Indiana v Penn State, and Gus Johnson's voice!!

[Harrymannback77]

Anybody else break into tears at Gus Johnson making the call on that absolutely ridiculously awesome catch that Cooper made to win it. His voice cracking and breaking down from joy, excitement, etc has to be one of my favorites of all time. If you haven't caught it, listen, it's a classic IMO. I want to reach thru my screen and hand him some water,

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Gus Johnson sucks. It's about the game, not you.
He lost his voice on that play because he spent the previous 3 hours screaming on plays that in no way, shape or form required screaming.

 

[BobbyG]

Gus Johnson sucks. It's about the game, not you.
He lost his voice on that play because he spent the previous 3 hours screaming on plays that in no way, shape or form required screaming.

Absolutely true!

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Here's the video for anyone who missed it in the other games thread

 

[maroonfive]

He was the same when we beat Penn State in 2019. He is incoherent and sounds drunk.

 

[Border Gopher]

I haven’t been able to stand him since he made an absolute ass of himself calling soccer matches for FOX

 

[beatles]

He was the same when we beat Penn State in 2019. He is incoherent and sounds drunk.

He didn’t call that game.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Anybody else break into tears at Gus Johnson making the call on that absolutely ridiculously awesome catch that Cooper made to win it. His voice cracking and breaking down from joy, excitement, etc has to be one of my favorites of all time. If you haven't caught it, listen, it's a classic IMO. I want to reach thru my screen and hand him some water,

I have been a Johnson critic (announcer) but yep, that was funny in no small part due to the insane tension leading up to it.

 

[PeoplesFront]

Unapologetically.

 

[FireDaveLee]

He was the same when we beat Penn State in 2019. He is incoherent and sounds drunk.

Sean McDonaugh called that game.

He's been known to have his voice go out sometimes too though so I understand the confussion.

 

[stocker08]

Anybody else break into tears at Gus Johnson making the call on that absolutely ridiculously awesome catch that Cooper made to win it. His voice cracking and breaking down from joy, excitement, etc has to be one of my favorites of all time. If you haven't caught it, listen, it's a classic IMO. I want to reach thru my screen and hand him some water,

Yeah, I was watching through the Fox Sports app on my phone and wondered if I was watching a joke stream or something. That call was embarrassing.

 

[stocker08]

Here's the video for anyone who missed it in the other games thread

This call ruined the entire game.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

This call ruined the entire game.

No it didn't

 

[mngg11]

It can be seen multiple ways. You can appreciate the passion he has for the sport of football or you can look at it from the perspective of expecting him to be level headed and keep his cool while still expressing how amazing the particular play is because of the role he has as an announcer. I appreciate the passion but it was so cartoony and unrestrained.

For him to become unintelligible was absolutely bizarre, especially considering his broadcasting experience. It came across as unprofessional to me.

 

[pharmacygopher]

This call ruined the entire game.

It really didn't. My friends were all reacting the same way both in person and messages

 

[stocker08]

No it didn't

It really didn't. My friends were all reacting the same way both in person and messages

Hyperbole.....look it up in a dictionary.

 

[fmlizard]

I didn’t see the call on account of being on a cruise ship but I love Gus Johnson and he’s my favorite current announcer and I consider him the Voice of the Big Ten

 

[pharmacygopher]

Hyperbole.....look it up in a dictionary.

You also called it embarrassing

Was that hyperbole as well or did you mean it?

It....
Ruined the game and was embarrassing
It didn't ruin the game but was embarrassing
It ruined the game but not embarrassing
It didn't actually ruin the game and wasn't embarrassing

Which one? Want to be sure I understand your comments for future posts. Thank you

 

[stocker08]

You also called it embarrassing

Was that hyperbole as well or did you mean it?

It....
Ruined the game and was embarrassing
It didn't ruin the game but was embarrassing
It ruined the game but not embarrassing
It didn't actually ruin the game and wasn't embarrassing

Which one? Want to be sure I understand your comments for future posts. Thank you

I called it embarrassing in a different post. Not the one you quoted. Regardless....you can't determine which of these two statements is hyperbole?

"That call was embarrassing"
"This call ruined the entire game"

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

I didn’t see the call on account of being on a cruise ship but I love Gus Johnson and he’s my favorite current announcer and I consider him the Voice of the Big Ten

Well I guess that's your loss then

 

[Spaulding!No!]

We had Dave Lee on the call for gopher games. Everyone else is awesome compared to that talentless buub. Even now he has a radio ad for federated insurance and he says ‘crating’ for creating. Simply the worst. So, Gus Johnson is aok.

 

[pharmacygopher]

I called it embarrassing in a different post. Not the one you quoted. Regardless....you can't determine which of these two statements is hyperbole?

"That call was embarrassing"
"This call ruined the entire game"

Why are you unwilling to provide an direct response??

Did you think the call was embarrassing? Yes or no? You already called it embarrassing but claiming hyperbole for other comment you made. Simple clarifying question.

I ask because my friend group was in agreement that is likely the catch of the season and gets Indy to the CFP and his commentary matched the moment. No one thought anything negative about it. Hence my clarifying question to you. Thank you

 

[stocker08]

Why are you unwilling to provide an direct response??

Did you think the call was embarrassing? Yes or no? You already called it embarrassing but claiming hyperbole for other comment you made. Simple clarifying question.

I ask because my friend group was in agreement that is likely the catch of the season and gets Indy to the CFP and his commentary matched the moment. No one thought anything negative about it. Hence my clarifying question to you. Thank you

The call was embarrassing. That's a reasonable response to that ridiculous call and was in a separate post.

Saying that the call ruined the entire game was easily identifiable hyperbole.

 

[beatles]

Gus Johnson is elite at his job. If you don’t like him than I don’t want to be near you at a party. I already know you suck.

 

[STPGopher]

It can be seen multiple ways. You can appreciate the passion he has for the sport of football or you can look at it from the perspective of expecting him to be level headed and keep his cool while still expressing how amazing the particular play is because of the role he has as an announcer. I appreciate the passion but it was so cartoony and unrestrained.

For him to become unintelligible was absolutely bizarre, especially considering his broadcasting experience. It came across as unprofessional to me.

He's a hype guy!