My sports announcer vent for the evening

brideymcbriderson

I'm watching the Liberty Bowl.  Yes, I understand that the cold is affecting the game, as ECU and Arkansas players aren't accustomed to playing in below-freezing temps.  But for some reason, the announcers' personal overdramatization of the cold ("I just might go jump in that hot oil to warm up."  "It's bitterly cold out here.") is just really annoying me.  The wind chill in Memphis is 22.  The windchill here is 10 below zero.  STFU about being cold, Mr. Announcer Man.

GatorMrs_Esq

22 degrees sounds plenty cold to me...then again, I've become completely intolerant to cold since moving to Fla

PecanPie

Sports commentators are annoying.

brideymcbriderson

PecanPie:

Sports commentators are annoying.

It's so true.  During the Liberty Bowl, ECU had the ball at the end of regulation play and the score was tied.  Time was winding down, and one of the announcers said that a sack of ECU's QB would potentially end the game.  Um, no.  The game was tied.  A sack would've sent it to OT (which it went to anyway).  Tie game + not scoring /=/ ending the game.  Duh.

GatorMrs_Esq

Most of these networks send their B / C teams to the minor bowls.  The commentary in the Outback Bowl was very poor as well.  It gets almost comical at times.

Katie_F

This is exactly why I sometimes mute the television and watch the game sans commentary.  

PecanPie

I enjoyed this gem from a Falcons game earlier this season:

"Matt Ryan has completed 4 of 8 passes. So he is 50% for the game."

SunMoon&Stars

I agree, but also I'm suprised he used correct grammar! That's my pet peeve about announcers. Example : "This guy is playing conservative" - no, it's conservativeLY!