Maybe Jackson Should Have Stayed Retired

I have no doubt that once there was a day when Keith Jackson spoke a variant of modern English that some of us enjoyed. But who at ABC is so dense that he fails to grasp: That day is gone!

How many more times do I have to hear this dinosaur say the “big uglies have hunkered down?” Why do I have to listen to Jackson confuse the 43 with the 37 and call the quarterback a “young un?” After 30 years of this quaint idiocy, haven’t I suffered enough?

Yeah, I know he’s a nice old guy and I wish him no harm, but he can’t talk sense. Why does he get to be on TV? Sentiment is one thing, incompetence another.

BILL CRAIN

Napa