The Solid Verbal: Let’s get to know ESPN’s Adam Amin
College football, milkshakes, awkward dating, and more!
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At the College Football Playoff National Championship, we sat down with our new old friend Adam Amin, he of ESPN play-by-play and midseason Solid Verbal milkshake discussion fame. We touched on:
• His path to becoming to broadcasting college football for ESPN at a young age.
• His experience with broadcast partners, notable former Texas coach Mack Brown
• How to live in Chicago, especially when it’s inhumanly cold.
• Food, just in general. OK, more specifically, Taco Bell.
• The awkwardness of dating apps AND being recognized AND then being asked for sports media career advice.
• Preparing to call the national championship game from the sideline with former Alabama OL Barrett Jones and former Clemson QB Tajh Boyd
• Wedding preparation
• Injecting humor and personality into broadcasts that fans take very seriously.
• How minor league baseball broadcasting was preparation for calling a number of sports.
