The end of an era...

One of the greatest and in my opinion the #1 announcers in football is retiring after this season. John Madden has decided that after 30 years of announcing NFL football games it was time to set the microphone down.

In a statement released by NBC Sports today, Madden had this to say “It’s time, I’m 73 years old. My 50th anniversary is this fall.” He added: “It’s been such a great ride. The NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion — and still is.”

He will be greatly missed by the NFL fans, no one will be able to replace him. The speculation is that Cris Collinsworth, NBC’s lead studio analyst and the co-host on “Football Night in America” and NFL Network game analyst may take his place on the Sunday Night Football games for NBC.

There are two things about NFL football I never wanted to see change is the introduction to Monday Night Football with Hank Williams Jr and John Madden announcing. Well it looks like one of them is going away...how long till the next?