If you didn't know Patrick was a fan of WVU or a native of the state, you would have never known by listening to him call that game. He could have very easily let his emotions sho

Mike Patrick, the amiable play-by-play man who called NFL games and ACC basketball contests during his 36 years at ESPN, has died. He was 80. Patrick died Sunday of natural causes in Fairfax, Virginia, officials from his hometown of Clarksburg, West Virginia, announced .

The versatile play-by-play man was a George Washington University alum and spent several years at D.C. station WJLA before joining ESPN in 1982.