marmar
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Sat Oct-14-06 08:32 PM
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Sports broadcasters you'd most like to see sent to another planet... |
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Edited on Sat Oct-14-06 08:33 PM by marmar
For me, it's Joe Buck, Lee Corso, Brent Musburger, Al Michaels and the entire Fox ALCS/NLCS pregame crew. I can't stand any of them - for unique reasons. Some are as dumb as a box of rocks (Buck), some are dumb as a box of rocks and suck (the Fox people), some are annoying beyond all reason (Corso), some have outlived their usefulness (Musburger), and some are erudite Repug assholes (Michaels). Who's your least favorite?
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Sat Oct-14-06 08:50 PM
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I gotta say I like Lee Corso though
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Sat Oct-14-06 10:52 PM
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3. Fucking Joe Buck killed the 'Leon' ads. |
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How'd he worm his http://www.thephatphree.com/features.asp?StoryID=3061&SectionID=2"> assclown self into that? Probably just like he weasled his way into everything else. He takes the piss out of everything he touches.
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Sun Oct-15-06 09:16 PM
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17. Another vote for Joe Buck here |
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after his 2002 trashing of the Twins/Metrodome in Game 1 of the 2002 ALCS.
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Sun Oct-15-06 12:12 AM
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Chris Collinsworth (loudmouth punkass former Bengal), Jim Rome (the king of the Pregnant Pause), Bill Walton (mushmouthed oaf), Tim McCarver (got what was coming to him from Deion Sanders), Trev Alberts (Cornhusker blowhard), Mike Lupica, Skip Bayless. I'm sure I'll think of others.
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Sun Oct-15-06 06:46 AM
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5. Yes, I forgot about Collinsworth, Alberts, goofy-looking Walton... |
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and whiney-ass Lupica (The person I'd most like to see slapped and told to "shut the hell up."}
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Sun Oct-15-06 07:14 AM
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He has some long standing animosity toward the University of Michigan that I can't understand. He is always so prejudiced against us.
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Sun Oct-15-06 09:58 AM
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7. He openly roots for the stories they've decided are important. |
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In the 1986 Cotton Bowl, all we we heard was how Bo Jackson would run roughshod over our poor, overmatched Texas A&M team. Final score, A&M 36, Auburn 16. Bo Jackson stoned 4 times from the 1. I haven't been able to stand him ever since.
He about ruined the World Cup for me...
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Sun Oct-15-06 10:30 AM
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...Buckeye Nation is convinced he hates Ohio State and loves Michigan and Notre Dame.
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Sun Oct-15-06 11:10 AM
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9. He gets down on Michigan every chance he can get |
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Was lobbying so hard for a helmet to helmet call on Alan Branch last night when even his partners, Davie and Herbstreit (a former QB!) said it was a clean hit. Musburger wouldn't let up on it; kept asking for the replay over and over.
He loves Michigan State so much that my sister refers to him as Brent MSUburger. I swear, the guy wanted to marry Jeff Smoker.
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Tue Oct-17-06 06:05 PM
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27. Plus, Musberger was the first to call U of M Stadium "The Big House" |
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I hate that term. It's what the jail is called. I liked it when Keith Jackson called it "The Big Bowl".
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Sun Oct-15-06 11:56 PM
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18. Funny thing about Brunt Messburger... |
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Way, waaaaayyyyy back in the late '70s when the Sonics were playing the Washington Bullets for the NBA championship, all us Sonics fans were convinced Musberger was a die-hard Bullets fan. Then word filtered back from the east coast that Bullets fans were positive he was cheering for the Seattle. It takes a special talent for an announcer to make a 30-year career out of convincing fans everywhere he's rooting against their team.
As for the topic of this thread: John Madden, Chris Berman - loud, over-rated, language-mangling buffoons. And as a fan of soccer and women's basketball, I'd like to invite Jim Rome to fuck the hell off.
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Sun Oct-15-06 12:49 PM
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10. I thought he was biased against Penn State last night |
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All he and his pals could talk about was the huge erections they were getting anticipating a 1-2 OSU-Michigan matchup at the end of the regular season. I was like, hello, your employers flew you out here to call a football game. It's going on right now. On that big green rectangle down there.
Maybe the reason nobody likes Musberger is that he's so interested in everything *except* what's happening on the field.
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Mon Oct-16-06 02:00 PM
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23. That's what annoys me about him. |
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He talks about nothing that's going on on the field, and seems to have his own stuff that he wants to yammer on about.
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Tue Oct-24-06 10:57 AM
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38. My vote as well. Musberger makes my head hurt. |
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I don't see how ANYONE can enjoy a game with him yammering on.
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Sun Oct-15-06 02:31 PM
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Sun Oct-15-06 05:32 PM
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13. Lou Holtz and his plate! |
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Sun Oct-15-06 06:11 PM
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14. Al Michaels tops my list |
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For incompetence, Dan Dierdorf.
For emphasizing the obvious and pretending it's unique opinion, the moron Jim Rome.
In that same regard, oldtime mention goes to Merlin Olsen. "It's 3rd and 10. This is a big play, Dick. If they don't make this, they'll have to punt."
