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Does every SEC sports fan hate every single national sports announcer?

Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:34 pm
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:34 pm
I've lived in Baton Rouge and Birmingham for many years and one thing all fans have in common.

They love to bitch about the announcers.

What's the deal? Do people really feel these guys are pulling for/showing favoritism for some teams and not others?

In my opinion guys like Vern, Danielson, Brando ect are pretty unbiased announcers.

Are there any college sports announcers y'all like? (excluding home team announcers)
This post was edited on 6/24/13 at 7:35 pm
Posted by TotalRebel
Member since Jan 2013
5886 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:35 pm to
They jinx every game for many teams.
Posted by gnarkill1529
Alabama
Member since Jun 2011
4639 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:36 pm to
quote:

Vern

Dumbass

quote:

Danielson

Bama homer

quote:

Brando

LSU homer

PAWWWL FTW

I realize he isn't an announcer but he would be a great color guy imo
This post was edited on 6/24/13 at 7:37 pm
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:36 pm to
You really believe that?
Posted by catholictigerfan
Member since Oct 2009
56001 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:36 pm to
I enjoy Kyle Peterson and some other ESPN anouncers, but we get those a handful of times a year. While in football you get CBS guys every weekend with the exception of cupcakes and an occasional game.

ESPN > CBS big time.
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
19003 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:36 pm to
The only one I don't really like is Brando simply because he's not good at it. And he just comes across as a jackass. I do like Gary and Verne. My favorites are Nessler and Musberger.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
98811 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:37 pm to
If you've watched Verne and can't agree that he's terrible, then I question your taste in announcers.

Seriously, the guy couldn't get a kid's name right if his life depended on it.
Posted by wmr
North of Dickson, South of Herman's
Member since Mar 2009
32518 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:37 pm to
Brando is anything but unbiased.

Vern and Gary just jump on whatever bandwagon is happening in a given year. Plus, Vern just calls the game like a nursing home resident.
Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
90738 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:37 pm to
I like Kirk Herbstreit. Brando sucks arse. Vern is terrible. Danielson is less terrible.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
21073 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:39 pm to
Sports message boards: every announcer is a homer for somebody.
Posted by ever43
Raleigh, NC
Member since Aug 2009
2947 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:39 pm to
I like Nessler and Blackledge
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:40 pm to
I used to love listening to finebaum on Monday afternoons after a big Bama win.

You would think the fans would be happy and want to talk about the win.... Nope

They LOVE to bitch about Gary and Vern. I mean even trivial shite like

"Pawwl Vern kept saying DOnte Hightower, he doesn't know it's DUNte Hightower".

shite like that

Finally paul says "I don't get these bamerrs, you got the best program in the nation, best tradition, best coach, best players, 3 of 4 national titles but still complain about Gary and Vern"
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:42 pm to
quote:

If you've watched Verne and can't agree that he's terrible, then I question your taste in announcers. Seriously, the guy couldn't get a kid's name right if his life depended on it.


How do you reckon he's kept his job so long?
Posted by gnarkill1529
Alabama
Member since Jun 2011
4639 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:42 pm to
That show is just pure gold Some ppl take it so seriously and miss the mass amounts of humor in the show jmho
Posted by Broyota2
Member since Nov 2010
13033 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:44 pm to
Brando is just meh.
Vern still masturbates to Tebow during tv timeouts.
Danielson acts like he was the best quarterback to ever play the game and that he knows more than the head coaches.
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:45 pm to
Wow you guys are making my point for me
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58028 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:48 pm to
All I know is Gus Johnson is the man.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
98811 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

How do you reckon he's kept his job so long?


Because he's Verne Lundquist, been around since the 70s, made some pretty memorable calls, is highly recognizable, and is a National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Famer.

And he hasn't always been terrible. But in the last, say, 5-10 years he's just gotten to be awful.
This post was edited on 6/24/13 at 7:51 pm
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9111 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:50 pm to
That's because we've got some of the most annoying sidewalk fans in all of sports. Even worse, many our dumbest and most annoying sidewalk fans insist on calling in to Finebaum and other talk shows and bitch about something. Some of them have absolutely NO sense of humor.
Posted by finestfirst79
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Member since Nov 2012
11646 posts
Posted on 6/24/13 at 7:51 pm to
I like Todd Blackledge. His partner Nessler is too much of a smartass for me. He doesn't miss a chance to pick on the refs taking too long to decide on a play. Verne (and yeah it's Verne, dammit, not Vern) is probably past his prime, but I have a soft spot for him as he was the local Dallas guy reporting on the Cowboys in my youth in Texas. Danielson is OK other than having a Bama fetish, but he still calls 'em pretty well I think. Short version is I reject the OP's premise.
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