Seriously. He's not going to treat an NFL game (especially pre-season or regular season) like it's Undertaker/Foley HITC. But the one thing JR understands better than many of his contemporaries is storytelling, and that's important for a game (like football) with so much goddamn downtime.
On Thursday, October 16, 2014 4:56:37 PM UTC-4, John Edwards wrote: > > Deadspin probably would plotz, but the sad thing is I bet it would > actually be pretty normal-sounding. It's not as if he'd bust out "as God as > my witness, he has torn him in half" after a big sack or something. > > John > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 16, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > If Jim Ross called a football game, Deadspin would explode. > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:24 PM, M-D November <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> If FOX was looking for an alternative commentator, they didn't need to >> look further than Good Ol' JR, Jim Ross, currently under contract to Fox >> Sports. Sure, he's best known for calling wrestling, but he's moved on to >> MMA...and the man knows his football*. >> >> *I'm pretending the XFL never happened, and so should you. The only good >> thing to come out of the XFL was the overhead wire camera - and I'm sure >> some will say even that's debatable. >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:00:15 PM UTC-4, Greg Diener wrote: >>> >>> If I'm correct the Seattle/Carolina Week 7 game would be the first >>> non-TNF NFC telecast by CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCBS since the 1993 NFC >>> Championship Game between Dallas and San Francisco in January of '94. >>> >>> As for Mike Goldberg I heard some of the clips of his disastrous >>> telecast, he confused a player on the Vikings (Greg Jennings) with Golden >>> Tate who plays for the Lions. His outburst on Twitter at fans over his >>> performance didn't help matters but what do you expect from someone who's >>> boss is Dana White? >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:59:38 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: >>>> >>>> AP via TVNewsCheck >>>> <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/80013/seattlecarolina-nfl-game-moves-to-cbs?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Seattle-Carolina+NFL+Game+Moves+To+CBS&utm_campaign=Nielsen+In+Hot+Water+With+NYC+Broadcasters> >>>> >>>> (link): Seattle's matchup with Carolina* Sunday after next (26) moves from >>>> Fox to CBS. A commenter contends it's an even swap, with >>>> Tennessee-Houston >>>> going to the other net... AwfulAnnouncing.com confirms >>>> <http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/nfl-quietly-crossflexes-week-8-cbs-gets-seattle-carolina-fox-receives-houston-tennessee.html>. >>>> >>>> (link) >>>> >>>> Elsewhere on A.A. >>>> <http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/tim-brando-will-replace-mike-goldberg-nfl-fox-sunday.html> >>>> >>>> (link), an apparent experiment with a mixed-martial-arts-caster doing a >>>> regional NFL game went badly enough that Fox replaced him for this coming >>>> week with former CBS sportser Tim Brando. >>>> >>>> *One of Mother J's caregivers is a Cam Newton fan. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
