bluewave720

September 26th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^

to throw out a joke about that.

My sister's roomy at that time was a writer for The Daily.  It was before my time on campus, so I can't confirm anything.  However, per my sis, the roomy was given pretty amazing access to the team based on how she covered that incident.  More of a "boys will be boys" sorta thing than deteriorating family values.

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umhannon

September 26th, 2010 at 5:56 PM ^

Did it seem that Griese wasn't too happy with his co-announcer? Not only did there seem to be no chemistry, it seemed that they did not get along at all. Found it odd, that is all.

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PurpleStuff

September 26th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^

Did he think we were tuning in for his talk radio program?  His claims that "there is no argument" against his pro-playoff stance and his constant "I'm not saying Michigan is overrated, I'm just saying..." were unbearable.  Griese did a good job ignoring him and keeping the focus on covering the game in a professional manner, but I was kind of hoping he would throw that fucker out of the booth.

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switch26

September 26th, 2010 at 6:22 PM ^

yea seriously..  He's like i don't get why every year when michigan beats notre dame they are ranked...  I don't get it..  Again michigan beats notre dame this year and they are ranked again..

He takes nothing into consideration about our teams stats or both our quality wins at that point in the season

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EGD

September 26th, 2010 at 7:27 PM ^

That bit about "what has Notre Dame done in the last 10 years to warrant a team being ranked by beating them" bit was completely uncalled-for.  What is Michigan supposed to do, not beat Notre Dame?  It's a rivalry game, for chrissakes.

It's too bad because I really enjoy Brian Greise's commentary.  Hopefully they can team him up with McDonaugh or somebody else.

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Wide Open

September 26th, 2010 at 9:53 PM ^

At least ND was unbeaten when we played them.

Imagine his outrage if Notre Dame already had a loss, and a team beat them at home...in overtime...on a trick play, in order to get ranked.

Mike Valenti, was that you?

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jmblue

September 27th, 2010 at 2:41 PM ^

You have to understand: that wasn't a dig at Michigan, it was a dig at Notre Dame.  The play-by-play guy went to Boston College.  BC and ND don't care much for each other.

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EGD

September 26th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^

I almost forgot about that part where the announcer said "can you believe it's been soooo looong since Michigan won that '97 championship..." Right.  Because there are at least 20 or 20 other schools that have won national titles more recently.  A-hole.

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mbrummer

September 26th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^

I really thought the Play by Play guy was pretty good.  He was saying it was so looong, because it was making fun or busting the balls of his color guy, Griese.  Mainly I can't believe you're so old etc.  He was making fun of Griese's throwing motion earlier too.

He is a BC grad and Griese made fun of BC and the fact they were losing and he took in in stride.    Really I think they were just trying to fill time in a boring game to everyone except Michigan fans.  If there wasn't a Michigan guy in the booth then these comments would file on the jerkness scale., but I think he was just trying to keep it interesting.

I think Griese felt awkward because it was his first game covering his alma mater, and the PBP guy was disparging his school a little and wanted to defend it, but didn't want to come across as a huge homer.  Hence the uneasiness in the booth

Not everyone is against us and we need to have a sense of humor.

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