Last Call at the Big House - Brandstatter and Dierdorf were magnificent!
I haven't seen their call posted, but someone did a highlight reel of The Game with the added radio call. Wow! You can hear how much this means to Jim and Dan. They played in this rivalry. They bled for this program. They LOOOOOVE Michigan! And for their storied, 50 year, Michigan Man careers to end with a magnificent win and performance in The Game provokes indescribable emotions. I will cherish the last 3 minutes of their call forever!
November 29th, 2021 at 4:34 PM ^
Just listen to Saturdays Jon Jansen podcast. It has their final call plus about 15 minutes of them down on the field. Their last time calling a game at Michigan Stadium.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:42 PM ^
Yep. It is a great listen.
November 29th, 2021 at 4:35 PM ^
SACK TIME!
November 29th, 2021 at 4:35 PM ^
SACK TIME!
So good it needed to be repeated? Occum‘s Razor suggests ‘double post, fuckwad’
November 29th, 2021 at 4:38 PM ^
double post, fuckwad
November 29th, 2021 at 4:46 PM ^
Yeah, as much grief as we all collectively give Jim on the boards, hearing him and Dan call their last home game together, having having THIS GAME be their last home game, it was totally magical. I've been spending the day watching different highlights packages, and the ones with their reactions have pretty much been making me cry.
November 29th, 2021 at 4:55 PM ^
Are they both retiring? I missed this news somehow. Who is taking over?
November 29th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^
Yeah they are both retiring. As for their replacement it’s Doug Karsch and Jon Jansen.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:35 PM ^
Is Karsch and Jansen confirmed? I know Valenti said something about Karsch as a replacement, but I thought that was just Valenti being Valenti.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:42 PM ^
That definitely has NOT been confirmed.
Jansen definitely has a shot, if not now, then someday soon. Karsh is viewed as a longshot at best.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^
Jensen has done color commentary on some of the road games this year due to the fact Dierdorf has undisclosed health issues preventing him from traveling to some of the away games. As far as who the play-by-play guy will be I have no idea who it will be.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:53 PM ^
IIRC, Jansen has filled in for Dan on some broadcasts. I like Karsch's sideline updates, but his voice is kind of raspy and might be a difficult hang over a three hour broadcast.
But overall, give me technically flawed but passionate Michigan dudes like Brandy and Dan anytime. I just hope we don't get someone generic.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:14 PM ^
Oh dang it isn’t confirmed and is just Valenti’s word. Guess I should have looked it up first. Just remember those 2 being mentioned and it made sense. I think Jansen gets in the booth for sure though.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:34 PM ^
This was literally just a rumor that Valenti started and it's hilarious how much traction it got.
Jansen is probably in the running though as color commentator.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:01 PM ^
I listened Q4 to them vs the TV broadcast. Dan choked up at the end. Loved Brandy as analyst for the Lions for years. Not the greatest at play by play. But very happy they finished with a win over the evil empire.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:04 PM ^
Glorious.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
I listened to the MSU game on the way home Saturday (snow made the drive verrrry slow to West MI) and they were awful. Blaha pauses awkwardly, barely gives you an impression of what's going on (especially if it's negative for MSU), and the analyst easily the worst person I've ever heard in sports media. He provides no analysis, just some random fan grunts and cheers.
Say what you want about Brandy and Dierdorf, they are pretty good for a college football radio team.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:27 PM ^
Tbf, I watched a few plays of that game and I had no idea what was going on either because of the snow.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:57 PM ^
I think it's just an age thing with Blaha unfortunately. Used to love listening to him and the Pistons call but he's usually like 10 seconds behind what's live on the screen anymore.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:32 PM ^
Dierdorf’s first and last comments on this video were perfect. “I don’t care about any of that. I just want to beat Ohio State” was the the voice of the collective anguish we’ve all been feeling for too long. And I share his pride in this team. Gonna miss this tandem on Saturday afternoons.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:37 PM ^
Dierdorf was a South Quad resident on my floor when I was a freshman. He was a super-nice guy, very friendly, easy to talk with. I got along well with him, though I will admit, I was in awe of his on-the-field performance.
I've always wished him the very best in his career, and always loved his success, and his work in the broadcast booth.
What a way to send them both out, team!
November 29th, 2021 at 5:52 PM ^
That is really great to hear, though I'm not surprised. Thanks for sharing that ! I really like Dan Dierdorf (please see below).
November 29th, 2021 at 5:43 PM ^
Brandstatter will be calling the game from Indy, yes? Dierdorf hasn't done a road game in a while, any news about him making an encore performance from Indianapolis?
Really glad I was able to see the game live, or at least live on TV. It would have been wonderful to hear those two in their last game from Michigan Stadium given the great material they had to work with on Saturday.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^
Really enjoyed those guys. They made the game extra entertaining for me the last 8 years. I think they were former teammates. Had great chemistry in the booth and could tease each other from time to time as well, which I found very endearing. Will miss them big time. Epic final game at Michigan stadium sent them rightfully out in style.
Dierdorf does not travel much, but he might go to Indy. If I remember right he might have been at Camp Randall this year.
November 29th, 2021 at 5:51 PM ^
I was thinking about them after the game. What a great way to finish at Michigan Stadium for them. IIRC, they both played in the 1969 24 - 12 win over Woody.
Can't think of a better pair of bookends for them.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:22 PM ^
The best send-off from the Big House you can imagine. Couldn't have scripted it any better than this.
November 29th, 2021 at 7:02 PM ^
Is there anyway to listen to it again? I'd love to watch a replay of the game but with the radio call as the audio.
November 29th, 2021 at 8:15 PM ^
Holy shit that was amazing. Thank you for sharing!!!
November 29th, 2021 at 8:36 PM ^
I loved Dierdorf because he always was honest about UM football. And I love Jimmy B too because he loves UM, but he was the worst play by play man I have ever heard.....:)