GoUSFBulls.com Robinson to Step Away From USF Radio Network After 21 Seasons

[Triple B]

July 20, 2018

 

After 21 seasons and 251 games, longtime USF Radio Network analyst Mark Robinson will step away from his role alongside Voice of the Bulls Jim Louk on USF football broadcasts in order to spend more time with his family. Mark has been part of the broadcast of every game over the course of the Bulls' first 21 seasons, calling 146 victories, nine bowl games and six bowl game wins, including Robinsons' final broadcast in the Bulls' 38-34 victory over Texas Tech in the 2017 Birmingham Bowl.

"Mark has been a big part of USF football since the beginning of the program and I know our fans will miss his voice and insight on our broadcasts. I got to know Mark over the last season and he was a pleasure to work with and brought great knowledge to our broadcasts. On behalf of Bulls Nation, I would like to thank Mark for 21 great seasons of broadcasting USF football."    - USF Head Coach Charlie Strong

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, JULY 20, 2018 – Every game for 21 seasons, Bulls fans tuning into USF football broadcasts have been treated to top-notch color analysis from Mark Robinson.

The 1982 All-American Penn State safety and nine-year NFL veteran became synonymous with USF as the program and Robinson both grew up together from the Bulls' very first game in 1997. With that in mind, today is a bittersweet day with Robinson, 55, officially retiring from USF football's broadcast team to "be a fan again" and spend more time with his most devoted supporters.

 

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[NewEnglandBull]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[CousinRicky]

Got to sit next to him on the team flight up and back to Cinci a couple of years ago.  What a super nice guy.  Enjoyed listening to him the few times I put on the post game on the ride home.

[Triple B]

I'm starting a write-in campaign to have Doug Graber replace him ...

[Triple B]

Awesome article about MR by Jim Louk ....

By JIM LOUK
Voice of the Bulls

TAMPA, JULY 20, 2018 - Twenty-one seasons and 251 games, and there was always Mark.
 
The players changed. The coaches changed.  Members of our broadcast crew changed (although it's not true that we've had more sideline reporters than Spinal Tap had drummers. At least, not yet).
 
Conferences changed.  Stadiums changed.  I couldn't begin to recall all the charter airlines we've flown.  The game itself changed too, in the way it was played and in the way it was broadcast.
 
But there was always Mark.
 
In the spring of 1997, I was finishing up what would be my final men's basketball play-by-play season.  After being told I had the football job, I was preparing to move to a new sport.  It was time to find an analyst.
 
Over a period of a week, we brought four candidates into a St. Petersburg radio station to watch a videotape of a recent college football game and make an audio audition tape with me.  I don't remember how the four were chosen. But they were four well-known guys.  You'd know the names.  And they were all good.  Really good, actually.

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[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

I'm starting a write-in campaign to have Doug Graber replace him ...

A wonderful tribute by Jim. 

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

I'm starting a write-in campaign to have Doug Graber replace him ...

 

[BrassBulls12]

[chrisdashley]

Mark is a phenomenal guy. He's gonna be missed and he's leaving a huge hole to fill.

[Ned A Starr RIP]

Smart move on Mark’s part.

[charsibb]

Strange that he would announce it such a short time after the new AD arrives. Wonder if there's a connection?