Tennessee is National Champs - 1999 espn fiesta bowl pre - Game - Florida state vs. tennessee

TWO DISTINGUISHED CAREERS IN BROADCASNG WRAP UP. CALLING HIS FINAL GAME IT IS JOHN WARD. HE'S BEEN WITH THE NETWORK SINCE 1963. HE IS REALLY A TREASURE TO THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. >> THEY NEED TO GO TO HENRY. THIS WILL BE MARTIN. THIS WILL BE HENRY. HE DIVES. GIVE HIM SIX! THAT'S ALL. TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE! >> JOHN WARD MEANS MORE TO TENNESSEE FOOTBALL THAN ANY PLAYER WHO'S EVER PLAYED HERE. JOHN WARD HAS BEEN THE EYES OF US WHEN ALL WE COULD USE WAS OUR EARS. >> IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE. >> AND IT'S ALMOST FOOTBALL TIME IN TEMPE. OF COURSE, KEITH JACKSON CONCLUDES HIS BRILLIANT CAREER. KEITH DOES NOT WANT A BIG FUSS. BUT AL GORE IS GOING TO DROP BY TO SAY HELLO. KEITH HAS JUST BEEN MORE THAN THE SOUNDTRACK. HE'S REALLY BEEN A GUARDIAN OF THE GAME'S INTEGRITY. IT WAS A TREAT TO TALK FOOTBALL WITH KEITH RECENTLY. AND NOW MEMORIES FROM A BRILLIANT COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAREER, TONIGHT'S "COVER S THAT'S NOT MY PARTY. THAT THING, THAT STAGE BELONGS TO THOSE KIDS AND THOSE COACHES. DOESN'T GOT A DAMN THING TO DO WITH ME. AND THAT'S THE WAY I'VE DONE MY JOB, AND THAT'S THE WAY I'M GOING TO GO OUT. I HAD MORE FUN THAN ANYBODY. I'LL GUARANTEE YOU. I'M NOT SURE I'M THROUGH, EITHER. >> A LITTLE HINT THERE AT THE END. IT'S FITTING THAT KEITH JACKSON WILL TELL YOU HIS FAVORITE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME WAS 1956 INVOLVING TENNESSEE AGAINST GEORGIA TECH. BOBBY DOD, A DEFENSIVE DUO, PUNTS, QUICK KICKS, 6-0, TEN WAS THE FINAL. >> COULD SEE THIS AGAIN TONIGHT. GROWING UP AS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN, JUST HEARING KEITH JACKSON'S VOICE, YOU KNEW IT WAS A FOOTBALL SATURDAY AND THIS WAS THE PREMIERE GAME. NOW THAT I'M IN THE BUSINESS, THE THING THAT I RESPECT AND ADMIRE MOST ABOUT KEITH JACKSON IS AS BIG AN ICON AS HE HAS BECOME IN THIS SPORT, YOU JUST HEARD HIM SAY IT, HE STILL RECOGNIZES THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES. THIS IS THEIR CENTER STAGE, NOT ONLY IS HE A GREAT BROADCASTING, WHAT A CLASS ACT. >> KIRK, CAN YOU IMAGINE 70 YEARS OLD, HAVE DONE WHAT YOU LOVED FOR 47 YEARS, LEAVE AND HAVE NOT ONE PERSON SAY A MEAN THING ABOUT YOU? LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD. >> COUNT THAT MANY PEOPLE ON ONE HAND. >> YOU KNOW WHY I WANT THIS TO BE A GREAT GAME, ONLY ONE CLOSE FIESTA BOWL IN THE LAST 10 IS I WANT KEITH TO GO OUT WHERE HE CAN MAKE ANOTHER CLASSIC CALL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY GLIMPSE THEY CAN GET OF SUN DEVIL STADIUM. ÷; POINTS TONIGHT OR WILL IT BE A KICKER? THE LAST CLASSIC ONE VERSUS TWO BOWL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS WHEN SCOTT BENTLEY KICKED A FIELD GOAL TO BEAT NEBRASKA AN THE CORNHUSKER KICKER MISSED ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME. ABOUT THESE TWO KICKS, ON THE ONE SIDE YOU'VE GOT A CHOIR BOY ON THE OTHER SIDE A BIG, STRONG, POWERFUL KICKER. STEVE CYPHERS ON THE TWO GUYS WHO COULD HAVE A HUGE FOOTz IN DECIDING THIS GAME. >> ONE DREW A PICTURE OF HIS DREAM AS A 9-YEAR-OLD IN A TENNESSEE GRADE SCHOOL. >> I WAS SLEEPING, AND I WAS DREAMING ABOUT KICKING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. AND THE PICTURE IS ME LYING IN A BED WITH A BUBBLE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN A CARTOON WITH ME KICKING A FOOTBALL THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS WITH AN ORANGE JERSEY ON. >> THE OTHER HAD NO SUCH DREAMS AT HIS GRADE SCHOOL IN POLAND. >> THE FIRST TIME I STARTED KICKING FOOTBALL WAS MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. >> THE RIGHT FOOTED KICKER THEY CALL -- >> A CHOIR BOY. JEFF HALL IS A CHOIR BOY, MAN. >> IF YOU'D HAD SOMEBODY YOU'D LIKE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER TO MARY IT WOULD BE JEFF HALL. >> WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE? >> IT'S A BOOM. >> BOOM. >> OUR GUY IS JUST, IS A BIG, POWERFUL POLISH IMMIGRANT THAT CAN KICK THE HECK OF THE BALL. BOOM. >> ONE CELEBRATED HIS TEAM'S BIGGEST WIN IN SOLITUDE. >> AFTER THE FLORIDA GAME I WENT TO BED. >> THE OTHER BEAT THE GATORS, BROKE OUT A STOGY ON THE FIELD AND BROKE OUT IN A BAR