Nessler and Michigan
I spent the morning, like all of you, watching Poole's buzzer-beater over and over. Something about the call seemed oddly familiar to me, so I did some googling. It turns out that Brad Nessler's "AND IT GOES FOR THE WIN" is a nearly perfect echo of none of than:
"TOUCHDOWN MANNINGHAM! MICHIGAN WINS!!!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofg5EiHxaX8
SIAP, of course, but the cadence and emotion are a beautiful match.
Produced the Michigan game for our station here at @WWJ950 @ShepMatt and @terrymills_ pic.twitter.com/wNzHAW3cox
— Mike Ventimiglio (@mivento) March 18, 2018
You know, they played the clip on another station this morning, but for a reason I cannot readily place, seeing it on the screen like this seems to underscore how awesome that was even better than the words themselves. I actually had to go out into the yard so I could be that loud last night, and I am sure my MSU neighbor appreciated every moment of it.
I think it's the anticipation of hearing the call when you can see the actual sound wave of exactly when it's about to happen.
a deep dive.
Thank you so much for your production my face hurts from the perma smile I have had for 12 13 hours.
and we'll be back in two and two.
manningham also spent the next minutes trying to avoid being mobbed by teammates.
THE PARALLELS ARE UNCANNY
Basketball isn't his prime thing of course. And Steve Lavin sure doesn't add any excitement, even though he is a decent basketball guy.
But my confession is that when Michigan went up by 3 with a little more than 3 to go, I went to bed with the thought of listening to it on the radio (and, yeah, actually I wanted to hear what Shep and Mills were saying, since I have listened to them a lot this year) I thought that they'd sum things up better for the year, actually, if Michigan did lose.
So I heard that radio broadcast live. It was great. Got to see the the last shot about two dozen times replayed on line.