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(The Spun)   Evidently Al Michaels has called so many bad games this year that he forgot how to sound interested when calling a good one   (thespun.com) divider line
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826 clicks; posted to Sports » on 16 Jan 2023 at 6:30 AM (10 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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mistahtom
2023-01-16 3:02:00 AM  
no1curr
 
stuhayes2010
2023-01-16 6:38:21 AM  
I prefer a flat announcer over a Harry Caray.
 
Kuta
2023-01-16 6:54:26 AM  
Watch TV. Listen to the radio.
 
End_Of_Line
2023-01-16 7:02:32 AM  
Poor poor poor Al. All of those years with mostly good games on Sunday nights. And then you chase big cramazon money to announce for warmup games. So very sad for you. Very very sad.
 
TTFK
2023-01-16 7:13:56 AM  
Don't worry, the way that Tony Romo has been making late-stage Madden look lucid, I'm sure we'll still have many years of entertainment ahead of us.
 
The Smails Kid
2023-01-16 7:38:22 AM  
Your blog sucks a lot more than Al Michaels does, I'll tell you that.
 
HighZoolander
2023-01-16 8:11:26 AM  
Boban is best announcer

https://ispot.tv/a/2EIx

/lol
 
Derek Force
2023-01-16 8:25:12 AM  

Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.


While I can do that with the Eagles as 94.1 syncs the stream to the Comcast HD broadcast, Westwood One or whoever on the radio that broadcasts for these national games is not synced, so its a horrible experience...

Radio announcers in every city are always better than the generic TV ones.   Why the NFL somehow adopted that formula instead of home team announcers like the other major sports is beyond me....
 
Iowan73
2023-01-16 8:38:29 AM  
I don't need emotional cues from the announcer to tell me if the game is interesting or not.
 
SuperChuck
2023-01-16 8:49:13 AM  

Derek Force: Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.

While I can do that with the Eagles as 94.1 syncs the stream to the Comcast HD broadcast, Westwood One or whoever on the radio that broadcasts for these national games is not synced, so its a horrible experience...

Radio announcers in every city are always better than the generic TV ones.   Why the NFL somehow adopted that formula instead of home team announcers like the other major sports is beyond me....


Home team announcers are generally terrible. Even when I'm a fan of the home team, their obvious paid biases are nauseating.
 
Rapmaster2000
2023-01-16 8:56:20 AM  
Dave Portnoy is too stupid to live.  In any other century he'd be dead.
 
Dr.Fey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-16 9:16:53 AM  
Apparently, the "NFL World" are the Twitter accounts of Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente and Warren Sharp @SharpFootball who clearly live in Jacksonville, FL.

Internet World Reacts to Stupid Clickbait Website:

The Smails Kid: Your blog sucks a lot more than Al Michaels does, I'll tell you that.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 9:18:40 AM  

SuperChuck: Derek Force: Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.

While I can do that with the Eagles as 94.1 syncs the stream to the Comcast HD broadcast, Westwood One or whoever on the radio that broadcasts for these national games is not synced, so its a horrible experience...

Radio announcers in every city are always better than the generic TV ones.   Why the NFL somehow adopted that formula instead of home team announcers like the other major sports is beyond me....

Home team announcers are generally terrible. Even when I'm a fan of the home team, their obvious paid biases are nauseating.


Paul Allen is hard to listen to and I am a Vikings fan. One home team announcer who has a bias but is very good is the White Sox' Steve Stone.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-01-16 9:48:56 AM  

jlee4677: SuperChuck: Derek Force: Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.

While I can do that with the Eagles as 94.1 syncs the stream to the Comcast HD broadcast, Westwood One or whoever on the radio that broadcasts for these national games is not synced, so its a horrible experience...

Radio announcers in every city are always better than the generic TV ones.   Why the NFL somehow adopted that formula instead of home team announcers like the other major sports is beyond me....

Home team announcers are generally terrible. Even when I'm a fan of the home team, their obvious paid biases are nauseating.

Paul Allen is hard to listen to and I am a Vikings fan. One home team announcer who has a bias but is very good is the White Sox' Steve Stone.


