Fish, I always keep track of Pat's trademark "Beg Your Pardon's"...he went OVER tonight, 3.5 is an average line on his infamous Beg Your Pardon catch phrase lol...
He called Tim Brown by the wrong name then changed it , then finally changed it back after Brown appeared on screen...Also claiming at the end of the 3rd qtr the qtr couldnt end on a defensive penalty LOL...thats only a rule at the end of half or game... At times it felt like Joe T and Paul were talking to a child in the booth.
Grade F:drink:
He called Tim Brown by the wrong name then changed it , then finally changed it back after Brown appeared on screen...Also claiming at the end of the 3rd qtr the qtr couldnt end on a defensive penalty LOL...thats only a rule at the end of half or game... At times it felt like Joe T and Paul were talking to a child in the booth.
Grade F:drink:
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I did a search on 'BEG YOUR PARDON" came up with this lol
Summerall continues to drop the ball
Last Updated: Sept. 30, 2002
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In the second quarter of the Carolina game Sunday at Green Bay, Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed a pass to Karsten Bailey on a third-down play. Bailey was tackled short of a first down by Carolina linebacker Mark Fields.
Inexplicably, play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall of Fox Sports failed to say anything during this play. Nothing. Not a word about any of it.
Summerall's partner, analyst Brian Baldinger, finally mentioned a fine tackle by Fields, to which Summerall said, "Yes."
One understands Summerall comes from the Ray Scott less-is-more school of broadcasting.
One knows he's given to a certain economy of words.
But the axiom is "less is more," not "nothing is more."
No one has come from the nothing-is-more school of broadcasting.
Summerall used to be the voice of pro football on television. But the skills that made him that voice have not been in consistent evidence for some years now.
On some plays, Summerall was slow to describe the action, including touchdown plays. He was late to say Carolina's first touchdown was a touchdown.
Summerall spent a lot of time Sunday saying, "Beg your pardon" because he had misidentified a receiver or a runner (Robert Ferguson for Donald Driver was a favorite).
He got the score wrong going into halftime, although he was able to correct himself. He referred to Carolina as North Carolina, and again corrected himself.
For some reason, Summerall was going on and on about an anecdote involving Panthers owner Jerry Richardson and Panthers coach John Fox - viewers even got some stunning tape of Richardson and Fox actually standing and talking before the game - at a time in the game when the coach was screaming for a booth review on a fumble by Panthers quarterback Rodney Peete.
The game at that point was treated as an incidental aside to Summerall's canned anecdote.
Summerall has enjoyed a terrific standing in the broadcast business, but the last years of his sterling career don't seem to be doing anything but tarnishing what he has worked hard to build.
Delayed, but finally caught
The best picture of the Panthers-Packers game the Fox crew delivered was the coach Mike Sherman bump of back judge Bob Waggoner which earned a 15-yard penalty on the kickoff after Bubba Franks' touchdown pass to Donald Driver.
At first, viewers were unaware of what happened on the sideline, getting only vague references to Sherman being animated. Replays at first showed Sherman cursing the call, but that came after he bumped Waggoner.
Fox did come back with pictures of Sherman's eruption during halftime and showed the sequence to viewers.
Sherman and the rest of us will be seeing those pictures until the end of time, whenever Sherman's coaching legacy is considered.
Summerall continues to drop the ball
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In the second quarter of the Carolina game Sunday at Green Bay, Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed a pass to Karsten Bailey on a third-down play. Bailey was tackled short of a first down by Carolina linebacker Mark Fields.
Inexplicably, play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall of Fox Sports failed to say anything during this play. Nothing. Not a word about any of it.
Summerall's partner, analyst Brian Baldinger, finally mentioned a fine tackle by Fields, to which Summerall said, "Yes."
One understands Summerall comes from the Ray Scott less-is-more school of broadcasting.
One knows he's given to a certain economy of words.
But the axiom is "less is more," not "nothing is more."
No one has come from the nothing-is-more school of broadcasting.
Summerall used to be the voice of pro football on television. But the skills that made him that voice have not been in consistent evidence for some years now.
On some plays, Summerall was slow to describe the action, including touchdown plays. He was late to say Carolina's first touchdown was a touchdown.
Summerall spent a lot of time Sunday saying, "Beg your pardon" because he had misidentified a receiver or a runner (Robert Ferguson for Donald Driver was a favorite).
He got the score wrong going into halftime, although he was able to correct himself. He referred to Carolina as North Carolina, and again corrected himself.
For some reason, Summerall was going on and on about an anecdote involving Panthers owner Jerry Richardson and Panthers coach John Fox - viewers even got some stunning tape of Richardson and Fox actually standing and talking before the game - at a time in the game when the coach was screaming for a booth review on a fumble by Panthers quarterback Rodney Peete.
The game at that point was treated as an incidental aside to Summerall's canned anecdote.
Summerall has enjoyed a terrific standing in the broadcast business, but the last years of his sterling career don't seem to be doing anything but tarnishing what he has worked hard to build.
Delayed, but finally caught
The best picture of the Panthers-Packers game the Fox crew delivered was the coach Mike Sherman bump of back judge Bob Waggoner which earned a 15-yard penalty on the kickoff after Bubba Franks' touchdown pass to Donald Driver.
At first, viewers were unaware of what happened on the sideline, getting only vague references to Sherman being animated. Replays at first showed Sherman cursing the call, but that came after he bumped Waggoner.
Fox did come back with pictures of Sherman's eruption during halftime and showed the sequence to viewers.
Sherman and the rest of us will be seeing those pictures until the end of time, whenever Sherman's coaching legacy is considered.
Looks like pat is just getting to old for the gig. I do however give him props for giving up the booze and trying to stay active after having a liver transplant. All things considered I wouldn't be surprised to hear of a "health" related retirement before the season is finished. I can actually remember him as the place kicker and 3rd wide out for the NY Giants of the late 50s and very early 60s.
wil.
wil.
