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FOR THE LOVE OF GORD STOP JOE BUCK NOW

By duxup (Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 08:27:40 AM EST) (all tags)

Is someone going to have to do something illegal?

This will probably go down as one of the biggest plays in Super Bowl history.

It is the Super Bowl. It is late in the game. One of, if not the biggest, upsets in Super Bowl history is looming. It is under two minutes to go . . . the QB makes a spectacular escape. He throws deep on the run to the middle of the field (way risky move). The receiver makes an incredible catch... Joe Buck is doing the play by play and he sounds like he's ordering at a fast food drive thru and isn't sure what he wants. ####!

How many of the previously mentioned facts need to occur before he raises his voice just a little?!?!?!

Was he even watching the game !?!?! or was he in the bathroom standing at the urinal and the producer was describing the play to him over his headset?

Troy Aikman, probably the man who has the least to say about football EVAR actually does what he can to save the moment there.

OH for cripes sake.

Joe's Father Jack was a great announcer his call of the home run in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series was EPIC but damn... there are a few good NFL TV hosts and announcers out there why is it they NEVER do the Super Bowl?!?!?

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FOR THE LOVE OF GORD STOP JOE BUCK NOW | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 hidden) | Trackback

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! by Rogerborg (4.00 / 2) #1 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 09:01:07 AM EST

Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me?

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Well that's a bit much by duxup (4.00 / 1) #2 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 09:04:14 AM EST

I mean it is soccer. There's really no need to get excited, but at least he's trying. ;)
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: Did you see the score? THREE soccer-goals by Rogerborg (4.00 / 2) #5 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 12:04:24 PM EST

That's like scoring seventy four million points in any Colonial game.

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Joe Buck Sux. by nightflameblue (4.00 / 1) #3 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 09:38:58 AM EST

I understand that Fox decided he's a first-stringer, but good lord couldn't they have made some sort of deal with Madden & co. for one game? I mean, Madden is all sorts of entertaining just because he's hilarious, and Al isn't afraid to occassionally let his voice fluctuate. Joe? Not so much.

I was only half paying attention when I heard one of them say, "I know we're not the best announcing team out there. . ." and then I snapped to attention and laughed. If you're self-aware, you'd tell the network you should be calling the early afternoon games in the season. Unfortunately, Buck is the best that fox has at play-by-play. I mean, he at least talks about what's going on on the field, even if he does talk about it as if he were talking about the sock rack at Shopko.

I haven't had to watch sports by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #4 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 11:33:24 AM EST

for many years. But I used to love Charlie Jones' voice.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin

They need by MillMan (2.00 / 0) #6 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:03:31 PM EST

to get Gus Johnson to do the NFL.

When I'm imprisoned as an enemy combatant, will you blog about it?

Meh. by yicky yacky (4.00 / 2) #7 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 02:00:02 PM EST

I'd prefer commentators to be more subdued than hyped-up. The effect of an unduly ambivalent voice-over is several orders of magnitude less irritating than some muppet trying to convince you that a stool on a stick is actually the second coming of Christ. The false negative costs less than the false positive.

If I had the option, I'd turn the commentary off and just listen to the pitch-and-crowd noise. Commentators are essentially talentless shmucks who state the bleeding obvious and try and piggyback on an event's inherent value. Fuck them all.

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I disagree by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #10 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 06:06:01 PM EST

I almost never watch football, but for baseball, a good radio commentator is an awesome thing. He can paint an entire picture with his words. I often turn the tv sound off and turn up the radio for Red Sox games. It's way better. They only real problem is there's a lack of sync between the two and something awesome can be happening on tv and the radio is 30 seconds behind. Weird.
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I wasn't talking about radio. by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #11 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 07:39:02 PM EST

Clearly, without some form of description, the notion of radio coverage of sporting events would be strange to the point of ... ermmm ... pointlessness.

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: All I saw was "commentator" by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #13 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 10:54:13 PM EST

I didn't know "commentator" meant tv commentator.
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i thought they did a great job by alprazolam (4.00 / 2) #8 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 03:49:35 PM EST

I particularly liked the 4th down play with <1 yard where once they lined up Buck said something like "here we go" and then just shut up until they had the first.

I think Troy does a good job evaluating the pass game, week in, week out. Do you honestly think he has less to say than Paul MacGuire, Joe Thiesmann, Dan Dierdorff, or one of a dozen other babbling, doddering idiots?

Troy's alright. by nightflameblue (4.00 / 1) #9 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 04:25:13 PM EST

Mostly because he's OK with the fact that his partner blows goats and he does what he can to cover him.

Keep in mind, this is coming from a guy who used to cheer when Troy would get hit and hope for another concussion. Man did I hate him as a player.

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: lol by alprazolam (4.00 / 1) #12 Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 10:36:56 PM EST

i hated him as a player too, even tho i suppose i'm a cowboys fan now.
i dunno, i like joe buck. he's knowledgeable and generally calls the game correctly.

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