Pam Ward wins award; Apocalypse nigh
So... that happened...
Pam Ward has received an award for "outstanding contribution in the media to the field of intercollegiate athletics." According to the press release, she "has come to stand out in the fact that her work is not regarded as a novelty."
There are no words.
But is it frozen under...?
Is Jack Wade Alaska - where in fact Hell doth freeze over.
Her prize is a one way ticket to Jack Wade!
Methinks there are unseen forces at work here. They may be the same ones that got her in the college football broadcasting booth.
She certainly has "come to stand out." Ha.
For inspiring the most lobotomies over any 3 hour period.
I don't have an issue with Pam Ward except that I know we're playing a crappy team when she's announcing our games, but it's pretty clear that she is not even at an average level as far as her ability to broadcast a game is concerned. So I wonder why she won the award.....
except for the fact that she has never played a sport that has brutal contact and catastrophic collisions as a required event, and then deems to judge.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pam+ward+marshall&aq=2
she "has come to stand out in the fact that her work is not regarded as a novelty."Yeah, "novelty" isn't the word I'd use for it either...
Would be a big step up for her.
It's more of a cross between a war crime and:
There must be another Pam Ward we've never heard about.
Women should not announce football or any other male sport for that matter.
puts the "Broad" in Broadcasting.
/sexism
Yes WOMEN SHOULD BE FORCED TO MAKE MY SANDWICH AND THEY SHOULDN"T VOTE AND BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SLAVES.
Dude its the 21st century, Women should be able to do anything that a man can do. Don't be that guy.........
What?
I assume he means "knee jerk."
That's a reflex pathway.
DING DING DING. Typical liberal knee-jerk reaction.
Have you ever listened to a female announcer? Pam Ward and Kelly Tilghman are the only two I can think of and they are the worst in the business.
Tilghman doesn't look like she just stepped off a Schwinn and is collecting for the local paper.
Ok, she does.
Nevermind.
and you're wrong. That's probably my biggest problem with Pam Ward; she gives the impression that women can't do the job.
It's as if Paris Hilton was the first female justice of the Supreme Court. Everyone would say, "look, women can't do that job."
I can say with some authority that there are jobs for which Paris Hilton seems particularly well suited.
She's the best argument *for* an estate tax that I've ever seen.
You mean because she's independently wealthy after working at several jobs that pay well and therefore doesn't need her parents' money?
Yeah, and I bet nobody would object to Erin Andrews spending a game or two up in the booth.
I guess mgobloggers are hungry for more female announcers. I can't stand them.
well...she IS out-standing, if you know what I mean...
I have found a Jack Wade fisherman and real estate agent in Wiki, but I can't find any reference to him as an announcer. Even the NCAA website doesn't explain who Jack is or was or why the award is named after him.
Since Ward was the winner of his namesake award, I can only guess that he was/is an insipid, uninspiring stiff who seldom added anything to a broadcast.
so... maybe it's this guy!
Jack Wade is a CIA agent who did NOT help Bond destroy Travelyn's compound in Cuba, but then he did successfully cock block Bond with like 50 marines.
have any affiliation with the one that gave the Freep its award for the Practicegate investigation?
Must have been slim pickings this year for worthy candidates.
Pam beat the following nominees for her award:
Matt Millen - Nominated because of his knowledge of the sport and his ability to judge talent
Lou Holtz - Nominated because of his motivating pep talks and free spittle showers
John Madden - Nominated because of all the verbal blow jobs he has given Favre over the years. The committee loves Favre...who doesn't?
Tim McCarver - Nominated for his nuggets of wisdom he drops every telecast...such as: If you leadoff and you play every day, you’re guaranteed to bat with the bases empty at least 162 times
Quite a murderer's row there...the best and bestest at their jobs.
She is a gaffe machine . . . this one might be my favorite:
“Great tackle, er, broken tackle by Charles. Gordon finally gets him in the backfield. Gain of 5 for Charles.”
Unless Keith Jackson is broadcasting, I don't listen to the games, anyway.
I love listening to baseball announcers because they remind me of my childhood summers; and I love listening to basketball announcers because I'm still learning a lot about basketball.
But football announcers are stupid, redundant, and ill informed.
Things got out of hand at a CoSIDA convention, and Ward has pictures?
Can she do this?
do you REALLY want to know if Pam Ward can do that?
Then absolutely.
Whoever gave this award should be "tackled down (sic)." I can't stand when she says "tackled down." Down adds nothing. It is redundant. Tackled is sufficient. I read the thread title and threw up in my mouth a little.
Reading the title of this thread was a simple remainder of all the little ways that the world is a cruel, unforgiving and nefarious place without true regard for justice and integrity.
Sometimes I wonder if it's even right to bring a child into a world where Pam Ward receives an award for broadcasting....
actually developed the "visually descriptive" style of broadcasting, where the announcer basically does nothing except tell you things that your own eyes have already picked up on.
"Michigan is of course wearing the blue and gold today..."
"Tate Forcier takes the field wearing the number five jersey..."
"The sky is blue and sunny here in Ann Arbor today..."
If that's the case, Pam would be ideally suited for this award. You might say she's the best at it.
maybe we are all just waiting on the World's Biggest "NOT" Joke.
Is this a prize given out based on the sheer awesomeness of one's haircut? If so, I'm surprised by everyone's incredulousness.
She won an award for having the largest adam's apple in broadcasting. No need to click link.
Pam Ward is an embarrassment
bad that while she really wanted him off the field, he just laid there in pain.
listening to her call a game . . . "come on"!