[NU Sports] 1st Half

[Michael Vance]

The media coverage was commensurate with the attendance.  I don't know 
where they got those two clowns who called the game, but if you're going 
to call a game that's being shown on ESPN*U*, you should know the 
differences in the rules between college and pro ball.  Was everybody 
else yelling at the screen when they started talking about whether, on 
that late, deep reception by EMU that ended up getting overturned, the 
receiver was pushed out or not?  They admitted, on the air, that they 
didn't know whether that mattered in college (bad), but then kept on 
talking about it like it did (worse).  And apparently no one else in the 
booth or control room corrected them (even worse).

There were numerous other gaffes by these guys, and the sideline 
reporter was horrible, but that one stands out.  By the sound of it, 
they were calling remotely anyway.  Then to top it off, the AP wire 
report (at least the version that made the Indy paper) called Kim 
Thompson "Tim" Thompson.  I guess they couldn't believe that a guy could 
be named Kim.

But we won, and that's the main thing that matters.

-Michael

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
>> care of that. CJ was "off" and we didn't run the
>> ball enough. That  muck I'll 
>> say.   Still, 5-3.
>>  
>>     
> Well, I guess at least CJ saved his off night for this
> game.
>
> Didn't get to see it - but it sounded ugly. Sounded a
> lot like the Duke game except we managed not to give
> it away this time.
>
> And I know they moved the game for TV, but still, bad
> idea all around. Moving a game vs. an opponent that
> won't travel well out of a MAC stadium to a neutral
> site is bad enough for attendance -- but to move it to
> a Friday night was just begging for an empty house.
>
> I'm sure we're all still kicking ourselves thinking we
> should be 6-2 right now, but all in all, 5-3 isn't too
> bad. We need to rest up and prepare for the second
> half of the Big Ten slate. All four are winnable, all
> four are losable - a split and we're bowling, more and
> we get to go somewhere warm. Let's hope CJ and the
> offense come back on fire at Purdue and the D can get
> some turnovers vs. the Boilers.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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