Yes, you read it right, folks. Everybody's favorite color commentator will be calling his first Final Four this April, thus continuing his quest to announce every big Michigan basketball game and annoy every Wolverine fan to death. It's gonna be awesome, baby!
And if that wasn't fantastic news already, Jay Bilas will be doing the OTHER semifinal game.
/Smacks head against brick wall
EDIT: This will only be for International TV as it turns out. Sorry to all Michigan Fans in Canada.
For ESPN international
or argentina.
or argentina.
Every poster here will be on
Every poster here will be on excellent behavior so they do not have to listen from Bolivia...
I, for one, will not be traveling to Canada to hear that.
He was killin' me last night.
No no no. I live in Canada
No no no. I live in Canada and we don't get ESPN international. Instead we have TSN, which has its own panel in studio and carries the cbs/tru/tnt/tbs feed, or we can watch it on CBS.
If you spell Crisler like the car company you should hand in your fan card before the next meeting.... Same goes for Ferry Field
Didn't know you guys got CBS
Didn't know you guys got CBS in Canada? Do you get NBC and ABC too?
Yes, most people get them all
Yes, most people get them all ota and every cable/sat company has them all. Often the Detroit stations, too.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Edit: Overseas coverage. Still horrifying!
Abort, Retry, Fail?
This is incorrect, unless
This is incorrect, unless you're outside of 'MERICA.
Michigan: 903–315–36 (Best in NCAA)
vs Ohio State: 58-44-6
vs Notre Dame: 23-16-1
vs MSU: 68-32-5
vs B1G: 522-197-24
vs SEC: 20-8-1
vs PAC 12: 48-24-1
vs Big 12: 10-5-1<
Cannot adequately express how
Cannot adequately express how happy I am that I will be in the U.S. for the tourney
I do not
I do not think this is how you expand the game globally
My spelling sucks.
I will not care at all who is
I will not care at all who is announcing the Michigan game in the final four because that would mean that we are in the final four
"No man is more important than The Team. No coach is more important than The Team. The Team, The Team, The Team"
Pam Ward is smiling in her
Pam Ward is smiling in her lair.
Despite what the other guy calls himself, my name actually is Magnus.
Agreed. If we make the final
Agreed. If we make the final four, I'm going to the final four. Don't care if Pam Ward + Vitale are a team with Terrelle Pryor as their sideline reporter.
New material.
I wanted to slit my wrists, VERTICALLY, last night listening to those two clowns. Samantha Steel...ERRR, Ponder was the only one worth listening to, and for obvious reasons.
The guy is straight up
The guy is straight up horrible. I just don't understand why he has the job he does. He's awful, I don't even know how many times I said "fuck you Vitale" last night.
not just "douchey" MGoBlog user, but now TRUSTED MGoBlog user
How much is the City of Detroit paying ESPN for this?
Imagine the take in tolls as everyone in Canada hurries across the border....
Ahhh Windsor. Miss home
Ahhh Windsor. Miss home
If you spell Crisler like the car company you should hand in your fan card before the next meeting.... Same goes for Ferry Field
Jay Bilas has always been
Jay Bilas has always been complementary to Michigan once he got over his snit for Amaker being fired. He's also pretty good on the call.
I am among the very few...
I actually like Vitale. He seems like a guy who genuinely loves basketball and that is all he cares about. He gets excited about storylines, big plays, and doesn't appear to have any school biases. Analysts who try to sound smart are a dime a dozen and often are reciting typical talking points with mainstream biases. Vitale is different in that all he cares about is having fun. I completely understand why some people don't like him or find him annoying, but you can count me as one of the few who enjoy it when he calls games.
Every announcer sucks when Michigan is losing though.
I like Vitale too, but last
I like Vitale too, but last night Craft was made out to be a god in that he shut Burke down defensively. Trey had a really terrible night with 16 points and 8 assists. /s
I don't like Vitale, but
I don't like Vitale, but Craft was not responsible for a LOT of those points and assists. Many of them came in transition that Craft was not responsible for or on switches where he was not on Burke (because he had to shift over to cover for other Buckeyes in the wrong place).
Also, like, Burke is the best player in America. Doing a reasonable job on him is a huge accomplishment. Proof that Craft is a beast can be found when he made Stauskas look like an absolute bum the one time he was on-ball defending him.
Vitale was great last night
Vitale was great last night until he started mentioning Indiana during every pause in action. I muted him and did not regret it.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
I imagine he'd be more
I imagine he'd be more insufferable than usual at a final four game.
And here's a terrifying thought. What if Duke is playing in the final four? That's like Dick Vitale multiplied by ten.
Go Blue! Always!
Doesn't the rest of the world
Doesn't the rest of the world hate America enough already?
Female Kentucky fans around
Female Kentucky fans around the globe will be very happy.
Since, you know...
Big mistake
First Guantanamo. Next Iraq. Then drone attacks. Now this. Doesn't the world hate us enough?
"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."
He
is AWFUL.
Go Blue!
Relief that it is only
Relief that it is only overseas.
Was I the only one laughing at OSU when Dickie 'signed' that LOI?
In ESPN's Words...
""Fans around the world will now experience his passion and enthusiasm for life and the game." - ESPN VP John Wildhack, on Dick Vitale's assignment
Well, as long as they allow Vitale to bring his entourage....
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
Wonder
If he'll tell his "I'm just a jock who was given a mic" story yet again.
I feel bad for Stauskas'
I feel bad for Stauskas' parents.
MSU v Minnesota
is hurting my eyes.
I live in Korea. Missing
I live in Korea. Missing Taco Bell and American pizza was bad enough. Now this?
Streaming UM games early Sunday morning from Korea, since 2007
It's a good thing "Duke"
It's a good thing "Duke" translates well. I wonder if "Ohio State" does too.
HAIL.
nice man but...
i'm sure espn has numbers regarding DV's popularity but they must realize his broadcast at best can be described as annoying and uninformative.
pbmd
Dicky V. is the Bob Ufer college basketball.
When it comes to passion for the game, homerism and quality announcing. If he was as crazy as Ufer he would never be on espn. I don't get why people don't like him.
Go Blue!
Ufer
Only did Michigan games. As a Michigan fan your comparison is blasphemy.
Can you tell me why it's "blasphemy"?
I'm just saying that people on here are bashing Dickie V for his sight slappyness for Duke. He is great for college basketball. Ufer was great for Michigan Football. The only difference is that Ufer was over the top.
Go Blue!
He lost me at about the point
He lost me at about the point he signed a LOI to play football at Ohio State on our home floor. Ok it was probably before that but it was a Dick move!
As Tirico said last night, have to go to Canada to hear him
Wiggum: Do they have Krusty partially gelatinated non-dairy gum-based beverages?
Lou: Mm-hm. They call 'em, "shakes."
Eddie: Huh, shakes. You don't know what you're gettin'.