it was mentioned these guys did a good job. the coach Mark Elfrich (sp?) is the sharpest of the analysts i have heard this season. he knows the game. he also took the time to understand our team - how many guys do that?
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Mark Helfrich, former Oregon coach.it was mentioned these guys did a good job. the coach Mark Elfrich (sp?) is the sharpest of the analysts i have heard this season. he knows the game. he also took the time to understand our team - how many guys do that?
How about him if Moorhead leaves?knows the RPO very well. Unfortunately, or fortunately for our sake it was working so well we didn't get him to critique it for us much.
it was mentioned these guys did a good job. the coach Mark Elfrich (sp?) is the sharpest of the analysts i have heard this season. he knows the game. he also took the time to understand our team - how many guys do that?
I'm curious why they didn't mention in the final quarter that as PSU put 2nd and 3rd team players in on defense and Nebraska continued to attack with its first team. They acted like it was a Nebraska "comeback" and never touched the odd behavior by Coach Riley. I was waiting for one of them to say...gee this is starting to get pretty close....I wonder if Coach Franklin and Coach Pry may have to return some starters. I get it that announcers need to make a yawner exciting to keep viewers, but I thought they might reference it.
Thought it was strange that the announcers made no mention that Brandon Polk was back to return kicks and not Barkley. The fact that the spotlight player who has returned kicks all year isn't returning kicks in this game warranted a comment from the announcers.
It's because they don't know PSU, probably never watched PSU, and it's highly doubtful they even knew who the kickoff returner was most of the year.
I think overall Fox and FS1 are much better than ESPN, ABC or BTN. The crew that did our game Saturday vs. Nebraska was excellent. And the #1 crew for FoxSports who did our game vs. Wiscy last year and vs. OSU this year were also excellent.
The crews on Fox come off that they have no agenda. They are informative, they do the game, and bets of all unlike the guys at ESPN they do not have an agenda.
Somebody tell Joe Klatt that. I thought he had money on OSU the way he acted during our game with them.
I thought Klatt was fine in the title game last year but he sucked in the game this year.
I've never been a fan of Gus Johnson. To theatrical for me.
Well, I sort of get that, but really hard for me to believe that they didn't know that Barkley was our kick returner, especially since he's returned 2 for TDs. Wouldn't take a lot of research to find out that the star player for one of the teams was the regular kick returner.
But does it really surprise you? They said over and over during the game that it was the first time they were ever at Beaver Stadium.
I was joined in watching this game with a casual - but astute - fan.
Her comment, within the first few minutes of watching: "Who is broadcasting this game? They are not incredibly annoying, unlike the usual broadcasters."
That was the second time she shared a comment like that. The first time was the OSU-PSU game broadcast.
No coincidence - neither was being broadcast by the ESPN/ABC/BTN clown posse.
The ESPN/ABC crews, and most of the BTN crews, IMO - can make the ears bleed, of any 1/2 way intelligent viewer (and Herbstreit/Fowler ought to come with their own mandatory OSHA warning labels).
Incredible difference between any of them, and even the "B" or "C" crews of FOX or CBS.
I think I alluded to that in my last sentence. I didn't say they should make it the entire tone or theme of the final quarter. My post was to call attention to something unusual that was occurring and not even given a passing reference.The announcers are employees of the network. A network generates revenue in large part due to ratings. The announcers can not say "Well, good night, this game is over. Penn State has in all the 3rd and 4th stringers. Nebraska has no chance....". They do that and they might as well tell people to grab their remotes and turn on ESPN.
I've never been a fan of Gus Johnson. To theatrical for me.
Agree 100%. I don't care for his style at all. That guy annoys me more than any CF play-by-play announcer with his ridiculously exaggerated calls. I did like Helfrich.