Mack Brown and Booger McFarland were terrible

[Franisdaman]

Earlier in the game Mack Brown called Brian Ferentz "Brent." In the 4th quarter, when we got that 5 yd delay of game penalty, he said "you're looking at all the defensive movement of Syracuse...." Uh, we were playing Boston College, Mack.

Booger used words that probably are not even real words. And he agreed with Mack a lot, which said a lot.

This is what ESPN is now, I guess.

 

[DutchyFunStar]

How many draw plays did Mack predict?

 

[gojojo]

At least it wasn't Beth.

 

[And1Hawk]

This is a low tier bowl game. Did we think we were getting the ‘A’ team?

 

[Big Hawk D-Port]

Booger kept saying, “yes, YES!” When agreeing with Mack.

Mack must have mentioned 20 times that we were trying to iso their freshman middle linebacker.

I thought they were ok. They were colorful which is what color commentators should be.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Booger kept saying, “yes, YES!” When agreeing with Mack.

Mack must have mentioned 20 times that we were trying to iso their freshman middle linebacker.

I thought they were ok. They were colorful which is what color commentators should be.

Sound like you know what you're talking about, right?.......

 

[lonhawk]

Earlier in the game Mack Brown called Brian Ferentz "Brent." In the 4th quarter, when we got that 5 yd delay of penalty, he said "you're looking at at all the defensive movement of Syracuse...." Uh, we are playing Boston College, Mack.

Booger used words that probably are not even real words. And he agreed with Mack a lot, which said a lot.

This is what ESPN is now, I guess.

I agree ESPN is not what it once was, the announcers were fair. Dolph and Eddie make mistakes in their game calling every week but I forgive them and move on. If anything sometimes it’s funny Go Hawks!

 

[Big Hawk D-Port]

Sound like you know what you're talking about, right?.......

I already thought both of them were buffoons and they didn’t change my mind. But they are affable at least to me.

 

[And1Hawk]

ESPN is struggling mightily to stay in business so they are not what they once were.

Dolph can be a train wreck announcing sometimes trying to figure out where the ball is, who has the ball or what happened but he’s ours.

 

[millah_22]

At least it wasn't Beth.

In hindsight, I would have taken Beth no questions asked.

 

[millah_22]

I put them on very low volume midway through the first, so I didn't really have a problem with them since I couldn't hear them.

I've watched a game Mack has done before, and it was brutal then.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

How many draw plays did Mack predict?

Or screen passes?

 

[bagdropper]

It was a booth that had probably not once ever worked together. To expect them to be good is probably not realistic.

Didn't hinder my enjoyment of the game. I'm smart enough to understand enough about football to where the announcers aren't really that important to me.

Never are really...I'm much more "observant" of a radio game call then a TV game call. Radio teams are almost always veterans who have worked together for years if not decades, and the great ones paint a picture for you to where you don't need to see the action to understand the action.

This is why our radio guys...all I'll say is there are better teams out there. It's not that I dislike them so much as they aren't "detailed in a timely fashion" enough compared to the better teams out there.

 

[Franisdaman]

This is a low tier bowl game. Did we think we were getting the ‘A’ team?

I would hope that he at least knew that Syracuse was not playing right before his eyes

 

[General Tso]

I thought they were entertaining

 

[Eternal Return]

It was so painful to listen to those guys. The one guy's name was Booger? No wonder he sucked so bad. Neither Booger nor Mack knew a thing about Iowa, but they knew the size of every jockstrap on the BC sidelines. It was pathetic. Booger was openly rooting for BC. Mack was just clueless. "It's third and long. They should try a screen pass here." He said that so many times I just started expecting it, even making myself take a drink whenever he said "screen."

I muted the TV for the second quarter, then turned it back on (low volume) for the second half. Booger couldn't believe what was happening. There were a couple of times when he said, "We have to change momentum now," while referring to Boston College. Ridiculous.

Mack and the semi-normal play-by-play guy had the funniest exchange all season. It was in the second half when BC tied the game with a field goal. Right before the kickoff, Mack says, "Don't kick it deep to the fast guy." The play-by-play guy says, "That would be Wadley." Seriously, Mack? Your job is to cover the game and it's well into the second half and you STILL don't know Wadley's name? The guy who had been running wild in the game and received the MVP?

Both Booger and Mack should be fired. On top of everything else, Booger sounds like he has marbles in his mouth and Mack sounds like he's trying to order a possum steak at the Waffle House. ESPN, please get rid of those jokers.

 

[Eternal Return]

I thought they were entertaining

In a train wreck sort of way. I talked to a couple friends of mine who watched the game. They aren't BC or Iowa fans and they said the best part of the game for them was making fun of the horrible announcers. They wondered if Mack was senile or blind or both. And Booger, they were laughing at him because he was such a homer.

