Opinions on Scott Howard

I like him well enough but unlike Munson I don’t think I’d ever use any of his calls on a tailgating playlist. Some of them are just cringey calls and some his voice cracks. Really like him on basketball calls though. Does a good job with those

I think he can be a little quick to get into the shouting, but he does a fine job and he was the right man for he job. Nobody will be Munson, but I certainly don't dislike Howard by any stretch.

Like Munson saying “that kid from Philadelphia ran it a hundred miles back to the city of brotherly love” sounds better than “THE FRESHMAN RAN IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO PHILADELPHIA!”

Munson’s voice was a big part of it but he had a way of saying just enough to get his point across without drifting into trying too hard and without stating the obvious

Like, “Appleby! The end around! Just stopped, planted his feet and threw it! And washington caught it, thinking of Montreal and the olympics and ran right out of his shoes down the middle, 80 yards. Gator bowl rocking, stunned, the girders are bending now”

That’s poetry.

Far better basketball announcer than football announcer, but nobody can follow Larry Munson and live up to that.

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I would be interested in hearing the answers from the younger generations that will not have grown up listening to Munson. There's really no comparison but I'm pretty biased from some very fond memories growing up listening to Munson while working with my Dad on the farm. The man just had a way of making you feel like you were in the stands or in the press box with him that I just don't get from Howard.

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once munsons's brethren all die out (is eli gold one of the last remaining from that era of widely known home team announcers?) I doubt anyone is really going to even acknowledge the genre period. Kinda sad but it's the way of the world. Like you said, and like many of my older relatives mention as well, it was simply a different era where not everythign was on TV. Every game was on at 1pm and few were televised so you HAD to have a guy like munson really make you feel like you were there. Now not only is just about every game on some channel somewhere, you can stream it on your phone, ipad, whatever...it's virtually impossible to not be able to watch a game these days. The radio announcer doesn't have a whole lot of place anymore so as this younger generation grows up they aren't even going to really konw or care who the guy even is.

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I'd damn sure rather listen to SH than Beth Mowins.

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That's for damn sure. When I saw that last weekend, I immediately muted the TV.

Hell of a lot better than the guy that does USCe radio.

Munson was a story teller first. It’s what made him a legend. Storytelling was required for most of his career because very few fans ever saw a game live in person....and TV didn’t exist. Ronald Reagan was an announcer during Munson’s early years....I read once that he often wasn’t even at the game! He definitely said he would make an otherwise boring game more interesting by painting a picture.......it was much more of an art in the day. No one needs to “ get the picture” anymore because we’ve seen the picture live so many times....but that phrase says it all.....it was all about “ getting the picture”. It’s a shame that young fans missed what was a big part of what made CFB as popular as it is......being blasted to homes and businesses in rural America when even radio was a novelty....those guys were ambassadors and Munson was the GOAT by a damn site!

He is sufficient and probably followed Munson as well as anyone could have. I will say that he is a genuinely nice guy who is very accessible before the pre-game show begins. I have known EZ since high school and usually talk to him a few minutes before they go on air. Howard always comes over and says hello and I have seen him walk over to fans who are hanging around the tent to introduce himself. He goes out of his way to interact with random fans who are in the vicinity of their set up. I grew to like him a lot more than I might have if I didn’t see firsthand how nice a guy he is.