Two ex-Dogs join ESPN’s SEC coverage
Well, we still don’t know what the final lineup of personalities on Georgia’s football radio broadcasts will be this season, but two former Georgia players often mentioned by fans as good prospects probably won’t be among them: Matt Stinchcomb and David Pollack. But that’s because they’ve signed on with ESPN as part of its SEC Network game day TV coverage.
Stinchcomb will serve as the in-studio analyst along with host Rob Stone for the package of noon games being sold by ESPN Regional Television to over-the-air stations (including Peachtree TV in Atlanta) and Stinchcomb and Pollack both will be part of ESPNU’s pregame, halftime and postgame coverage. Stinchcomb also will be part of ESPNU’s “SEC Weekly” program, with Pollack alternating with Charles Arbuckle on that show.
The noon games in the syndication package will be called by Dave Neal, the only member being held over from former syndication rights holder Raycom Sports’ dreaded Three Daves team. Neal will be joined by analyst Andre Ware and sideline reporter Cara Capuano.
Other noteworthy staffing assignments announced by ESPN and ABC include Brad Nessler calling the ESPN prime time Saturday games (usually involving the SEC), with Todd Blackledge back as analyst and restaurant crawler and Erin Andrews on the sideline. Mike Patrick moves to one of the ABC Saturday afternoon games, as does that mistress of the obvious question, Holly Rowe.
The team of Brock Huard and Eric Collins will be working the ESPNU Saturday night SEC games (generally at 7 p.m.). I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that none of the Dogs’ games wind up on ESPNU, since that’s not part of my satellite package.
Meanwhile, Raycom’s not going away completely. Its syndicated “Football Saturdays in the South” series, hosted by Tim Brando, begins its sixth season next weekend. The six one-hour episodes will be seen in Atlanta on WATL and the second one, airing at 5 p.m. July 18, features UGA legend Larry Munson.
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Otto
July 10th, 2009
10:56 am
Pollack Cnograts but please go into coaching.
austindog
July 10th, 2009
10:57 am
Maybe get an SEC guy on College Gameday. I hate that Big 10 lean.
Dawg Mess
July 10th, 2009
11:03 am
If Pollack could coach that enthusiasm, work ethic and character …. I’m just saying …….
Too Easy
July 10th, 2009
11:20 am
Bill: Why do you care what network the games are on? I thought you went to ALL the games like some of the rest of us.
Disgruntled Dawg
July 10th, 2009
11:59 am
CMR should have offered both Pollock and Stinchcomb assistant coaching jobs on defense rather than giving Willie a raise and elevating Jancek as co defensive coordinator. CMR also should give Fabris the boot, this guy had breakdowns last season in getting the right personnel on the field while arguing with Willie on the sidelines. What a wasted opportunity.
Preston
July 10th, 2009
12:01 pm
Otto, I can understand where you’re coming from but I believe that it would be impossible for Pollack to coach kids into being the kind of player he was. He ran on natural instinct and had a motor that wouldn’t stop. That’s what all coaches preach to all their players, only to get it from few. Sure he would be a great coach of technique but if being a TV personality is what makes him happy, then I’m happy for him.
RAMBLE ON!!!
July 10th, 2009
12:06 pm
Well good for those fleabags. UGAg has finally gotten a regional broadcaster for Bubba Football Conference (they’ll get canned after the year is over).
Meanwhile, GT has former players in a variety of sports dominating National Broadcasting.
Cuz
July 10th, 2009
12:07 pm
Stinchcomb and Pollack. As Bill O’Reilly would say, “Two standup guys”.
Red Clay Hound
July 10th, 2009
12:09 pm
Ok. So how do we get rid of Dr. Lou and Mark May?
Disgruntled Dawg
July 10th, 2009
12:14 pm
Red Clay Hound….. those guys need to be teamed with Keith Olbermann and we can call them the three stooges on msNBC
Jones
July 10th, 2009
12:15 pm
Georgia Tech Sucks. The only thing the graduates from Tech dominate is their mom’s basement.
