Jim Nantz
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"James William "Jim" Nantz, III" is an United States/American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League/National Football League (NFL), National Collegiate Athletic Association/National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (NCAA)/Division I men's basketball and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1990s. He has been the NFL announcer on CBS's top play-by-play since 2004.

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We'll have to talk about that later, Jim.

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I give them a pretty good chance, with all New England has to come up with to reconstruct their team. Everybody gets to the breaking point, and I think (the Patriots) are pretty close to that.

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I really knew he was listening ... It's always been important to me that I knew that some one was listening ... It meant a lot to me.

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Chris Schenkel was a giant. As a boy, I would listen to him. When a game would get really exciting in the fourth quarter, he would say, 'Is there a better way to spend an autumn afternoon?'

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George, the Panthers' defense is pretty good. Which weapons of mass destruction in the Patriots' offense do you figure will mysteriously disappear?

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My father took me to the first regular season game they ever played, when John Gilliam ran the opening kickoff back, ... So I've always had a special place in my heart for the franchise. ... I know how much they mean to that community.

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[The delays were hard on the CBS crew too.] People say, 'Boy, you guys didn't have to work too hard,' ... But it's brutally difficult to create three hours of programming.

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You just can't go out and find somebody who's going to sing the anthem with respect.

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[The crisp, tense action made for great TV. Too bad for CBS that, also for the second week in a row, the drama was taking place on Monday afternoon and was being shown on the Golf Channel.] Your heart goes out to the viewer, ... The loyal, passionate golf fan sets his weekend schedule around the coverage, and you've got nothing to show him.

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