Are the folks over at the zippy message board upset yet?
Should be by now.
Stopped by to see what is all happening over there. They’ve been crying about the announcers the whole game...
They'll just have to put up with their announcers. Not everyone can have a quality pair like Russ and Rob.
Rob & Russ were the announcers - They were bitchin about them being homers. Granted Rob & Russ were gratuitous to the Bobcats efforts in the game, especially calling out the long layoff and lack of Preston & Wilson, and they discussed the history/700th game in the Convo etc. (and the venue being the best in the MAC - What, the JAR is any comparison??). I though Rob & Russ called it pretty fair - and fair being that 'Kron just plain sucked today!
Calling the game on the radio and on TV is very different. In the former, you need to paint the picture just like the old radio shows of the 30s and 40s. With TV, the picture is already painted. Also, radio goes to a much smaller home audience while TV goes nationwide. An Akron fan in Dallas could have watched it and a OU fan in Salt Lake city could have too. A plain old basketball fan could have watched it anywhere. In other words, I think the expectation is that at least on TV, the viewer should not be able to tell which school is paying the announcers. While I've come 180 on Russ since his early "fashion days" and he and I talked about that, right now the TV broadcast could use a bit of a tweak. Sadly, I didn't get to listen to any of the first half because I was on hold on two phones trying to talk with Schwab.
Last Edited: 2/24/2021 9:55:48 AM by Alan Swank