FB Play By Play 2025

[AppState222]

Present is a great play by play man on the BB broadcasts. Especially good with no color man. Does it very well by himself. If Witten does not return it should be Present 100%.

He sounds like Jerry Seinfeld

I used to agree with you, and then noticed it a lot less in this years baseball season. I dont know if its the sport, or he changed his delivery at all.

Either way, agreed that he does a tremendous job and should have a shot at the football job. I dont think he does basketball solo by choice, i think its just the reality of finding and paying someone good that he works well with and its easier to just do it alone. I dont think he would have any problem with an analyst or sideline reporter for football. he did the sideline stuff this year, so i bet he has a pretty good sense of the rhythm of it

[mike87]

Seinfeld would have been appropriate for last season.

[Saint3333]

More like Larry David or George Costanza.

[ASUFan4863]

I like Present but something about his voice just seems unnatural to me compared to Witten. It’s hard to explain. He would be a natural transition though.

[Stonewall]

Jackson sounded like Shaggy on the Scooby Doo cartoon . Once you hear it ….

[BambooRdApp]

Been very fortunate with Jackson and Witten.
Hopefully, we can keep the standard as we know what it could be by listening to other teams commentators from time to time.
Although our camera setups and other technology may not have been as good as some other schools, one could live with it given those two guys. Hope we can keep the standard going forward. Good luck to whomever it will be.

[AppWyo]

Been very fortunate with Jackson and Witten.
Hopefully, we can keep the standard as we know what it could be by listening to other teams commentators from time to time.
Although our camera setups and other technology may not have been as good as some other schools, one could live with it given those two guys. Hope we can keep the standard going forward. Good luck to whomever it will be.

Fortunate is an understatement. When you turn on ESPN+ with any other Sun Belt school that Appalachian plays the announcers for the most part are not that good. Take for example, The Troy Hail Marry pass call. You could tell that they had done radio because they were used to describing the action on the radio. With the ESPN+ broadcast they helped you understand everything you were seeing.

[appsfan]

Been very fortunate with Jackson and Witten.
Hopefully, we can keep the standard as we know what it could be by listening to other teams commentators from time to time.
Although our camera setups and other technology may not have been as good as some other schools, one could live with it given those two guys. Hope we can keep the standard going forward. Good luck to whomever it will be.

Fortunate is an understatement. When you turn on ESPN+ with any other Sun Belt school that Appalachian plays the announcers for the most part are not that good. Take for example, The Troy Hail Marry pass call. You could tell that they had done radio because they were used to describing the action on the radio. With the ESPN+ broadcast they helped you understand everything you were seeing.

I get chills every time I watch that replay...

[beav910]

Present is a great play by play man on the BB broadcasts. Especially good with no color man. Does it very well by himself. If Witten does not return it should be Present 100%.

He sounds like Jerry Seinfeld

Holy crap I can't unhear it now

[beav910]

Where's the holy mother of meatballs guy, best App State call I've heard since Michigan

[fjblair]

Bring back Brown !

Brownie was my favorite.

[Bootsy]

My favorite color guy (and a quality comedian too

[311neers]

My favorite color guy (and a quality comedian too
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Simms! Great guy and also very funny. Living in CLT and helping coach at a local HS.

[RadioNeer98]

Also if Matt gets PxP and Brandon Turner does not return to color do you think they ask David Ware who has done away game sidelines to elevate up to color? Just a thought

[AppSt94]

Also if Matt gets PxP and Brandon Turner does not return to color do you think they ask David Ware who has done away game sidelines to elevate up to color? Just a thought

No

[ASUFan4863]

Also if Matt gets PxP and Brandon Turner does not return to color do you think they ask David Ware who has done away game sidelines to elevate up to color? Just a thought

Everyone would turn off their radio at that point. David loves to hear himself speak too much.

[AppinVA]

Also if Matt gets PxP and Brandon Turner does not return to color do you think they ask David Ware who has done away game sidelines to elevate up to color? Just a thought

For the love of all things Appalachian football, NNNNNNOOOOOO!

[EastHallApp]

Ha, y'all are a tough crowd. David's a good guy who IMO does a good job with his site and on the air. My guess, though, is radio will probably stick with the time-honored formula of a professional broadcaster on PbP and a former App player on color.

[ASUFan4863]

If we are looking for an all-new combo, I would suggest Noah Hannon on color if he was interested. Didn’t he do some fill-in duties at once?

[EastHallApp]

He did. I believe it was the year after he graduated. From what I heard, he was pretty green, understandably. Tended to talk about the players like his buddies (which, of course, they were) rather than a team he was covering. Perhaps the additional distance of being a few years removed would help him.

Edit: Looks like Noah has a pretty good financial services gig in Charlotte. Might not be interested in getting back into broadcasting at this point.