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Gus Johnson

Musburger......the guy is a complete gambling addict, great fun to listen to his mood changes throughout the game!!

The Seer wrote:Gus Johnson

He and Len Elmore.

1. Johnson/Elmore
2. Lundquist/Raftery
3. Enberg/Bilas








4. Nantz/Packer

Enberg needs to be put out to pasture.

MuchoBulls wrote:

The Seer wrote:Gus Johnson

He and Len Elmore.

I liked them until last night, when they truly sucked. Elmore had absolutely nothing to say except that it's still only a 4 point lead and as soon as Memphis starts hitting they should be able to win. All Gus Johnson could some up with was that when UCLA is at home watching the Final Four they will kick themselves for missing all those free throws.

Legitimate points, but repeated every thirty seconds for the final 30 minutes of the game it becomes a little repetitive.

Gus Johnson/Bill Raftery

helmet wrote:Enberg needs to be put out to pasture.

all props to the guy for 8 zillionth Final Four/NCAA in a row....but he's got subject-verb/gerundive inversion disease.....which is great if you are reading Latin.

Sooner fans will recognize this in Big Bob.


"running, jumping, drive.....Bang (turnover!)! Everett!".

KC Paul 3.0 wrote:Kevin Harlan.

Thread OVAH.

Next to Marv Albert, he may have the best announcer voice in the industry. I also like Wayne Larivee's voice...calls games on the radio for the Packers and does TV games for Big Ten hoops. Harlan doesn't bring the same emotion to an exciting play that Johnson does though.

Shoalzie wrote:the same emotion to an exciting play that Johnson does though.

That's all he brings. No insight. No analysis. No... nothing. He's nothing more than a loudmouthed fan watching the game. It's my job to be excited and scream and hoot and holler at the TV... not his. I want stories. I want to know that happened in the shoot around. I want to know who looked nervous the night before. I want to know the type of shit the coach was working on in practice. I want to know why UConn can't get around that double screen in time to get a hand in the shooter's face. I want to know that the 12th man's uncle is the coach's 3rd cousin on his sister's side.

Gus Johnson wrote:OH MY GOD... WHAT A GREAT SHOT!!!!!!!!! I JUST JIZZED MY MONITOR!!!!!!!!

No shit. I'm watching the same game.

No insight. No analysis

Not the job of the play-by-play guy. That's Elmore's duty.

UCant seems to be unable to grasp that concept.

Anyway you can shoot a "concept" with steroids? Me might, then.

English mutha fucka??

He's one of those weight lifting freaks with an awkward looking neck. Except now he probably looks more like this

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Not the job of the play-by-play guy.

Says who? I don't know if you've noticed, but good announcing duos have evolved into intermixing commentary, stories, insight, and analyis regardless of how you have them pigeonholed. It's not just one guy's job to offer up play by play and the other guy to do all of the analysis. Do you even listen?

Regardless... Johnson does the game like he's doing a radio broadcast... too loudly. He's annoying as fuck and he's got that "fake" Top 40 disc jokey voice going on. It's pathetic. He definitely went to the Brent Musberger school of hyperbole broadcasting. They both can't get throat cancer soon enough.

The Seer wrote:

what game did she do???

UCant#1 wrote:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Not the job of the play-by-play guy.

Says who? I don't know if you've noticed, but good announcing duos have evolved into intermixing commentary, stories, insight, and analyis regardless of how you have them pigeonholed. It's not just one guy's job to offer up play by play and the other guy to do all of the analysis. Do you even listen?

Regardless... Johnson does the game like he's doing a radio broadcast... too loudly. He's annoying as fuck and he's got that "fake" Top 40 disc jokey voice going on. It's pathetic. He definitely went to the Brent Musberger school of hyperbole broadcasting. They both can't get throat cancer soon enough.

I haven't found Johnson to be incessently loud throughout the game. When he is, it's A) usually during the correct moments, such as the last couple minutes of the game after a clutch shot is made and B) fairly brief. He doesn't go on these long winded, fragmented tangents like other guys. I guess one of the reasons I can appreciate him over the other guys is that he doesn't hold to a schtick. He calls the game like he sees it, seems genuinely excited about the action, and isn't always trying to crack the witty one liner like a Lundquist, isn't a straight up jackass that gets ahead of himself like a Musberger and brings more life to the game unlike the bumbling old Enberg or Jim Nantz. Not saying the guy sets a precedent in play calling, but from the utter weakness that we have to choose from, he's my choice.

quacker backer wrote:

The Seer wrote:

what game did she do???

that one where she bends over and puts both hands on the open closet doorknobs and yells "hammer me sparky"......

UCant#1 wrote:

Shoalzie wrote:the same emotion to an exciting play that Johnson does though.

I want stories.



Read a fuckin book.

John Thompson is the suck, how is anyone supposed to understand what he is saying?

i love listening to john thompson, although he does sound like he speaks with marbles in his mouth. kind of unintentional comedy.

If the other TV hadn't been on mute in favor of my wife beating the piss out of me in Fight Night I might have a preference.