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davidcyclebackI like football, but dislike the modern presentation. I can live without exploding animated scoreboards and video game sound effects. Also, every fourth announcer is paid to act like an idiot. I don't terribly mind Terry Bradshaw, but it's obvious that acting like a giggling hick is his schtick ... My personal rule for announcing football game is that there should never be more two announcers for a game, as there is limited air space and two good announcers say all that needs to be said. The tv execs know that they need two compentent announcers for a game(play by play and color commentator), but can do what they want with the frivolous third position. For example, Dennis Miller could only exist as a football anouncer on a three position staff. He couldn't on a two.
Though when I was growing up, the Green Bay Packers radio color commontator was Max McGee. The rumor was that he didn't make much sense in the fourth quarter because he started drinking in the first....I remember when the Packers were considering getting a cheer leading squad. Max got in a bit of trouble, because he said on the air that they couldn't field a squad as there weren't enough good looking women in the area.