guy—your work at both is suffering. And Corso really needs to retire.