"First down and ten. Johnson ... gets his shoulders square! Watch out! He's got gettin' away from the cops speed. Touchdown."- Gus Johnson
I know that this is just another attempt at making a clever comment, that went wrong, but an ESPN commenter just got suspended for a similar line of thinking recently. What would happen if Jim Nantz blurted that line out instead of Gujo?
Exciting calls like these are made on the fly, but every announcer should seriously just stick to the gameplan and not try to be so clever.
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Was he running to get a taco?
ReplyDeletedon't ever question gus johnson
ReplyDeleteI like to think that Gus was just busting out a well-timed Dukes of Hazzard reference.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, sportscasters weren't the sorts to try and script a clever phrase.
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me we won't see those days for a long time, if ever.
That sucks your feelings were hurt again. I wish, I wish, I wish people would never say mean things...
ReplyDeletethis is getting ridiculous...was anyone really offended by that comment?
ReplyDeletesuch a non issue. my god.
ReplyDeleteThat was Brian Russell getting run over on that TD.
ReplyDeleteLong live Chris Johnson.
The only question it brings up is, "What's the problem?" People of all races and ages run from the cops. How is this bad? Lighten up. The only thing "unfortunate" are people who make a big deal out of nothing like this.
ReplyDeleteEvery announcer should stick to the game plan? You should just mute your tv and look for a gamecast on espn.com or something if that's the case.
The day Gus Johnson sticks to the gameplan is the day broadcasting as we have known it ends.
This is such a waste of words. Why would you even bring this up? You are just looking for controversy. How could that possibly offend you? People like you are the reason that everyone has to apologize for the littlest comments.
ReplyDeleteGlad we have you playing PC police, AA.
ReplyDeleteWhy you make a post out of this? It's a non-issue.
ReplyDeleteBOOOOOOOOOO.
the problem is definitely what if nantz said this. i thought it was funny. its not like its not out there. gus prepared this so that may be a problem. leave gus alone cbs. there arent many black playbyplay guys to begin with. did anyone catch gruden say sportsmanshit last night going over a replay?
ReplyDeleteMy god the PC Police strike again
ReplyDeleteGod, this site fuckin sucks ass. I used to visit this site everyday and the last year or so has been brutal around here.
ReplyDeleteDid you just say that announcers shouldn't try to be clever?
ReplyDeleteFuck off.
Gus Johnson is awesome, and this was a funny line. Douchebags are ruining America.
Who gives a shit. Who gives a fuck. It was funny. Enough said.
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