Michael Crouch

“Tennessee fans, and rightly so, were incensed by the call. They’d dodged one touchdown bullet as a result of the Florida penalty, but they believed that they’d just been robbed by the same officials. It was a thrilling and controversial finish to my first game as the voice of the SEC. When we got off the air, I looked at Todd and asked, “Are they all like this?” Grinning, he said, “Well, enough of them are.” I had no way of knowing this then, but making the move to the SEC was the most significant assignment in my career.”
― Verne Lundquist, Play by Play:: Calling the Wildest Games in Sports—From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters, and More

“I was in Charlotte, North Carolina. Still I was pretty thrilled to be doing my first tournament games with Al McGuire. Al had coached the Marquette Warriors for a number of years. He led them to the NCAA title in 1977 in his final year as head coach. He went into broadcasting with NBC and was courtside in 1997 for the famous Indiana State/Larry Bird versus Michigan State/Magic Johnson title game, which many say launched the NCAA tournament into the stratosphere.”
― Verne Lundquist, Play by Play:: Calling the Wildest Games in Sports—From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters, and More

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― Charles Herbert Lightoller, Titanic & Other Ships

“I’m a loyal alumnus of Texas Lutheran. It’s an NCAA Division III school, so it doesn’t offer athletic scholarships. Budgets are tight to meet the demands of the fifteen intercollegiate sports the school offers to student-athletes. Each year for the past decade and a half or so, I’ve hosted what is called Front Row with Verne. I host it and do an interview and question-and-answer session with some celebrity from the world of sports. In 2015, David graciously agreed to come down to San Antonio to be the guest.”
― Verne Lundquist, Play by Play:: Calling the Wildest Games in Sports—From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters, and More