We’ll see you there in Primetime @CFBonFOX

Wow thank you Stan. Ya mean these days

Really happy for the @Brewers as Milwaukee is a great baseball ⚾️ town and has always deserved a title. The city last won a World Series when I was One! That’s right 1. In 1957 and my old @Braves partner on SportSouth the late great Ernie Johnson Sr. was an outstanding Relief Pitcher for them that season. “The Big Guy” as his old “TBS” crew called him as they genuflected, was a Great guy. Together we shared the booth for TV games not on TBS, but #SportSouth from 94 thru 96. I replaced his son Ernie Jr(his plate was too full with BA/Goodwill Games etc. and I was happy to step in. Ernie Jr. my age (by the way)who announced his retirement after this @NBA season, like his Dad a true gentleman. In our business timing is everything.

More of the same every week we see parity on steroids. Main thing ya need to know is there’s very little if any separation from the top of these 30 to the bottom. It’s that competitive this year.

Nice fellas oh and Adam 50’s suck hurry to your 60’s buddy it gets better it really does! 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️oh and come @BIGEAST 🏀time let’s be sure to get together again in the city or Jersey, but don’t expect me to do the Halloween 🎃 thing! Ok 👍

Flying out of Minneapolis this morning after another “ShakeDown Saturday” in CFB. A lot of Top 15 shuffling this week. There are times when doing something ya love for a living really brings peace to an otherwise stressful or difficult time. That’s certainly true yesterday. Thanks @HawkeyeFootball and @GopherFootball for an exciting finish, but more so for the access to catch up with you, your players and their storylines. In my home state it’s been a rough few months of legends lost. This week I was hit hard by the loss of Dale Brown. Having your game with your guys and Coaching staffs, and Sports Information people really diverted that sadness into happiness getting to call ball 🏈 just as my dreams had hoped. See ya’ll again soon I hope. ☝️🎧🎙️📺

The moment I got to the field today this Side Judge sought me out to say thanks for my thoughts yesterday on the tremendous loss for this who loved @LSUBasketball legend Dale Brown. A North Dakotan he idolized Dale Brown like so many and he went to Minot State just like Dale.🙏

We’re on in less than 30 minutes and thank you @FOXSports for the support today and always. 🏈🎧🎙️

His response and closing was as always 😊

Dale’s last contact with me via-text after @SHAQ announced on social media the Award he likely would covet more than any other recognition he ever received in his HOF career. This years recipient of the Wooden Coaches Legacy Award. So glad he knew it was coming. 8 days from 91🙏

It’s a sad day for many in Louisiana and @LSU. There’s more for me to say, and I will a little later. My surrogate dad, Daddy Dale has passed away. 🙏RIP💜

“Huggy Bear” was and remains a Wonderful human being, and a larger than life character all of us fortunate enough to call some of his games loved! A little over a couple of years ago while in Morgantown for 🏈I saw him after the game and he was gracious as always. Prayers 🙏up.🏀

There’s never been a more challenging year in determining a CFB Poll on a weekly basis. What remains clear is if you’re not willing to move teams more spots than ya have in the past, you’re doing those schools a disservice. 🏈🎙️🎧 #onbrando After week 7 of play…

Talk about deserving! He deserves that plus the Presidential Medal of Honor. There are many of us in Louisiana that have reached out on this and it’s time (given this news)and yeah I realize we’re a couple of weeks away from the elections, but @SpeakerJohnson and @POTUS take notice. This Coach did more than just win 🏀games. Making certain the athletes weren’t just used by the system. Everyone needs to know how far ahead of the curve he was, and he took a lotta grief because of it. God Bless Dale Brown. He idolized Coach Wooden, and it’s an honor he richly deserves. 🏀💜🙏Coach Brown turns 91 🎃 on Halloween.

David’s a dear friend to me as well. Not sure of his circumstances but I gather it’s not good. He’s a gifted broadcaster/researcher and teammate for @TroyAikman as he also was for Gary Danielson’s @CBSSports CFB 🏈crew when he was working Saturdays. Prayers up for him tonight.

