During the last 50 years, Chris Schenkel, Keith Jackson, Brent Musburger and Brad Nessler were among the luminaries who provided OU-Texas television play-by-play.
Now, there is Joe Tessitore.
During the early ‘90s, after graduation from Boston College, he got his television start at the Dallas NBC television affiliate. Tessitore returns to Texas this weekend as the play-by-play voice of ESPN’s OU-Texas telecast.
“I’ve done OU big games before and Texas big games before,” Tessitore said, “but never the Red River game. I am very aware of the history and tradition of the game.”
For the Big 12 clash of a Sooner team that was stunned by Iowa State last week and a Longhorn team that needed two overtimes to defeat Kansas State, Tessitore teams with analyst Todd Blackledge and sideline reporter Holly Rowe.