UGAGRAD02
July 10th, 2009
12:17 pm
Ramble On and Saint Simons are the biggest homo’s I know. You have thugs on 790 with the Stew’s and during timeouts you have drawings for 790 the zone. It’s like a circus at a Tech game. O I forgot that at halftime you have rap concerts. Really nice thug establishment you have!!!! Maybe the GTG’s will open up for 1/2 of Outkast this season.
59bulldawg
July 10th, 2009
12:22 pm
That’s great! Can we please can Mark May and Lou Holtz! Both hate the Dawgs with a passion!
RxDawg
July 10th, 2009
12:23 pm
I’ve always liked Holly Rowe for some reason.
Bryan G.
July 10th, 2009
12:24 pm
All I wanted for Xmas was to get rid of Mike Patrick. Thank you so much for the good news. He is freaking awful.
RxDawg
July 10th, 2009
12:25 pm
Red Clay Hound, I AGREE
dantheman
July 10th, 2009
12:31 pm
Great move in keeping Dave Neal in SEC games!
dawgstephen
July 10th, 2009
12:33 pm
Congrats to Stinchcomb and Pollack. Good picks for the announcers, although Dave Neal isnt that great. Keep the dawgs off of ESPN-U.
http://www.dawgstephen.blogspot.com
Cuz
July 10th, 2009
12:37 pm
Just so long as Erin Andrews is around. I don’t care what she talks about on the sidelines.
dUmB DAwg
July 10th, 2009
12:40 pm
nO pLEasE kEeP lORaN oN tHE siDElINeS.
coachdawg 2000
July 10th, 2009
12:47 pm
babble on-
are you talking about the great dorsey levens who can barely speak coherent english on css or the borderline-ratarded racist stew. maybe tech can get steak shapiro to take about what he ate for breakfast before your perpetual noon kick-off football games on some obscure local cable channel or where ever yor pathetic conference broadcasts your game. BTW you shold check out where the espn sportsnation has the all-cupcake conference ranked #5 out of 11. Congrats you are better than the sunbelt in the eyes of america.
coachdawg 2000
July 10th, 2009
12:54 pm
Lou holtz says” this jd s-sh_tokely is going to do great for the unviversity of georgia university.
NewnanDawg
July 10th, 2009
12:55 pm
I’m not sure if Pollack wants to coach, but he has to finish his degree before he will have the opportunity. I agree completely with everyone about Holtz – he slobbers so much I can’t watch on HD – too disgusting. He really lost me a few years ago when he kept talking about D.J. STOKELY, and routinely gets other players names wrong from around the country. I used to dislike May, but Holtz makes him look good.
Go Dawgs – in broadcasting too!
Sanford Drive
July 10th, 2009
1:05 pm
Newnan Dog,
I remember the DJ STOKELY incident as well. That guy brings nothing to the table.
lakerat
July 10th, 2009
1:05 pm
Why would Pollack or Stinchcomb want to coach – both are already millionaires and coaching is a vagabond lifestyle. And, Pollack already graduate from UGA with a degree in history, on time!
coachdawg 2000
July 10th, 2009
1:06 pm
how about jill arrington. She called Pollack, po-lock after 2002 south carolina game and even Mark Richt got annoyed with how stupid she was. I like eye-candy as much as anybody but it would be nice if they would hire somebody with at least a little of football intelligence.
Actually, coachdawg...
July 10th, 2009
1:12 pm
Enter your comments here
Actually, coachdawg...oops
July 10th, 2009
1:13 pm
…he was probably talking about John Salley and Brent and Jon Barry.
ROHO
July 10th, 2009
1:16 pm
Has everyone forgotten about UGAs coolest name Jiggy Smaha, ‘65?
FL DAWG
July 10th, 2009
1:18 pm
Coach Richt please hire Coach Pollack, we need to breathe some life into the program…I bet DP would GATA,
He wouldn’t even have to show up during the week just on game day to do a little motivating.