@SteveDoocy Happy Birthday 🎊🎂 Steve and welcome to #Club70! In a lotta ways it’s the best I’ve felt in years and thanks for being so welcoming thru the years when I’ve visited @foxandfriends Cheers 🍻 🎧🎙️🏈🏀

Just in case ya missed it? This #OnBrando I recorded Friday before Saturdays mayhem took place. I rest my case. @bigten Commish Tony Petitti had the vision. The dissidents need to look in the mirror.

What happened today to @AlabamaFTBL is no different than what’s happened to others at or near the top of the bogus rankings! We still have more questions than answers and we never needed Playoff expansion more than we do right now. If the FSU and BYU scores hold up? It’s 1,2,3, 5,6, and 7 all going down in Mid October! Our guys are here to put a bow on a Shakedown Saturday never to be forgotten!

A Southern Fried special is underway “Between the Hedges” and the South’s Oldest Rivalry would have the Late Great Vince Dooley’s attention in heaven. All tied at 24 between the Georgia Legendary’s Coaches Team and his Alma mater. We shared the booth for one remarkable season 37 years ago and I’ll always cherish those days, and 40 years ago being with him on the sidelines in 1986’.

#ONBRANDO Nebraska at Oregon tonight, 10pm central @CFBONFOX

Stay tuned for another #OnBrando discussing tonight’s matchup at 11et/10/ct/8pt. @AutzenStadiumUO will be rocking tonight as @HuskerFootball comes in for a @bigten Late Night Delight. 🏈🎙️🎧

What a day & Night we have ahead and @devingardnerXCI @JoshRSims & I are pumped to but a bow on the proceedings well after midnight tonight.

As I hit the rack 🛌🥱tonight I’m Reminded of a mutual love and admiration for the greatest man that ever Coached College Football! 🏈 May Saint Bobby RIP

#OnBrando CFB playoff expansion…

An absolutely gorgeous day in Eugene Oregon. A perfect time to record a couple of “On Brando’s” on CFB’s BIG picture and a preview of our tilt tomorrow night as @HuskerFootball comes into the Pacific Northwest to meet the Ducks.Couldn’t help it just like 2023 had to see the Duck!

Waking up this morning in lovely Eugene Oregon,after being stuck at DFW for 6 hours yesterday made for a long day. I’d like to congratulate @bigten Commissioner Tony Petitti on seeing this vision of expansion thru to the end, and hopefully things can settle down some on the 🏈&🏀front and keep other sports in tow. Not gonna lie, if all this news being reported is accurate I wish more than one Network entity could be involved, but broadcasters simply roll with the flow and a tip of the cap to the competition on their presumed deal. One aspect of this that’s overlooked is the misconception that this hurts the regular season. It doesn’t! It helps it incredibly. You’ll see more BIG Intersectional games, particularly the @SEC vs. @bigten and more exposure for the @Big12Conference and others. Then, come November every game will be incentivized in ways ya won’t believe. 👍🏈🎧🎙️

Always enjoy my visits with @Hutton_Withrow and boat their new address on @SportNState and today I offered a little rebuttal to @ClayTravis take on those 12:30et. #JPSports games I called when he was growing up! All in good fun Clay. 🎧🎙️🏈📺👍

Big Morning planned here at Chateau Brando with my first visit with @Hutton_Withrow on their new website @SportNState as @HuttOnAir is going solo while Chad takes the day off. I’ll join him a quarter after this hour. Then my friend @MikeGraceLIVE awaits on @PressBoxRadio1 tune in

Maybe we’ll know more after another huge week of games this Saturday.🏈

This Jerry Allen? We go back quite a while my friend. Thanks. 😊

One of the great things about being part of CFB for as long as I have is the number of relationships with players & coaches I’ve had throughout the years. Last week a @KStateFB connection between 2 players I covered made for wonderful pregame chats. @7MichaelBishop (now @UHCougarFB)QB’d @KState thru 2 glorious seasons including a Fiesta Bowl win that Ed Cunningham & I called @CBSSports New Years Eve 98’. He’s close to @CK_KleinCollin (also a Heisman Finalist I covered in 2012) thru recruiting circles. Collin told me he watched that @KStateFB win when he was about 9 yrs.old. Michael & I reminisced about that Saturday. Beyond calling the exciting plays, Storytelling is the most enjoyable part of what I do.

