![]() It’s hard to narrow it down into ‘a moment’… basketball, Penn State beating UCLA in the NCAA tournament in the Carrier Dome in 1981, or in 2001 beating North Carolina to get to the Sweet 16, or the NIT championships… For football, Joe’s win to go past Bear Bryant’s 324, his 400th, number 409, getting to do a couple of Rose Bowls, James Franklin going to three New Year’s Six games in four years… But I think of all the moments, the blocked field-goal by Marcus Allen that was scooped up by Grant Haley against Ohio State in 2016. When you look back on your career thus far, is there one moment in particular that stands out to you? OS: You’ve been a part of some memorable moments, some highs, and lows. Every single experience is just a great experience for me. Sitting in Beaver Stadium, looking out at 10s of 1000s of people, waiting for the team to run out, working side by side with the Hall of Famer Jack Ham. Sitting in the broadcast booth, calling a Spikes game in the summertime… hearing the crack of the bat Sitting in the Jordan Center, looking out onto the court, hearing the ball bounce, working with Dick Jerardi – incredible. OS: What do you enjoy most about your job? It’s great for me because the change of sports I think keeps you fresh. Coming up, it’ll be my 40th season doing basketball and I just finished my 16th season doing the Spikes. This, right now, is my 30th season doing football and my 22nd as the play-by-play announcer. So, the two of us ended up getting into media. : A connection that I have with somebody national is that I played Little League baseball with Peter King from NBC. Steve Jones: I grew up in Enfield, Connecticut. Where are you from, and who’s your family? What are some things about your personal life that people may not know? We sat down with Jones, the voice of the Nittany Lions, to talk about his personal life, his career, as well as his favorite Creamery ice cream flavor. Jones has delivered fans’ first-rate commentary from the moment he stepped into the booth. Steve Jones is in the midst of his 40th season calling games for the Nittany Lions as the radio play-by-play announcer for both Penn State football and basketball. Check it out.Penn State football and basketball have both had their fair share of ups and downs over the years, but the one thing that’s remained consistent is the radio commentary from the pipes of a Penn State and sportscasting legend. The compilation also features great calls of D’Andre Swift’s touchdown run, James Houston’s sack, and both of Amon-Ra St. “Free on the ground! There is a pile and somebody’s got it at the bottom!” We get Miller in action starting on just the second snap from scrimmage, as we watch Lions safety DeShon Elliott rip the ball from the hands of Jaguars running back Travis Etienne. So on Monday night, the fifth installment of “Calls of the Game” dropped, and it did not disappoint. ![]() Thankfully, it has become a tradition in 2022 for the Lions to post Miller’s best calls-along with video-after Lions victories. Only one thing can elevate a re-watch of that game, and that is viewing the highlights of that game with Lions play-by-play announcer Dan Miller narrating the action. A 40-14 dominating performance was an entertaining bout from start to finish for Lions fans, as the team refused to take their foot off the gas-scoring on all eight of their non-victory formation possessions. On Sunday, the Detroit Lions thumped the Jacksonville Jaguars in a way that team hadn’t been dominated all season.
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