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Paul Keels (Voice of the Buckeyes)

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My God, how can anybody think Keels is a "great" announcer.

He expresses as much passion for OSU as a dead cat.

This is a guy who was confused and couldn't tell the difference btw #9's Rob Rose and Brian Hartline.

The Blue Jackets announcers go ape crap over a late goal in 6-2 drubbing during another horrible year.

I want my home team announcer to be:
a) passionate
b) knowledeable
c) be able to provide insight.
d) Not be worried about being impartial.

Hell, somebody should post Keels call of the game winning fg v Iowa v Sean Mcdounoughs call on the national broadcast to see what Diddy means.
 
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cdiddy70;1799117; said:
My God, how can anybody think Keels is a "great" announcer.

He expresses as much passion for OSU as a dead cat.

This is a guy who was confused and couldn't tell the difference btw #9's Rob Rose and Brian Hartline.

The Blue Jackets announcers go ape crap over a late goal in 6-2 drubbing during another horrible year.

I want my home team announcer to be:
a) passionate
b) knowledeable
c) be able to provide insight.
d) Not be worried about being impartial.

Hell, somebody should post Keels call of the game winning fg v Iowa v Sean Mcdounoughs call on the national broadcast to see what Diddy means.
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Perhaps we have two different desires; Keels is the play by play guy, so when I listen and something big happens, I want enthusiasm, but more importantly I want to know what just happened (read: understand what the announcer says not a bunch of screaming apes).


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I love the "Oh No" right from tsun's announcers
 
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cdiddy70;1799117; said:
My God, how can anybody think Keels is a "great" announcer.

He expresses as much passion for OSU as a dead cat.
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I suppose you would have thought Ernie Harwell (announcer, Detroit Tigers) was useless, too.

I think this certainly depends on what you want from an announcer. Personally, I just want a play-by-play announcer to have a good radio voice, speak properly, and give me the facts. I'm content to have the color commentator supply the insight and passion. Proper balance makes a sports broadcasting duo effective in my opinion.

Getting excited about a three-yard run between the tackles like it was a game-changing interception in the final minutes of the game is not good announcing.

While I'm on my soapbox...I am so tired of stadium announcers at HS football games who talk entirely too much! The inane music is bad enough, but blabber-mouth announcers need to be emasculated.
 
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Keels was freakin' butcher calling Reds games on TV this year, but he does an admirable job with the Buckeyes IMO.

Too many announcers are so much in love with the sound of their own voice that they can't even bother to give you the three most important things in a football call (spot, down, distance) half the time. I don't need insight or enthusiasm - unless it's something that otherwise wouldn't come across in the normal call. As a listener I think I'm plenty capable of filling in those spaces on my own.

Oh, and he's certainly better than the Browns radio team. They cream their pants when the other team scores. :shake:
 
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FYI, if you Google search "Paul Keels," Google's first two auto-complete suggestions:

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Paul Keels terrible

:slappy:

I used to like Keels, until he did Reds games this summer. Now, I cannot stand him. No passion, no emotion, he routinely butchers names/numbers, and he will not take a position either way on anything that could be construed as controversial. In short, he's got no personality whatsoever, he's just a monotone voice. His calling, I think, would be narrating documentaries on the History Channel.

Oh, and he also drives well below the posted speed limit, and that shit really pisses me off.
 
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fanaticbuckeye;1799134; said:
Perhaps we have two different desires; Keels is the play by play guy, so when I listen and something big happens, I want enthusiasm, but more importantly I want to know what just happened (read: understand what the announcer says not a bunch of screaming apes).
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I agree. I want my play by play guy to set the action up(Objective), and the color guy to give his thoughts, opinions and emotions(Subjective).

I can't stand guys like Joe Buck who think its their time to yammer on and on about everything BUT what is currently happening. Buck will be doing a game and talk about concussions for 3 plays without ever setting up the down and distance, who's at what position etc...fuck that.

And, I'm biased. I freakin love Keels, some of my best memories have been narrated by him.
 
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Every other radio play-by-play guy I've heard lags way behind the action, including the ESPN & CBS radio guys. To keep up with the action with polish and clarity is a great gift.
 
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