[NU Sports] annoying fans and PA announcers

[Joe Thiegs]

I, too, dislike the new on-the-field reports but primarily because they turn
what could be (and used to be) a somewhat suspenseful moment into something
much more boring.  It was a little disappointing for me to see that at the
Wisconsin game.  I'm referring to the way in which the scores are delivered.
I used to love it when the PA announcer would say something like:

"Some updates from around the country:

[Insert team here] 21, Notre Dame [dramatic pause] 7." [crowd cheers]

This could well be done with the student on-the-field reporters.  Just don't
say something as blasé as "Michigan State leads Ohio State 24-21 through
three quarters...."  Instead, a lot more drama can be added simply by
reading the teams and number of points scored with appropriate timing.
Recaps of highlights would be fine after that.  Just don't blow all of the
suspense in the first two words (e.g., "Wisconsin trails....").  Give the
crowd reason to pay attention!

Again, this isn't a knock on the reporters themselves, just the way the
scores have been scripted for delivery so far in this new experiment.

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of michael.vance at att.net
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:58 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] annoying fans and PA announcers


Michigan State's PA announcer used to be at the opposite extreme.  His tone
used to be total deadpan, no matter who had the ball and no matter what they
did with it.  He made comedian Steven Wright and Ben Stein's "Bueller...
Bueller" look lively.  We haven't been up there in a couple of years, but if
I remember correctly, last time we were there he had a little more
inflection.  It may have even been a different guy.

And NU's out-of-town score updates are downright frequent compared to what
you get at Ross-Ade.  Some Purdue fans were complaining about it before the
game last week and sure enough, they were right.

I'm not sure I like the reporter on the field at Dyche though.  It strikes
me as someone's RTVF project and without accompanying video (which would
make it cool) it doesn't add anything.
 
--
Michael 
mailto:michael at vance.com


-------------- Original message from Jonathan Hodges
<jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> Obviously the announcers always give a home-team slant and it's hard
> to go into another stadium and appreciate their announcers. I do 
> agree that the Big Ten/Top 25 scores should be posted more regularly. 
> Right now they appear during some timeouts and between the quarters 
> depending on if a promotion is going on at the time. I don't see why 
> they couldn't dedicate one half of the south end zone board to scores 
> and the other half to the promotion. Also, the scores sometimes seem 
> to be delayed significantly at times. They added the on-the-field 
> reporter recently as well for the trivia quiz and score reports, which 
> really doesn't do much in the stands where you can see the whole field 
> anyways and can't hear it really well. 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On 10/19/05, Brad Wilson wrote:
> > It's funny about this kind of thing. We like the NU PA
> > announcer -- though I find him over the top -- but my 
> > Wisconsin friends who come to Evanston can't stand 
> > him. 
> > 
> > I can't stand Penn State's lion growl but our 'Cat
> > roar doesn't bother me. 
> > 
> > I suspect we like what's "ours" and dislike what
> > isn't. 
> > 
> > On that front, could we get more out-of-town scores
> > announced at Dyche? BT, ND, Top 25, would be nice. And 
> > about every 15 minutes would be good. 
> > 
> > bw
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Entertainment is what which you receive without effort. Art is 
> > something
> where you must make some kind of effort, and you get more than you had 
> before."
> -- Charles Wuorinen 
> > 
> > "Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
> > 
> > 
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