After last weekend’s Pac-12 cluster I didn’t know if any announcing crew could top what that trio barfed all over my television screen but this week’s group took awful announcing to unequivocally new heights.
Here’s a collection of jewels from Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger, and the legendary Jim Knox (see video at bottom of post).
Meyers after Baldinger suggested the refs review an OSU TD late in the third quarter: “do you reaaaaally want a review?” [silence for 10 seconds].
Meyers: “their rivalry with OU, I mean the Civil War is really great these days.” You’re about 1,900 miles east of the Civil War, bro.
Meyers or Baldinger (I don’t remember): “OSU is SUCH a tradition-rich football school.” All-time record: 533-524-47 (.504 winning percentage).
Meyers or Baldinger (it really doesn’t matter): “Dez Bryant……Justin Blackmon……and Blake Jackson!!!” After Jackson’s first career college touchdown reception.
Baldinger: “Walsh throws the ball better than almost any guy I’ve seen this year.” Was this his first game? First college game at least?
Meyers: “Good tackle by Lavocheiarhaoda.”
Baldinger: “What was that?”
Meyers: “Lavocheyslada.”
He meant “Lavocheya.”
Everybody together now: “la-VOTCH-ee-yay” (that’s why you get a media guide, Joel).
In his defense, typing the name “Lavocheya” has put multiple OSU message boarders in the hospital.
Their magnum opus was openly wondering if J.W. Walsh was an upgrade from Wes Lunt (defensible, I guess) and maybe even Brandon Weeden: “he’s just SO athletic, he does so many things those other two guys don’t do.” Uh, ok.
All in all I absolutely loved these guys, endless posts for me and unintentional comedy for you. Everybody wins. Except Lunt’s knee.
Thanks for that healthy laugh…I missed the Lavocheya episode, or maybe I was already tuning them out.
Yeah, after the PAC-12 announcing fiasco, I swore I would never again complain about another set of announcers. But I’ve been sorely tempted. I admit I had to rewind the T.V. four times to figure out that they meant “Bedlam” when they were discussing the “Civil War.” (Thank goodness for digital!) And the hyperbole involving both Jackson and Walsh… yeesh. Let’s save it for the Texas game, okay?
And the Jim Knox video was priceless.
Actually Kyle, when Meyers asked if they “Reaaally want a review?” it was after a LaLaff touchdown, so it made a little more sense, as overturning the touchdown call would really be pointless in determining the outcome of the game. But yeah, it was horrible. You missed:
The word “Moxie” used about 15 times.
And…
“That throw looked like a wounded bald mallard.”
Can we just say “wounded duck?” Is that so hard? I don’t even know what a bald mallard is, and frankly, I don’t even think it exists. There were several other instances where he took a common saying and stretched it out to something ridiculous just to sound original.
And just the fact that they were ready to give J-Dub the heisman was pretty over the top.
But they were still better than the horrendous-beyond-words-to-describe Pac12 crew.
Does your whole website consist of ripping off material from other sports blogs?