ND Schadenfreude Week Day 4: Don Criqui BOOM DENARD'D Video
September 14th, 2011 at 12:22 PM ^
Poor Don Criqui. He's heartbroken. Somebody go get Merlin Olsen to hold him
September 14th, 2011 at 12:29 PM ^
glad i wasn't drinking anything when i read this, or it surely would have come out my nose
September 14th, 2011 at 12:54 PM ^
Wasn't Criqui's long-time partner Bob Trumpy? IIRC, Olsen was paired with Dick Enberg.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:27 PM ^
Always great when you completely demoralize the other team's radio announcers.
Even better when they allow their own team to demoralize themselves.
I can't believe how meloncholy these guys are right after ND led with 30 seconds to go.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:51 PM ^
Might cheer him up.
September 14th, 2011 at 4:57 PM ^
I think it's great that, even with thirty seconds to go and a lead, they were still expecting doom. Really, with what happened the last two years, they almost had no choice. Also, they were correct.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:27 PM ^
so funny. Anyone from Buffalo listen to WGR550? Sounds like when Greg Bauch does his mock telecast which I also enjoy.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:29 PM ^
The ref right next to the play throws his hands up immediately indicating a TD, so naturally Criqui declares the pass "incomplete" and that he "has not seen any TD signal". Talk about a complete homer announcer. Pathetic.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:45 PM ^
Haha, I didn't understand that call at all. You can be a homer and suggest that bad calls are made against your team from time to time, but to initially call the TD incomplete serves no purpose. You still have to call it a TD at the end of the day and you just look stupid.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:47 PM ^
ya, that was absolutely horrible. what game was he watching that would lead him to believe it wasn't a TD???
September 14th, 2011 at 12:57 PM ^
While his voice still sounds great, the man is 71 years old -- same age as my dad. I know my dad wouldn't have been able to see what was going on down in that corner all the way from the pressbox.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:24 PM ^
Brent Musburger is 72 and Frank Beckmann is so old that Wikipedia doesn't know how old he is, and they didn't have any trouble seeing what happened.
September 14th, 2011 at 3:12 PM ^
I love him, but Brent Musberger actually had a pretty rough game and sounded every bit of 72 years on that broadcast.
September 14th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
Yeah I remember the one read-option (I think?) play where Musberger was talking about how great of a hit the ND defender had on whatever runningback was in the game as denard was still holding onto the ball.
September 14th, 2011 at 5:04 PM ^
September 14th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^
“OVER THE MIDDDDDLLEEEEEE”
September 14th, 2011 at 9:22 PM ^
Now every time he mentions a B1G school during a non-B1G game, someone has to drink for 12 seconds! Thank you Nebraska. First you give us corn for whiskey, and now you give us an extra second for which to drink it with.
To Nebraska: the start that kerps ouwn gibbiiin......<passes out>
September 14th, 2011 at 1:34 PM ^
And i'm pretty sure they all have monitors that show the broadcast to see whats going on
September 14th, 2011 at 1:15 PM ^
September 14th, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^
because I was on my way home. He is not only a blindingly horrible homer, he has no idea what he is talking about. Right before the game, "Michigan's offense is breaking in two new offensive tackles this year."
I mean, seriously, do you not do any amount of homework?
September 14th, 2011 at 12:36 PM ^
listening to and didn't have access to a TV. He doesn't even properly describe what is going on. I guess it's hard to speak with a broken heart.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:26 PM ^
Oh man you got that right. Sweet broken hearts . . . nom nom nom nom
September 14th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
especially the announcer predicting he will run because Denard is a "poor thrower".
September 14th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
He seemed to have a little hope in his voice when Gallon ran out of bounds but then, not so much. That is awesome!! Thanks for sharing on a slow Wednesday.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:51 PM ^
Who is Criqui's analyst on ND radio? It used to be Allen Pinkett, who has done some pretty good freakouts as when Air Force was beating them for the tenth straight time. Was it Allen Pinkett on this broadcast?
Anyway, whoever it was (Pinkett or other) deadpanned, "Michigan's going to score" as Gallon caught the ball in the clear at midfield. Gallon didn't score, although at the moment I too thought that Gallon, our punt returner fergodsakes probably would score. Wide open field, half the field to cover, with only four d-backs left to beat. I really had visions at that moment of Anthony Carter vs. Indiana.
Speaking of Don Criqui: The real ND-homer radio guy was the predecessor to Don Criqui. Tony Roberts. Tony Roberts was a hundred times more obnoxious than Criqui, who is actually a real professional compared to Roberts. The only comparison to Tony Roberts was that maniac who was the radio voice of the Celtics, whose name I have totally forgotten. Maybe somebody could find and post some audio of Tony Roberts just for the schaden-laffs.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:57 PM ^
...is the guy you're thinking of. And I don't think that was Pinkett saying "Michigan's going to score", I think it was Criqui himself.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:54 PM ^
Guy sounds like someone shot his dog. Poor bastard. This had to be the ultimate punch to the soul dong after losing to us in the final minutes the previous two years.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:54 PM ^
"They're not gonna run it. They have to throw it down by three" ?? No such thing as a field goal to this guy apparently.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:22 PM ^
...so it was pretty obvious we were going to take a shot at the end zone first.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
You're right. Long night/early morning has my brain scrambled. He did make it seem as though he thought Denard was going to run it for the full 80 yards though.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:00 PM ^
Charlie Weiss sighting! Holy Shite. At 1:04, in the white EMS shirt. No wonder we won. Jabba was influencing the refs on that last call. He got his revenge.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:00 PM ^
That was gold. The sorrow, scorn, denial, and disgust were thick.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
I'd love to see it/hear it
September 14th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
Go Blue
September 14th, 2011 at 3:51 PM ^
He sounds like I still do today having yelled myself hoarse at the game.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^
we have gotten into the Domers' head like we were in Penn State fans' heads for so long.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^
That terrible thrower just tossed eighty yards on your ass in 25 seconds.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:11 PM ^
That guy SUCKS at calling a game..
September 14th, 2011 at 1:26 PM ^
I have not seen a touchdown signal
What ... You mean except for the guy in the black-and-white striped shirt with this arms in the air? You know, this guy on the right in the fancy white knickerbockers:
September 14th, 2011 at 1:25 PM ^
He could have been both more descriptive and more accurate by describing each of the last two plays as "he passes it to the man... and boom goes the dynamite!"
September 14th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
these guys sure sound like they enjoy their jobs. I could announce a game with more enthusiasm with that.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:51 PM ^
that will never get old.
That "poor thrower" we have in Robinson threw a perfect ball 38 yards, on the run, across his body and without setting his feet. Not overthrew, not underthrew - dead nuts on the numbers, so he could catch it in stride.
Clutch.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:16 PM ^
The announcers are also mystified by the flag on the play, which you can hear announced as defensive pass interference on the PA system in the background. However, I imagine I would have been pretty distracted too if Notre Dame had done this to Michigan.
EDIT: You can only hear this part on the full version that extends another 30 seconds beyond the youtube clip.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:15 PM ^
This was posted yesterday as a link to the audio only
September 14th, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^
The ball is in Rountree's hands 2 full seconds before he says, "incomplete."
September 14th, 2011 at 5:18 PM ^
.....taken a drunken pee in West Park about midday Sunday, was it?
September 14th, 2011 at 7:47 PM ^
I know nothing.
September 14th, 2011 at 5:27 PM ^
That was a horrible job on their part. If I actually listened to this garbage on the radio I wouldn't have the slightest clue what was happening. I feel sorry for the poor souls who had to listen to these guys.