According to Hoops.
heard that as well... time for DJO to "rise and fire"
COOOOOLLLLD BLOODED!!!!
Sweet!! Went to high school with Gus - great guy.
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2011, 11:49:47 PM
Sweet!! Went to high school with Gus - great guy.
Was he as loud and animated as he is now?
Gus is the best, Len Elmore is the worse. Maybe Gus will just talk the whole time.
The greatest man in sports
Your Gus Johnson primer for the week...
http://www.gusjohnsongetsbuckets.com/
Great, look forward to watching that game on MUTE. Unfortunately that screaming moron didn't stroke out during the UWash-Arizona final. So sick of his shtick.
Awesome!
Gus Johnson is by far the best college B-ball announcer on television!
He was also the best Washington Bullet ever, and recent inductee to the BB hall of fame.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on March 13, 2011, 11:54:46 PM
Was he as loud and animated as he is now?
Gus was a great athlete (football, basketball, baseball) and was a pretty popular guy who always had a good story to tell. I was two years behind him but we both played baseball - he was a big prankster and was a lot of fun to be around. He went to Howard on an athletic scholarship.
BATISTAA WITH THE CAAAAAATTCH!!
Jimmy F*ucking Butler...I...GET...BUCKETS!
I also went to Gus's HS unfortunately many years before Gus. Norm i am assuming you went to University of Detroit HS like myself.
Quote from: sailwi on March 14, 2011, 09:08:10 PM
I also went to Gus's HS unfortunately many years before Gus. Norm i am assuming you went to University of Detroit HS like myself.
Yep, class of '87. Go Cubs!
Dan Patrick called him the best announcer in sports today. He is awesome.
I'm always pumped for the tourney, but this makes me like, 3x as pumped.
Great article about Gus in the New York Times.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/sports/ncaabasketball/15gus.xml
Seems only appropriate
A couple of MU games in here
http://www.youtube.com/v/zB2KOhEceNM
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 15, 2011, 01:05:09 AM
Seems only appropriate
A couple of MU games in here
http://www.youtube.com/v/zB2KOhEceNM
That's impeccable timing by you because i was going to post the same video.
My favorite Gus call ever is the one with Morrison hitting that jumper to beat OK St. at about the 2 minute mark of this youtube clip. The absolute joy that Gus and Raftery obviously had to be able to be calling a great basketball game like that was came oozing through the TV.
I understand that not everyone is going to like his style of announcing, but i'm sure glad to be in the camp that does like Gus because he's the only announcer that makes me look more forward to a sporting event simply because he's calling it.
Do you think Morrison meant to bank that shot?
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 15, 2011, 09:38:21 AM
Do you think Morrison meant to bank that shot?
Not at all. That shot faded right the whole way. It was shot straight at the hoop and he somehow missed badly enough to hit the glass perfectly.
I know it's painful to watch because of the way we ended our season with the real UW last year, but his call of Young Zeke hitting that jumper in OT to win the Pac-10 championship was just awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGP6nBiub8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGP6nBiub8&feature=related)
That Burke dunk was awesome. Truly a shame we lost that one.
Quote from: GoPanthers33 on March 14, 2011, 07:55:28 AM
Awesome!
Gus Johnson is by far the best college B-ball announcer on television!
Sean McDonough
I wont miss Billy Packer, even as he ripped the coverage lineup for this years tourney. See:
...."Okay, now for why Barkley is mad: Packer, in an interview with USA Today's Michael Hiestand, criticized the new television format for the NCAA tournament. Instead of being shown solely on CBS this year, the tourney will be shown on CBS and three Turner-owned networks, and NBA announcers will be used to call the games. Packer fears that using NBA announcers (like, say, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith) will bring down the quality of the telecast. ..."
I will miss Jay Bilas, and Bob Knight not doing color, in game.
Will we see older guys like Vern Lundquist, or Dick Enberg (assuming they're alive-lol).
Is the announcer/color lineup available by link? Ill be flipping channels, and to me, announcers matter.
As long as were on the topic of announcers: this one has been chapping my ass for awhile.....
Does anyone here actually enjoy Raftery and his announcing/jokes/incoherent screams?
Personally I cannot stand him, maybe i just dont get his humor....
Sorry to scoop community for being my venting source...
Quote from: g0warriors1 on May 06, 2011, 03:05:08 PM
As long as were on the topic of announcers: this one has been chapping my ass for awhile.....
Does anyone here actually enjoy Raftery and his announcing/jokes/incoherent screams?
Personally I cannot stand him, maybe i just dont get his humor....
Sorry to scoop community for being my venting source...
Count me as one who likes Raftery. Put him and Bilas together, throw in Gus Johnson, and you've got a great listen. Hopefully, Gus stays on NCAA hoops.
Gus Johnson is the best...............raftery is only funny through Jay Bilas' twitter, so I guess that makes Raftery funny to me then.