I actually enjoy Gus Johnson's call. March Madness is definitely his forte but I enjoy the enthusiasm as long as he can back it up with substantive info. about the team's playing and he usually can. On a side note I thought Kenny Albert was awful last weekend. You could just tell he's an NFC guy(probably an old Giant fan like his dad Merv) by the way his voice raised every time the Packers had a big play and never did the same for the Jets (very few big plays last weekend I know, but still). Moose and Goose were good, Albert sucks.
Gus is perhaps the only play-by-play announcer who adds anything (enthusiasm) to the games that he calls. It just depends on whether you enjoy what he adds. I happen to think he's the absolute best, hands down... to the point where I actually try to watch games that he calls. For other Gus fans like me, here's his top 3 from NCAA action: 3. youtube.com/watch?v=DRf_8Z7pxtE 0:05 in: "OHH!!! MY GOODNESS!!! SORRENTINE!! HIT THAT ONE FROM THE PARKING LOT!!" 2. youtube.com/watch?v=tICZv1wh53c 3:40 in: "Lewis has been awesome, let's it go... BITSITOWWW(???)!!!! He ties it at 62!!" 1. youtube.com/watch?v=Vt0VUSyVIr4 The whole thing. Best end of game play-by-play call I've ever heard.
also so much better then chris collinsworth. i cant stand him and his captain obvious comments. like "the team that gives up more turnovers loses the turnover battle and has a higher chance of losing the game." no sh*t collinsworth
These are the guys you really have no choice to listen to for at least 3 hours. It ain't like the old days when there was no delay btw. the TV and the radio and you could mute the TV. I care about it.
Fouts is fucking annoying..... to be honest almost any color anal-yst sucks ass if the Jets lose, it is only a select few that don't completely suck win or lose.
I was thinking about this a few weeks ago watching a sunday night football game. You have Al michaels doing a play by play. Cool, nothing fancy, just the facts. Tells it to you like you are listening to the radio. Then that dbag colinsworth starts spewing out nonsense all over the place. Now that opens the door for the robot al michaels to start bantering like a retard too now. You know what would be a great idea? Stfu. Ideally, I would rather have a play by play guy, and hear the sounds of the game. BTW, watching that more pizza video was really disturbing. Thanks.
Sam Rosen is fucking awesome. Always calls a neutral game, and understands his role as a commentator and not part of the show. Few know the difference. He's awesome on Ranger games because he's as neutral as possible, calls himself out if he does homer it up for a second, and always gives the other team credit for good plays or praises their best players. Its beyond rare in today's era of broadcasting.
And the greatest moment of sports on TV was a Yankee-Sox game where FOX had a moment of silence. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver had to be silent for almost an entire at bat. It was just the sounds of baseball. Nothing but the sweet sound of the ball hitting the catchers mitt, the umpire making a call, the crowd noise. Its was heaven. I wish there was a channel where I could just watch games without broadcasters (yes its called going to the game ). Imagine just hearing the sounds as if you were at the stadium, without some self-absorbed douche giving stats and updates and commericals and his dick sidekick telling me what I just got done explaining to those around me. 70% of the time I beat the color douche to his point, and I do it in real time with the camera moving away from the part of the play I'm talking about. I was a watching a Cowboys game and Anthony Spencer failed to keep contain on one of the Giants RBs by not setting the edge. 5 seconds later, here comes the replay and you got Gruden talking about what I just did. Yes, they talk about the most obvious point in a play, so its not like I'm some sort of football genius. Fuck commentators, I don't need them. Give me the sounds of the game and nothing else.
