Mayo announcers may have been worst ever

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It was pathetic, a buddy I text with made that his first comment, he gave them ab F. My wife even said, these announcers are terrible. She doesn’t even care, but she noticed. Bottom of the barrel. .
 





Ski-U-Ham said:
A set of announers working a game between a 7-5 team and a 6-6 team didn't live up to the hype?!?

C'mon, what did you honestly expect?
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Maybe something in the realm of all the other bowls broadcast by the same source, ESPN?

Admittedly I was watching at a larger watch party with fewer opportunities to listen in on the broadcast but it did seem like the broadcast was heavy on Mayo and vomiting and light on insightful commentary.
 





Ski-U-Ham said:
A set of announers working a game between a 7-5 team and a 6-6 team didn't live up to the hype?!?

C'mon, what did you honestly expect?
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I can't speak for everyone, but I expected some professionalism and attention to the task. I was annoyed by the inane chatter and obvious disinterest. At one point they ignored the game in progress for several plays while they yammered about mayonnaise. For a while I wondered whether they were drunk, but in the end I think they just didn't give a crap.

Obviously, they aren't going to be stimulated by every game they work. But a professional does his/her best without regard for stimulation.
 


You guys. We were playing in the Duke's Mayo bowl in a half empty stadium. Our coach got a waterfall of mayo dumped on him by Flavor Flav. You need to relax and and just enjoy that our boys made it to a bowl game and came out with a W and good vibes heading into the offseason.

Relax, life is short. Have fun.
 

Swaggerson said:
Horrible! Spitting food. Constant chatter about nonsense. Very little football insight.
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Aaron Murray and Matthew Barrie were about as good of a draw as could have been expected for this game. You might not have liked them but Aaron knows what he’s talking about (he was a very good QB at UGA)
 




hello-world said:
Yes, it was similarly lighthearted hahahah

“He’s French, Wilfred Pene”

“He has a very beautiful name” 😂
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Heard that too, Thompson and Grimm are great. Met Grimm at PJ radio show, very nice guy in person too.

I texted a friend during the game that the announcers were homeless guys picked up at a local bus stop. Awful.
 



hello-world said:
Aaron Murray and Matthew Barrie were about as good of a draw as could have been expected for this game. You might not have liked them but Aaron knows what he’s talking about (he was a very good QB at UGA)
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Murray is probably better than listening to McElroy.
 



The announcers were fine for a mid-level bowl game where the sponsor clearly put them up to a whole bunch of not-football tasks. It was an infomercial for mayo where the sponsor inserted itself into the game the most I have ever seen from a bowl.

The weirdest parts were the several moments on ESPN where it sounded like we picked up production chatter, like "not yet not yet not yet" or "no no no no", or the part where Barrie looked revolted and spit the product into a press box garbage can. Unclear if the cameras were supposed to show that.

Your complaints on both ends are not with the announcers but with the producers.

It was a fun broadcast and a good way to end the season with another convincing win over a major opponent.
 

The key marketing terms in the post-Covid world are "authenticity" and "imperfection."

All this shit is designed for you in board rooms. The production "errors," the sticky fingers from bbq sauce, the gagging on live air.
 

NateDawgUM said:
The key marketing terms in the post-Covid world are "authenticity" and "imperfection."

All this shit is designed for you in board rooms. The production "errors," the sticky fingers from bbq sauce, the gagging on live air.
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True, though the board room doesn't design anything except the plans to lay off the people who did do the work.
 

I chuckled when they they were talking about Quinn Carroll from "Eh-DEEN-ah".

The mayo bit was beat into the ground, but I am sure that directive came from above.

Otherwise for a Bowl game on a Friday night between 2 middle of the pack teams from their respective conferences with several starters out were just fine. No better or worse than an FS1 or BTN broadcast, IMO.
 

They were having fun. I really liked their legit breakdown of plays as well as their ability to joke and have a good time. It's a damn bowl game that ends with mayo being dumped on the coach by Flava Flav. C'mon. Have some fun and just enjoy it as a fan.
 

everybody knows my name said:
I can't speak for everyone, but I expected some professionalism and attention to the task. I was annoyed by the inane chatter and obvious disinterest. At one point they ignored the game in progress for several plays while they yammered about mayonnaise. For a while I wondered whether they were drunk, but in the end I think they just didn't give a crap.

Obviously, they aren't going to be stimulated by every game they work. But a professional does his/her best without regard for stimulation.
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All the mayo talk was solely the announers' decision. I stand corrected, they were completely unprofessional and should never be allowed on air again
 


Still no reason for the “B” team (or C D E F?) booth crew. It’s not like all of the bowls are on the same day anymore. ESPN could have covered the entire bowl season with their top 4 or 5 crews. But no. Maybe the announcers union makes sure that all of the “talent” gets to work a bowl, no matter how far down the ladder they are. These guys seemed like the dudes that steady the ladder rather than climbers.
 

goldenboy said:
Still no reason for the “B” team (or C D E F?) booth crew. It’s not like all of the bowls are on the same day anymore. ESPN could have covered the entire bowl season with their top 4 or 5 crews. But no. Maybe the announcers union makes sure that all of the “talent” gets to work a bowl, no matter how far down the ladder they are. These guys seemed like the dudes that steady the ladder rather than climbers.
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If we had the "A" team they would have spent the whole game arguing about the play off teams.
 


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