Report: Sean McDonough leaving Monday Night Football to return to college football
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Sean McDonough is reportedly going back to school.
The ESPN Monday Night Football announcer agreed to step down from that role and return to the college game, according to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch:
Sports Illustrated can report that Sean McDonough has mutually agreed to return to college football for ESPN later this year. He will no longer call Monday Night Football.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) March 10, 2018
McDonough replaced Mike Tirico in 2017 after he left ESPN for NBA. He only spent two seasons in the NFL, but the college game will certainly welcome the talented play-by-play man back with open arms.
It’s unknown what the 55-year-old announcer has been at ESPN/ABC since 2000. He called college football games for ESPN/ABC from 2004-15.
McDonough’s call of the fumbled punt to end the Michigan-Michigan State game in 2015 was legendary:
Here’s hoping McDonough calls some SEC games in 2018.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
