From: mbs@zycor.lgc.com (Matt Shostak)
Subject: Re: MNF announcers
Organization: Landmark/Zycor   Austin, Texas
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:51:24 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.152817.12544@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> q2dt@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Turner) writes:
>
>	I'm seriously sick of Dan, Frank and Al's obvious jump-on-the 
>bandwagon, cheer for-whoever's-winning, biased coverage on MNF.  These
>guys spend more time orgasming over the winning team (especially when it is 
>serious contender like the Eagles) than they do calling and analysing the game.
>Randall Cuningham scores -- two orgasms; another Aikman interception -- three
>more for the Philly defense; Hershall Walker scores a second touchdown -- six 
>orgasms: "he has made both teams better!"  Come on guys: you can't simply 
>declare that a certain team will win the Super Bowl 89-0 in October.  Perhaps
>you might let the fans decide who they think are the good teams or -- God 
>forbid -- maybe even let the teams decide on the field.  Either way, I wish 
>they would show a little professionalism and just call the damn game.  It was 
>my impression that there were stretches in the fourth quarter when none of them
>even mentioned what was happening on the field.  

     I have to agree that those announcers are jokes.  Bad announcers are one
of my pet peeves and there seems to be an overabundance of them in televised
sports, particularly football.  Al Michaels dominates the coverage, which
is only made less annoying because his two cohorts totally suck.  Dan Dierdork
really sucks.  Come on, a guy who was known as a dirty player trying to
convince us that Ken Norton gave Cunningham a late hit out of bounds?  I
could see clearly that there was no such justification before I even saw the
replay, but Dan needed to see it three or four times before he calmed down.
Gifford?  Give me a break.  
     It detracts from the enjoyment of the game when announcers jump on the 
winning team's bandwagon.  They love hyperbole.  At one time, I think one
of them mentioned that Cunningham is one of the all-time great QBs or some
such thing.  Fer cryin' out loud!  I like him, and he truly has done some
amazing things, but let's give him a few more years before we canonize him,
huh?  I mean, it got bad enough with Montana, and he had 4 titles to his
credit.  The part about Herschel making both teams better was really 
ridiculous.  How many games has he had as an Eagle?  Getting rid of him
certainly made Dallas better, but the jury's still out on the Philadelphia
part.  And even if they're right, do they have to tell us 20 times?
     Well at least MNF doesn't have those dorky sideline reporters who
interview someone's mom on the sidelines, like college games do.  And it
could be much worse.  They could have Brent "Every game is the game of the
century" Musburger.
     By the way,  I don't particularly care one way or the other about
either Dallas or Philadelphia, so this is not sour grapes from a Dallas fan.


-- 
Matthew B. Shostak              Landmark/Zycor
mbs@zycor.lgc.com               (512) 282-6699
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
From: keithg@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Keith Glasson)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 11:00:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Bring on the Mammals (was Bring on the FISH)
Organization: work