Bryant Gumble Is Embarrassing (1 Viewer)

[Alex96]

Dude, if you're going to call yourself a Bears fan, and sing "Bear Down" in the middle of broadcasting a game, you think you could at least get the words right.

 

[Statorama]

Bryant Gumbel must talk the best game when he's in a job interview. There's no way in hell he should have this gig. I mean, this is the NFL Channels crown jewel, and he's just terrible.

 

[Jack Burton]

He's weaker than tea bag in the ocean. Get him off the air already.

 

[Raider Nation]

These weekly "Bryant Gumble Sucks" threads are pointless. He is calling the games on the network at least through the end of this 2006 schedule, so either live with it or give your MUTE button a try.

 

[Alex96]

These weekly "Bryant Gumble Sucks" threads are pointless. He is calling the games on the network at least through the end of this 2006 schedule, so either live with it or give your MUTE button a try.

He sang "his teams" fight song and got the words wrong. That's pretty remarkable to me.

 

[Barry]

I think he's doing fine. A play by play man having no personality is a good thing. I wish the guy who does the games with Aikman would take notes.

 

[The Football Freak]

It was funny at times though. At one point they went to the booth cam and Collinsworth was talking about a play and Gumble was about six inches from him staring him right in the eye. You could see that Chris was getting a little uncomfortable, he squirmed just a bit. It reminded me of the close talker episode of Seinfeld.

 

[Irish]

Three minute warning coming up....

 

[Ozymandias]

The man is an idiot.

 

[Alex96]

Three minute warning coming up....

Yah, I caught that one too.I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

Dude, if you're going to call yourself a Bears fan, and sing "Bear Down" in the middle of broadcasting a game, you think you could at least get the words right.

"Puuuuberty, puuuuberty love...."

 

[Gottabesweet]

These weekly "Bryant Gumble Sucks" threads are pointless. He is calling the games on the network at least through the end of this 2006 schedule, so either live with it or give your MUTE button a try.

You complain alot in other people's threads.IE Randy Moss.

 

[Snicks]

he sucks no matter what levin says...

 

[Mark Wimer]

Mr. Gumble needs to go join Mr. Costas covering prestigious Olympic events like Curling and Synchronized Swimming. Neither one is worth his salt when it comes to calling/commenting on NFL games.

The 3-minute warning thing was just the tip of the ice burg tonight. Gumble sounded completely ignorant about football multiple times, except when the staff was obviously feeding him sound bites to throw out for the viewing audience.

My .02.

 

[-jb-]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

 

[Raider Nation]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

 

[Raider Nation]

These weekly "Bryant Gumble Sucks" threads are pointless. He is calling the games on the network at least through the end of this 2006 schedule, so either live with it or give your MUTE button a try.

You complain alot in other people's threads.IE Randy Moss.

So, you're pointing out that I'm complaining in response to a poster who is complaining?Gotcha.

As for Randy Moss, people keep asking week after week after week after week if they should start him. I try to help these poor souls by pointing out they if they would like a better chance of winning their game, Moss should never sniff their lineup. If you call helping my fellow FBGs "complaining".... knock yourself out.

 

[Futeki]

Mr. Gumble needs to go join Mr. Costas covering prestigious Olympic events like Curling and Synchronized Swimming. Neither one is worth his salt when it comes to calling/commenting on NFL games.

The 3-minute warning thing was just the tip of the ice burg tonight. Gumble sounded completely ignorant about football multiple times, except when the staff was obviously feeding him sound bites to throw out for the viewing audience.

My .02.

So true. He says more wrong things about each game than right. The bright side is it has become humorous. I fear soon it will return to pathetic.

 

[Bizkiteer]

I like when Winslow caught his second or third ball of the game and Bryant used the same line he used the first time..."Winlsow with his first catch of the night."

Droughns had a 7 carry where he spun off two defenders to get the remaining 3 yards and Bryant comments...."Droughns struggles to get to the 40." Uhh, Mr. Bryant how many yards was that? Struggles implies around the line of scrimmage, maybe one or two yards? FYI - When you get a 7 yard rush, it's not struggling!

The guy is a has been and with his comment before the season about the union and commish office, add his terrible commentating job,....he better be gone. He really makes the mute button become a needed button on the remote.

 

[timintey]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

I remember that experiment. While I agree it failed, it's still better than Gumbel...

 

[softball]

The interesting thing with B. Gumble is that he WAS a football announcer, and a damn good one who quit to do the news.

And he is "newsed" out. He really is bad, which is unfortunate in my opinion because he is so low key. I prefer that.

And I REALLY like Colinsworth, he may be wrong and talk a bit too much. But he gives his honest opinion and enjoys making fun of himself. I laughed 3-4 times when he poked fun about himself.

I loved it when he said it was a down year for high school sprinters the year he won. Pretty good stuff.

 

[stlrams]

The interesting thing with B. Gumble is that he WAS a football announcer, and a damn good one who quit to do the news.And he is "newsed" out. He really is bad, which is unfortunate in my opinion because he is so low key. I prefer that.And I REALLY like Colinsworth, he may be wrong and talk a bit too much. But he gives his honest opinion and enjoys making fun of himself. I laughed 3-4 times when he poked fun about himself.I loved it when he said it was a down year for high school sprinters the year he won. Pretty good stuff.

