Do radio announcers qualify for the Pam Ward Chronicles? Because if so, I will have some quotes from Dave South and the Texas Aggie Radio Network that will blow your mind.

"I won't be deleting, or have I ever, deleted a comment that disagrees with me..... I want you to disagree with me and tell me why I'm wrong."
I think the correct grammar would be "nor have I ever"
;)

this year, you need to send an award/statue/plaque to the winner.

-dan

Is this what you had in mind Dan?

http://www.trophies2go.com/toilet-bowl-trophy

Awesome. I'm ready.

the way ESPN is going -- you just KNOW they're encouraging their announcers to be edgy thinking it will attract viewers. sure that was their comment to all announcers in the pre-season staff meeting. so, mike patrick could make a run at #1 this year.

Any predictions on who is going to win anybody?


I've got Danielson repeating.


And AA, would you mind putting up like a college football open thread for tonight?

Yippee! I'm so excited college football and the PWC are back! It's like Christmas morning!

It's a Festivus Miracle!

James - I can only speak for myself, but I have counted wacky radio calls when filling in on Chronicles duty before.

I hope a bunch of you note the stupidity of the three Daves in their last year at Raycom/JP/LF/whatever it is for those of us not in the South.

I like nitpicking announcers and pointing out gaffes as much as the next guy, but can we also just try to highlight some of the more structurally unsound garbage some of the guys spew? Im not talking about technical stuff, Im just talking about being pedantic, annoying, rude, etc. Mike Patrick is the perfect example of this. Glad to see he also fails epically in the one-liner category.

Not that anyone cares, but I think it should be noted that I was asked to do the logo, and happily did so. I in no way think Pam Ward is as terrible as AA says.

That is mostly due to the fact that I don't watch women's basketball and 12 noon Big Ten games on ESPN2. I'd rather punch myself in the face with glass covered knuckles.

S2N- I, too, have included radio announcers in my comments. Being a fan of both the Cardinals and UVA, I get a lot of material in the persons of Mike Shannon and Frank Quayle(yes, I know; baseball doesn't count here. I'm just giving an example).
And I'm assuming that Dave Sims is one of the "Daves" you're talking about in regards to JP Sports. He's horrible.

sweeltalk - that's encouraged, too. Mike Patrick, as you noted, and the deadly combination of Bob Griese and Paul Maguire are good examples of that.

Whoever wins this as an announcer/analyst will not be able to outdo Paul Maguire. I used to relish in the fact that he was the collective NFL fan's problem, but ever since 2006, I want to shoot myself in the ears :) .

eric - I'm pretty sure Maguire starts every sentence with "let me tell you" or "when you talk about..."

I sure as hell hope she doesn't get to do any SEC games with this new deal with ESPN.

Not withstanding the lovely logo, I really wish you would switch the name. That would allow you to honor each year's winner. This year could be the Gary Files, or something like that. Pam finished fourth last year, for goodness sakes. There are so few women in this profession that it seems ridiculous to focus such ire on someone who truly is a trailblazer.
On another topic, I commend you for allowing for negative comments. In fact, you seem to take criticism better than many of your commentators. And you are right to censor offensive posts.
I really do like this site. It's just your knee-jerk commentary I could do without.

aa hates espn, it has been made clear Pam Ward truly sucks, it's trailblazer nothing when you are poor at your job.

Plus, they don't rename the Cy Young award after the previous year's winner, do they? Some folks are just destined to have an award named after them, whatever the reason(s) may be.

I believe Mike Patrick should have won last year's for the Britney Spears comment alone. My god was that awful.

There will be no screengrab of Craig James' kickass goatee tonight? Damn.

Craig James shaved that goatee he had on yesterday's preview of the NC State-S. Carolina game because "he got teased so bad in the production meetings" and it took "three razors to get it off."

"No jerkin' for you" - Missed who said it on the NC State/S. Carolina game.

"Immediate penetration for Akers the backer!" - Fowler

-Mez

Mike Gleason already in mid-season form. He yells at the 20 that the Vandy player is going "to take it to the house", and the returner gets tackled at the 1. "Oh, he's not going to take it to the house."

Possession afterthe long return, Nickson gets into the endzone, line judge clearly raises his arms, signaling TD. Gleason says no indication yet, and he's sure they didn't make it in, as the Vandy PAT unit is running on the field. "That was a very late call."

