re: Barnes Is Wearing a Burnt Orange Tie at His Intro Press Conference

I hear ya.

What's sad tho' is we really could do so much better. Hell, I tuned into the dude who does the Lady Vols basketball team once and was blown away by his talent on first listen - wasn't even looking for the game.

Kesling is a joke and a lush (he stammers during football because he doesn't know the game as well but also the length of football games and privacy of the press box gives him too much time and access/privacy to get loaded). He could mess up names as easy as Smith, Jones, and Lee and that isn't something he'd flub when he worked for WBIR or even when he does interviews and live specials with players and coaches.

Unfortunately, he's got the job locked down and we're stuck with him. Fans deserve better.

ETA: I will say there have been a handful of calls where Kesling did very well much to my surprise. So I'll give credit where it's due. Maybe if he was sober more often he'd be ok.