Most Hated Announcers
by #23 on Apr 16, 2009 12:20 PM CDT
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So reading through the John Madden retiring thread was pretty hilarious. I hate John Madden, I love John Madden, I hate Cris Collinsworth, I love Cris Colinsworth, and so on. It got me thinking, who was the most annoying announcer on TV. Who do you hate the most to listen to?
Here is a small list of football announcers to choose. Tell us who you voted for and why you hate them. Also feel free to debate with others about their picks.
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Really? I'll add him to the list, but I think he is pretty solid and doesn't have a ton of haters.
He is like a Costas. I couldn’t imagine him having tons of people that hate him. A few, but not many.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 16, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Totally
I totally hate Buck and Costas.
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.- Mike Ditka
by Hurricanes becoming Bears on Apr 17, 2009 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for playing better luck next time
Buck is one of the few announcers that can actually cover multiple sports and not be mediocre at either.
He actually makes Aikmen tollerable, so obviously he’s pretty damn good!!!!
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 16, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buck and Aikman and Michaels and Jaws are my favorite in football
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 17, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
he is a pompous assclown…
by tfrabotta on Apr 16, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
That is EXACTLY what I was about to type
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay
by JerBear50 on Apr 17, 2009 3:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
Even his friggin name makes me grind my teeth.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 17, 2009 7:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me personally I have to go with Phil Simms
The guy is a know it all who says the wrong thing all the time. He consistently doesn’’t know the rules. Misdiagnosis what just happened. He is guessing like crazy and says it like it is Gospel. If you are wrong, fine, but if you are going to act like a know it all, you need to be right more than not. Oh and he’s arrogant.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 16, 2009 12:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tony Kornheiser
He adds nothing. We could put any one of us in his spot and have better commentary than what he brings.
I'M A MAN! I'M 22!
by ChiFan13 on Apr 16, 2009 12:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I remember the monday nighter
carolina vs. tampa. Jake Delhomme throws a pass to Dwayne Jarrett. Kornheiser then say “I guess you can say, He went to Jarrett?” I swear, I wanted to punch him right in the mouth for his stupidity. Every time i watch MNF, Tirico and Jaworski look like they wanna tie him up and gag him.
I especially remember him in soldier field Bitching about how cold it was huging himself like he’s about to catch hypothermia. what a spaz.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 16, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on man
While Kornheiser can get annoying at times, he’s funny(to me at least) and off the wall.
"The phone's for you, I think it's the Devil."
by Acreman20 on Apr 16, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love him on PTI, but his humor doesn't translate into the flow of a game.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 17, 2009 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great post #23.
Tony K, ftw!
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by Dane Noble on Apr 16, 2009 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't like Collinsworth either,
but not because he doesn’t know what he is talking about. He has just gotten very arrogant over the last few years. Nothing like the first few years when he was fun to listen to. It’s like he established his credibility, then turned into a pompous a-hole.
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by Dane Noble on Apr 16, 2009 12:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.
by Haightminow on Apr 16, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bryant Gumble
Clap, Clap….Clap Clap Clap!!!
This was by far the worst experiment that the NFL Network could have done.
Not only did he fumble through the broadcasts, but he didn’t know the players(and I don’t mean the 3rd string waterboy).
He was way too highbrow, elitist, and condesending, and that was on his good games.
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by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 16, 2009 1:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who?
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by Dane Noble on Apr 16, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BG from The today show and his show on HBO
He was the original announcer for the NFL Network’s games.
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by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 16, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greg Gumbels brother
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 16, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly...but
Greg is the one that works for CBS….and doesn’t suck,
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by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 16, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lol...
I guess it would have helped if I had read your subject line. :)
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by Dane Noble on Apr 16, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought about him, but I thought he was done so I left him off.
He was absolutely horrible! It was embarrassing to hear him talk.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 17, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Collinsworth annoys me
If were going announcers from other sports I’d give this award to Billy Packer.
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on Apr 16, 2009 2:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I forgot my most hated guy ever
Brent Musburger. I swear if Al-Qaeda fielded a football team and were winning a game, he’d root for them.
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by ChiFan13 on Apr 16, 2009 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
WRECKED THAT SH*T
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on Apr 16, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, ChiFan you and I see eye to eye on a lot of things
But this is not one of them. I love Musberger. I think he’s awesome. He’s good, always stays on the game, knowledgeable. I like him.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he wouldn't bug me so much
if I didn’t have to listen to him so much last year. During the OU – Texas game, Musburger loved OU in the first half, then switched his tune at halftime and had a major crush on Texas. I mean, I could care less if someone is rooting for a team to win, but fer God’s sake, keep it consistent.
