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Verne Lundquist leaving SEC on CBS play-by-play role after 2016, will be replaced by Brad Nessler

Regardless of what you think of Verne Lundquist, he is one of the most experienced and versatile broadcasters alive today. (For the record: I enjoy his work.) He has been the primary play-by-play announcer for CBS's college football coverage since 2000 (and before that, called CFB for the network during the 80s), sliding into Sean McDonough's seat alongside Todd Blackledge as the network's #1 broadcast team and sticking around to call the SEC after the Big East went over to ESPN (Blackledge was replaced by Gary Danielson in 2007). Love them or hate them, Lundquist and Danielson have been a big part of Saturday afternoons for a while.