Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews broadcasting legend Eli Gold. Brandon and Bob discuss a wide range of topics including being the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama not retaining him for 2024, telling a white lie to start broadcasting in NASCAR, Nick Saban retiring from coaching, and more.NOTE: We apologize for some audio and visual issues during the episode.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-:40: Eli’s health-1:11: Returning to broadcast booth post-cancer-1:57: Were there retirement thoughts when Eli sat out?-2:54: Being out of work for two hours-4:02: Calling home games only at Alabama-4:56: Was the cutback a warning sign that Alabama wasn’t going to retain Eli?-6:00: Alabama’s reason for not retaining Eli-7:47: Response from Alabama fans-8:46: Being the voice of the Nick Saban era [NOTE] Eli’s audio cuts out from 9:10 to 9:15. For full context, Eli is talking a