Florida Atlantic University Athletics
In the Booth with ESPN3
9/4/2012 12:00:00 AM | General
The collaboration allowed me the opportunity to work in the booth for the game with play-by-play analyst Jared Schwartz and color commentator (and former Florida State offensive lineman) Forest Conoly. My main responsibilities were keeping track of losses and gains, drive lengths and times, and individual and team statistics. Our intern for the summer, Eli Sirota, "spotted" for the duo, pointing out ballcarriers, tacklers, returners and substitutions.
It was also an opportunity for me to see the inner workings of a broadcast, not without some technical difficulties. Luckily for viewers and the crew, most of them happened before the game started (hey, they're not in midseason form either). It ended up that Jared and Forest did their standup live as we went to broadcast, and all in all, it was pretty much smooth sailing from there.
ESPN3 was the home to 25 college football games alone during the opening weekend, and will be back in Boca Raton for the Owls' next home game, September 29 against North Texas.
