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I'm just surprised he got from ex's hotel room to Denver in time for the game.

 

Im not a bay area guy but hear a lot of radio calls through NFL highlights. Musberger still sounds great. His pipes sound fantastic. Not losing anything as an old man (cough, Vin Scully, cough).

Greg Papa is that asshat who has THE WORST touchdown call in the league. It was the worst when he called the Raiders TOUCHDOWN RRRRRRRRAIDERS) and he brought that crappy call to the niners.

Papa sounds annoying as shit. Glad he doesn't call the Rams games.

 

In fairness, Vin is 92 and Brent is 80.

 

Papa is IMHO pretty good. I enjoyed him on Ws back in day and listened to him on local radio show. He can appear to be a bit pompous but he knows his stuff and is authoritative in calling the game.

 

Papa was a great announcer for the Warriors, did the A's on TV and a good job with the Raiders - but apparently he's developed a pretty horrible rep in the Bay Area media circles in recent years. Buddied up to the 49ers and aced Ted Robinson out of the 49er gig and the fans haven't really taken to him - but then again being the voice of a pro team outside of baseball isn't that big of a deal anymore.

 

Haha, the niners traded Ted Robinson for Greg Papa??

 

I always got the vibe that he dabbled but was just playing a role. Kind of like how Dean Martin was often drinking non-alcoholic drinks and everybody thought it was liquor.

 

BUMP! Apparently out in Vegas.

 

He's 83 years old.

 

And the few times I came across a Raiders broadcast, sounded every bit of it.