OT - Favorite/Least Favorite Broadcaster

Favorite: Jim Nantz announcing golf 

least favorite: Jim Nantz announcing football and basketball. 
 

absolute least favorite: Tony Romo, he’s terrible, the NFL media has brainwashed everyone in thinking he’s good because he predicts plays. 

Brent Musberger and George Blaha can fight it out to see who is worse than Joe Buck.  
 

The best was Frank Beckmann.  Man I miss him.  He had that growling crescendo every time someone broke free.  I think of him when I hear Kevin Harlan.  

Favorite:  Ernie Harwell

Worst:  Joe Buck

Favorites: Dick Enberg, Verne Lundquist, Frank Beckmann, Keith Jackson, Kevin Harlan (RGIII and Jake Butt growing on me, but not there yet obviously)

Least Favorites: George Blaha, Gus Johnson (If I hear him say the fighting world famous' one more time!), Joe Buck, Tony Romo (ohhh Jim)

Favorite

1) Beckman/Brandy

2) Keith Jackson/Griese

3) Kell/Kaline

4) Blaha/wilson or kelser

Least

1) Urban, although knowledgable

2) Johnny Most

Worst is Sean McDonough cause we’ve never had a normal game with him on the call. 

Start off with the fact that I am an old fart.

Favorite

Hockey - Dick Irvin and Danny Galavin (Hockey Night in Canada - Montreal games)

Baseball - Ernie Harwell

Football - College - Keith Jackson, Pro - ?

Least Favorite

College Football - Beano Cook and Lee Corso

Basketball - George Blaha

Favorites: Frank Beckman, Keith Jackson, Ken Kal, Doc Emrick

least Favorite: post-2000 Brent Musberger, Joe Buck, Bob Costas, Bill Raftery, Dick Vitale

I will second Spielman, that guy makes a game so fun to watch because he says things that clearly come from his own vast knowledge from playing Linebacker, and he communicates really well for a television audience.  A unique perspective goes a long way.  
 

Herbstreit, on the other hand, was annoying for much of his career.  Perhaps he has gotten a little better, but he was so biased for so long and tilted toward OSU that I don't really think there is any making up for whatever that was.  It clearly wasn't journalism in any normal sense of the word.   

And then Musberger and Millen were absolute trainwrecks.  If you had to watch them, you were literally submitting yourself to torture.  

 

Best

1. Keith Jackson
2. Bob Ufer
3. Vin Scully
4. Al Michaels

Worst

1. Majority of BTN
2. Brent Musburger
3. ESPN when the SEC is playing.
4. EA SPORTS John Madden and Al Michaels

There is no one I have missed more over the last few years than Frank Beckman. Such a huge part of my childhood being in northern MI most fall weekends with Frank calling the game. Ricky Powers, Brian Griese, Charles, Timmy B and all the other greats was so fun to listen to. The Brabbs game vs Washington I fell onto the ground as the ball went through the uprights in pure joy and relief hearing Frank call it! I used to turn the TV volume off on the rare occasion I was home and listen Frank as I watched the TV. Rarley were they in sync but didn't even care to me Frank was the voice of Michigan football from 6 years old on. 

Favorites: 

Robbie Hummel

Gary Cohen (Mets play by play)

Jay Bilas

Gus and Joel

Least Favorites: 

Tim Brando

Mike Patrick (though he's retired now)

Showing some team bias here, but... the late legendary Laker play-by-play guy Chick Hearn.

A LOT of basketball vernacular was his invention: slam dunk, air ball, triple-double, finger roll, dribble drive, ticky-tack foul, and those are just the easy ones.

Bottom of the list Jim Nance - every time I hear "A win for the ages" - it makes me ill.

Favorites (still working):

Dan Dickerson

Ken Kal

Gus Johnson

Chris Fowler

Keith Jackson (oh, wait)

Least favorites:

George Blaha

Al Randall (Michigan hockey). Listening to him you have ZERO idea what's happening on the ice.

Herbstreit

Jim Gray and Jim McKay will go down in infamy.

Gray blindsided Pete Rose at the all-star game and attacked Donovan Bailey after he won a gold metal and set a world record.

Jim McKay called Vancouver a little village.

Beth Mowins is the worst.

I like the guys calling the game when michigan wins. Like Klatt and Johnson this year - iconic.

I dislike the guys calling the game when michigan loses. Like Klatt and Johnson going gaga over Urban Meyer in 2018. disgusting.

Favorites: Keith Jackson, Jack Buck, Mike Emrick, Gary Thorne, Joe Beninati, Paul Page, Bill Raftery, Gus Johnson if my team is winning

Least Favorites: Jim Nantz, Joe Buck, Thom Brenneman, Sam Rosen, Kenny Albert, John Davidson, Billy Packer, Gus Johnson if my team is losing

Joe Buck is my #1 most despised. Dude would be managing a low/no credit furniture store if it weren’t for his daddy. 

Doesn’t matter what sport, I mute him. 

If you don’t remember his late night talk show this is a gem (featuring a young Jason Sudekis as well):

Edit: NSFW

Like:

Dick Enberg/Dan Dierdorff

George Kell/Al Kaline/Ernie Harwell

Frank Beckman/Bob Ufer

Bruce Martyn/Ken Kal

Van Patrick

Dislike:

Brent Mussberger

Jim Brandstatter (doing play-by-play)

Brent Mussberger

Brent Mussberger

etc.

I don't watch games that Pam Ward or Beth Mowins announce. I also never liked Sean McDonough just because of the way he talks. I find Joe Buck very difficult to tolerate as well.

Also brutal homers like Hawk Harrelson or Jack Edwards annoy the hell out of me. Kirk Gibson, you know, is also a pretty difficult broadcast to watch. I know the reasons are beyond his control, but at the end of the day it's the entertainment industry not a charity (the fact they let Kiner do Mets broadcasts when he was clearly no longer even 80% there was brutal as well).

Van Patrick > Mel Ott.

Keith Jackson

Mel Allen

Lindsey Nelson

George Swell

Love: Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Marv Albert, Bill Rafferty.

Can't stand: Boomer Esiason, Blaha, Berman.

Sort of on topic, I have fallen in love with synchronizing the TV feed of the game with the Michigan radio feed for the audio.

Great Karsh line on Colston's TD against buki, TD by last year's Co-offensive MVP of the Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference....

I used to hate Gus...but he comes with Klatt so he kinda grew on me. 

Love:

Klatt (🏈)

John Strong (⚽)

Derek Rae (⚽)

Hate:

Ian Darke (⚽)

Leah Hextall (🏒)

Mike "Doc" Emerich (🏒)

Ed Olcyzk (🏒)

Jack Edwards (🏒)

Herbstreit (🏈)

Love/Hate:

Gus Johnson (🏈)

Mickey Redmond (🏒)

About 2:50 Rogers n Hammerstein w Brandy.

Current favorite is Todd Blackledge, not homer-ish and does a great job calling the game and explaining what you are seeing. 

Favorites:

Harwell

Kieth Jackson

Ufer

least favorite:

Musberger

Jerry Glanville

Matt Millen

UM Football Favorite - Hemingway, Least Favorite - Ufer