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Sun Oct-15-06 07:43 PM
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Well, she has the delivery of an annoying sportscaster. Does that count?
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Sun Oct-15-06 07:46 PM
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16. Any opportunity to take a shot at Nutsy Grace is acceptable... |
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If she ever switched to sports I would toss out my TV.
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Mon Oct-16-06 01:35 AM
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19. No question about it...Lee Corso |
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:puke:
Terry Bowden would have given Corso a run for the money as far as my least favorite sports commentator if he was still doing games for ABC.
Blech.
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Mon Oct-16-06 06:22 AM
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talks way too much and is an embarrassment to the memory of his father, who was a class act.
Why fox put him on the pregame Sunday Football show makes no sense; and if it weren't for a payraise, J. B. probably wishes here were back at Fox.
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Mon Oct-16-06 09:47 AM
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21. Who ever was the color guy on the USC Az.State game |
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Apparently the ASU coach had two downs from third down to make the first then didn't and needed to punt it (with 1:58 left) then probably shouldn't have then definitely shouldn't have because they ran out of time to get a play off.
According to who ever that "expert" was.
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Mon Oct-16-06 12:08 PM
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22. Brent MSUburger, and Lou "Who are the Tigers?" Piniella |
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He can't even get the Tigers' names rights - referred to Curtis Granderson as Ganderson. Of course, I've felt personal animosity towards him ever since a woman reporter asked him, after a Mariners' game, about the pitch count, and his response was, "What do YOU know about the pitch count, young lady?"
Also, I think Chris Spielman is pretty bad. I like Dierdorf.
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Mon Oct-16-06 02:02 PM
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24. Joe Theismann, now that he is paired with |
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Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser. No one can control him now. At least his last set of partners could call him on his BS!!
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Mon Oct-16-06 04:50 PM
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25. Yes, Theismann is over the top. He's highly annoying. |
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Thu Oct-19-06 11:04 AM
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29. I can't stand Theismann. |
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Edited on Thu Oct-19-06 11:06 AM by Dulcinea
Smarmy creep who talks out of his arse.
Why won't Madden retire already & take Al Michaels with him?
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Tue Oct-24-06 11:00 AM
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39. Theismann is my #2 after Musberger. |
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Though Kornheiser HAS made a fool of him once or twice.
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Tue Oct-17-06 06:03 PM
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26. Musberger and Chris Berman |
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I'm not sure if Berman does any broadcasting or not, but he still annoys the hell out of me.
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Tue Oct-17-06 06:34 PM
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28. I've heard Berman do baseball games |
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And boy what a RedSox bias he had! The Chisox were in the process of blowing away the bosox and poor old Berman just couldn't deal with it. But, when the series was over, he admitted that he was a RedSox guy. That is inexcusable for a national announcer.
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Mon Oct-23-06 02:34 PM
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34. Funny Berman story from his college days |
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Honolulu is undoubtedly the only city whose mayor, Mufi Hannemann, once played center for the Harvard basketball team. At the time he was using his full first name, which is Muliufi (he is of Samoan descent). Berman, meanwhile, was the PA guy at Ivy League rival Brown. Every time Hannemann scored, Berman would find a new way to mangle "Muliufi", so finally he just gave up and said, "Basket by... Hannemann." :dunce:
Is Berman a repuke, by any chance? "Failing upwards" does seem to be their M.O....
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Sat Oct-21-06 07:54 PM
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Joe Buck and Al Michaels. In the case of Joe Buck, he comes across as the arrogant prick he is. He certainly is no Jack Buck. The reason for Al Michaels is for his need to inject his opinion about politics during the game. I don't really care if your a Neocon, I don't need to hear your political opinions during the game. If you want to give your political opinion, why don't you go on Limpball's or Insanity's show, or better yet host your own talk show instead.
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:21 AM
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31. Dickie V to Plunto Baby! |
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Corso is just an idiot
I think Holtz is actually dead and his reanimiated corpse is on the air
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Mon Oct-23-06 08:45 AM
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33. Bill Walton, good God, make him stop! |
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I hate to rag on a fellow Deadhead, but for me there's no one nearly as bad in any sport. Thankfully, I could go back to watching the NBA finals last year since Hubie Brown (my fav.) is doing them again.
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Mon Oct-23-06 02:39 PM
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35. John Sterling (local Yankees announcer) |
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Here's an entire capsule Sterling game call:
"Swung on and hit to deep left field! It is high... it is far... it is... GONE! A home run for Derek Jeter! Ballgame over! Yankees win! The-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e Yankees win! Your final score, the Yankees 5, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4. Time of the game, an unmanageable three hours and two minutes..."
Mom and stepdad, major Yankee fans, make a game out of turning the car radio off after the final out, just before he can say "The-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e Yankees win!"
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Mon Oct-23-06 10:54 PM
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Joe Buck, Joe Morgan, and that old bald guy that does games with Joe Morgan...Lee Corso...hmmm...thats about all that come to mind right now..:)
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Tue Oct-24-06 08:49 AM
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no question.
He might know the game, but he rivals Bush in his inability to speak English.
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Sun Nov-05-06 08:34 PM
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40. Phil Simms. High pitched annoying voice and just blathers away. n/t |
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