WalterWhite Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The Best: Gus Johnson (he can make a 2 yard run so dramatic and awesome) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fPamV6LsV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTV-uUkXTbw The Worst: Chris Collinswoth (he's just an annoying cornball) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkDOGk1-NTA I still think the best duo was the Pat Summerall/John Madden booth duo on Fox in the mid 90's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNgaPmoIsOA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalBrowns Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Jim muthafuckin Donovan bitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 al michaels has lost his mind and just rambles. collinsworth is a dolt. i tell you who i'm really getting pissed at during this cavs run is mike tirico. everything is over-the-top and oh-my-god. i wish he saw something like that albeit it a piece of concrete falling onto his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterWhite Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Jim muthafuckin Donovan bitches Agreed, I completely forgot how good he is with the Browns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterWhite Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Jon Gruden & Joe Buck are also vomit inducing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dste Ace Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I always liked Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson. Cris Collinsworth and Jon Gruden are fucking awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suomi Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier from back in the day. They smoke anybody today. My support of them is probably an unintentional endorsement for alcohol. And I'm OK with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Dawg Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I still think the best duo was the Pat Summerall/John Madden booth duo on Fox in the mid 90's Summerall & Madden were together on CBS in the late '70's throughout the '80's and developed a pretty good chemistry together. IMO, they were the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wargograw Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Everyone is going to hate everyone, so these discussions always kinda suck. I for one like Collinsworth a lot. He sees things others don't see and he's also a big time partner in the PFF operation. I also love ole Gary Danielson because he similarly finds things others don't. I thought Greg McElroy also showed a lot of promise as a rookie calling games last season. He was phenomenal. Can't stand Gus Johnson. He would be awesome on radio, but the schtick is excessive on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Jack Buck, Nev Chandler and Joe Tait were the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal312 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Really miss Sumerall and Madden. They personified football. Gruden is my favorite because he calls out the refs and the unbearable amount of penalties. he always says to "let them play the game" so, yea, Gruden. Chris Collinsworth hates Cleveland and Al Michaels must have Alzheimer's. But Mike Mayock is really good on Thursdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob806 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 I loved Curt Gowdy & Al deRogatis, Pat Summerall & Tom Brookshier for the throwback classic guys. Somebody mentioned Enberg & Olsen- they never put their pom poms down for Elway & Fouts. I always thought they were biased for the western NFL cities. Today's tv play-by-play guys are too much into the hype, but I do like Troy Aikman & Gary Danielson as analysts. Mike Patrick on ESPN might be the best play-by-play guy now. Gib Shanley painted the best picture for me on the radio. Jim Donovan never tells us where the ball is half the time, other than that he's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Timmay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoorta Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 I loved Curt Gowdy & Al deRogatis, Pat Summerall & Tom Brookshier for the throwback classic guys. Somebody mentioned Enberg & Olsen- they never put their pom poms down for Elway & Fouts. I always thought they were biased for the western NFL cities. Today's tv play-by-play guys are too much into the hype, but I do like Troy Aikman & Gary Danielson as analysts. Mike Patrick on ESPN might be the best play-by-play guy now. Gib Shanley painted the best picture for me on the radio. Jim Donovan never tells us where the ball is half the time, other than that he's fine. OMG- I was just going to put up a post voting Gowdy as the WORST of all time- and it's not even close. (Short of Myron Cope- who should have been doing Maypo commercials when Arnold Stang retired) 1\2 the time Curt didn't even know who in the hell was playing and his commentary sucked. I'd vote for Enberg and Olsen as best. And I always enjoyed John Madden's commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gumby73 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Agreed, I completely forgot how good he is with the Browns. If you ever move out of the Buckeye State and listen to these other Hacks on NFL Ticket Browns Football is never the same with no Jim Donovan period.. Ernie Harwell still best ever in all sports.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Timmay!!! Ohhh Nellie!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippinTurtles Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Al Michaels has been solid for decades. No BS, just calls it and will even mix in "forbidden" gambling lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Brokshier & Summerall were the best. Both former players that went straight into the booth and drank their way across the USA ... but no one was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flugel Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 I always liked Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson. Cris Collinsworth and Jon Gruden are fucking awful. Me too w/ Enberg and Olson! One guy that was nauseating was Dan Druff Dierdorf. Every time he'd brag about what he did back when telephones were wall mounted with a circular dial, Boomer's Esia's Son used to piss him off with perfectly timed smart ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Grew up on Jim Graner and Gib Shanley doing Browns games. Since your question didn't limit it to NFL broadcasters you have to include Keith Jackson as a college football announcer.....not so much pro. Another