ABC's Fowler, Herbstreit and Ponder to Call Michigan @ Ohio State game Saturday
Well, this is gonna suck. Probably.
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2016/11/chris_fowler_kirk_herbst…
Prepare accordingly.
Sam Ponder, lower right:
November 21st, 2016 at 1:10 PM ^
was pretty much a given I think. GameDay is starting from Columbus at 7AM and that ESPN's A crew. They will probably move the GameDay stage inside the Shoe at 9:00 AM. This game has ramifications rivaling the 2006 game. This was always going to be Fowler and Herbstreit.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:11 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
Dan Dickerson needs to happen. He did the 1997 Colorado game.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
If Blaha can do MSU football and Pistons bball, let's get the Dickerson train rolling. Not like the Tigers will be going late into the fall anytime soon.
I'd even take Jim Price for the starting lineups: "batting thuuuuurd and playing Full Back, the BIG MAN, number 80 Khalid Hill"
November 21st, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
November 21st, 2016 at 1:36 PM ^
"Jabrill Peppers, out of East Orange, New Jersey..."
"Nice Area"
November 21st, 2016 at 10:07 PM ^
"Nice area"
November 21st, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
Really starting to understand the art of quarterbacking. Wow.
November 21st, 2016 at 8:09 PM ^
No thanks on that.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
you're right, he is not good. However, he is cleaning some things up. There are some things that he is always going to struggle with due to his history as an analyst and not a play by play guy. He has a way of making completely insignficant plays sound over-exciting, just the inflection of his voice can make an incomplete screen pass on second down seem disproportionaly exciting and influential. There are those issues. He is never going to be a natural.
However, he is identifying players quicker, he has stopped editorializing and left most of that to Dan, and he is getting better at identifying the "must know" things for listeners. More "right to left on your radio dial," a lot more down and distance reminders, quicker identification of notable personnel changes. I don't think he will ever be good, but he has made notable improvements.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^
When Jim and Dan get anyone up in the booth with them (and often when it's just the two of them) they start waxing nostalgic about the good ol' days; and before you know it, the game is completely incidental to their anecdotes about that thing Dan, or Jim, did with Bo that one time.
It reminded me of the impersonation of Harry Carey that John Campanera does; only that was funny. Jim and Dan aren't supposed to be.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:53 PM ^
their defense, they have had a lot of dead air time to fill in this year. We have been ahead by 30 at halftime of most of our games.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:59 PM ^
I like them. It's like having two color guys. I have the game on tv while they streaming anyway - I can see what's happening.
November 21st, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
"not good" is generous
November 22nd, 2016 at 8:59 AM ^
November 21st, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
November 21st, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
Oh no. We get ESPN's prime time crew for our biggest game of the year
What a calamity
November 21st, 2016 at 6:58 PM ^
Too bad one of them is biased.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
to this at the end of Oklahoma/W Virginia. I don't think Fowler is quite as good calling the game as he was on gameday, but don't mind Kirk
/ ducks
November 21st, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
Love your name.
"Passes it to the guy, and...."
November 21st, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
Wow! That takes some courage to admit that to a room of students. I take it the family must have recovered from the initial embarassment. Did he give any inside accounts on the aftermath?
November 21st, 2016 at 5:53 PM ^
November 21st, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
I'm fine with it, fully knowing that Buckeye nation will go nuclear apeshit when Herbie lauds Michigan in any way, shape, or form.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
I don't hate Herbie as much as other people on this blog. He annoys me more during Game Day than he does calling games.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:19 PM ^
I miss Brent Musburger so much.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
Any insight into why he is strictly calling 4th tier SEC games now?
November 21st, 2016 at 1:27 PM ^
Probably cause he perved out over Katherine Webb during one of the Iron Bowls
November 21st, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
I was hoping you had forgotten about that. He may be old, but he's not dead yet....
November 21st, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
I might be used but baby I ain't used up.
November 21st, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
What was amazing was his non-apology apology afterwards. I miss Uncle Brent.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
is ok, but he's no Keith Jackson. I really miss him.
November 21st, 2016 at 2:39 PM ^
Now you're just showing age...
But yeah, the only person that was better than Keith Jackson was Bob Ufer. None of the guys today, on any network, can touch those two. None.
November 21st, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
i grew up with Keith. my earliest memories of college football go back to 1972.
November 21st, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
Mine go back to 1960, with Lindsey Nelson doing the play-by-play.
November 21st, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
i'm only moderately old
November 21st, 2016 at 8:13 PM ^
So that's your real picture then? Old bastard. Haha
November 21st, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
You could always tell when Musberger had money on Michigan. He was great.
November 21st, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
*bcs espn theme song*
"you are looking live..."
*chills*
November 21st, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
Herbie is so disliked by ohio state fans that he relocated his family from columbus to Tennessee years ago. He wasn't enough of a homer for their liking and they literally harassed his family out of Ohio.
Never got the Herbie hate ..he got played by the "Les Miles to Michigan" story in 2007 when he went with his source live on GameDay but otherwise calls a good game and isn't overtly anti-Michigan or pro-Ohio at all.
I'd take him over Spielman or Ed Cunningham or Pam Ward.
November 21st, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
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November 21st, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
OSU fan here. Herbie is well liked/respected in the OSU fan base now.
However, years ago during Tressel, Herbie was very critical of the OSU team, coaching, talent, etc. He was much more critical of OSU than any other announcer was, and much more than he was of any other team. He appeared to be going way overboard not to be perceived as an OSU homer. He was pretty strongly disliked then. Still, no excuse for the OSU fans that harassed him and his family when he was out in public. (He has said that most fans treated him well, but there were some that were really obnoxious.)
November 21st, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
November 21st, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
I like Spielman
November 21st, 2016 at 2:09 PM ^
Yup. One tough hombre.