Coachdawg 2000, I guess they won’t be hiring anyone from this blog…
coachdawg 2000
July 10th, 2009
1:22 pm
actually….-
john salley is doing great? he is bafoon on the best… sports show. The barrys are your typical never-wases that show to analyze the NBA. The NBA is one step above the NHL. It is boring and they are irrelevant. We were discussing football,i know tech is used to only focusing on basketball but the discussion is football broadcasts.
coachdawg 2000
July 10th, 2009
1:27 pm
fl dawg-
You are right most of the people on here would make Loran look walter Cronkite and I would guess they wouldn’t be considered eye-candy, unless your blind!
Saint Simons
July 10th, 2009
1:36 pm
45-42!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
RAMBLE ON!!!
July 10th, 2009
1:39 pm
Besides the others all ready named, don’t forget Charlie Rymer-GOLF and Bill Curry before he took over for GSU.
National NOT Regional.
Man, it’s hard to be humble, when your rival is UGAg.
Actually, coachdawg...
July 10th, 2009
1:40 pm
…RAMBLE ON said “Meanwhile, GT has former players in a variety of sports dominating National Broadcasting”. I know you like to brag about being a UGA grad, but even you should know the meaning of “variety”. And you could add the names of Dennis Scott and Bill Curry (though he is taking at least the next 2 years off).
And if I were you I would throw Deborah Norville’s name out there REAL QUICK (as a UGA grad – even if she isn’t a sports announcer) to trump anyone the Nerds try to name!
Sanjaya and Rosie O'Donell Love Georgia Tech
July 10th, 2009
1:47 pm
Stinchcomb and Pollack. Congrats!
Go Dawgs!!!!!
Saint Simons: You are a tool, go convert a cable box.
LSU Tigers
July 10th, 2009
1:56 pm
38-3 hahahahahahahahah
Otto
July 10th, 2009
2:08 pm
Preston, I see your point and there is only one way to find out. Of those that agreed I think they will share in the hope it would turn out with Pollack being a player’s type coach like Erk. IMO UGA could use a guy like that. I’m obviously not in the locker room but do not see someone like that at this time.
touchmypregnant belly dawg
July 10th, 2009
2:15 pm
Dont do that!
Moreno
July 10th, 2009
2:16 pm
I promise I wont do that no mo…
Iceman
July 10th, 2009
2:17 pm
Why are you calling them ex-Dogs? Typical AJC…Techies are “former Jackets”, but the red and blacks are ex-Dawgs. Amazing.
NewnanDawg
July 10th, 2009
2:23 pm
lakerat – Not sure why I thought Pollack was working on his degree now…. must have him confused with another recently retired from the pros player. He seems to me like the kind of guy that will be the best at whatever he does; it’s just his competitive nature and work ethic
Pago Flyer
July 10th, 2009
2:28 pm
Having women “do” mens sports just doesn’t seem right! Somebody told us NASCAR now has women doing pit stories?!
RAMBLE ON!!!
July 10th, 2009
2:42 pm
Man… this story is lame.
Oh well,..back to building the robot.
Ramble On is G@y
July 10th, 2009
2:50 pm
Never Fails! You crack us up Ramble On! If it is so lame then why have you wasted your afternoon posting on here? Oh, that’s right, because you are a basement dwelling Nerd!
Texdawg01
July 10th, 2009
2:52 pm
Good to see Mike Patrick and Holly Rowe will not be doing many SEC games anymore. Holly Rowe is perhaps the worst sideline “reporter” in the land. And acid flashbacks have hindered Mike Patrick during the last 10 years or so (remember the Britney Spears outburst?)
Ramble On is G@y
July 10th, 2009
2:53 pm
Humility is something you Nerds should have down pat. But, keep on pretending that you have the dominant program. Ask ANYONE outside of the rivalry who has an unbiased position and they will say UGA owns Tech.
