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Poor ESPN. Spend all that money and effort to cover something that is beneath them.

If she or anyone else makes a legitimate mistake, bash away. But fair and accurate.

She did the exact same thing that all the other pxp announcers do in big moments in terms of words, voice inflection and level of excitement. Not every person uses Gus Johnson levels to show excitement. So what you really mean is that her voice/style wasn't able to make YOU feel the big moments...

It's hardly the first example of this. I can't remember the exact game but Michele Tafoya once walked up to the star who was in the middle of talking to someone else, grabbed him, spun him around and started the interview. It was explained at the time that national TV ALWAYS gets first crack and...

No, that wasn't lost at all. The public-opinion judgement against Paterno was that he was revered as someone who would do more than the legal minimum and also that he had the power to do WAY more than the legal minimum if he had chosen to. That was the reputation that he had built for himself...

Are you kidding? They will start lining up hours before the broadcast. Even in below-freezing temps. I've been there and seen it. And there will be a Washington State flag flying too.

Actually, it's a silly argument anyway. nielsen.com now shows that 33.6% of the football audience is female. And not every man is some sort of Neanderthal who is watching the game just to get a glimpse of Erin Andrews. What makes a "good" announcer is completely subjective. Some folks like the...

I hope you at least watch the games instead of rely on the "impartial reporting" of Awful Announcing. I tend to DVR and watch most games and a lot of what they claim is said is immediately corrected, or taken out of context, or just plain not said at all. And even if an announcer says one or two...