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Announcers in the NCAA tournament

methomps

an imbecility, a stupidity without name
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Thursday:

Kevin Harlan/Bob Wenzel- MD/Davidson, Butler/ODU, Duke/VCU, and PITT/Wright St.
Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas- BC/Texas Tech, G'Town/Belmont, Marq/Mich St., and UNC/East Kent.
Gus Johnson/Dan Bonner- L'ville/Stan, Texas A&M/PENN, OSU./CC St., and BYU/Xavier
James Brown/Len Elmore- Wash St/Oral Rob, Vandy/GW, UCLA/Weber St, and Indiana/Gonzaga

Friday:

Tim Brando/Mike Giminski- UVA/Albany, Tenn/LBState, VT/Illinois, and S.Ill/Holy Cross
Jim Nantz/Billy Packer- UNLV/GT, Wisc/Texas A&M CC, Kansas/Play-in, and Kent/Nova
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery- Memphis/N.Texas, Nev/Creighton, AZ/Pur, and Flor/JackSt
Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel- ND/Winthrop, Oregon/Miami-OH, Tex/New Mex St, Ark/USC
 
As long as they keep that dumbass Billy Packer away from us I don't care.

"Now to senior Jamar Butler, how were you able to adapt to your new role with all of these freshmen?" Jamar has too much class to correct him on national t.v. of course.

One of many mistakes I could have picked out of Sunday's game alone.

The only thing I want to hear the announcers saying this weekend ar "....The Ohio State Buckeyes advance."
 
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Bestbuck36;782206; said:
As long as they keep that dumbass Billy Packer away from us I don't care.

:biggrin: one of the many he made. How about messing up ODEN and the NAZI center of cheeseconsin a few times. Jesse jackson will make a big deal out of that.

Don't these announcers have help to correct them or bitchsmack them:biggrin:
 
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Don't these announcers have help to correct them or bitchsmack them:biggrin:


Are you kidding?

Kieth Jackson talks to dead relatives on air and no one (network types) seems to care. The only thing they do care about is dead air, not mistakes. As long as a guy can talk for the allotted time, he's covered.
 
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Enberg and Bilas would've been my choice, if I had one. Packer's mistakes don't really annoy all that much. What does annoy me is the level at which he takes himself seriously. He is one of those guys that is almost incapable of saying anything positive about anything. The more faults you find, the smarter you sound, kind of guy. I hate those fuckers.
 
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Jaxbuck;782271; said:
Are you kidding?

Kieth Jackson talks to dead relatives on air and no one (network types) seems to care. The only thing they do care about is dead air, not mistakes. As long as a guy can talk for the allotted time, he's covered.
:slappy::slappy::slappy::slappy: How True!

IronBuckI;782278; said:
Enberg and Bilas would've been my choice, if I had one. Packer's mistakes don't really annoy all that much. What does annoy me is the level at which he takes himself seriously. He is one of those guys that is almost incapable of saying anything positive about anything. The more faults you find, the smarter you sound, kind of guy. I hate those fuckers.

I think you hit the nail on the head there.
 
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Jaxbuck;782271; said:
Are you kidding?

Kieth Jackson talks to dead relatives on air and no one (network types) seems to care. The only thing they do care about is dead air, not mistakes. As long as a guy can talk for the allotted time, he's covered.


kidding what.

How bad they did during the OSU/CHEESE game or don't they have someone on the side to help them to do there job

. You can't be on TV announcing games if you sound like how Holtz does in football. Legends or not. If they suck, they should move on to get someone who knows the game and both teams playing.
 
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Gus Johnson is a turd.

This guy has to be the worst announcer going right now. Not only is he an idiot, but he can't stop screaming for some reason. He calls go-ahead baskets with ten minutes to go as if he's calling Bobby Thompson's home run and the Miracle on Ice all in one. It really cheapens some of the bigger moments of the game for casual fans when he's been exploding over every shot made by the underdog made in the second half.

The games are high drama on their own. Gus Johnson is not capable of adding to that, nor should he be trying.

By the way, did anybody else who watched the Loserville-Aggy game figure out where Edgar Sosa hails from? I've been wondering about that for a while now.
 
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I love the guy, just not when he's doing a game for my favorite team.

Him doing a game between teams I'm indifferent about is the best. He's probably the best play-by-play guy doing the tourney(him or Raftery), and it's a shame that he isn't doing a regional.

He does get caught up in the game and he is hyperbolic, but it's sincere and it's infectious. That's why I love his calls.
 
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