Motherf***ing irresponsible journalism

[coastalbuck]

Good point, VR. Can't say it's bothered me until your mention. It does seem like we bring a knife to a gunfight on the human interest side of the contest each week. I'll be paying more attention and thanks for pointing it out in your post. :cheers: (I know its too early for a beer now, but I'll toast ya with one this afternoon!)

 

[MaxBuck]

Frankly, I like the Buckeye coverage in the Dispatch and Plain Dealer. At least these papers actually cover the Bucks - unlike the Cincinnati rags.

As for hatin' on the homers, just read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sometime. Bob Smizik et al are absolutely acidic regarding the Panthers, Pirates, and even the Steelers. No good deed goes unpunished in the 'Burgh. Love the town, hate the media there.

 

[Buck Nasty]

Another thing I've begun to notice (on a national level) is the focus the broadcasts have had on our opponent's players and coaches. Perhaps I'm being paranoid/nitpicky/whatever, but since the loss at NW, every game's collection of human interest stories, interviews and little nuggets of info have been all about the other team. The Iowa game was a great example, and the MSU game ... euhhh. "Holly's with Drew Stanton -- ask him how he's working through his injury. When you're done, pile some more shit on Lydell Ross!"

I don't know. Maybe I'm imagining it.

That's pretty observant, but I think what is happening in these situations is that the home team gets most of the human interest stuff. The broadcast crew gets into town a couple days before the game and they are really only exposed to the home team for those couple days. There is usually a SID (Steve Snapp) filling them up with info about this guy and that guy, plus they typically review all the local papers for stories. If you go back and look at our home games you will notice that the home team always gets more attention.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

That's pretty observant, but I think what is happening in these situations is that the home team gets most of the human interest stuff. The broadcast crew gets into town a couple days before the game and they are really only exposed to the home team for those couple days. There is usually a SID (Steve Snapp) filling them up with info about this guy and that guy, plus they typically review all the local papers for stories. If you go back and look at our home games you will notice that the home team always gets more attention.

youre going to tell me that broadcast team was in town for more than 5 minutes before the game this weekend? i dont believe that for 1 second.

 

[Buck Nasty]

youre going to tell me that broadcast team was in town for more than 5 minutes before the game this weekend? i dont believe that for 1 second.

I would have loved to be able to overhear what the truck was telling Davie at halftime after he called Damon Dowdell "David" about 25 times. He kept trying to catch himself, but just kept calling him David. In the second half he started calling him Dowdell.

 

[FKAGobucks877]

I can't stand Bob Davie. Or Davies. Whatever, I doubt even he knows. If that assclown would have called Holmes "Santanio" one more time, I would have thrown my TV through the window. He was mixing players up the whole game, and when he got the correct player, he mispronounced their name. Loser.

As for the whole issue Clarity and DiHard brought up, I couldn't agree more. I'm so sick and tired of the Dispatch and local news "finding" (more like inventing) all this shit. The MoC debacle was the worst....how anyone could blame the university after his multiple PR stunts, I'll never know. 1460 seems to be the only media outlet in town that doesn't go out of their way to uncover misdeeds.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

While Bob Davie may have goofed up some shit Saturday (calling Hall the all-time punt return leader instead of kickoff return leader, calling Ginn "Gin" as in the drink, etc.), no announcer gives us more love overall than him. How about his comment when he circled the OSU fan section and call our "some of the best, if not THE best in college football"? He loves Tressel and he loves our program period. He simply gushes about OSU football every time he does one of our games.

Now, Mark Jones on the other hand is a "token boy" pure and simple...he's an absolute embarrassment to black broadcasters. He called us the "garnet and gray" at the Indiana game last year as well as doing it again Saturday...and homeboy still calls Holmes "San Antonio". He also fucked up on the review of the MSU receiver coming down out of bounds...Davie noted that the receiver's right foot came down on the sideline a split second before his left, and Jonesizzle said, "But how about the left one?" Davie corrected him by telling him college needs only one foot, but since the first foot was already out it didn't matter. Markus then replied, "Oh yeah"...dumbass.