guy's voice associate with college was Lindsay Nelson. Again, back in the day Ray Scott I think did all the Packers games on TV it seemed. Sorry....but Doug Dieken is bad. He may know his stuff, but he is not articulate. Musberger is much better as a play by play guy than he was as a studio host. Gowdy probably was much better as a hunting and fishing announcer Lynn Swann was probably the worst ever....he could seemingly hardly speak English. But, the best duo.....I will go with Z and Summerall/Brookshire. And you know what? When OJ gets out of jail I would like to see him do announcing again.....just for the pure irony/fun/ridiculousness of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dste Ace Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 You can't have a list of worst-ever without mentioning Myron Cope. Dear bleeding Christ. That screeching voice and the most non-objective commentary ever. Perhaps only equaled by the Atlanta Braves broadcasters (Skip Carey, etc.) on the Superstation in the '90's. Incapable of acknowledging a good play by the opposing team while waxing on and on and on over the must mundane and routine plays by the home team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkHole Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 In basketball, the best ever Joe Tate hands down. I like Donovan a lot. Deacon blows. Michaels great. Nev Chandler, Summerall great names from the past. The stark contrast between Bill Hillgrove and Myron Cope made the most entertaining pair ever...the cool, calm, professional play by play of Hillgrove, next to the wicky wacky Cope and his tirades...funny as fuck. In baseball absolutely abhor Tom Hamilton, worst ever...the over the top exuberance, and his "oh the humanity" reactions...its eyeball rolling. The best in baseball.. Vin Skully. Professional, cool, calm, and collected, Skully is the only announcer that can project the excitement of the game to the listener without having an orgasm like Hamilton. That takes skill because its only baseball after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Nev Chandler. Pandemonium palace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Grew up on Jim Graner and Gib Shanley doing Browns games. Since your question didn't limit it to NFL broadcasters you have to include Keith Jackson as a college football announcer.....not so much pro. Another guy's voice associate with college was Lindsay Nelson. Again, back in the day Ray Scott I think did all the Packers games on TV it seemed. Sorry....but Doug Dieken is bad. He may know his stuff, but he is not articulate. Musberger is much better as a play by play guy than he was as a studio host. Gowdy probably was much better as a hunting and fishing announcer Lynn Swann was probably the worst ever....he could seemingly hardly speak English. But, the best duo.....I will go with Z and Summerall/Brookshire. And you know what? When OJ gets out of jail I would like to see him do announcing again.....just for the pure irony/fun/ridiculousness of it. Maybe OJ can do some NASCAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkHole Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 You can't have a list of worst-ever without mentioning Myron Cope. Dear bleeding Christ. That screeching voice and the most non-objective commentary ever. Perhaps only equaled by the Atlanta Braves broadcasters (Skip Carey, etc.) on the Superstation in the '90's. Incapable of acknowledging a good play by the opposing team while waxing on and on and on over the must mundane and routine plays by the home team. Oh you're just mad Cope made fun of the browns a lot lol. Seriously though, when Cope was the lead play by play guy yes, agree, a bit hard to take...but when Hillgrove started doing the play by play, Copes function became to add his 2 cents, like Deacon. Except Deacon is boring, Cope was hilarious, a looney tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiamat63 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Too hard for me to pin down just one guy. I liked Madden, Jackson some of Grudden's stuff even is nice. I will say, if it wasn't for Musberger, the Bucks wouldn't have some of those legendary calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoorta Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 You can't have a list of worst-ever without mentioning Myron Cope. Dear bleeding Christ. That screeching voice and the most non-objective commentary ever. Perhaps only equaled by the Atlanta Braves broadcasters (Skip Carey, etc.) on the Superstation in the '90's. Incapable of acknowledging a good play by the opposing team while waxing on and on and on over the must mundane and routine plays by the home team. ^+1 Oh you're just mad Cope made fun of the browns a lot lol. Seriously though, when Cope was the lead play by play guy yes, agree, a bit hard to take...but when Hillgrove started doing the play by play, Copes function became to add his 2 cents, like Deacon. Except Deacon is boring, Cope was hilarious, a looney tune. Nope, Cope was horrible- except to Steeler Homers. Grating voice, and was pointed out before- homer city. Only surpassed in recent times by Dave Lapham of Bungle radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisky fringo Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 many good one's mentioned. left out was Bernie for preseason...i can take most nowadays. i am happy with Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots for professional weekly Browns calls on the tube. when we get them, i prefer them to dealing w the delay from radio to tv to have Jimmy D. two I abhor are Dan fucking Dickdorf and Phuck Sucks...i mean Phil Simms. horribly biased, i will take no sound over either of those assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Everyone is going to hate everyone, so these discussions always kinda suck. I for one like Collinsworth a lot. Agree on both counts... I liked Summerall and Brookshire. Madden got old really fast. My all-time favs... Lead announcer: Keith Jackson. Bob Griese and Pat Haden were two of his better sidekicks. Have to give Ken Coleman an honorable mention for his Browns work in the 60's. Color: Alex Karras... short on analysis, but long on humor. His brief stint on MNF was memorable if for no other reason than his "Otis Sistrunk: University of Mars" comment. As for today... Lead: Mike Patrick - loved his early SNF work with ESPN. Really good at baiting Theismann... Color-wise: I don't think anyone comes close to Herbie these days. Best pair? Lundquist and Danielson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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