TV announcers for MSU game?
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I am just glad Beth Mowins doesn't do Big Ten basketball.
Calhoun great college coach but not a very good announcer. That being said he isn't as bad as Bobby Knight but that's not saying much.
I don't look forward to listening to Calhoun stumble and mumble through sentences all night.
The play-by-play guy is the new tv guy for the White Sox.
To be fair, Dakich has really been talking up and plugging the Hawkeyes the past couple of days. Pleasant change
It was rough.
Ive never understood how a job that centers around talking can be given to someone who can't talk.
Still better than listening to a chick I guess.
Seriously? He didn’t notice Iowa was on the floor until about the 3:45 mark in the 2nd half.
After Iowa had just taken its biggest lead of the game and MSU committed an unforced turnover, his comment was “the scoreboard doesn’t show it, but this is a different Michigan State team.” (or something to that effect)
He spent the first 37 minutes of the game saying MSU was about to make a game of it.
I actually like Calhoun doing color. But I hate put-upon enthusiasm (Dick V, Dakich), so what he does makes sense to me. The rambling/unfinished sentences make it sound like it's an actual person watching the game and not someone who's TV-trained to make a non-point sound like a point. I also LOVE most accents from the northeast.
ESPN ought to be ashamed of themselves, in more ways than one, for putting Calhoun on the air. The sad thing is this will go down as one of Iowa's "classic" games and it will always feature him mumbling throughout.
i've always liked dakich.
that being said - i was kind of excited to see who we had for this game.
benetti just scored the white sox job, and i didn't know much about him (thought he did a nice job)
calhoun is a legend (like it or not), and while he sounded 'old', i didn't miind hearing his take on the game.
that being said - i was kind of excited to see who we had for this game.
benetti just scored the white sox job, and i didn't know much about him (thought he did a nice job)
calhoun is a legend (like it or not), and while he sounded 'old', i didn't miind hearing his take on the game.
I think you guys are wrong about Calhoun. Do you really want another guy who's been trained in broadcasting doing color? I guess I just find that incredibly boring. Fake excitement is way more annoying to me than listening to the passing thoughts of someone who knows a little more about the game.
I'm also very annoyed with fellow Iowa fans over the whole "THE MEDIA DON'T RESPECT US ENOUGH" horseshit. If it's even true, there's a reason they don't. Why do you need to hear glowing admiration for the Hawkeyes? You're watching the games. Admire them yourself.
I'm also very annoyed with fellow Iowa fans over the whole "THE MEDIA DON'T RESPECT US ENOUGH" horseshit. If it's even true, there's a reason they don't. Why do you need to hear glowing admiration for the Hawkeyes? You're watching the games. Admire them yourself.
Calhoun rarely gave Iowa credit until that said 3:45 mark in the 2nd half.
Dakich says silly thing, but Dakich is a major upgrade from "not one dime" Jim Calhoun.
It sounded like they would be a better fit for a final game (locally broadcast) at the YMCA somewhere out east...
At least Calhoun gave Iowa some credit.
If The Eye was doing commentary, you wouldn't have heard any credit from him.
He would've been talking about other teams in the NCAA.
North Carolina, baby. Duke, baby. Calhoun, baby.
If The Eye was doing commentary, you wouldn't have heard any credit from him.
He would've been talking about other teams in the NCAA.
North Carolina, baby. Duke, baby. Calhoun, baby.
Calhoun knows basketball (naturally) but talks all the time and can't be heard very well.
I challenge you all to watch a game without any sound. I've done it when there was an announcing team I didn't like and found it refreshing to listen to my own thoughts and observations. It's not for everyone, but it does offer a different perspective.
