Georgia Tech yesterday announced that broadcaster Brandon Gaudin will leave the school after three seasons for several new opportunities. He will become play-by-play voice for EA Sports' "Madden NFL" franchise, replacing Jim Nantz. Gaudin also will join the Big Ten Network as a play-by-play announcer for football, basketball and baseball. He also has been named lead college football play-by-play announcer for Westwood One Sports and will call occasional NFL games for the radio network. He will continue to call men's college basketball for Westwood One as well (Georgia Tech). In Indianapolis, Matthew VanTryon notes NFL Network and Fox Sports analyst Charles Davis "will handle color commentary" on the '17 edition of "Madden." Davis replaces Phil Simms on the game. Gaudin, who handled play-by-play duties for Butler men's hoops from '10-13, said of working on the game at EA's Orlando studios, "It became a tough thing to keep under the radar. It was hard to keep it from the masses. ‘You’re going to Orlando again? What, do you have a girlfriend down there or something?’ That was the harder part to keep quiet” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 6/9).
