The great Barry Switzer is the official retired football coach of this blog. Known in Oklahoma as The King, Switzer won three national championships as coach of the Sooners, then came out of retirement to win a Super Bowl as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
Barry has signed a couple of media deals for this football season. He will appear on the tube with Jimmy Johnson on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show. The two ex-coaches will review both college and pro football games and events, as Fox expands its role as the home of the Bowl Championship Series. Barry has also signed a deal to provide analysis for XM Satellite Radio. He will comment on college football daily on their sports talk channel.
Barry Switzer is a colorful individual. He has made many personal mistakes in the past. However, he is a knowledgeable football commentator, and is entertaining, to boot. His weekly radio appearances with the Hardline on the Ticket in Dallas are the stuff of legend, and even turned some public opinion in his favor as a result. He is never at a lack for words or for stories.
2 comments:
Listening to his show on the Hardline made me do a 180 on him. I love him and can't wait to hear him and Jimmy on Sundays. I'm sad he went with XM, since I have Sirius, but oh well ... Sirius has everything else. ;)
You know the Hardline's got to be drooling over the Jimmy Barry combo coming up.
Yeah, it's too bad the Hardline couldn't line Jimmy and Barry up for their own show. That would have been greatness. XM is willing to throw around the $$$, though.
I can see Rines and Greggo sucking up to Jimmy in such a big way.
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