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It gets a bit tougher for Verne Lundquist each week.
The 76-year-old voice of SEC college football on CBS will step down after a career spanning more than five decades. He's been with CBS for most of his career, from 1982-95 and again since 1998. He'll continue to call NCAA basketball and golf, including The Masters, for CBS through next summer.
Lundquist spoke to the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham on Monday, just two days after leaving Knoxville, Tenn., where he watched No. 1 Alabama dismantle Tennessee 49-10. On Saturday, he'll be in Tuscaloosa for the Crimson Tide's game against No. 6 Texas A&M.
"(It's) pretty emotional," Lundquist said. "Every week, it's a little nostalgic and sentimental. Two days ago, we were in Knoxville and you never know when I'll ever get back there. Each week, it's challenging."
Lundquist points at two 2013 games in Auburn as most memorable during his career. The Kick Six, when Chris Davis returned a missed Adam Griffith field goal as time expired to give Auburn the win, tops them all.
"It's No. 1 in college football," Lundquist said, noting highlights of that clip would be shown to the lunch crowd on Monday. "I've been lucky to be at a lot of places where significant things broke out. That one, for any kind of football, is the greatest finish I've ever seen."
What happened two weeks prior is second in line. Nick Marshall's "Prayer at Jordan-Hare" was caught by Ricardo Louis for a 73-yard touchdown late in Auburn's win over Georgia on a fourth-and-18.
"(That one is) right behind (Kick Six)," Lundquist said. "My favorite story behind that is we went off the air with (color analyst) Gary (Danielson) saying, 'That's the greatest finish we've seen in a college football game and we'll never see anything like again.' Well, two weeks later ..."
Next season, Brad Nessler will join Danielson in the booth, replacing Lundquist as he watches from home.
"I'm going to have back surgery," Lundquist said. "Isn't that a great substitute? I've got to have back surgery in September. It's six months rehab. I'll be sitting in my living room in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, watching Brad and Gary and saying, 'Why'd you say that?'"
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