Ha ha ha…your funny though, keep the jokes coming!
Texdawg01
July 10th, 2009
2:55 pm
Andre Ware has become a little better on the tube during the last few years. Remember the first game he did in the booth with CBS? That’d be the 2001 Georgia-Tennessee Hobnail Boot game. He called Damien Gary “Damien Gray” on numerous occassions, referred to David Pollack as David “Po-lock” a few times and relayed that “Vernon” Haynes caught the game-winner. Guess there was only one way to go from there from the former Heisman winner, huh?
AppalachianBrave
July 10th, 2009
2:56 pm
Ramble On…” GT has former players in a variety of sports dominating National Broadcasting”?
That’s the only thing they’ve dominated. Good for you.
Big Dan
July 10th, 2009
3:03 pm
Bill King calls Holly Rowe mistress of the obvious question, and tomorrow he will ask yet again to discuss who is the greatest dawg..
Dawg Pound
July 10th, 2009
3:04 pm
Congrats guys. I agree May and Holtz hates the Dawgs. Lou Holtz is pathetic anyway. But thats okay cause we’re takin on all haters and challengers b/t the hedges this year! Lets Get It!!!!!!!!! Woof Woof Woof!!!
Red and Black Attack
July 10th, 2009
3:05 pm
Not much longer Bulldog Nation until the Dawgs GATA in Stillwater!!!
B
July 10th, 2009
3:19 pm
Good to have 2 former Dawgs on ESPN.
Henry Grady
July 10th, 2009
3:22 pm
Dear Tech Douche-bags….While it is cute that you like to point to your former players, who barely had distinguished careers in professional sports, and talk about how well they provide ‘insight’ and ‘analysis’ now that they are washed up…UGA players actually are known for what they do on the court/field….However, if we are going to get into a pissing match about national broadcasters, UGA and the Grady School of Journalism doesn’t have a bad track record…. Tony Barnhart, Chip Caray, Ernie Johnson, Jr., and Mark Schlabach come to mind in sports.
Eat a bowl
dan
July 10th, 2009
3:25 pm
Well this Dawg fan is:
1. Glad Pollack and Stincomb are doing well outside of football
2. Could care less what ESPN thinks anymore. I say let Lou Holtz talk about Notre Dame and Mark May be a Homer for his weak ass Pitt team. These guys will say teams like Rutgers, East Carolina, and West Virginia are legitimate contenders and they get proven wrong every year. That’s the thing I hate about Sportscasters and Sportswriters, they can say whatever they want and they’re rarely held accountable for anything they say! So why does UGA feel the need to prove themselves to these idiots? I think it makes us look second rate. Just win enough games and ESPN will have to cover us.
Top Dogg
July 10th, 2009
3:44 pm
The last time i saw extech players on tv they were promoting super large tampons,berkas,and turbins.
Dawgs97
July 10th, 2009
3:49 pm
Ramble On had extra free to come on here with his insultingly stupid rants, because after Ramble’s mom rolled out of his bed this morning, she hopped on his computer and let him know that “Harry Potter” still wasn’t opening for five more days.
Then Ramble’s mom rolled back into Ramble’s bed squinting her eyes and pretending her son had been man enough to go to Georgia.
Ramble On!!!
July 10th, 2009
4:00 pm
Time for my mommy to give me my daily meassage with the happy ending!
jp
July 10th, 2009
4:01 pm
Actually the last time I was an extech on tv Joe Hamilton was goin to jail with white powder on his nose……
lsu
July 10th, 2009
4:03 pm
38-3 hahahahaha
lsu
July 10th, 2009
4:03 pm
38-3 hahahahahaa
lsu
July 10th, 2009
4:04 pm
38-3 hahahahahaaa
ButlerDawg
July 10th, 2009
4:26 pm
51-7 tee-hee-hee
Joe
July 10th, 2009
4:35 pm
Pollack is horrible on the radio and I’m sure he’ll be just as bad on television. He sounds like a 17 year old straight out of the trailer park.
