rec.sport.football.college

Jon Enslin wrote:
> On Oct 8, 8:20 am, Jon Enslin wrote:
>> On Oct 8, 8:15 am, mianderson wrote:
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>>> On Oct 8, 9:02 am, Jon Enslin wrote:
>>>> On Oct 8, 7:57 am, mianderson wrote:
>>>>> On Oct 8, 8:43 am, Jon Enslin wrote:
>>>>>> I've been up for four hours and it's not even 8:00 AM.
>>>>>> It'll be a long day.
>>>>>> Jon
>>>>> Eventually the packers are going to have to run something besides the
>>>>> slant......the bears are shorthanded because vasher is still out(so
>>>>> manning has to play corner when he's not ready for that yet), but
>>>>> teams are going to get used to it eventually especially when you can't
>>>>> run the ball.
>>>>> OTOH, they're 4-1 now and still have 2 games against the lions and 1
>>>>> more against the vikings(at home). Figure 2-1 at worst in those.
>>>>> That means you only have to go 4-4 over the other 8 to get to 10-6 and
>>>>> a likely playoff spot(or hell in that division 9-7 might win the
>>>>> division outright).
>>>> There were a number of things that drove me crazy about that game:
>>>> 1.- The turnovers...obviously. It could have been 21-0 after the
>>>> first quarter and that game would have been over.
>>> well it's always hard to assume td's(especially on the third int), but
>>> they def. hurt.
>>> Favre's int to urlacher was a tremendous blow obviously in the second
>>> half. At that point I really felt the packers were still in total
>>> control of the game....and then all of a sudden they give up a td pass
>>> the next play and it's anyones game again.
>>>> 2.- Conservative play calling. They were playing so conservatively on
>>>> offense in the second half after a real explosive first half. It was
>>>> like they were running out the clock. I think the real key play, and
>>>> Madden picked up on it
>>> Madden was surprisingly decent last night. I don't know if he decided
>>> to put a little more effort into this as opposed to phoning it in like
>>> he's been doing the last decade or so, but he actually said a few
>>> things throughout the game that were less than obvious and actually
>>> contributory....I don't expect it to last but it was refreshing at
>>> least.
>> I actually noticed last year that he has been better since coming to
>> NBC. I think he either has been told to calm down, or maybe ABC / FOX
>> wanted him to ham it up more. I remember in the 80s there really was
>> no one better because he knows his stuff, and can be real funny, but
>> the ESPNesque schtick just got to be too much to deal with.
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> BTW, as an example, you don't see him goofing around with the "coaches
> clicker" or the "drawing machine" that much anymore. He mostly just
> talks.

The telestrator in itself wasn't bad. I think it helped him explain what
he was talking about. But everything it else really did feel like Fox
and ABC/ESPN were making him be over-the-top.

And NBC has always been a lighter touch with broadcasting. With the
exception of the Olympics, they treat sports like it's a news event, not
like it's The Grand Spectacle that needs Animated Robots or Tony Kornheiser.

dw