I'M A MAN! I'M 22!
by ChiFan13 on Apr 16, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Lavin
Anybody think he’s Mel Kipers son?
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on Apr 16, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
the question was for football announcers....
steve lavin is college basketball and he’s still not as bad as dickie V or Digger Phelps.
by aznsensation on Apr 17, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tony K and Jow Buck
They both suck, I can’t stand Buck I think he’s an idiot and he just annoys me.
TONY K. I like him on PTI but once he’s in the MNF booth, NOPE. He just rambles on and tries too hard to make everything dramatic or funny. I have hated him especially since our famous MNF game against AZ in ‘06. The entire first half he is just trashing us as an overrated team who sucks and didn’t deserve any credit and the Cards as the greatest team to ever take a field and they were on their way and Leinhart was Gods gift to the NFL, etc. Then as soon as the tide turned and we were coming back he’s acting like Urlacher is God’s gift to the world and that Leinhart is a USC castoff terrible player and that this should have been expected all along.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OH GOD I CAN'T FRIGGIN STAND JOE BUCK!!
he has the most monotonous voice on the f***in planet. I swear, He makes watching football feel like watching badmitton. I wanna hang myself after watching a cowboys game or the world series.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 16, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
He single-handidly RUINED the greatest play in Super Bowl history w/ that voice. He should have been going NUTS when Tyree made The Helmet Catch in XLII but his lame voice made it sound like the 3rd hole on day 1 at a golf tournament.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eli Manning drops back... Looks like he isn't down... throws it.. and a first down
all monotone and seemed like he didnt care.
At that moment I put a hit out on him.
by wennington4 on Apr 18, 2009 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gus Johnson would have been THE MAN for that play
I could see him losing control of his bowels from screaming so much during that play
by wennington4 on Apr 18, 2009 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you WisBearsFan34
I wondered when someone would say Bryant, I remember that Cowboys game he called…ugh….
My votes gotta go to Collinsworth though. I liked him on Fox…but lately I realized that you can play a drinking game when Collinsworth calls the game, every time he references his career, you take a shot…its roughly the equivalent of a Power Hour…hahaha
(Asshole Sr) "If you learn one thing here, NEVER pass out in Ohio."
by ThorCo on Apr 16, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Your are quite welcome
But you are still wrong Grumble is still worse than Collinsworth, even though his tenure was much shorter.
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 16, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vagesarian.
Only b/c I didn’t see the “football announcer” part. I voted Other originally because I can’t stand Dewayne Staats, the Tampa Bay Rays announcer. But Vagesarian works for MLBN now, so no more football.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 16, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dick Stockton
Because when it comes to sports, we die harder than Bruce Willis.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 16, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dan Dierdorf is by far the worst...
He contradicts his own contradictions!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lucky for me I live in STL and get to hear him even more…someone shoot me!
by LostInSTL on Apr 16, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theisman
I literally wanted to reach through my TV and strangle him myself. He had that whiny voice and insisted on arguing with everything Mike Patrick and Paul Maguire said. I am not a big fan of Madden either because he either talks about stupid shit or states the obvious.
by sheepskinz1 on Apr 16, 2009 8:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ugh ESPN Sunday Night Football
I nominate them for the Worst Broadcast Crew of All-Time. I hated Theisman and Maguire and Mike Patrick didn’t do much for me. They were also bad about swinging with the tides, I remember during the game against the Falcons in 2005 they went on and on about how the game would be no different if Grossman was playing over Orton and then when Grossman came in in the second half and we started scoring they were ranting about how great he was and it was just what the Bears needed.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda like Paul Maguire.
In my opinion, he was the one who made it tolerable.
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by Dane Noble on Apr 16, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh MAN! I remember that game!
I Marked that one on my calender from preseason. Urlacher made Vick his little BITCH!
Hahahaha!!! I hate Vick.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 16, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know!!!
That was why I always felt good playing the Falcons w/ Vick b/c our game plan was “Number #54, just spy #7 and shadow him and make him your bitch.” I am pretty sure that Vick never won against the Bears but I guess I don’t know that for sure.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was one of the most exciting games of the year.
Our defense was impenetrable!
Kick it to me... I'm open!
by #23 on Apr 17, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Theisman
is hated by me just about as much as Joe Morgan on the baseball side of things.
