Question/Request regarding the broadcaster last night MBB
I was watching the win last night and towards the end of the game Livers had some free throws. I hear the announcer talk about how no one will forget his clutch shot to send Michigan to the Final Four. So the announcer, talking about an "unforgettable moment" is literally forgetting the guy who made that shot is now in the NBA and not the same #2 at the line. Did anyone else hear that or am I going crazy? Does anyone have the link to the full game so I can find it?
November 13th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
#2 for Michigan hit that shot, it’s clearly the same guy.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
All #2s look the same.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
Woodson hit the game winning 3 against Houston!
November 14th, 2019 at 12:07 AM ^
I don't know. I've had some pretty weird #2s...
November 13th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
I don’t see in numbers.
November 14th, 2019 at 4:14 AM ^
We're a post-number society now ever since we elected Mr. Eight to be president.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
All these numbers are ruining the game. Nerds.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
It's the hair. Definitely the hair.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
If it was Tim Brando this kind of error is par for the course.
I actually don't think he is particularly bad at college basketball, far better than he is in football, but he makes factual and pronounciation mistakes all the time.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
November 13th, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Adrien “New-Nez” agrees with this comment.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
Josh MAR-TELLUS
November 13th, 2019 at 1:27 PM ^
Lol, like how he kept talking about Khaleke Hudson and the Viper position were something revolutionary, when really Minnesota literally just didn't block him for the entire game
November 13th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
I heard that as well. Lol. ALL I CARE ABOUT IS HARBAUGH AND THE TEAM STICKING IT TO MORK AND HIS KIDS.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
I agree and the world is not going to end because someone made a mistake. But we can bitch about for days as part of the triggered healing process.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:09 AM ^
Yes, Brando said that. He's an idiot
it wasn't to the final 4, and it was Poole not Livers.
You can forgive him for maybe confusing it as Livers took over Poole's number and they do have sort of similar hair
But cmon man, we didn't even make the Elite 8, much less the Final Four
November 13th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
Well we did make the FF that year eventually but if you just meant the next round yeah.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
Yes thank you, was referring to the timing of that game with getting to the sweet 16 and Brando being a coupla rounds off
Either way he was all kinds of wrong
November 13th, 2019 at 11:10 AM ^
I heard that too. Started racking my brain trying to find a game winning shot that Livers hit that tourney run. Obviously realized Brando was mistaken, would be nice if they then corrected themselves.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
Rafftery clearly would have known but a lot of times announcers don't like to correct each other like that. Rafftery loved Poole and certainly realized that Livers did not hit that shiot.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
After Brando's gaffe, Rafftery said something like "he's lost a lot of weight too. He has lost a good agood fifteen pounds and really got himself into shape." Then they discussed what a great game Livers had. So Rafftery either didn't recognize the gaffe, or he tried to switch the focus back onto Livers in the present day and didn't correct Brando on his mistake.
This sort of thing used to happen constantly with Harry Caray and Steve Stone during Cubs broadcasts. Stone was obviously hyper meticulous in every aspect of his job, but Harry was a sloppy ridiculous mess. But Stone almost never called him out, even when Harry's mistakes were ludicrous. I bet it took a lot of therapy to broadcast a game with Harry Caray and remain professional.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
My guess is that he was trying to change the subject. Raff is not as sharp as he used to be but Poole seemed to be one of his favorite players in the country and he called like 10 BIG games and 5 NCAA tourney games where Poole and Livers featured prominently. It would shock me if he was unaware of Brando's error.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
For what it's worth, you forgot some commas in your post.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
Keith Jackson would never make that mistake.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
I once watched a UM game in the 90s where Jackson pronounced Ypsilanti wrong (rhyming Yp with Zip) a bunch.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
What did he call it... Wipesilanti?
November 13th, 2019 at 12:02 PM ^
I guess he say "Yipsilanti" rather than "Ipsilanti"?
November 13th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
I'm from Ypsi, so that's always a pet peeve.
By the way, there's a small town in North Dakota that's also called Ypsilanti (a guy from Michigan's Ypsi founded the place). The people there call it "Yipsilanti." Kind of like there's two different ways of pronouncing "Charlotte," depending on whether you're in Michigan or North Carolina.
But unless Keith Jackson was talking about a player from Ypsilanti, North Dakota, then he was screwing it up.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:46 PM ^
I loved Keith Jackson, but he was often pretty sloppy with names/details. He made up for it with his homespun charm.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:48 AM ^
Looking forward to hearing him again this year in the OSU game. "Touchdown! No flags!"
November 13th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
Never again, at least.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
I heard that also- I took notice, but really how do these announcers know all of the players all the time for every game. Easy to make a mistake during a broadcast like that. I shrugged it off.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
It wasn't a big deal in this particular instance, but in some ways it is starting to seem like a big deal for Tim Brando. I have noticed him making mistakes like this with some regularity of late. He masks it with his own brand of jolly enthusiasm, but he's either not doing his homework as well as he used to or his mind is slipping a little.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:56 AM ^
Yeah, he's sundowning and should be put down immediately.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
Particularly with a guy like Brando. He is not very knowledgeable about any sport, but you could honestly send him to a basketball game, a tennis match, a swim meet, a golf course, or a croquet match and he would know just enough to be passable.
That is his entire business model. "I'm not good, but I'm really versatile."
November 13th, 2019 at 11:26 AM ^
Tim Brando is terrible. He does not care that he makes significant errors every time he broadcasts a game. And he makes significant errors every time he broadcasts a game.
If this was an isolated thing, maybe one could shrug it off. But it's every damn time.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
True. Just ask Josh Martellus.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:14 PM ^
Wonder what happened to Martellus. Haven’t heard his name since
November 13th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
Ok so I'm not going crazy. I heard it and felt like a crappy fan for not remembering a big shot Livers made in the tourney.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
not so fast UMfan21. you may very well be going crazy, its just that this isn't the litmus test for determining just how crazy you are.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
Let's start the concussion protocol on UMfan21.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
Also UMfan21 made a mistake in this very comment. He said "Livers" made the big shot, but it was actually Poole, which was the whole point of his original posts. He will probably go back and edit his comment, but I saw it and know the truth.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:37 AM ^
Glasgow coma score coming right up.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:39 AM ^
While it is true that Poole made the shot, don't forget that it was Livers that made the baseball-style inbound pass to MAAR to set up the play.
Coach B said afterwards that Livers was in specifically because he could make that pass. Without that, it is questionable that there would have been enough time for the shot.
Thankfully, Houston didn't have anyone defending the inbound pass.
November 13th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
It is crazy how screwed were were in that game. It felt like a Michigan tragedy in the making for the entire second half, and I was 100% sure our season was over before that shot.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
We had led 61-60 going into the last minute and then missed like three shots right at the rim, while that one Houston guy kept making FTs (until finally missing the pair at the end). If we had lost it would have really been a tough way to end the season.
November 13th, 2019 at 2:36 PM ^
it was the manbun. the team was clearly distracted. Beilein celebrated the win in fitting fashion, however...
November 13th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
You mean the same guy who said we were playing big time basketball in the big house?
November 13th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
Maybe Tim Brando is in fact.......
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THE KNOWLEDGE
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YES
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and he's just foreshadowing March 2020.
November 13th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
Yes he said it and even my wife said Poole's gone you knucklehead. Some kind of game prep here yeah?