I can't stand Collinsworth because he talks all the time. Does he and other anouncers realize that people watch football for the game not to listen to non-stop talk. Let the game sell itself and give us less talk for god sake.....

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

What was worse is having to listen on the radio via Westwood One. **** Enberg was atrocious last night. A particular chuckling moment was him calling Santonio Holmes "San Antonio Holmes"!

On 3 occasions he called that there was a fumble when there was not one......

He was a great broadcaster, but the games have passed him by I think.

 

[redman]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

I watched that game. It was interesting . . . of course, I was 10 years old at the time.

 

[redman]

What was worse is having to listen on the radio via Westwood One. **** Enberg was atrocious last night. A particular chuckling moment was him calling Santonio Holmes "San Antonio Holmes"!

On 3 occasions he called that there was a fumble when there was not one......

He was a great broadcaster, but the games have passed him by I think.

Did you catch him telling the nice story about Nate Washington as this young, come-from-nowhere WR from Tiffin catching his first NFL touchdown last night?

I still love **** Enberg's voice - he's got a great sports announcing voice, but he needs to join **** Clark in the old folks home feeding squirrels and reminiscing about the good times.

 

[jafo]

at the people saying Collinsworth is talking too much. Would you guys rather have Gumble fill in that air time with more of his stupidity?

 

[valence]

my favorite was when he was making up words like "attitudenally" during the Faulk interview.

 

[Limp Ditka]

What was worse is having to listen on the radio via Westwood One. **** Enberg was atrocious last night. A particular chuckling moment was him calling Santonio Holmes "San Antonio Holmes"!

On 3 occasions he called that there was a fumble when there was not one......

He was a great broadcaster, but the games have passed him by I think.

If I remember correctly, Gumble did the same thing.

 

[shuke]

Mr. Gumble needs to go join Mr. Costas covering prestigious Olympic events like Curling and Synchronized Swimming. Neither one is worth his salt when it comes to calling/commenting on NFL games.

The 3-minute warning thing was just the tip of the ice burg tonight. Gumble sounded completely ignorant about football multiple times, except when the staff was obviously feeding him sound bites to throw out for the viewing audience.

My .02.

So true. He says more wrong things about each game than right. The bright side is it has become humorous. I fear soon it will return to pathetic.

Last night during a Parker run: "He's got one man to beat" after Parker went about 6 yards and was tackled by a linebacker.Last week during a Bengals punt: "Bengals turn the ball over on downs".

Last week during a Bengals punt return: "He only has the punter to beat", just before the returner was tackled by 3 or 4 Ravens.

The unintentional comedy is approaching Madden levels.

 

[Boulder Toads]

my favorite was when he was making up words like "attitudenally" during the Faulk interview.

That was a great moment ... I had to rewind the DVR 2 more times just to listen to it again. I'm amazed at how smoothly he was able to deliver that question to Marshall. It was almost like he'd planned to use that exact phrase all along ... that bizarro moment was only amplified by his squeaky-pitched voice

 

[Bizkiteer]

at the people saying Collinsworth is talking too much. Would you guys rather have Gumble fill in that air time with more of his stupidity?

You that's the funny part...I really want Collinsworth to talk more, so Gumble can't. When he does keep going and going and going :insertbunnydrumming: and going and going....I think GB him, don't stop. Anything to prevent Gumble from making a comment. Next game I have to watch on NFL network, I'm think of having my 10 and 6 yr old boyz do the play by play and color.

 

[ctriopelle]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

I watched that game. It was interesting . . . of course, I was 10 years old at the time.

Depending on how your home sound is wired, you may be able to get the stadium PA only on your own. I know when I accidentally forget to change my settings back to normal after a party, I lose the announcers on HD broadcasts. Haven't tried this to mute Gumbel yet, but it's an interesting idea! I will say the audio at that point very much reminds me of being at the stadium.

 

[harrycarey]

I like when Winslow caught his second or third ball of the game and Bryant used the same line he used the first time..."Winlsow with his first catch of the night."

Droughns had a 7 carry where he spun off two defenders to get the remaining 3 yards and Bryant comments...."Droughns struggles to get to the 40." Uhh, Mr. Bryant how many yards was that? Struggles implies around the line of scrimmage, maybe one or two yards? FYI - When you get a 7 yard rush, it's not struggling!

The guy is a has been and with his comment before the season about the union and commish office, add his terrible commentating job,....he better be gone. He really makes the mute button become a needed button on the remote.

Maybe he meant it in the way that if he was struggling as in having to fight through 2 defenders.

 

[Wheelhouse]

I do not have the NFLN - Did Gumbel really say "attitudinally" as well as "three-minute warning?"

 

[usurpers26]

If you have it in DD5.1 - just turn off your center channel

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

I watched that game. It was interesting . . . of course, I was 10 years old at the time.