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. "---George S. Halas
by Halas is God!!!!! on Apr 16, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Joe Morgan
I’m a little surprised how many announcers I realized I hate while reading this post.
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.- Mike Ditka
by Hurricanes becoming Bears on Apr 17, 2009 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it weren't for Tony K
Tricio and Jaws would be my vote for best broadcast crew.
by GallopingGhost on Apr 16, 2009 9:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love Trirco
But Jaws is irritating. That little smirky “heh” of his.
In fact other than Tirico and the ESPN camera angles, I probably wouldn’t watch MNF at all. Well, unless the Bears are on.
Because when it comes to sports, we die harder than Bruce Willis.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 16, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tirico
reminds me of a black hobbit. And a ball of fire.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 16, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL I just saw this
Because when it comes to sports, we die harder than Bruce Willis.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 17, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Berman
if you haven’t already, see him go all Christian Bale here-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLG_LtWhj4
Caution Explicit Language
by weasel27 on Apr 17, 2009 1:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was awesome!
Berman jumped up a couple notches in my book for that one. Hilarious.
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.- Mike Ditka
by Hurricanes becoming Bears on Apr 17, 2009 1:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's almost no one
on ESPN that is tolerable IMO. I actually heard someone today suggest Mike Golec as Madden’s replacement. He’s not quite as bad on his own, but the M&M morning show is awful.
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay
by JerBear50 on Apr 17, 2009 3:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Berman, The Swami, is the best, period.
Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.
by Haightminow on Apr 17, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does College basketball count?
Cause Dick Vitale is in my opinion the most annoying human being on this planet.
by Chitownproduct on Apr 17, 2009 2:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hell NAW!!
THE DUKIES!!!! THE SALUKIES!!!!
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 17, 2009 7:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA!
It took me like two minutes to get it
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 17, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Google is your friend
Alt 236 ∞ Infinity
Because when it comes to sports, we die harder than Bruce Willis.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 18, 2009 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh.
True. Got to learn to research thing my self. Stupid laptop keyboard.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 18, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ughh, Jerry Glanville
He’s not on much any more thank god, but he used to drive me out of my mind.
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay
by JerBear50 on Apr 17, 2009 4:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's coaching a small college team up here in Portland...
Portland State University. Before that, he was D Coord. at Hawaii working for his former Falcon D Coord June Jones. But he came to PSU in 2007…
A lot of folks don’t like Glanville, but I have had the pleasure of sitting down with him a few times, and I can tell you that the man knows his business. He is a great football mind, and one of the nicest, most genuine people I have ever been around.
Regardless, he was quite a character on tv, and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way… so I understand your sentiment.
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by Dane Noble on Apr 17, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's an Ass!
if it wasn’t for him, Brett Favre would’ve been pumping gas.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 17, 2009 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fox sports
I despise any announcers on Fox; they’re all worthless, biased, arrogant group of son’s of b*!%*#!!!
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
by propheteer on Apr 17, 2009 5:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you by any chance work for CBS, ABC, or NBC?
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 17, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or Disney :)
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by Dane Noble on Apr 18, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY!
How’d you know I worked for Disney?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 18, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish
If I had a chance to work for anyone, it would be as far away from Fox and ESPN or affiliates.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
by propheteer on Apr 18, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a reason I watch sports on mute 80% of the time
Madden, Michaels, Korheiser, Buck, Gumbel, Aikmen can all go out to pasture please
Chicago announcers I wish would be cast into Azkaban:
Ron Santo (Sorry, but he contributes nothing to a broadcast)
Ken harrelson- so much better with DJ. unintentionally hilarious.
Neil and Stacey
Bob “Manager of the 2001 World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks” Brenly
and Mike North
by wennington4 on Apr 18, 2009 1:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I also have to add
all announcers who insist on making horrible puns about peoples names. Like they’re the first one to come up with it. It always irritated me, but after the last few years of Cadillac Williams car-related puns, my hatred has grown to a new level. Not a broadcast goes by that someone doesn’t throw out a “the Cadillac is out of the garage and running” or " that Cadillac’s in 5th gear today."
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay
by JerBear50 on Apr 18, 2009 4:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you must loathe chris berman
i know i do
by aznsensation on Apr 18, 2009 6:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eric "sleeping with" Bienemy
was always my favorite Bermanism, but certainly he takes it to an all-time annoying level.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
by propheteer on Apr 18, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
announcers
sometimes its better pressing the mute button and turning the radio uo
by stepeo on Apr 19, 2009 2:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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