Reece Davis on Hofstra:

"The artists formally known as the Flying Dutchmen that should always want to be known as the Flying Dutchmen instead of the Pride or whatever it is they want to be called now"

You think Jesse Palmer could learn how to tie a tie? It's about 5 inches too short...

You want me to tie you up with some of your ties, Tie?

/Caddyshack'd

Ron Frankin during Stanford-Oregon St game, while promoting the Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff, pronounces it Chick Filla..Has he never heard of the brand before?

Ha ha ha, my dad calls it Chick Filla too. That's awesome...

FSN now officially has worse graphics than Versus. I know their games are broadcast on other networks like Comcast Sportsnet, but you should recognize their network somehow. The only thing I can identify on tonight's broadcast is Gary Reasons, 'cause the guy never shuts up.

Ed Cunningham: "Who knew that Jim Harbaugh was a Men Without Hats fan, doing the safety dance?"

Ed Cunningham just suggested Stanford go for 2 up 8. What the hell was he smoking?

Here's the coverage maps for the "reverse mirror" 3:30 ABC/ESPN2 game & the 8:00 ABC game.

Referee in the Stanford-Oregon St. game: "Illegal block in the back, above the waist"

Doesn't a block in the back automatically qualify it as above the waist? Is there a part of the back below the waist i am unaware of?

Ed Cunningham, "Oregon State has got Stanford on the ropes." Stanford was up 29-20 at the time.

Can I still make Kobe Bryant and ahem,... Colorado, jokes, or at least raise questions about ARod sexual preference?

If you say no, then I demand that you stop putting up Kobe and ARod caption contest.

"As long as you keep reading, I could care less how you feel about the writing.....I know you''ll keep reading."

So you could care less how we feel??? C'mon, drop it all the way to the bottom and not care any less about us!

P.S. Keep up the great work. Great fun to read the site.

The App. State-LSU game is now 11 AM EDT on ESPN Classic, moved up because of possible evacuation routes concerning Tropical Storm Gustav.

This has just been confirmed...tomorrow is Saturday.

"Every single racist, demeaning, sexist, homophobic and hateful comment WILL BE deleted."

/now cannot point out the slight resemblance that ESPNews' Michele LaFountain has with a certain "Chronicles" announcer

FYI:

Roger Ebert, a former colleague of Jay Mariotti at the Sun-Times, publicly rips Mariotti...

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/COMMENTARY/808289997

Here's a good one from Shaun King calling the Army/Temple game:

On red zone defense percentage:

"And that's a great st-sta-statistic if you're a defensive coordinator because that means you don't allow people to score points. If the opposing team can't score, then it's tougher for them to win."

Thanks for the insight! :)

Is king the one doing the analysis ? He is practically unlistenunable

In a surprise, Lou Holtz picked Utah to beat Michigan. Not the pick I expected from.

And who thought the DR Lou segment was a better idea than the pep talk ? I didnt like the pep talks, but this is even worse.

Tessitore: "(Rice TE James) Casey (240 lbs.) could put on 290 lbs. and be the starting right guard."

Unless Casey's trying to get on workers' comp like Homer Simpson, he meant 50 lbs. Aaron Gibson wasn't even that fat.
Couldn't agree more on the "Dr. Lou" segment, jg.

"FYI:

Roger Ebert, a former colleague of Jay Mariotti at the Sun-Times, publicly rips Mariotti...

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/COMMENTARY/808289997"

Too bad Ebert was totally wrong. Other than that, it was great seeing someone rip Mariotti.

Unrelated note: I thought Charles Barkley was a Republican. Why is he at the DNC with Captain Morgan? If Dana Jacobsen was seen with Admiral Nelson at the RNC in St. Paul, he'd cut his vacation short and have a 500-word post condemning Dana's debauchery.

/AA Hates ESPN

jfreak - Douchebags with no comedic or intellectual skills coming out of the woodwork to rip on Jay Mariotti because it is an easy thing to do.

\people who rip on AA Hates ESPN on this site
\\people who rip on PurdueMatt on The Big Lead

Rod Gilmore in Rice-SMU game..."The record he said he will be most proudest of..."

Rod Gilmore- "Wait until we see their (SMU's) offense in weeks 4 through 5"

AA keep up the great work. My main concern has always been your tendency to bring up topics concerning race. I hope you don't blog a story where somebody says something borderline politically incorrect in the future and takedown all comments that say you are overreacting.