OT; ESPN cuts Mark May from College Football Final
ESPN moved Mark May from College Football Final. Also from several outlets the new guys to replace Rece,Lou Holt and Mark May is Adnan Virk(Host) Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway. I guess ESPN want to go in a new direction for College Football Final.
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/espn-cuts-mark-may-colleg…
Ugh, not Joey Galloway.
bad. This makes me sad though--I really liked CF Final, great way to catch up with other games, even though I didn't like May, and these new guys seem really lower echelon to me. I've watched Kannell, and he's terrible at picking games and not really that interesting in commentary either. And now with my favorite guy, Chris Fowler, leaving my favorite CF show, Gameday, I'm sad doubly so.
Mark May and Lou Holtz can wear thin quickly, but I liked them in the context of Game Day Final at 1:00 in the morning when you've watched all the games, listened to all the analysis, and now you just want to be entertained.
They weren't hard-core analysts and they did not try to be.
The last thing I need is Joey Galloway yammering in my ear with some pseudo-analysis at 1:00 in the morning.
I don't like this move at all. I'm not staying up for that. I'll just watch Sorts Center in the morining.
He's literally THE worst they have on ESPN. You can talk about Beth whatever her name is, or Lou Holtz, or Mark May...hell, even Stephen A and Skip Bayless, at least those two are paid actors.
Joey Galloway SPEWS nonsense and claims it's fact, he's rude about it, he's flat out awful in every aspect. His predictions are always wrong and he always gets defensive when he's called out on it...Kanell is going to rip his head off, because he has no patience for stupidity.
This is terrible.
I'm calling it a push.
Its not just that show -- which youre right, not many people watch because its on at 1am or later -- but also all of the pregame/postgame/halftime wraps that they do all day long. Those are the things that people watch.
I love that show. It's my nightcap after a long hard day of laying around and watching CFB all day.
When I see Mark May I change the channel.
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I think it was the Galloway/Mowins combo last year that Michigan got a few times, it was brutal. Combined with how we were playing, it made last year one of the first years I have actually gotten ahead on my lawn care because I didn't watch every minute of every game.
with all the softball coverage this weekend, I think I OD'd on Beth Mowins. I've never heard a play-by-play announcer be so excited by a defense getting the lead runner out before. She was working in a 3 woman booth, yet she talked the entire time.
Did you hear Michigan makes make believe pizza everytime they get a hit or round the bases?
B/c apparantly Beth Fucking Mowins thinks we don't the first 500 times she told us.
Mowins didn't even know the rule for how a ground ball down the line is ruled fair or foul. How can you be announcing softball and not know that?
Neither did the analyst who I think is the one who should really know the rule........
Neither did the analyst who I think is the one who should really know the rule........
So come game time you'd be Mowins the lawn?
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Mason was genuinely suprised by the phrase "Embarassment of Riches" when Bobby Carpenter used it when talking about our QB depth. He tried to use it two or three times and never could seem to recall the exact phrase. So not sure if drunk, dumb or all of the above.
Galloway is a poor color commentator. Kanell has shown the ability to be an obnoxious troll on the same level as Mark May (although an ANTI-SEC troll, so maybe that's what ESPN is going for here).
Virk is real good (he's a frequent sub on Mike & Mike), a fine replacement for Rece Davis.
On a tangent --- College Football Final isn't as relevant as it was 10 years ago. It's typically on at 2:30 AM ET anymore anyway (after some late Pac-12 or Mountain West game, then still after SportsCenter), and most fans have seen the highlights 5 times already anyway over the course of the day.
I guess I can sleep in a little longer this year.
but since tOSU fans have some vandetta against him, I'll kind of miss having him around to troll them. Galloway sucks.
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Yup. It's almost like ESPN is being run by Buckeyes or something.
Hm. Wonder if that has anything to do with why I stopped watching, reading their website, etc.
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Given that Lou Holtz and Mark May are conjoined twins, it's not surprising they had to cut May too. From a technical perspective, it would be difficult to keep Holtz off camera.
Don't worry, though. ESPN will assemble another team fully capable of simultaneously felating Notre Dame and the entire SEC (except poor, poor Vandy).
Who's gonna replace Danny on the ABC Pregame Show with? I was gonna say Brian Greise but he's doing well where is at right now.
I do wonder what this means for Mark May.
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Coming from someone who likes Galloway, you're not wrong. I never thought he was that strong and was working the noon games for a reason.
Having said that, it is possible that he was being dragged down a little by Mowins. Good God, she's terrible. And ESPN loves giving us those 2 when we have a noon game.
I'm glad OSU is getting away from a lot of noon kicks. Won't have to hear her very much.
And being homerish aside, he might be able to beat Denard. From what I've heard he's kept up with that, kind of like a 40 year old Darrell Green being the NFL's fastest man.
Although kind of douche-y to bring up in a broadcast. Caveat - Unless he was asked, then I don't see a problem.
Crap, I lost my bet -- I took the over on "500 comments before someone claimed to like Galloway." As for whether Mowins dragged him down, anyone who was unlucky enough to see Galloway's "expert" commentary during ESPN's endless run-up to the CoFoPo selection process knows that it's impossible to drag Galloway down any further -- he had absolutely nothing to contribute.
If your bet is "someone who likes Galloway.......as a broadcaster" you are still in the running.
I liked the show. Not for the asshattery, that was just silly.
But, I loved the football highlights with capable and ridiculous commentary in equal amounts.
Regardless of how much your vomiting at my opinion right now, I'd rather listen to Lou Holtz for the rest of my life morning, noon and night than Galloway for the first half.
That's a nightmare scenario right there. Talk about a bunch of no-names.
I completely agree with you, College Football Final will feel much different now. I will miss the Final Verdict with May yelling at an old man spitting all over the screen.
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It was all lame, useless schtick.
And at 1:00 in the morning, I was fine with that. I liked it and felt like the day of CFB was not complete without it.
Mowins, May, and Galloway. The ESPN trifecta of awful. I'm surprised they didn't choose those three.
As said above, Mark May is better than Galloway.
I love the addition of Danny Kanell. There needs to be more anti-SEC guys on ESPN.
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Galloway? Literally the worst possible choice.
I was all ready to place the Halleluja chorus here.
Replacing Mark May with Galloway is like finding out your crabs are cleared up but you now have herpes.