The Internets: Dr. Z’s grades are in
Posted on February 7th, 2008 – 3:41 PMBy Michael Rand
He does it every year, and we read it every year: SI’s Dr. Z ranks the NFL announcing teams. He’s not much of a Joe Buck fan, we’ll tell you that much.
*Our guy Applecherry notes this about the revelation that the guys at Fire Joe Morgan, an excellent site we really don’t link too enough, have revealed themselves to be TV writers. And one of those guys — Ken Tremendous=Michael Schur — writes for The Office and has appeared in an episode as Dwight’s cousin: The fact that Ken Tremendous of FJM is actually Mose Shrute is the single coolest thing that has ever happened since the internet was invented. the fact that Ken Tremendous is married to Regis Philbin’s daughter is the second coolest thing to happen since the internets were invented.
*Larry Sorenson: It would have been a great ERA. Instead, it’s a sad and rather angering tale.
23 Responses to "The Internets: Dr. Z’s grades are in"
Cousin Mose!
Actually, Rand, it sounds like Dr. Z is a Joe Buck fan (when he’s calling baseball). He wishes Joe Buck would bring the attentiveness he gives to baseball over to his football work. For this, I think Dr. Z loses almost all credibility. Joe Buck is terrible calling baseball games. I got so [redacted] sick of his “The Yankees are back in business!” yells last fall that I almost tore down TVs in bars. This call, of course, being made when the Yankees were down more than one run, had two outs in the inning, and had just hit a single (which inevitably was followed up with a ground/fly out). Besides Joe Morgan and that idiot he calls games with on ESPN, Joe Buck is one of the worst in the business.
A) Dr. Z is a joke, just like the rest of the SI crew (they were one good writer and bunch of hacks, then Steve Rushin left, leaving just a bunch of hacks).
but B) at least he makes up for his usual crap by nailing Joe “I Ain’t Jack” Buck to the wall. An absolutely horribly announcer. A duotone announcing hack. He’d make a better high school announcer (”Number 15 tackled by Number 74. Loss of 7 on the play.”).
FIRE JOE BUCK NOW!!!
He missed the most egregious anti-Buck evidence (though I suppose the article could have gone up before the super bowl). The Eli Manning play, that should probably have it’s own name by now. The most exciting play of the most exciting Super Bowl in years. Buck called it like it was a 3-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust run up the middle.
I agree with Dave about Buck’s calling baseball though. He just doesn’t seem to care about anything, and we just get reminded that he’s no Jack Buck and never has been.
MR: Yeah, I was blown away by how he called that [redacted] ridiculous catch in the Super Bowl. If I wasn’t watching I wouldn’t have even known that something had happened.
It was a moment where we needed a Kevin Harlan, Gus Johnson, or Marv Albert (even if it was for the obligatory “YESSSSS!”)…not Joe Buck and his “this game is boring because the Pats aren’t blowing them out” attitude.
I am not a big Joe Buck/Troy Aikman fan but they sound a heck of alot better than Phil Simms/Greg Gumble. Dick Enberg/Dan Dierdorf should be the number one team on CBS. The pregame show on CBS leaves alot to be desired also. Sharpe always talks like he has something in his mouth, a Richard perhaps.
Joe Buck should stick to baseball. It is very difficult being a good footall and baseball announcer. The exception being Al Michaels who I believe is the greatest broadcaster of our generation. He could make a fart sound interesting.
Gus Johnson calling that catch would have caused the universe to collapse in upon itself, matter to collide with anti-matter, and life as we know it to end in the blink of an eye.
It would have been awesome.
Dave, there are some highlights where the call is always played along with the highlight: Puckett’s homer in 1991 (called by Jack Buck), Bobby Thompson in 1960, and others. Some are always shown as just the play with either the current announcer talking over it or with music. This clip will forever be the latter.
MR: Beautifully said
MR I would like to add Al Michaels call of the Miracle on Ice as another example.
I agree skol, those were the first two that came to mind that were totally obvious. There are clearly other big ones that I’m missing.
Jack Buck’s “Go crazy folks, go crazy” after Ozzie’s HR.
Joe Buck’s “Dude.”
I don’t want to wade too deep in bitter creek, but we have our very own Capt. Stupendo among us, streaming live daily from the lands south of Wisconsin (though someone should tell him he ain’t no Lincoln)
I am talking, of course, of the man who skillfully rides the twin chargers of “Change and Hope”. Two wonderful horses are these to ride into battle, that is if someone has the bearing to be a warrior or a platform to defend.
The NY Times, always accurate it is, has said the man riding these steeds has beside him two very different armies. One is the middle aged, above average income folks who seem to want to revisit their lost hippy days or desire to protect their money from the heathen challenger.
The other more juvenile army springs from pocket schools from Macalester to large schools like UM, students raised on E.T., students from childhood addicted to the cult of celebrity and this Capt. Tremendous has captured their hearts yet not necessarily their brains better than Britney could ever do.
So, with Oprah funding these armies of the night, and “Change and Hope” on every lip, it’s time to thrust ourselves onward into adulation and onward into the search for the hippy grail. What a country we be…
That man from the Land of Lincoln is one scary dude. I would hope that this country has a little sense and realizes that this could be a very serious mistake if he is elected.
Pol-i-tics?
Pol-i-tics? Perhaps, yet is not Pol-i-tics the most historic and esteemed game of all ? Me think I
Me think I
Descartes’ got nothin’ on P3
I sorta like methink, and methink old Descartes and me were buds in another life…
I’d like to see Joe Buck moderate a presidential debate.
I’ll say this. Joe Buck. What a sports name !
