Kansas Crimson

pdub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:27 am Take him over Vitale.

IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:47 am I have never fully understood the Fran dislike. I do to an extent, but I think part of it is being overly sensitive. He's never made me feel like he's "anti-KU", just not as "pro-KU" as some (or as pro-KU as he used to seem before his kid went to a big 12 pho).

Geezer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:34 am Where else can I watch basketball and get Grateful Dead stories?

^These^

I could get by with less warbling, meal mouthed "League of champions" references

Wow, I created a monster!

Bill Walton = Chris Berman

They're both parodies of themselves.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:03 am Bill Walton = Chris Berman

They're both parodies of themselves.

Great comparison.

I could go to the dirt content without ever hearing another "He could...go.."

Jeebus

pdub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:26 am I've muted the TV when Vitale is on.
I haven't for Walton yet.
He's more useless than annoying to me.

ditto.
I can't stand Dickie V.

Hopefully our Bill isn't proposing in that photo!

“His mother was a tennis player casually and socially”

that shit was awesome

He's a KU homer so far.

jfc...walton is just rambling

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:16 pm jfc...walton is just rambling

That's what he does.


I will say, it wasn't as bad as I expected tonight...so I'll give him some credit because I didn't go into the game with a very optimistic outlook of his announcing capabilities.

Mute all the announcers, they're all worthless.

Fran thought Oklahoma should have won the game last night.
"Give Kansas some credit but Oklahoma missed shots - they are going to lament this loss."
Uh, OK Fran, Kansas missed a few shots ( that they'd more commonly make ) too.

He also was loosing his shit about Dedric Lawson and verticality.
What a guy.

I've been skeptical of the Fran criticism....until last night. Maybe I was looking for it more than usual since it was OU....but I noticed it.

It's not like he doesn't say positive things too, because he does....but there was 1 time where they were doing a "behind the play" or whatever the fuck they call it...and it was clear he was supposed to describe the offensive strategy/action/play, but instead he decided to abandon that and just say how KUs defense fucked up.

Imo, except when it's obvious, it's always better for the announcer to stick to positivity instead of negativity. It's better for the viewers from both teams. Say "good job knocking down the open 3" rather than "the defense gave up an open 3"....maybe that's over simplified .

IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:38 am
Imo, except when it's obvious, it's always better for the announcer to stick to positivity instead of negativity. It's better for the viewers from both teams. Say "good job knocking down the open 3" rather than "the defense gave up an open 3"....maybe that's over simplified .

Yup.

This is why I hated Billy Packer, it was the opposite.

I didn't care for him but he was very much a part of CBB.
And he was correct when he said this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZdL9PxKQ8E

pdub wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:42 am I didn't care for him but he was very much a part of CBB.
And he was correct when he said this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZdL9PxKQ8E

and now he is dead ... https://www2.kusports.com/sports/2023/j ... at-age-82/