On Friday at his Pasadena hotel, Gus Johnson went to the pool and swam laps. The present was bliss, but he couldn’t help but think about his future as Fox’s lead college football play-by-play man.
“It was so refreshing,” Johnson said Friday night, on the eve of Saturday’s epic crosstown rivalry clash between USC and UCLA. “My life is about to change. When these cats come into the Big Ten, I’m gonna be swimming in September!”
And, apparently, even in November.
