Link: Weren't you glad this was on ABC instead of Fox?

[TideEngineer08]

The production quality of Fox was very bad this year. It was as if they knew this was their last year to broadcast the BCS games, and they weren't going to put too much effort into it.

 

[Bamaro]

Yes

 

[Jessica4Bama]

Did anyone else have trouble hearing the commentators? It sounded on our tv that they didn't have their mic volume up loud enough. It could have been our tv though.

 

[ontopp]

I agree. Honestly the coverage made me miss Danielson/Lundquist and I never thought I'd say that. Seriously.
Herbstreit and Musberger had no excitement in the calls. I'm not asking them to be for one side or the other, but you could tell they were almost dismayed at the result of this game.
If you don't believe me, listen to the Mike Turiko (sp?) ESPN radio segment of the game being called and compare the two. A world of difference. Kirk & Brent were almost subdued there at the end like they were just getting thru the end there announcing Alabama was Nat'l Champs. I dunno, maybe it was me, but they really came across as flat and subdued. Very disappointing. I wish I'd had the radio on either Eli or ESPN radio.

I would also add the overall coverage was terrible in terms of going to and coming back from commercials. Cutting off segments of the game early or missing plays or bowl coverage due to those stupid commercials.

I agree whole heartedly these were the most biased announcers I have seen in a long time,They made sick the whole game,There part of the reason why you hear what if Colt had been in the game. Gary Danielson puts them to shame! :BigA:

 

[ontopp]

Did anyone else have trouble hearing the commentators? It sounded on our tv that they didn't have their mic volume up loud enough. It could have been our tv though.

I wish the timing between cable and radios waves weren't so delayed cause I sure would have loved not listening to these guys!

 

[Harmost]

Did anyone else have trouble hearing the commentators? It sounded on our tv that they didn't have their mic volume up loud enough. It could have been our tv though.

How fortunate! You got to skip out on Musberger's constant rambling and Kirk's campaign to prove there are fast players on non-SEC teams.

 

[Mob-Bama]

Musberger was a good announcer in his day (20+ years ago). Herbie doesn't offer much more than the average semi-informed fan would. After seeing them so many times this year, I wouldn't have minded seeing Verne and Gary do it. Their shortcoming are many (and well-document on this board), but I least I got used to and somewhat comfortable with their cadence, their mistakes, and their biases. Creature of habit, I guess...

HOW many, many times did Herbie talk about the "Young" Texas quarterback--as if he was the only freshman to ever play in a big game like this??? I kept wishing someone would remind him that TR is a freshman, also!!

 

[HELENKELLERMRI]

Im kind of new to the HD tv thing. There seemed to be one camera that blurred or had a slow focus on it. Did anyone else notice. I think the crowd noise was the problem with the commentators volume. It must have been unreal to be there. Kind of like the Florida game a few years ago when you could feel the noise.:BigA:

 

[bamanick57]

Im kind of new to the HD tv thing. There seemed to be one camera that blurred or had a slow focus on it. Did anyone else notice. I think the crowd noise was the problem with the commentators volume. It must have been unreal to be there. Kind of like the Florida game a few years ago when you could feel the noise.:BigA:

Glad to see someone else post this; I've noticed it several times this year. It happens especially when the shot changes from a zoom to a wide shot, it's like it takes a couple seconds to truly focus. I thought it was just my poor old eyes, taking a sec to adjust.

 

[BigAlsGal]

I agree. Honestly the coverage made me miss Danielson/Lundquist and I never thought I'd say that. Seriously.
Herbstreit and Musberger had no excitement in the calls. I'm not asking them to be for one side or the other, but you could tell they were almost dismayed at the result of this game.
If you don't believe me, listen to the Mike Turiko (sp?) ESPN radio segment of the game being called and compare the two. A world of difference. Kirk & Brent were almost subdued there at the end like they were just getting thru the end there announcing Alabama was Nat'l Champs. I dunno, maybe it was me, but they really came across as flat and subdued. Very disappointing. I wish I'd had the radio on either Eli or ESPN radio.

I would also add the overall coverage was terrible in terms of going to and coming back from commercials. Cutting off segments of the game early or missing plays or bowl coverage due to those stupid commercials.

I agree with you Cat...I wished I had had the tv volume turned down and watched the game with Eli calling the game.:biggrin2:

 

[bamabryan]

Like many have already mentioned, I think Musburger is awful. Herbstreit is ok. He's average at best. I would much rather have heard Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge calling the game last night. I think they do an excellent job.

For the record I'm with those who have been critical of Verne Lundquist. This is a no-brainer. Verne is terrible and needs to retire. Verne caught a lot of grief this year when he commented about Ingram's father during one of the Alabama games this year. He made the comment out of the blue. Musburger did the same thing last night. He mentioned Ingram's "incarcerated father." Now let's be equal opportunity and give it up for Brent everyone. :biggrin:

 

[Jessica4Bama]

How fortunate! You got to skip out on Musberger's constant rambling and Kirk's campaign to prove there are fast players on non-SEC teams.

I'm for sure not complaining b/c what little bit I heard wasn't good. It was probably our tv or our abc feed (I don't watch abc that much so I don't know which it is).