gtrower
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Has this guy been discussed? I was in Minneapolis this weekend visiting my sister and the WatchESPN feed was blacked out on my phone due to my Verizon account being from an ACC market (DC). So while I was waiting for my buddy to send me his login info so I could get the feed I tuned into the radio stream to listen to the game. Thoroughly unimpressed. I guess take it with a grain of salt, as it was a frustrating game so I wouldn't have really enjoyed the call from anybody. But he was doing a terrible job IMHO.
- He rarely gives both the down/distance before a play. He usually gives the down, but I was left trying to do the math on previous plays to figure out the distance frequently. Which isn't always easy to remember. He'd say "3rd and long" a lot with giving the actual distance.
- His play call is useless. He essentially announces who has the ball at the snap (run/pass) and then not much until the end of the play. For example "Hood gets the carry, turns it to the sideline... (waiting to find out if he got strung out or busted it up the sideline) ...and he's pushed OOB at the 43." Seriously? You can't describe the fact that there was a hole and he had space in front of him (granted we should have been assuming there was space in front of him after the first few possessions). You can't have some inflection in your voice on plays that are going for long yardage?
- A couple of time he mentioned something like "UNC at the 44" without adding who's side of the field it was on. Kind of important when trying to figure out if they can get into FG range without getting a 1st down.
Overall he announced the game like a TV announcer who knew you were watching the game while they were talking. It was the first time I've ever been happier listening to the TV announcers (once I got the log in) rather than the Tech announcer. Bedford is a bright spot - he adds a lot with stories and has just the right amount of homerism. But I miss Gaudin.
- He rarely gives both the down/distance before a play. He usually gives the down, but I was left trying to do the math on previous plays to figure out the distance frequently. Which isn't always easy to remember. He'd say "3rd and long" a lot with giving the actual distance.
- His play call is useless. He essentially announces who has the ball at the snap (run/pass) and then not much until the end of the play. For example "Hood gets the carry, turns it to the sideline... (waiting to find out if he got strung out or busted it up the sideline) ...and he's pushed OOB at the 43." Seriously? You can't describe the fact that there was a hole and he had space in front of him (granted we should have been assuming there was space in front of him after the first few possessions). You can't have some inflection in your voice on plays that are going for long yardage?
- A couple of time he mentioned something like "UNC at the 44" without adding who's side of the field it was on. Kind of important when trying to figure out if they can get into FG range without getting a 1st down.
Overall he announced the game like a TV announcer who knew you were watching the game while they were talking. It was the first time I've ever been happier listening to the TV announcers (once I got the log in) rather than the Tech announcer. Bedford is a bright spot - he adds a lot with stories and has just the right amount of homerism. But I miss Gaudin.