Depending on how your home sound is wired, you may be able to get the stadium PA only on your own. I know when I accidentally forget to change my settings back to normal after a party, I lose the announcers on HD broadcasts. Haven't tried this to mute Gumbel yet, but it's an interesting idea! I will say the audio at that point very much reminds me of being at the stadium.

 

[valence]

yea. It was something like "Attitudenally, how were the Rams the year after their Superbowl"

 

[Todem]

He will be replaced next season. No doubt.

 

[DaveGrumbles]

my favorite was when he was making up words like "attitudenally" during the Faulk interview.

Hate to rain on the party because I too cannot stand Bryant Gumble or his d-bag brother...but attitudinally is a real word.

 

[ctriopelle]

my favorite was when he was making up words like "attitudenally" during the Faulk interview.

Hate to rain on the party because I too cannot stand Bryant Gumble or his d-bag brother...but attitudinally is a real word.

That it may be, but it's likeley never been uttered in a football context before. Did you see Faulk's face when he was asked that question? It looked to me like "I don't know what you just said, but here's my answer so I don't look stupid".I was seriously looking forward to the NFLN coverage earlier this year, but their broadcasts are just flat out hard to listen to. Hard to imagine a first class operation like the NFL put its name on such a poor product.

 

[Miggity]

Mr. Gumble needs to go join Mr. Costas covering prestigious Olympic events like Curling and Synchronized Swimming. Neither one is worth his salt when it comes to calling/commenting on NFL games.

The 3-minute warning thing was just the tip of the ice burg tonight. Gumble sounded completely ignorant about football multiple times, except when the staff was obviously feeding him sound bites to throw out for the viewing audience.

My .02.

So true. He says more wrong things about each game than right. The bright side is it has become humorous. I fear soon it will return to pathetic.

Last night during a Parker run: "He's got one man to beat" after Parker went about 6 yards and was tackled by a linebacker.Last week during a Bengals punt: "Bengals turn the ball over on downs".

Last week during a Bengals punt return: "He only has the punter to beat", just before the returner was tackled by 3 or 4 Ravens.

The unintentional comedy is approaching Madden levels.

He called Willie Parker "Willie Record" and said something like "Pittsburgh's out of the playoff hunt but they still have a realistic outside shot at the wild card".

 

[Gr00vus]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

Actually I thought it was great, and I wish they'd do that again on a permanent basis. They've got much more mic coverage in the stadiums now so you'd get even better sound.

 

[BigJim®]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.

It's funny you should mention this. When CBS was still ironing out the details of its HD broadcast they in fact (in error I assume) broadcast a couple games exactly as you describe... huge crowd noise and the ability to hear with crystal clarity the PA announcer (in surround speakers) calling out names/downs/etc as normal background noise. It was exactly like being there and I enjoyed it. Now back to the bozos...

 

[Raider Nation]

I kind of wish that the NFLN would do something different. Like say have no anouncers, and try to do the broadcast to have the feeling of being "in the stadium". So the audio of the PA announcer would come through, lots of crowd noise, etc.I guess, that probably wouldn't go over too well, but I'd like to see something like that attempted.

DirecTV did some market research on this. The notion was to provide an announcerless broadcast on a separate channel. There wasn't enough interest. The VP of customer service asked me what I thought...I told him I'd pay extra.

It's been done. Jets/Dolphins, 1983.It was horrible. All you heard was the P.A. guy at the stadium.

Actually I thought it was great, and I wish they'd do that again on a permanent basis. They've got much more mic coverage in the stadiums now so you'd get even better sound.

The "no announcer" game WAS better than listening to Gayle Gardner in the booth, I'll give you that. ld guy:

 

[Franknbeans]

He's also gotten the score wrong twice, in 2 weeks.

Hey Bryant, how about you actually watch the game instead of focusing on the Collinsworth family jewels?

 

[Raider Nation]

He's also gotten the score wrong twice, in 2 weeks.

Hey Bryant, how about you actually watch the game instead of focusing on the Collinsworth family jewels?

And yet, that is actually refreshing compared to ESPN's Monday night coverage, where we get to hear (and SEE) a twenty minute interview with some D-list "celebrity" who JUST HAPPENS to have a show on ESPN or the ABC mothership.It's like "Oh, by the way... someone just scored a touchdown. But more on that later."

 

[ffjunk]

He's also gotten the score wrong twice, in 2 weeks.Hey Bryant, how about you actually watch the game instead of focusing on the Collinsworth family jewels?

I don't know how Collinsworth can do the game with Gumble. Gumble stares directly at him from about 6 inches away 99% of the time. Makes me uncomfortable just watching.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

You guys aren't exactly making me miss having the NFL Network, LOL.

 

[jimmy b]

My Favorite has to be when he called Frank Gore....... Al Gore......TWICE!!!!!....

 

[Doctor Detroit]

My Favorite has to be when he called Frank Gore....... Al Gore......TWICE!!!!!....

I heard that also and almost . He's washed up (Gumble not Al Gore ).

 

[Aaronstory]

These weekly "Bryant Gumble Sucks" threads are pointless. He is calling the games on the network at least through the end of this 2006 schedule, so either live with it or give your MUTE button a try.