OSU_Buckguy;1881991; said:
That was the craziest shit ever calling a football game. It was also the nail on the coffin that Patrick belongs in a home.
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That was the craziest shit ever calling a football game. It was also the nail on the coffin that Patrick belongs in a home.
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"...is she here?"
An epic fall from the top. The more I listen to Mike Patrick the more convinced I am he must have a drinking problem, because he honestly sounds smashed out of his mind everytime I hear him now.*
Mike Patrick used to be the voice of ESPN's NFL football coverage. Way back when, ESPN essentially had two products that weren't named SportsCenter: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball in the summer, and ESPN Sunday Night Football in the fall and winter. Mike Patrick was ESPN's #1 play-by-play guy for 20 years, doing Sunday Night Football from 87-06. In the mid-to-late 90's Patrick was even doing the voiceover work for the video game series "NFL Quarterback Club," which was among the best alternatives to Madden at the time. For a play-by-play guy, after Prime Time & post season NFL and video game work, there isn't even a next rung to climb on the ladder outside of probably the MNF gig, the Super Bowl, or the Olympics. You're already at the top of the industry.
Patrick was there for 20 years.
In the span of five years, he has been bypassed by Mike Tirico, Brad Nessler, Dave O'Brien and a number of other play-by-play guys, and has burned through stops doing Prime Time NFL & NCAA football, to where he's now the network's third or fourth option on the college basketball rotation.
* This was in jest. Patrick had a heart bypass in '05 and has been a poorer announcer ever since returning. I speculate there were some unpublished complications or he's over-medicated since and has killed some brain cells.
Mike Patrick used to be the voice of ESPN's NFL football coverage. Way back when, ESPN essentially had two products that weren't named SportsCenter: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball in the summer, and ESPN Sunday Night Football in the fall and winter. Mike Patrick was ESPN's #1 play-by-play guy for 20 years, doing Sunday Night Football from 87-06. In the mid-to-late 90's Patrick was even doing the voiceover work for the video game series "NFL Quarterback Club," which was among the best alternatives to Madden at the time. For a play-by-play guy, after Prime Time & post season NFL and video game work, there isn't even a next rung to climb on the ladder outside of probably the MNF gig, the Super Bowl, or the Olympics. You're already at the top of the industry.
Patrick was there for 20 years.
In the span of five years, he has been bypassed by Mike Tirico, Brad Nessler, Dave O'Brien and a number of other play-by-play guys, and has burned through stops doing Prime Time NFL & NCAA football, to where he's now the network's third or fourth option on the college basketball rotation.
* This was in jest. Patrick had a heart bypass in '05 and has been a poorer announcer ever since returning. I speculate there were some unpublished complications or he's over-medicated since and has killed some brain cells.
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Dryden;1882633; said:
To be honest I just wouldn't be shocked to hear that he's either losing his sight and/or he's had a minor stroke or something to that effect.
The difference has been noticeable.
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sepia5
JoePa apologists = Pendejo
Singler is clearly stripped of the ball without contact, it is knocked loose and there is a scramble, Singler very clearly kicks the ball to himself while sprawled out on the court, and what do the announcers say? I thought Singler was fouled! I HATE DOOOOK!
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SloopyHangOn
WhoO WhoO WhoO!
sepia5;1888555; said:
Not to dissent from the general sentiment of this thread, but I would flip shit if what you just said was echoed about a call that went the Buckeyes' way. I was watching that game too and if I remember correctly, there was enough contact to consider calling it a foul and Patrick mentioned that it "might" have been a foul, while Elmore was adamant that there wasn't.
Not sure why I'm defending two of the worst announcers in college basketball, but there it is. With all the biased hatemongering going the Buckeyes way these days and for the days to come, I'm sure as hell going to be careful how rose tinted my glasses become.
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GoBucks1014
Heaven on earth
Worst fucking call ever. Some Dook white stiff (they all look the same) leans into Carolina player while getting posterized, does the Dook flop and gets the call.
As a life-long Carolina fan, my aorta is about to explode. It doesn't help that this Carolina team is young and doesn't play very smart. :(
As a life-long Carolina fan, my aorta is about to explode. It doesn't help that this Carolina team is young and doesn't play very smart. :(
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