Contest question: who is your favorite football announcer?

Al Michaels in a landslide. There's a reason he wins every poll by a mile. No one else is close.

MFi'ing Keith Jackson! Oh NELLY!

Even though I'm not an SEC fan, I really enjoy listening to Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson. But now my all time favorites are Gus Johnson and Charles Davis on Fox College.

Gotta go with Joe Starkey and a secondary vote for Barry Tompkins

Don Kline comes to mind. And so does Bill King (especially those Kansas City-Raider matchups). Ken Korach carried his own doing SJSU football in the 1980s. At the national level, Pat Summerall, Ray Scott, and Curt Gowdy doing the Rose Bowl was always entertaining.

This is low hanging fruit but for me, it's John Madden.

http://dialglobalsports.com/2013/01/nfc-divisional-highlights-49ers-45-packers-31/ Link for clips of KH calls of scoring plays in SF/GB game.

Kevin Harlan-nice descriptive call of the and excitement of the action.

Joe Starkey. Bar none.

With regards to Theisman, it is pretty amazing he was able to broadcast as much as he did with all that getting up to go to the pisser during games. A true warrior for enlarged prostates everywhere.

Who could forget the glorious tenure of Dennis Miller?... In the real world, Keith Jackson.

Greg Papa

Can't believe only one person mentioned him: Keith Jackson

Though I've never heard him call or color comment on a game while it's happening, I have to go with Steve Young as a few others have posted. The guy is articulate, passionate, and one of the best to have ever played the game. He's 100 yards ahead of the rest of the current crop.

"You are looking LIVE down on muddy Candlestick Park as the 49ers get ready for a mud bath with the Los Angeles Rams for all the Crab you can eat in this wonderful city, hello everyone- I'm Brent Musburger." The legend keeps growing.

Cannot wait to hear Teddy Ballgame's excuse for the Manti Te’o idiocy. After Teddy's rant about Te'o's losing the Heisman he has been suspiciously quiet about 1) Jonny Football's dominating performance in the Cotton Bowl and 2) Te'o's absence in the can of Whop Ass Alabama opened up on Notre Dame. Oh wait, Te'o's quest for the Heisman never really existed either, did it?

I gotta go with Bill King. I feel lucky to have heard him do Warriors (unparalleled greatness), A's, and Raiders, as a little kid. His football calls were unique, and his between play banter was both informative, and rivetingly eccentric.

Either Gus Johnson or Keith Jackson.

Greg Papa

What I liked about Papa was that he sounded like King. And Bill's cultured reference to classical music and boating were so much more classy then the debase Bentley talk of modern sport heads in the bay area.

Bill King-Lon Simmons-Woman-Dog. In life's order.

This is Howard Cosell coming to you live from the foggy candlestick park....

I would say Steve Young. great player, played as hard as anyone. speaks intelligently and has a world of knowledge of the game inside and out. he does not act like a clown on air like some. he was a 49er and won superbowl. as qb and backup qb...he is also highly educated, an attorney, and a real good family man.

I loved listening to Lon Simmons. He'd be my guy. We used to sync the radio to the TV feed when I was younger so we could listen to Lon. I do enjoy Ted too. I think he's really good.

Greg Papa. As much as I hate the Raiders

Lon Simmons... if I were to give a no vote, it would be for the "woe is us, the sky is falling" stylings of Joe Starkey.

If we are going for football announcers that are currently alive, then it is Greg Papa for me. He is fantastic and I am Niners fan. All time great would have to be Bill King though.

Al Michaels

I actually liked Pat Summerall. Was sad when he retired.

I'm going to go with Gus Johnson. His work on Fox has been outstanding, and he brings the same kind of excitement that made his Big Dance calls legendary. What was CBS thinking letting him go?

Joe Buck...yah, I said it...

I gotta agree with FFUC and go with Joe Starkey.

Joe Starkey

Bill King. No question.

Don't know if bringing back someone from the dead counts. If it does ; Bill King for the drama and verbiage. If not John Madden for the knowledge and humor (circa late 80s Madden at the peak of his powers).