 

[Eternal Return]

This is a low tier bowl game. Did we think we were getting the ‘A’ team?

I get what you mean, but it felt more like we were being punished for watching the game, lol. I think I could find two random guys at a football game who could do a better job than they did. In a country of over 300 million people, there have to be more than a dozen decent football announcers. You'd think, anyway.

 

[fezzador]

Was it Booger that kept calling Fant, Faunt?

 

[Big Hawk D-Port]

I thought they were entertaining

Exactly. You guys need to lighten up. Its the Pinstripe Bowl, who cares. The fact that they weren't boring makes it a win.

 

[Eternal Return]

Exactly. You guys need to lighten up. Its the Pinstripe Bowl, who cares. The fact that they weren't boring makes it a win.

It's more entertaining to rip them to shreds. They were horrible. Entertaining in the sense that they were almost completely incompetent, yes. I enjoyed their announcing in a schadenfreude way.

 

[lonhawk]

It was so painful to listen to those guys. The one guy's name was Booger? No wonder he sucked so bad. Neither Booger nor Mack knew a thing about Iowa, but they knew the size of every jockstrap on the BC sidelines. It was pathetic. Booger was openly rooting for BC. Mack was just clueless. "It's third and long. They should try a screen pass here." He said that so many times I just started expecting it, even making myself take a drink whenever he said "screen."

I muted the TV for the second quarter, then turned it back on (low volume) for the second half. Booger couldn't believe what was happening. There were a couple of times when he said, "We have to change momentum now," while referring to Boston College. Ridiculous.

Mack and the semi-normal play-by-play guy had the funniest exchange all season. It was in the second half when BC tied the game with a field goal. Right before the kickoff, Mack says, "Don't kick it deep to the fast guy." The play-by-play guy says, "That would be Wadley." Seriously, Mack? Your job is to cover the game and it's well into the second half and you STILL don't know Wadley's name? The guy who had been running wild in the game and received the MVP?

Both Booger and Mack should be fired. On top of everything else, Booger sounds like he has marbles in his mouth and Mack sounds like he's trying to order a possum steak at the Waffle House. ESPN, please get rid of those jokers.

Booger Mack is now available at your local McDonald’s.

 

[ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAWK]

I was hoping we’d at the very least get Fart McJennings to call the game but nope, they stuck us with the worst, Booger McFarland. Ugh

 

[kceasthawk]

It was so painful to listen to those guys. The one guy's name was Booger? No wonder he sucked so bad. Neither Booger nor Mack knew a thing about Iowa, but they knew the size of every jockstrap on the BC sidelines. It was pathetic. Booger was openly rooting for BC. Mack was just clueless. "It's third and long. They should try a screen pass here." He said that so many times I just started expecting it, even making myself take a drink whenever he said "screen."

I muted the TV for the second quarter, then turned it back on (low volume) for the second half. Booger couldn't believe what was happening. There were a couple of times when he said, "We have to change momentum now," while referring to Boston College. Ridiculous.

Mack and the semi-normal play-by-play guy had the funniest exchange all season. It was in the second half when BC tied the game with a field goal. Right before the kickoff, Mack says, "Don't kick it deep to the fast guy." The play-by-play guy says, "That would be Wadley." Seriously, Mack? Your job is to cover the game and it's well into the second half and you STILL don't know Wadley's name? The guy who had been running wild in the game and received the MVP?

Both Booger and Mack should be fired. On top of everything else, Booger sounds like he has marbles in his mouth and Mack sounds like he's trying to order a possum steak at the Waffle House. ESPN, please get rid of those jokers.

Booger is a noted Iowa hater right after big ears Feinstein. He was one of the usual guys on ESPN ripping Iowa back in 2015. Actually I was suprised he wasn't more slanted against Iowa then he was. We all know they only play real football in the SEC and ACC right?

 

[rufus-hawk]

Exactly. You guys need to lighten up. Its the Pinstripe Bowl, who cares. The fact that they weren't boring makes it a win.

Not when they’re incredibly annoying, it doesn’t.

 

[GunnerHawk]

Poor Mac couldn't keep third and fourth down straight. Yes, I heard the Syracuse comment, hello McFly! Booger was OK, but they were definitely rooting for ACC.

Hawks win, so who cares.

