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re: What's wrong with Eli Gold?
Posted on 10/19/20 at 6:46 am to FairhopeTider
Posted on 10/19/20 at 6:46 am to FairhopeTider
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Truth be told told, Eli hasn’t been good for years. Zero enthusiasm. His call of 2nd & 26 was grounds for termination. He just rolled out a canned line.
Yeah, that was embarrassingly bad. You could tell he had planned on that line if we won the game, but it would have only fit if we had ended it in victory formation. I don't think he has much enthusiasm for the job anymore since 90% of our games are blowouts.
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Posted on 10/19/20 at 7:25 am to Robot Santa
Eli has always broadcasted the game like he was doing a TV game and we are all watching. His basketball was so full of delayed facts about what just happened they had to replace him. Even though he still does it in football, it probably doesn't impact the fans just the same. From time to time it can really get bad. He has never learned to just spit out the facts first and then do his commentary stuff. It's really amazing.
Still, why CBS chose that call to highlight the night was just wrong too.
Still, why CBS chose that call to highlight the night was just wrong too.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 8:26 am to Robot Santa
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You could tell he had planned on that line if we won the game
Yeah, he even admitted that it was a canned line and that when he makes calls like that, he does it thinking they will one day be played at the Bryant Museum.
Just a terrible way to broadcast a game. Time for some new blood.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:04 am to Robot Santa
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I don't think he has much enthusiasm for the job anymore since 90% of our games are blowouts.
He's been broadcasting for 48 years. He's been at Bama for 32, while simultaneously doing NASCAR and many seasons of professional hockey, minor league baseball, arena football, and the NFL. Plus hosting his own sports talk radio show for 20 years.
The guy is probably tired. It happens to everybody. He'll be 67 in a few weeks. He might just be ready to retire to his NC beach house.
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