Syed Riaz Ahmed
July 10th, 2009
4:45 pm
Leave Ramble On alone! You infidels are all the same! I love Tech b/c they never judged me and allowed me to go to school there despite my shaddy background and harsh feelings towards America. Tech is the only institution that accepted me for who I am and the students all like me as well since most of them were not Americans.
GT forever!
59bulldawg
July 10th, 2009
4:46 pm
You guys crack me up!
Ringleader
July 10th, 2009
5:32 pm
Jiggy Smaha arrrived in 1964
SSI gator
July 10th, 2009
5:40 pm
Why does CMR eat his cereal out of the box? Because he is afraid he would lose the MNC BCS Bowl.
spider
July 10th, 2009
6:09 pm
boy this guy that runs this blog is really screwed up..erin andrew is not the restraunt crawler, it is todd blackledge, seriouly how does the ajc keep you on the job with such poor reporting????
SamoanDawg
July 10th, 2009
6:24 pm
Cuz.. LOL… I was thinking of the same thing. I don’t care that she’s a gator. She knows her stuff.. better than St. Simon.
SamoanDawg
July 10th, 2009
6:29 pm
Pago what’s wrong with women doing sports? Just as long as she’s hot.
snot bubble
July 10th, 2009
6:29 pm
Has anyone ever noticed how much Lou Holtz looks like granny on the Beverly Hillbillies?
Bill King
July 10th, 2009
7:23 pm
Spider:
Try reading ALL the words instead of skipping around and you might understand better.
What I wrote: “… with Todd Blackledge back as analyst and restaurant crawler and Erin Andrews on the sideline.”
Wes Stansbury
July 10th, 2009
7:57 pm
David does a great job. He does his homework.
SamoanDawg
July 10th, 2009
9:07 pm
I’ve seen some of Pollack’s work last year on tv. He’s actually pretty dawggone good. I think you can view it on You Tube. Stinchcomb is good too. They need to boot out Dr. Lou and Mark May and keep Erin on the sideline.
SamoanDawg
July 10th, 2009
9:17 pm
I wish ESPN would air NCAA football all day all year like they do NFL Live. Their rating will boost even higher. You know us Southerneasterner(I think I just made up a word) will watch it. Oh yeah and add live blog like they did with non BCS school games last season on Tues/Thurs/Fri games… hey, dudn’t Tech plays on Thursdays except for the finale game in Nov? Well, I guess you gotta get some national exposure in any ways.
1eyedJack
July 11th, 2009
11:59 am
Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!! Snot bubbles and bloody elbows. Go DAWGS!!
coreen browns (d)
July 11th, 2009
12:53 pm
Two mo white boys gettin rich off of the brothas. Dey dont even play no mo. Why dey up da talkin like dey no sometin? Well still gone whup joja so dont eeemuch matta to me no way. Go gator and vote democrats!
SamoanDawg
July 11th, 2009
3:30 pm
coreen, ur trash!
Bye Bye
July 12th, 2009
1:46 pm
“as does that mistress of the obvious question, Holly Rowe.”
I don’t get it?
Lefty
July 12th, 2009
1:52 pm
Why in the world would Stinchcomb and Pollack want to coach. That job is a 24/7/365 pain in the neck for very little money (unless you’re the head coach). Being a TV analyst is a much sweeter gig for two guys who want to remain close to the game without neglecting every other aspect of their life.
Lefty
July 12th, 2009
2:00 pm
I liked Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge together. Nessler is good, too, so it’s not a big deal to see them switch. For those who don’t like Patrick, how are you with most of the NFL announcers? They have some really bad ones! And, I assume Musburger will be back doing Big 12 passing scrimmages on Saturday nights again this year.
Spike
July 13th, 2009
7:13 am
What ever happened to Ron Franklin on ESPN night games? He was better than these other tools they have like Mike Patrick?