Thread: Cris Collinsworth

Originally Posted by Henry Burris

I disagree with the whole premise of this..I don't really find (m)any announcers to be annoying, and WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT THEM TO SAY IN THOSE SPOTS? There is a lot of down time in football games, or if the game is slow, you gotta fill in the blanks here and there. Not everything anyone says is gonna be gold, why would you expect different from a football broadcaster? The only sportscaster that I've ever really liked listening to was Harry Caray, but that may be because he was an alcoholic. If I'm by myself watching the game, and don't wanna hear it, turn music on; if i'm over at a friends', we're talking crap too much to pay attention to the broadcaster, and finally if we're at a bar or restaurant watching it, it's not like it matters, because there are a million people talking, anyway.

I agree. They almost all say some dumb things because there is so much time to fill, particularly in baseball. All I ask for is:

1) Don't have an obvious rooting bias or hatred of certain teams. Be fair. Example: to most of the media, Aaron Rodgers has never made a bad throw in his life. Every single interception was either a "calculated risk" or the receivers' faults. On the other hand, every single Cutler pick was 100% on him. Cutler can throw a pick because his receiver fell down, ran the wrong route, or got overpowered by a 180lb DB, and it's "He's gotta take the checkdown. Another dumb mistake by Cutler." I mean, Rodgers is a great QB, but they don't always fawn over the great ones. The Turico blowjobbing of Matt Leinart during the 2006 Bears-Cardinals game was laughable at the time, and even more so now considering he is a career 3rd stringer who spends his time nailing 16 year-olds.

2) Don't show open disdain for the game, as Joe Buck has in every single baseball game he ever called and many football games. If you can't sound "in the moment" and not condescending, get a new job,

Originally Posted by JJ-30

When watching the Bears regardless of who I use the mute for most of the game.

Turn off the volume of the TV and put the radio broadcast on. So much better.

Talking heads both of them. I don't even listen to 90% of what's said. I have eyes and I can form my own opinions and a lot of the time mine don't agree with theirs but that happens to me a lot, .

Originally Posted by 4th and 26

If anybody follows Hockey(please end the freaking strike/lockout) Pat Folley is by far one of the best announcers to ever listen to. As a kid I loved listening to him call the Hockey games because he made it seem like you were at the game because of how detailed his anouncements were. He would do interviews with opposing players and keep his stories always positive. He always made it seem like the game was more important to all fans than being a homer announcer. Sure he would bring up bad things but he would make it interesting. He would not rant or cry foul constantly over bad plays. He usually kept is personal vibes towards players out of his announcements. I remember the Joe Buck/Randy Moss moon shot on how Joe cried like a bitch.

Isn't that what whiny ass little pussy's like Joe Buck do? If he wasn't the son of a legend like his Dad he'd be doing play by play of women's roller derby. And I like Pat Foley too but I seldom get a broadcast and yes please end the strike. I hate NBA BB.

Announcers are few and far between. A guy I think would be good is Kevin Harlan who does primarily basketball. He's pretty energetic. Hell, I think Fouts is 100% better than C.C. and he's not that good anymore it seems.

I don't mind him that much. He can get annoying at times, but you could say that about anyone.