I watched an ESPN Classic game the other night, IU vs. Illinois from 1989. Dick Vitale was a freaking great announcer. (quick side bar, his partner was whoa nelly Keith Jackson, forget he used to do hoops) Anyway, it made me remember how good Vitale was before he turned into a caricature of himself and became the loud, obnoxious fuck he is today. As if needed, a point of reference:
http://www.cardchronicle.com/story/2007/1/23/51024/3678
I'd argue against a couple of those but the point is well illustrated. I think it's time to either
A- retire
B- be a FT studio analyst
It's really sad
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It's really sad
"Our staff is going to ensure that anyone who attends this University and wears the Indiana uniform will make this privilege among their highest priorities and not treat the opportunity as an entitlement,'' Crean said in a statement. "We fully expect our student-athletes to accept the responsibilities academically, athletically and socially that come with representing one of the top programs in college basketball history."
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Re: It's really sad
i totally agree. when used to call the Big East and Sun Belt (fucking Sun Belt) conference in the mid 80's.....he was great. we used to skip high school to watch the first 2 days of the tournament back when it was kind of a secret that it was the best sport event ever.Shine wrote: Anyway, it made me remember how good Vitale was before he turned into a caricature of himself and became the loud, obnoxious fuck he is today.
he's cartoon character the last decade.
Re: It's really sad
He gets to do that during the tournament, along with pimp small schools that pull upsets and act like he's been blowing their horn all season when, in fact, he hasn't uttered one fucking word about them between the nonstop ACC slurping.Shine wrote:B- be a FT studio analyst
I will say, as annoying as Vitale is, I would much rather have him doing a caricature of himself than have to listen to that arrogant fuck Billy Packer. He's like a Vitale with negative energy, and it gets exponentially worse during the tournament. Goddamn I hate him.
I haven't listened to a TV broadcast of a championship game since '98, and only because I was at work. Thank God for Westwood One. I know it's kind of a strange concept these days, but at least the radio guys actually call the game.
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it's a crime Packer calls the Final Four.
""On a lonely planet spinning its way toward damnation amid the fear and despair of a broken human race, who is left to fight for all that is good and pure and gets you smashed for under a fiver? Yes, it's the surprising adventures of me, Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar!"
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Vitale devolving into what he is today IS sad.
Billy Packer can suck a horse cock but nothing's changed about that in the last 2 decades.
Billy Packer can suck a horse cock but nothing's changed about that in the last 2 decades.
"Our staff is going to ensure that anyone who attends this University and wears the Indiana uniform will make this privilege among their highest priorities and not treat the opportunity as an entitlement,'' Crean said in a statement. "We fully expect our student-athletes to accept the responsibilities academically, athletically and socially that come with representing one of the top programs in college basketball history."
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If Dick Vitale really loved the game, he’d do what’s best for it and quit. Dude sucks out loud.
Joe in PB wrote: Yeah I'm the dumbass
schmick, speaking about Larry Nassar's pubescent and prepubescent victims wrote: They couldn't even kick that doctors ass
Seems they rather just lay there, get fucked and play victim
Actually, it's Jim Nance who likes to verbally suck Billy Packer's cock during their epic "calls" of tournament games.Shine wrote:Billy Packer can suck a horse cock but nothing's changed about that in the last 2 decades.
I.e., before every KU win in 2003:
This Kansas team just isn't itself, is it, Billy?
or, during North Carolina's run, in 2005:
Is this the type of team Roy Williams has had before, Billy?
Fucking idiocy.
Packer is bad enough, but it's when Nance asks idiotic questions of Packer's uninformed opinions ... hell encourages/gleefully enables Packer to spout off absolute nonsense because Nance is truly a stupid fucking excuse for a "commentator" ... Fuck, it's beyond horrid.