Our crew just received word that our crew gets to put a period on the weekend as we head to @autzenstadium to see how the Ducks rebound from their devastating loss to @UCLAFootball when they host Big Red! @HuskerFootball is far improved and took the defending Champs @IndianaFootball to the brink yesterday. It’s a throw back to #PAC12AfterDark only now it’s @bigten @devingardnerXCI @JoshRSims & I will join you. 11et/10ct/8pt. @CFBONFOX

Congratulations to @drewbrees on his Ring of Honor Induction ceremony at Halftime today at The SuperDome! It’s been a frustrating day for the @Saints offense dealing with the @Vikings D the best in the @NFL, but at least the fans got to celebrate his career. He and @adamamin and @Kristina_Pink superb @FOXSportsPR teammates.

If ya didn’t think @UHCougarFB was ALL THAT? Think 🤔 again! @ConnerWeigman put on a show with the help of his TE @OvermyerPatrick who caught a record 4 TD passes as they throttled @KStateFB today. It’s time 66 yr.old @CoachWEFritz gets some Recognition! 35-16 win for the Cougs🏈

Kudos to @GitRDoneLarry and his family for welcoming our @BNKonFOX crew with his usual open door @Huskers hospitality! Last night they were out at his spread just a few miles North of Lincoln. He opened today’s Show already with @RobStoneONFOX and the gang and knocked it outta the park! Last year about this time he had our crew out! Took care of @devingardnerXCI who got his Mom on the phone as “mater” and broke him up! He’s the best and so are Huskers fans. @HuskerFootball a chance to shock the world today at 5-0 hosting @IndianaFootball. We’re only 135 miles south and we’ll have @UHCougarFB @KStateFB just after that one. @CFBONFOX

This is a picture I’ll never forget it was sent to me by our makeup people @CBSSports 25 years ago. I was calling @usopen that weekend, and that sunday morning I went out for a speed walk on 5th Avenue where our “NFL Today”guys were. Nantz (just outta screen)Coach Ditka, @randycrossFB and @CoachJGlanville all great guys were rehearsing. Pic taken 9/9/01 RIP Coach Ditka, it was an honor getting to know you as Coach and friend. What a life he lived! RIP🙏

Sounds as if the eye of the Hurricane shifted a bit more eastward overnight more towards Pensacola which means some of our friends there like Dan & Gayle Jenkins whom we’ve known for 30 years and so many other folks we know are being impacted today. 🙏🙏up for all of them. The Okaloosa Island area of Ft.Walton & Destin places near and dear to my family and many others thru the years are on alert. Orange Beach 🏖️ and Gulf Shores are still within the circle of the Hurricane and the one and only @flora_bama that’s built back up many times is in peril year again as they were during Hurricane Ivan. God Bless all those along the area we affectionately refer to as the RedNeck Riviera! It’s home away from home for us. 🙏🙏🙏

Prayers up 🙏🙏🙏for everyone along the Gulf coast as another Hurricane makes its toward our shores. The FloraBama area is near and dear to us and many friends and family are in the projected line of the storm.

Better late than never…my TOP 15 has been delayed this week due to Anniversary celebrations. Quality time with my beautiful bride of 48 years came first. 🫶🏻 Now, back to business. After week 5 of play… #onbrando

Great thought from Michael whom I had a chance to cover and broadcast one of his and @KStateFB finest hours. News Years Eve of the 97 season for 98 their win over @syrfootball and @donovanjmcnabb 🏈🎙️🎧 got to visit with recently at their @TexasTechFB Friday night game 3 weeks ago.

