While college football sorts through the wreckage that is realignment, those who call the games have their own form of realignment.
With Todd Blackledge leaving ESPN to serve as the lead analyst on NBC's new Big Ten package, Greg McElroy has been promoted to the Worlwide Leader's No. 2 team.
ESPN announced Wednesday that McElroy, who previously worked with play-by-player Joe Tessitore, will join Sean McDonough and Molly McGrath on the "ESPN Saturday Night" package. That crew typically also calls a College Football Playoff semifinal game. The former Alabama quarterback has called games for ABC/ESPN for eight years and signed a "long-term contract extension" to remain with ESPN.
While college football sorts through the wreckage that is realignment, those who call the games have their own form of realignment.
With Todd Blackledge leaving ESPN to serve as the lead analyst on NBC's new Big Ten package, Greg McElroy has been promoted to the Worlwide Leader's No. 2 team.
ESPN announced Wednesday that McElroy, who previously worked with play-by-player Joe Tessitore, will join Sean McDonough and Molly McGrath on the "ESPN Saturday Night" package. That crew typically also calls a College Football Playoff semifinal game. The former Alabama quarterback has called games for ABC/ESPN for eight years and signed a "long-term contract extension" to remain with ESPN.
Griffin worked with play-by-play man Mark Jones in the past two seasons. Jones will now be joined by Louis Riddick and Quint Kessenich. Riddick made his name at ESPN as an NFL Draft and personnel analyst, and now enters his third season calling college football games.
Former Arizona State and NFL quarterback Brock Osweiler, who made his TV debut last season, has also gotten a call up to analyze games alongside Dave Flemming and Kayla Burton, rounding out ESPN's top-tier crews.
Elsewhere, former Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason and former Mississippi State and Florida head coach Dan Mullen will call games for the network. They will be among an exceptionally rare group of former coaches serving as game analysts.
Below is the 2023 ABC/ESPN college football talent roster:
ESPN Saturday Night Primetime: Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath
ABC/ESPN top-tier crews:
Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George
Bob Wischusen, Robert Griffin III, Kris Budden
Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill
Mark Jones, Louis Riddick, Quint Kessenich
Dave Flemming, Brock Osweiler, Kayla Burton
SEC Saturday Night (SEC Network): Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
ACC Primetime: Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Taylor Tannenbaum
Longhorn Network: Lowell Galindo, Fozzy Whittaker, Morgan Uber
Additional ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/SEC/ACC Network crews:
Dave Neal, Derek Mason, Taylor Davis
Jorge Sedano, Orlando Franklin, Marilyn Payne
Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Sherree Burrus
Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Stormy Buonantony
Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker
Connor Onion, Craig Haubert
Matt Barrie, Dan Mullen, Harry Lyles
Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
Roy Philpott, Roddy Jones, Taylor McGregor
Brian Custer, Rod Gilmore, Lauren Sisler
John Schriffen, Rocky Boiman, Dawn Davenport
Jay Alter, Rene Ingoglia
Drew Carter, Dustin Fox
Courtney Lyle, Hutson Mason
Eric Frede, Jack Ford
Clay Matvick, Aaron Murray
Additonally, Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer and Ian Fitzsimmons, and Mike Couzens and Max Starks will call games on ESPN Radio.
ESPN's 2023 college football season begins Aug. 26 with UMass at New Mexico State and concludes Monday, Jan. 9 with the national championship game.
