As far as I know, Phyllis George never did the TV play by play for an NFL game. I know there was a woman who did play by play for a game back in the 80’s but I did not see it so I cannot comment. I vaguely remember Phyllis George on the NFL Today but that was a long time ago and I honestly cannot remember whether I liked her or not.
As a matter of taste, I don’t like women commentators or sideline reporters for football. If that makes me a chauvinist then so be it. In the case of Beth Mowins, her voice is annoying, as is her accent. She sounds like Hillary Clinton with a sore throat in my opinion and I would prefer to avoid that.
My opinion is that the networks are trying to appeal to a demographic with the number of female commentators on all the sports game broadcasts and sports comment/highlight shows. I am including in this ESPN family of networks and the NFL Network and Big Ten Network which I watch fairly frequently. That is their business decision but as a consumer I don’t have to like it.
I will say that I enjoy Dotty Pepper on the PGA broadcasts. She is extremely knowledgable and her comments and reporting are normally excellent.
That’s the joke, that your college football team isn’t very good, if they have a woman announcing your games.