FIGHT. HE WAS PUNISHED. >> I'M RUNNING. YOU CAN TRUST ME. I MADE A MISTAKE. EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES. BUT WE'VE GOT TO PAY FOR IT. WE'VE GOT TO RUN. >> ONE IS 6 SIX FEET, 180. BOTH WOULD DO MUCH MORE THAN KICK, IF ONLY THEY COULD. >> I'M A CLOSET LINEBACKER. I LOVE THE PHYSICALñ ASPECT OF THE GAME. I LOVE THE HITTING. I LOVE THE VIOLENCE OF IT. BELIEVE ME, IF I WAS AS BIG AND STRONG AS SOME OF THOSE OTHERS GUYS, I WOULDN'T BE A KICKER. I'D PLAY A RESPECTABLE POSITION. >> I LIKE CONTACT FOOTBALL. I MEAN, I WISH I COULD PLAY SOME OTHER POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT TAKES TIME TO LEARN. BUT FOR NOW I'M STICKING WITH KICKING. >> IS HE DIFFERENT? FROM MOST KICKERS? >> YES. HE'S -- HE'S QUOOL. -- COOL. >> HE'S NOT JUST DOPE, THIS NERD WALKING AROUND. JEFF HALL IS INTO THINGS, HE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND INTO THE 1990'S. >> HE'S A RELIGIOUS GUY, YOU KNOW. HE'S A LEADER. HE'S A PERSON THAT KIND OF STAYS TO HISSELF A LITTLE BIT. >> IT'S EMBARRASSING TO HANG OUT WITH YOU. >> WOULD I LET HIM? >> YES, YOU WOULD. YOU WOULD LET HIM. >> JANIKOWSKI IS THE ALL-AMERICAN. THE A.C.C. RECORD HOLDER FOR FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON WITH 27. HE WAS 10-14 FROM 30 YARDS OR MORE AND 60% OF HIS KICKOFFS WERE NOT CURNED. MARCUS OUTZEN IS HIS HOLDER. >> IT'S A PRIVILEGE. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW GOOD HE IS AROUND HERE, BUT HE'S REALLY TAKEN FOR GRANTED. >> HALL, THE TENNESSEE KICKER FOR FOUR YEARS, IS THE S.E.C.'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER. ALONG WITH THAT OVERTIME KICK AGAINST FLORIDA, HE HIT THE LAST-SECOND WINNER AGAINST SYRACUSE. TEAMMATES HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR HIM THAT HE WAS ELECTED CO-CAPTAIN. >> WHENEVER HE'S ON THE FIELD, WE'RE ALL IN GOOD HANDS. >> JEFF IS A GUY THAT I THINK A LOT OF GUYS ON THIS TEAM CAN GO TO AND TALK TO IF THEY'RE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JEFF IS JUST, HE'S A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON. >> COULD YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING CAPTAIN MATERIAL? >> SOMEDAY, I THINK SO. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE LEADERSHIP AND I THINK I CAN HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS. >> IS HE CAPTAIN MATERIAL? >> I THINK DOWN THE LINE AS HE GET A LITTLE OLDER, I THINK HE'S TOO WILD RIGHT NOW TO BE A CAPTAIN. >> HE'S JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT ON THE FIELD HE'S AS GOOD A LEADER AS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND. >> AS DIFFERENT AS THEIR NAMES, AS FAR APART AS THEIR ACCENTS, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AS IMPORTANT TO THEIR TEAMS AS ANY PLAYER ON THE FIELD. IN TEMPE, STEVE CYPHERS, ESPN. >> YOU DON'T WANT EITHER GUY TO FAIL. THESE GUYS KNOWS THE HAZARDS OF THE JOB. MAYBE ONE SQUARE INCH OF THEIR FOOT MAKES CONTACT WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THEY DREAM ABOUT. GROWING UP AS A KICKER, YOU HOPE TO GET INTO A BIG-TIME GAME. YOU THINK OF JANIKOWSKI. CAREER LONG OF 56 YARDS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, TENNESSEE WILL COUNTER WITH JEFF HALL. HE DOES HAVE THE LEG STRENGTH. CAREER LONG 53 YARDS. HE'S A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AS STEVE JUST MENTIONED. HE IS THE S.E.C.'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER. AND THE THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT JEFF HALL IS TWICE THIS YEAR LATE IN THE GAME WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE HE CAME THREW. >>ñ JANIKOWSKI SET AN ALL-TIME A.C.C. RECORD OF 27 FIELD GOALS THIS YEAR. HE'S GOT A LONG LEG. EVERY TIME THE NOLES CROSS MIDFIELD, THIS GUY IS A THREAT TO SCORE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK THAT HE HAS NOT KICKED A PRESSURE FIELD GOAL TO WIN THE GAME. WRONG. WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL HE BEAT PALATKA IN THE LAST MINUTE. SO HE'S DONE IT. BIG ADVANTAGE, WHEN HE KICKS THE BALL IN THE END ZONE, THE NOLES STOP THE OPPONENT ON THE OTHER 20. WHOA! >> THIS AIN'T HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID LEAVERTON OF TENNESSEE, THOSE COULD ALSO HAVE A BIG ROLE. PLEASE JOIN US. A FULL HALF-HOUR OF "COLLEGE GAMENIGHT" FOLLOWING "SPORTSCENTER."