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• Idiotic to have a woman call a mnf game series#

How big a door do you think your assignment will offer other female broadcasters?īM: I saw Gayle Sierens 30 years ago and knew that if there was a woman who could do it there might be an opportunity for me one day. MJ: Obviously you getting this gig is quite empowering to women. We’re both excited about the opportunity and want to do well at it. I’m just really appreciative of ESPN for his opportunity and to work with Rex, who like myself is competitive. I was always encouraged to aim high and see where it would take you so it’s always been on my radar. The excitement and energy around Monday Night Football is something I had hoped for since I was little. Now that it’s happened, please divulge: how much did you want this?īM: We always want as good of games as we can get. You were very humble and a bit nonchalant. MJ: When we met during the week of Super Bowl 50, I brought up the notion of you calling regular season NFL games. We caught up with Mowins to discuss the significance of this assignment, what goes into prepping for an NFL game, dealing with social media trolls and more.

30 years after Gayle Sierens became the first women to call an NFL regular season game, it is Mowins turn – this time for a national audience. That experience all culminated in Mowins’s splashiest assignment to date: calling the Chargers-Broncos Week 1 late game on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, alongside Rex Ryan. In 2015, she added to her extensive repertoire by successfully calling the Raiders preseason games.

Idiotic to have a woman call a mnf game series#

For over twenty years, Mowins has been on the call for myriad events from the Women’s College World Series to college football to NCAA Championships in just about every sport. In 1994, four years after completing grad school at Syracuse’s Newhouse, a mecca for aspiring broadcasters, she joined ESPN. Her broadcasting career snowballed from there. That was followed by an entry-level stint at the local Syracuse television station, SuperSports, where she worked overtime to gain knowledge of the business from higher-ups. While just a middle-schooler, she served as a public address announcer for local high school football and basketball games. Mowins’ dad was a local coach and teacher, which inspired an early entry into sportscasting. I like sports and like to talk so the two blended together perfectly.” “There was a woman talking about football,” Mowins said. The NFL Today on CBS reigned king in those days with the sharp chemistry of Brent Musberger, Irv Cross and Jimmy the Greek, but it was the show’s reporter, Phyllis George. The Cowboys and Steelers were in the midst of dynasties, and the league as a whole produced more awe-inspiring moments, players and schemes. Though she lacked allegiance to a particular NFL team –- the area was split between the downtrodden Bills, Jets and Giants - the NFL on television was blossoming into its own art form. she was enthralled with all sports, including the NFL. Raised in Syracuse, New York in the 1970’s. The Featured Football Girl series profiles fascinating women who are in some way under the NFL’s umbrella.īeth Mowins set her career goal at a very young age.