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By Chris Marler
Longtime college football, and SEC, color analyst Gary Danielson announced that he plans to retire after the 2025 college football season.
Gary Danielson announces retirement as CBS Sports’ lead college football analyst following the 2025 season.
Charles Davis to succeed Danielson beginning in 2026.
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Danielson, the longest-tenured college football game analyst, has spent 36 years in broadcasting. Entering his 20th season with CBS, he will be replaced by current NFL on CBS analyst Charles Davis.
“I have had the greatest seat in the house for 36 years and have loved every minute of it,” Danielson said in a release. “I have discussed the timing of this moment with CBS Sports leadership over the past few years and we felt it was important I remained with the team during our transition to the Big Ten. As we enter our second full season of Big Ten football and my 20th at CBS Sports, the timing just feels right. I have so much respect for Charles Davis as both a person and an analyst.
Though CBS doesn’t broadcast the SEC Game of the Week anymore, Davis does have multiple ties to the SEC. Davis was a safety at Tennessee in the mid-1980’s and was even the sideline reporter for the SEC Game of the Week on Jefferson Pilot between until 2002.