Bob Uecker.
 
synithium
2023-01-16 9:53:25 AM  
Chris Collinsworth;  I would rather listen to a long wet fart on repeat than that guy.
 
REO-Weedwagon
2023-01-16 10:34:05 AM  
I really like both Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit, but for some reason they have no chemistry with each other.
 
germ78
2023-01-16 10:45:12 AM  

Rapmaster2000: Dave Portnoy is too stupid to live.  In any other century he'd be dead.


I couldn't hear the alleged call over Dave screaming at the TV. But from what I could hear, it sounded a lot like Harry Doyle's back-up announcer calling a play in Major League.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-01-16 11:07:01 AM  

Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.


Johnny Most and Glenn Ordway concur.

Also, Ned Martin and Jim Woods.
 
iamskibibitz
2023-01-16 11:20:33 AM  

Iowan73: I don't need emotional cues from the announcer to tell me if the game is interesting or not.


You mean you don't believe in miracles?
 
uncoveror
2023-01-16 11:49:36 AM  
No one should be saying "Don't touch that dial" in 2023. Mommy, what's a dial? Gee, little Billy I don't know. Go ask Grandma. Maybe she'll know.
 
Derek Force
2023-01-16 12:08:07 PM  

SuperChuck: Derek Force: Kuta: Watch TV. Listen to the radio.

While I can do that with the Eagles as 94.1 syncs the stream to the Comcast HD broadcast, Westwood One or whoever on the radio that broadcasts for these national games is not synced, so its a horrible experience...

Radio announcers in every city are always better than the generic TV ones.   Why the NFL somehow adopted that formula instead of home team announcers like the other major sports is beyond me....

Home team announcers are generally terrible. Even when I'm a fan of the home team, their obvious paid biases are nauseating.


In Philly I disagree.  Both the Flyers and Phillies TV and Radio teams are fantastic.  I dont think there's a bias, they just get excited when I'm excited and are bummed out when I am bummed out. Bias would be them biatching at the refs/umps for calls against the home team, etc...  they usually call it like it is.  "The Eagles got away with one there"..   "That was a stupid, stupid play by the Eagles"

Years ago NFL network had those short 10-20 minute game replays on demand for every football game.  I watched all of them for the games that weren't broadcast.  They used the home team radio announcers and I loved all of them.  Except maybe Myron Cope (Steelers color guy), he was not well in those later years me thinks..
 
EvaDewer [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 1:20:52 PM  
I've had it with announcers breathlessly, desperately trying to force drama into a game. If your takeaway from a game like that is that the announcers weren't excited enough, the problem may be that you don't like sports.

/nntawwt
 
MagicChicken
2023-01-16 1:29:01 PM  

Dr.Fey: Apparently, the "NFL World" are the Twitter accounts of Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente and Warren Sharp @SharpFootball who clearly live in Jacksonville, FL.


There's a lot of truth in Portnoy's Twitter handle.

He's certainly the President of Stool.
 
lilfry14
2023-01-16 4:04:36 PM  
I don't mind when home team announcers are like, "that was a weak call by the ref" that penalizes their team, but you also have to note when it's a weak call that favors your team.
 
zimbomba63
2023-01-16 4:24:49 PM  
I turned it off when it was 17-0 and part of the reason, I had had enough was the duo of Kid Coma and Doctor Sominex doing the game.
 
Neondistraction
2023-01-16 5:14:03 PM  
"This is why TNF was brutal to watch. Al Michaels needs to retire. Pay Chris Fowler whatever he wants to do it," one fan idiot wrote.

Well that's certainly one of the dumbest takes I've ever seen.  Yeah sure, that turd of a game between the Broncos and Colts was bad because of Al Michaels, not because they were both competing for the biggest dumpster fire.

Honestly Al's snarky comments have been the best thing about the TNF games by and large.
 
dkimball
2023-01-17 11:34:06 AM  
I wish 2 things:
1)  I could turn off the announcers
2)  I can turn off the piped in fake crowd noise
 
Neondistraction
2023-01-17 2:53:21 PM  

dkimball: I wish 2 things:
1)  I could turn off the announcers
2)  I can turn off the piped in fake crowd noise


Does your remote not have a mute button?
 
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