Verne Lundquist has emotional final sign-off (Video)
Legendary broadcaster Verne Lundquist said an emotional goodbye for the final time from a college football announce booth.
The entire college football world said goodbye to a legendary announcer on Saturday. During the broadcast of Army and Navy on CBS, Verne Lundquist called the last college football game of his career. It was a day that saw Army end a 14-game losing streak, President-Elect Donald Trump stop by and Lundquist even got to give one last goodbye to an audience that has watched him for years.
In a legendary career that spanned over 50 years and 17 with CBS, Lundquist was on the call for some of the most memorable college football games in history. After Army defeated Navy and it was time to say goodbye, Lundquist teared up and gave a heartfelt message that will be remembered forever.
Lundquist thanked everyone that had been with him over the years, the crew and his wife. He then told a tremendous story about how he got involved with the game and mentioned the first game he called on a network featured a graduate assistant by the name of Nick Saban.
He assured everyone that he will still be on the call for some of the games in the NCAA Tournament and he even promised to be there at the 16th hole at Augusta for The Masters still. It was a sign-off worthy of a man like Lundquist.
Brad Nessler will now take over for Lundquist next year and he was all the more gracious for the man that will have big shoes to fill. He wished him well and hoped that he would go far past the 17 years he went with CBS. He went out with the same class and dignity that he spent his career calling games with each week.