 

[El Simbolo]

Booger mentioned that Kirk heard the a Children’s Hospial wasn’t quite tall enough to see in the stadium so he donated the extra money to make it taller. Ferentz’s made very generous donations, but I don’t think it happened exactly as Booger described

 

[kceasthawk]

Booger mentioned that Kirk heard the a Children’s Hospial wasn’t quite tall enough to see in the stadium so he donated the extra money to make it taller. Ferentz’s made very generous donations, but I don’t think it happened exactly as Booger described

I thought that was kind of funny as well. It was reported however that Kirk did have some discussions with planners when the hospital was being built. I thought it was more about the window design however. Who knows, but it helps the legend of "The Wave" grow, so its all good!

 

[Fan In Black]

Im biased because I can't stand Booger. He never says anything interesting.

 

[CoachH]

Earlier in the game Mack Brown called Brian Ferentz "Brent." In the 4th quarter, when we got that 5 yd delay of game penalty, he said "you're looking at all the defensive movement of Syracuse...." Uh, we were playing Boston College, Mack.

Booger used words that probably are not even real words. And he agreed with Mack a lot, which said a lot.

This is what ESPN is now, I guess.

They were fine. The Pinstripe Bowl isn't going to get Kirk Herbstreit.

 

[Eternal Return]

Booger is a noted Iowa hater right after big ears Feinstein. He was one of the usual guys on ESPN ripping Iowa back in 2015. Actually I was suprised he wasn't more slanted against Iowa then he was. We all know they only play real football in the SEC and ACC right?

Wow, I didn't know that. No wonder he was such an ass.

 

[HawkFanInMO]

After some reflection, my two cents...

I think having Mack and Booger in the booth was a mistake. I think it would have been much better with just the play by play guy and Booger. Because Mack and Booger were talking so much, almost to the point it seemed like they were competing against each other, the play by play guy didn't get much input...like being able to call the play.

How many times did you hear Jewel's name, or really any player? Not much because the 2 color guys were talking over the plays. Booger is not an Iowa homer, but I much prefer him over Mack, and think he would have been much better without Mack.

Also, didn't the angle from the press box make it difficult to call some of the plays?

Was it a great announcing team? Heck no. Is Booger a great analyst, not great, but I felt he was handicapped. I just simply don't like Mack at all.

 

[Eternal Return]

After some reflection, my two cents...

I think having Mack and Booger in the booth was a mistake. I think it would have been much better with just the play by play guy and Booger. Because Mack and Booger were talking so much, almost to the point it seemed like they were competing against each other, the play by play guy didn't get much input...like being able to call the play.

You're right, good catch. I hardly ever heard the play-by-play guy. Mack probably did make Booger worse than he would have been. A two-man booth probably would have worked better. Actually, like you said, it sounded like a two-man booth most of the game. Problem was the two were Mack and Booger. I agree, Mack has to go. He has no business calling a football game.

 

[Rifler]

Booger is a noted Iowa hater right after big ears Feinstein. He was one of the usual guys on ESPN ripping Iowa back in 2015. Actually I was suprised he wasn't more slanted against Iowa then he was.

Probably went easy on us because it was only the Pinstripe Bowl....

 

[amahawk]

I really do not pay that much attention to the talking heads. Mack Brown adds a humorous touch.

 

[kceasthawk]

Wow, I didn't know that. No wonder he was such an ass.

Anthony(Booger) Macfarland was a DL for LSU. So he's another from the school that the college football world begins and ends with the SEC. He was drafted by the Bucs, played with Warren Sapp I think, and played for the Colts when Dallas Clark was there.

 

[Michael1969]

It came across to me they had very little interest in doing this game (other than Boston College's Dillon). In the 2nd half it seemed like they were more interested in talking about other stuff (the CFP, the other NY6 games, how the conferences were doing in bowl season). I realize much of that was them doing what they were directed to talk about.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

How long have you been watching college football bowl games? A vast majority of them are on ESPN, so the network has to throw together multiple make-shift broadcast teams to cover all of the lower-tier ones. Guess what? Pinstripe Bowl qualifies as a lower-tier game that has a low viewership, and therefore gets stuck with a guinea pig, low-quality team. Just the way it is. As FOX gets more and more into college football broadcasting, hopefully more bowl games will be broadcast by them, and therefore there might not be so many watered-down broadcasts.

 

[CUHawkeye91]

Mack has issues with names from time to time, but he can at least tell a funny story now and then. Booger seemed to struggle putting a reasoned thought together. Early in the broadcast (and on multiple occasions), Booger mentioned that neither Iowa nor BC wanted 5 star recruits because they were developmental program. Instead, they wanted the 2 and 3 star guys. This is such an idiotic statement, and unfortunate indicative of how Booger views things.

I think sometimes people confuse being articulate with being a good color person on a broadcast. Both Booger and Mack are articulate, but they aren't the cream of the color commentator crop.

 

[Fan In Black]

Booger seemed to struggle putting a reasoned thought together. .

Thats because he's a dumbass.