Saturdays With "Uncle Brent"

I usually side with Czabe, but I have to call him on this one. Brent Musberger is a cheerleader for the frontrunner, no matter who the frontrunner is. When Vinny Testaverde was at Miami, Brent was like a lovestruck co-ed ready to give ol' Vin the green light to some back seat bottom knocking.

I know one thing, I bet Phyliss George is still hot.

Czabe nothing gets me more excited than hearing "You are looking live". He always treats the game as if it was the last game on earth. How can you not respect that??

I'm disappointed in you, Czabe. Musberger's incessant blathering/schmoozing makes me sick. He'll fall in love with one player on a team and kiss his royal ass throughout the game and miss all sorts of small details (like who actually made the tackle).

"Uncle Brent" should go back to doing "Strongman Contests" and nothing else.

Brent Musburger is one of the top Football announcers, period. He has reinvented himself from his earlier 'this game is about me' approach. Watching a game with him makes you feel your are seated in the stadium.
There are so many poor play-by-play and anylists doing football today that Musburger makes watching a game fun. You don't believe me??? Watch a game with Andre Ware. You will be looking for a building to jump off..

I completely agree, nothing quite like a good game on a cool Saturday and Musberger calling it. I think many of the announcers today should be forced to listen to him to get an idea on how it is supposed to be done.

Now I can spend the rest of the day trying to get the images of Pink and Jackie Warner out of my head because both are just nasty.

I'll agree with john3773 - Brent loves the sound of his own voice and won't shut up. Nothing cool about an armchair doofus who has not athletic ability. And he showed his true colors - classless - when he was replaced on the NBA finals telecasts, he went to a bar and got lit up and was screaming "I hope this series ends in a sweep!" - so CBS would lose money.

doc, you call brent a frontrunner and then haul out a 25-year old example to prove your point? that's pretty weak. at least give us something from a time when jo pa was in his late 70s.

i love uncle brent because he always weaves gambling line references into his commentary.

sal m, watch any brentcast. Brent will openly root for the higher ranked team or the team with the bigger "star." I used the Testaverde example because that's when I first noticed what a tool Brent is.

Czabe's wrong about pickles too. And the "show everyone your penis" prank.

And the Pink vs. Jackie Warner poll? Does anyone have a spare ice pick so I can gouge out my eyes? What next? Janet Reno vs. Hillary Clinton? Oh, my bad - they're dudes in drag...

Czabe, you are right more often than not. This is one of those "not" times. Muffburger is the WORST. To him even the most routine play he calls like it's the most unbelievable play he's ever seen. And as for not putting on the knee pads? Are you kidding me?. He'll give head to the coach of the highest ranking team he is broadcasting. He does the same for players. When he was at CBS doing NBA games, I wondered how soon after Magic said he had AIDS, Muffburger would be announcing he, too, had contracted the disease.

"Uncle Brent" is more like the Uncle you dread coming over for Thanksgiving because once he arrives he won't STFU. I get vomit burps every time I turn to a game and see Muffburger is announcing.

We all know that Brent keeps an interested eye on the point spread during games, but nothing is as bad as Al Michaels.

Last night's Skins/Giants game was another classic for Al.

With the Skins down 9 in the final seconds and driving, and the point spread somewhere between 3.5 and 4.5, Michaels said something like, "This game is over, but there are a lot of people still very interested in how this one ends up."

Classic Al.

It's pretty obvious that his "Do you believe in miracles?...YES!" line was based on him betting the money line on the USA.

(Sorry if this double posts, my original one errored, and has not shown up for 15 minutes)

I love Brents passion and love of the game. However, to say he is not biased is outrageous. I think I don't notice it as much unless he is doing a game for Michigan. It feels like he has a personal relationship with the university and their fans. He doesn't want to call it like he sees it. He makes many excuses for the mistakes they make and celebrates their successes throughout the game like a fan of Michigan and not a fan of college football. I grew up listening to him and can say he is definitely the voice of college football along witrh the great Keith Jackson. I just can't listen to him during a Michigan, USC, Ohio State (unless their playing Michigan and then you can hear the panic in his voice), or Florida State.

Go Mountaineers!!

Uncle Brent may like having a beer in his car, but he won't be doing that in Nebraska again. He is good, but he always seemed to take sides during a game, probably based on who he is betting on. Most of the time it was against Nebraska. It doesn't bother me as much as it use to, because I expect it now from Brent, the 4-letter and ABC.