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Why is Jason Benetti announcing the Michigan State-Oregon game?
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Why is Jason Benetti announcing the Michigan State-Oregon game?

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Why does Jason Benetti announce the Michigan State vs. Oregon for Fox?

Benetti, who just completed his first season as the Detroit Tigers play-by-play man at Bally Sports Detroit, does not call Tigers playoff games as national networks ABC, ESPN, TBS and Fox own the rights. He missed the Tigers’ wild-card series this week against the Houston Astros. The Tigers will play Game 1 of the ALDS at the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday. Brian Anderson and Jeff Francoeur will be present from the TV booth for TBS.

Benetti is looking for a primetime Big Ten conference game between the Ducks and Spartans (9 p.m. ET, Fox).

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Benetti works for Fox Sports on national college football, college basketball and MLB assignments, and has previously worked for ESPN and NBC. Before the mass exodus from the Pac-12, he and the late Bill Walton called the league’s basketball games for Fox.

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Benetti joined the Chicago White Sox in 2016 as a rotating TV play-by-play announcer at NBC Sports Chicago. He handled full-time play-by-play duties from 2019 to 2023, following the retirement of Ken Harrelson.

The Tigers’ broadcast partner is Bally Sports Detroit, but the company’s owner is trying in court to drop the Tigers before the 2025 season. Have no fear, though: Benetti’s contract is with the Tigers, not the network.

Benetti, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler, grew up in Homewood, Illinois, about 25 miles south of Chicago.

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He graduated from the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse in 2005 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism, economics and psychology. He also graduated from Wake Forest’s School of Law in 2011 with a juris doctorate.

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