By Madison Williams The anchor will take over Mike Tirico’s spot as he transitions into his role of play-by-play announcer for “SNF.” View the original article to see embedded media. Maria Taylor has officially been named Mike Tirico’s replacement to host Football Night in America on NBC. The former ESPN anchor joined NBC last summer after Taylor and her previous network couldn’t reach an agreement on a contract. Taylor was then introduced as a co-host of Football Night in America with Tirico, Tony Dungy and Drew Brees. Typically, she would host the show when Tirico was working as the play-by-…