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    Why is Jason Benetti calling the Michigan State vs. Oregon game?

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    Why is Jason Benetti announcing the Michigan State vs. Oregon football game for Fox?

    Benetti, who just finished his first season as the Detroit Tigers’ play-by-play man with Bally Sports Detroit, is not calling the Tigers’ playoff games because national broadcasters ABC, ESPN, TBS and Fox own the rights. He missed the Tigers’ wild-card series win over the Houston Astros this week. The Tigers play Game 1 of the ALDS at the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday. Brian Anderson and Jeff Francoeur will be calling in from the TV booth for TBS.

    Benetti is scheduled 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 in national college football, college basketball and MLB and previously worked for ESPN and NBC. Before the Pac-12’s mass exodus, he co-hosted the league’s basketball games for Fox with the late Bill Walton.

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    Benetti joined the Chicago White Sox in 2016 as a rotating television play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports Chicago. Following Ken Harrelson’s retirement, he served as a full-time play-by-play announcer from 2019 to 2023.

    The Tigers’ broadcast partner is Bally Sports Detroit, but the company’s owner is seeking in court to remove the Tigers from the program for the 2025 season. But don’t worry: 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 a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, business and psychology. He also received his law degree from Wake Forest School of Law in 2011.

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