mr. furley
Footballguy
all this Romo jibber jabber made me think, when you were a kid (or now) and you tuned in a sporting event, which announcers made you sit up and say "wow, this is going to be a big/important/must watch game".
not because you can't wait to hear the announcer but because that person or that announcing team brought a certain gravitas to the proceeding.
for me it's two teams:
Summerall and Madden - you dialed up a game and heard Summerall pipe in, the game somehow just felt more important. hie presence somehow elevated the contest. to me it always felt extra special when these two called a Packers game.
Max McGee and Jim Irwin - local Packers radio when i was a kid. we'd watch the game on tv with the volume off & listen to their radio call. each game felt like some incredible happening. it was all tied together with the ritual of waking up to breakfast, smelling the coffee, going to church, coming home to play football in the yard with friends & then watching the local 30 minute news station's Packers pre-game before kickoff. the house doors would be open to let that sweet, cool fall air in... the sounds of the stadium getting loud enough to hear after a big play.
not because you can't wait to hear the announcer but because that person or that announcing team brought a certain gravitas to the proceeding.
for me it's two teams:
Summerall and Madden - you dialed up a game and heard Summerall pipe in, the game somehow just felt more important. hie presence somehow elevated the contest. to me it always felt extra special when these two called a Packers game.
Max McGee and Jim Irwin - local Packers radio when i was a kid. we'd watch the game on tv with the volume off & listen to their radio call. each game felt like some incredible happening. it was all tied together with the ritual of waking up to breakfast, smelling the coffee, going to church, coming home to play football in the yard with friends & then watching the local 30 minute news station's Packers pre-game before kickoff. the house doors would be open to let that sweet, cool fall air in... the sounds of the stadium getting loud enough to hear after a big play.
