College Football has changed.

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I understand that many of the changes have made the game more enjoyable for the viewer. But I have been watching since the play guys actually called the action of the game. Keith Jackson and Ron Franklin—are the guys that I grew up watching. It seems like the announcers are cheerleaders for one team or the other. I miss the days of impartiality from the guys in the booth. They let the game itself be the excitement. I sound like an old man who yells at clouds, but this has changed every game I watch.

 

[Coast_Dawg]

You mean announcers would just tell you what was happening during the game and not give their unwanted opinions over and over about analytics and momentum shifts and such? I want what it used to be.

 

[Dawg1976]

That guy on Fox drives me crazy. It’s such fake excitement. I guess it would sound stupid in a monotone voice tho.

 

[40 acres and a mule]

Keith Jackson, seriously? Must have been a different Keith Jackson than the one I remember. Jackson was such an Alabama homer he would talk about them no matter the game he was calling. It got to be running joke. "WHOA NELLIE!! That play reminds me of ALAHBAMAH!!" I got to where I just wouldn't watch if he was the announcer. Glad he is gone.

The present ones try to fake excitement and can't pull it off.

 

[HotMop]

I understand that many of the changes have made the game more enjoyable for the viewer. But I have been watching since the play guys actually called the action of the game. Keith Jackson and Ron Franklin—are the guys that I grew up watching. It seems like the announcers are cheerleaders for one team or the other. I miss the days of impartiality from the guys in the booth. They let the game itself be the excitement. I sound like an old man who yells at clouds, but this has changed every game I watch.

Well, they televise so many games now that half the time we are getting the home teams play by play guy on the broadcast.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That guy on Fox drives me crazy. It’s such fake excitement. I guess it would sound stupid in a monotone voice tho.

That’s Gus Johnson. People either love or hate him. I think he gets a little too excited.