Will Emmitt Smith Replace Irvin at ESPN?
Posted Feb 19th 2007 2:23AM by Sportz Assassin
CowboysPlus.com is speculating that former Cowboy Emmitt Smith may replace Michael Irvin, his former Cowboys teammate, as an analyst for ESPN's NFL Countdown . Irvin worked with Smith as he was auditioning for a gig at ESPN, and may be the kind of soft spoken wordsmith that the network would want with Chris Berman, Steve Young and Tom Jackson. Smith's mainstream popularity blew up on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. ABC and ESPN are both owned by Disney.
From CowboysPlus.com:
"Irvin said he prepped former Cowboys teammate Emmitt Smith for a recent audition with ESPN. Smith, basking in the glory of his Dancing with the Stars success on ABC, is a candidate to replace Irvin on ESPN."
The website also states that while recently retired Cowboys coach Bill Parcells is joining ESPN, he isn't taking Irvin's job.
Smith would be a great choice for ESPN. He's a very smart cat who is respected by football people and fans [even Redskins fans can't totally despise him]. Plus his Stars experience makes him more of a known entity to the casual fan. Smith did some analyst work for Fox during their BCS Championship game coverage.
CowboysPlus.com is speculating that former Cowboy Emmitt Smith may replace Michael Irvin, his former Cowboys teammate, as an analyst for ESPN's NFL Countdown . Irvin worked with Smith as he was auditioning for a gig at ESPN, and may be the kind of soft spoken wordsmith that the network would want with Chris Berman, Steve Young and Tom Jackson. Smith's mainstream popularity blew up on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. ABC and ESPN are both owned by Disney.
From CowboysPlus.com:
"Irvin said he prepped former Cowboys teammate Emmitt Smith for a recent audition with ESPN. Smith, basking in the glory of his Dancing with the Stars success on ABC, is a candidate to replace Irvin on ESPN."
The website also states that while recently retired Cowboys coach Bill Parcells is joining ESPN, he isn't taking Irvin's job.
Smith would be a great choice for ESPN. He's a very smart cat who is respected by football people and fans [even Redskins fans can't totally despise him]. Plus his Stars experience makes him more of a known entity to the casual fan. Smith did some analyst work for Fox during their BCS Championship game coverage.
posted by The Gryphon at 6:33 PM
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