My family has many friends and yes some family in the Gulf Coast Region and our prayers are with all of them this morning and thru the weekend. Miramar Beach, 🏖️ Fort Morgan, Pensacola, Orange Beach and Destin. Plus family in South Mississippi 🙏🙏. Please keep them in thoughts.

⏳is undefeated they say, and while many I’ve found on this platform believe life winds down at 50, I’m here to tell ya NO it doesnt! Staying power in many ways only happens with happiness in life in areas outside your career. Today’s our 48th Wedding Anniversary.@TerriBrando 💜is the reason all the good things in my life occurred. I needed her stability and her strength to navigate the many iterations of my career. We’re not yet done. Thank you God for allowing her to join this journey.🎧🎙️🏈🏀⚾️

I’m often asked if I miss calling baseball. The answer is always far from definitive. Yes, I miss ⚾️, but I’m no longer interested in working around the calendar and I love my spring and summers away from the mic.🎙️ That said, boy do I miss being part of following a team that’s potentially a World Series team. @Braves were that in the 90’s and they’ve been that in recent years including another World Series Title in 2021. They’re looking to win game 3 of the NLDS against the @Dodgers tonight. Kudos to @KennyAlbert who can call anything anytime stepping in for the ailing @Joe_Davis. Get better Joe, but @FOXSports proves it’s great depth with the FOX original Kenny Albert.

I’m gonna show my home state pride within this post but this night and this 2006 season is etched forever in my Louisiana memory never to be erased. Age 11 the @Saints were born. Like the @Braves who’s Texas League AA Team that was here in Shreveport, New Orleans brought the City and state into the Big Leagues of Sports. I watched and cared about them as much as CFB. To prove that, after Katrina and while doing my National Radio show on @sportingnews radio I took my show down there to watch the game and also grabbed @HeyBoyRogers and said let’s make sure we don’t miss this one. Further back in 82’ my burgeoning career took off a bit in South Louisiana. My Nightly Radio Show. It was for me at age 26 a great opportunity. So to come back after 22 years as a Network broadcaster and call the @Saints games gave me a great feeling. Together @SeanPayton @Drew_Brews gave the State, and the city a chance to become a Champion. @SteveGleason blocked a punt that reinvented a Franchise and just 3 years later made their most significant win a reality. These Tee Shirts from that night I never will forget or ever stop remembering. Rogers and I walked out each telling the other how sports heals the souls. I’ll be watching tonight and be thinking about that night, my connection to it, the @Saints and its first Mr. Saint Archie Manning, it’s Mount Rushmore QB1 and my partner yesterday @FOXSports @DrewBrees and yeah @espn for airing that game. #TheJourneysTheBestPart ⚜️🎙️🏈🎧

Love seeing this for Skip and the entire Holtz family! 🙏💜We all loved Dr. Lou.

…and I was with this guy yesterday👇👍🏈🎙️🎧Wishing Drew, wife Brittany and his family the best tonight as the Anniversary of the re-opening of the SuperDome takes place on @NFL_MNF tonight 🎧🎙️🏈That night in 2006 was magical and beyond 🏈for New Orleans and all of Louisiana.

A big thank you to our @NFLonFOX crew led by Producer @BRlandis along with Director Daren Foster. Plus these guys @DScottAlexander with content, and spotter @brettabender additionally Tony Granieri, spotting for @drewbrees. A warm and welcoming group @jenniferlitch our BA. 🎧🎙️🏈

Quite a day for me and not your typical day either. One of the things I’ve learned thru the years is when the company calls your number be ready! @adamamin is a talented PXP guy and he’s one that I’ve known for 15 years. His versatility meant he’d be needed in San Diego ⚾️this weekend. He’s been marvelous with @drewbrees whom I’ve known since he became @Saints QB1 20 years ago. @Kristina_Pink is also fantastic! It was an honor to be paired with both of them. I had a great time, and pretty sure he did too.