Billy Packer Out as CBS College Basketball Analyst

Billy Packer (L) will no longer be calling games with longtime CBS partner Jim Nantz (R). (AP Images)"]

Captain Grumpy is out at CBS.

Billy Packer, the often-irascible lead analyst for CBS's coverage of NCAA Basketball, is out after 27 years on the job, making way for his replacement Clark Kellogg.

Packer has done 34 consecutive Final Fours and is largely viewed as the face of nationally-televised collegiate ball. While a true vessel of knowledge, Packer's "tell-it-like-it-is" approach received its fair share of criticism, especially in the latter stages of his career.

In 2006, he criticized the selection of four Missouri Valley Conference teams, before Bradley and Wichita State reached the round of 16. In 2004, Packer took umbrage at St. Joseph's getting the No. 1 seed.

In 2000, Packer bristled when asked to identify himself by two female students checking credentials before a game at Duke. One of the students, Jen Feinberg, quoted Packer as saying: "You need to get a life. Since when do we let women control who gets into a men's basketball game? Why don't you go find a women's game to let people into?"

Now that he's got some spare time on his hands, perhaps Packer can begin to pick his NCAA mens basketball futures in the Bodog Sportsbook! Currently, the University of North Caroina is the odds-on favorite at 3/1!