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Christopher Brady Fowler (born August 23, 1962) is an American sports broadcaster for ESPN and ABC, who serves as the play-by-play announcer for Saturday Night Football and tennis coverage. He is also known for his work on College GameDay, which he hosted between 1990 and 2014, and for college football.
In 2014, he replaced Brent Musburger as the play-by-play announcer for Saturday Night Football on ABC, having him on ESPN’s top announcing team alongside fellow College Gameday’s Kirk Herbstreit; this meant he would also be selected to announce one of the two College Football Playoff semifinal games and the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Fowler was born in the Denver area and grew up in Rockford, Illinois and State College, Pennsylvania, where his father, Knox, was a theater professor at Penn State University. When he was a teenager, his family relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado where he graduated from General William J. Palmer High School in 1980.
Fowler graduated from the University of Colorado in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree. While a student, Fowler served as a producer and co-host for a weekly magazine program aired over…
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