We are just days away from seeing Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers tangle with the Texas Longhorns in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The game will kick off at 4 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast on TNT.
In addition to the Tigers' matchup with the Longhorns, Saturday's first-round game between SMU and Penn State will also be shown on TNT. It will be interesting to see some of the top college football games of the season broadcast not on ESPN or ABC but on a network that usually runs reruns of popular movies on Saturday afternoons, not football games.
Therefore, Clemson fans might be concerned that a new and unfamiliar broadcast crew will be calling what will be the most important game of the season to date. Fortunately, those fears are unwarranted because the game will be called by a veteran ESPN crew.
Announcers for Clemson vs. Texas
According to a press release from ESPN, the Clemson vs. Texas game will draw the broadcast team of Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline reporter). That's a crew that most college football fans are familiar with.
Pasch is a long-time play-by-play personality. In addition to college football, he's called NBA and college basketball games for ESPN and ABC.
Most notably, Pasch is known for working alongside legendary college basketball figure Bill Walton, the Hall of Fame player turned broadcaster known for his wacky bits and colorful antics while broadcasting college basketball games for ESPN. Pasch has been with ESPN since 2003.
Dvoracek has been an analyst with ESPN for many years following a successful college career as a defensive lineman for Oklahoma and a four-year career with the Chicago Bears of the NFL.
McGregor has been with ESPN since 2019. She also works as a reporter for Chicago Cubs baseball broadcasts.
This veteran crew will provide the coverage for what will be one of the weekend's most high-profile games. So despite the fact that it is not on a network that usually carries college football, fans will still be familiar with the voices that are bringing the action into their homes.