No more 6-legged turkeys? Madden retires

[MadScientist]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/04/16/madden.ap/index.html?eref=T1

So who's going to overuse the telestrator now?

[Fritz]

As a friend of mine noted, this must mean that Brett Favre really is retired this time.

[cpk1994]

I swear to god, if Cris Collinsworth is chosen to replace Madden, I will shoot someone.

[mraynrand]

I thought he already retired. More evidence that he is following Favre's lead?

Boom! Doink!

John Madden: "Hey Pat, do you know what flows in the Bay of Green Bay?"
Pat Summerall: "Water"
John Madden: "Yeah, I know that, but I meant the Fox river."

John Madden: "Hey Pat, ya know what's so great about Emmitt Smith? He looks for that opening, he's patient, and when the hole opens up, he just hits it in there - BAM - no hesitation. He knows how to get to that hole."
Pat Summerall: "Yes indeed, he finds the hole."

John Madden: "Hey Pat, that Brett Favre, ya know I think he just has fun out there, like a little kid playing football with his buddies in a muddy field on the weekend. There's a lot of the little kid in that Brett Favre. Whoa, look at the sweat coming down Nate Newton's pants. That's a lot of sweat there, all the way down to his knees."
Pat Summerall: "It's 40-30 here at the USTA tennis center in Flushing Meadows, New York"

[Deputy Nutz]

Hollly Ho fat man.

Why don't they just replace him with Frank Calendo? No one will know the difference.

[Gunakor]

Hollly Ho fat man.

Why don't they just replace him with Frank Calendo? No one will know the difference.

I don't think Caliendo has quite the knack that Madden had for pointing out the blatantly obvious and making everyone else feel smarter than he is. But I could be wrong.

[CaptainKickass]

Examples of the over-obvious "Madden-Ism's"


“That Brett Favre…He is a football player….And this is a GAME!”

“When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.” but that is what makes it fun!

"Football is a game of field position. If your moving forward and not backward then you're probably doing pretty good."

“You see….In order to score points in football, you hafta get the ball into the end zone. And to do that, you hafta either run the ball …or pass the ball.”

"at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win."


This part sux:

I kinda knew this would happen: “Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden” but after he made his voiceover debut in Madden NFL09 – I like him much less.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9462768

[cpk1994]

This means no more Turducken.

[LL2]

A lot of people rip on Madden but for some reason I always liked him. Most talking heads are over rated anyways.

[Joemailman]

I swear to god, if Cris Collinsworth is chosen to replace Madden, I will shoot someone.

Lock and load. It's Collinsworth.

[mraynrand]

Collinsworth is a two-legged turkey. Can't NBC do any better?

[DonHutson]

As a friend of mine noted, this must mean that Brett Favre really is retired this time.

Or does it? Am I the only one thinking that Favre got a phone call from NBC today?

Not saying he'd be interested. Not saying they'd give it to him without an audition. Just saying...

[cpk1994]

I swear to god, if Cris Collinsworth is chosen to replace Madden, I will shoot someone.

Lock and load. It's Collinsworth.

Getting my 12 gauge now...

[cpk1994]

As a friend of mine noted, this must mean that Brett Favre really is retired this time.

Or does it? Am I the only one thinking that Favre got a phone call from NBC today?

Not saying he'd be interested. Not saying they'd give it to him without an audition. Just saying...

Yes. NBC already has its replacement in house, sadly. THey aren't going to waste their time looking elsewhere.

[DonHutson]

As a friend of mine noted, this must mean that Brett Favre really is retired this time.

Or does it? Am I the only one thinking that Favre got a phone call from NBC today?

Not saying he'd be interested. Not saying they'd give it to him without an audition. Just saying...

Yes. NBC already has its replacement in house, sadly. THey aren't going to waste their time looking elsewhere.

I don't know. They've had three man booths before, and Collinsworth clearly lacks pizazz.