Favorite announcers

[Bretsky]

I miss Inside the NFL. I don't get to see it anymore now that they've moved it from HBO to Showtime. That one was always fun to watch.

I miss HBO's Inside the NFL

Honestly, Showtimes sucks. They have new guys and are nowhere near as analytical or entertaining as the HBO Crew.

The show is crap now IMO

Get Showtime, you two weasels.

Seriously boys, the show content isn't at the HBO level, but it's still NFL Films footage. It's the show the pros watch to see those great highlights, far superior to anything the networks or NFL's own channel churn out.

Yo

I have showtime

I watched the show twice this year; still think it sucks

NFL Networks coverage is infinitely superior

[KYPack]

OK B-man.

The show is the highlights and they are the best in broadcasting.

You just miss Nick Buoniconti.

Back OT.

Ray Scott was the greatest.

"Now we set the Packers on defense, Aldridge, Jordan, Kostelnic, and Davis up front, Caffey, Nitschke, and Robinson at linebacker, Jeter, Brown, Wood and Adderley in the secondary"

Boom, he'd cover all the players on both teams before the first quarter was over. It took me forever to get the lineup on Sunday.

I was shocked when Ray took that gig with Tampa in '76. He was the last guy that should've had to cover that sorry ass team.

I miss that guy, for sure.

[The Shadow]

From 1973 until they retired - I grew up listening to Jim Irwin and Max McGee. Way down here in mid Illinois I spent my Sundays carrying around my radio - trying to find a place where I could pick up a very weak signal -

Listening to Jim and Max call the game through all the crackling and popping and fading signal made for some fond memories - even though the teams were so crappy

I agree that Jim Erwin and Max McGee were very good radio announcers. Erwin had that enthusiastic, homeristic, glass "half-full" type of outlook.

McGee tended to call things the way he saw them but his humor was second to none. It was entertaining just to listen to his commentary.

I thought Erwin & McGee were dreadful. It was a happy day for me when Wayne came on board.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Vern Lunquist is probably my favorite right now. As for of all time, it has to be John Ward, voice of the vols. The I doubt a lot of people have heard him, he retired in 1998.

[Badgerinmaine]

I'm glad to see so much love in here for Ray Scott. I thought most in here wouldn't even be old enough to remember him. Lindsey Nelson was good back in the day also.

And his jackets were good and loud.



He was very good, actually. Ray Scott was good, if a touch bland (other than the dramatic moments one hears on tape of big highlights). I'd prefere Jim Irwin to him or to Wayne Larrivee. I do like the old school announcers that were relatively relaxed and let the game flow to them. Nelson was good at that. Enberg is now. I don't have much patience for Joe Buck or Al Michaels; they're smart, but feel the need to hit you over the head with it, not unlike Tim McCarver broadcasting baseball. They both just plain rub me the wrong way. I like some of the old lineman type broadcasters as color men, esp. Dan Dierdorf (though Tony Siragusa is just babbling half the time). Larry McCarren is good in that way also.

[Badgerinmaine]

Ray Scott was the greatest.

"Now we set the Packers on defense, Aldridge, Jordan, Kostelnic, and Davis up front, Caffey, Nitschke, and Robinson at linebacker, Jeter, Brown, Wood and Adderley in the secondary"

Boom, he'd cover all the players on both teams before the first quarter was over. It took me forever to get the lineup on Sunday.

I was shocked when Ray took that gig with Tampa in '76. He was the last guy that should've had to cover that sorry ass team.

Didn't he broadcast the Vikings for a while, too?

[Packerarcher]

Jim and Max nuff said.

[Fritz]

I'm glad to see so much love in here for Ray Scott. I thought most in here wouldn't even be old enough to remember him. Lindsey Nelson was good back in the day also.

And his jackets were good and loud.



He was very good, actually. Ray Scott was good, if a touch bland (other than the dramatic moments one hears on tape of big highlights). I'd prefere Jim Irwin to him or to Wayne Larrivee. I do like the old school announcers that were relatively relaxed and let the game flow to them. Nelson was good at that. Enberg is now. I don't have much patience for Joe Buck or Al Michaels; they're smart, but feel the need to hit you over the head with it, not unlike Tim McCarver broadcasting baseball. They both just plain rub me the wrong way. I like some of the old lineman type broadcasters as color men, esp. Dan Dierdorf (though Tony Siragusa is just babbling half the time). Larry McCarren is good in that way also.

Badger, you speak truth to powere here, man. You've nailed the whole announcer scene and how its changed for the worse.

By the way, on that old Ray Nitschke footage - how I miss the old end zones painted in diamonds.

[MJZiggy]

The diamonds are better than the stripes?

[sheepshead]

Its Jim Irwin by the way. I dont have showtime either. I watched inside the NFL for years, since the early 90's. great show. I really miss it.

[Fritz]

The stripes were also cool. Definitely.

[MJZiggy]

They are using the stripes now. The Packers are old school.

[sheepshead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HOZg5kHA9s

Madden Favre?

[RashanGary]

Good Thread by the way.

(oh my )

Haha. Of all of the football topics on this site you usually just pop in to insult someone or bitch about the irrelevancy of hte topic. Now we start talking about these vein, self absorbed announcers who's job is to "talk about the sport" not acctually compete in it and you're in heaven.

I think we found your thing, sheep. Maybe you should spend your time at a journelists forum. YOu're passion obvioulsy lies far from football. Note to you: your shitty insults and attitude toward people who talk about their passion here won't be missed.

[sheepshead]

Good Thread by the way.

(oh my )

Haha. Of all of the football topics on this site you usually just pop in to insult someone or bitch about the irrelevancy of hte topic. Now we start talking about these vein, self absorbed announcers who's job is to "talk about the sport" not acctually compete in it and you're in heaven.

I think we found your thing, sheep. Maybe you should spend your time at a journelists forum. YOu're passion obvioulsy lies far from football. Note to you: your shitty insults and attitude toward people who talk about their passion here won't be missed.

You'd have more impact if you had the grammar, spelling and sentence structure to rival a 6th grader. Otherwise, this just looks like somebody is a little thin skinned when their ideas come into question.