Rome Recap With Marty Smith
.@MartySmithESPN tags along for an unforgettable week with Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines in the Eternal City. https://t.co/Z1KlYkizeo
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 30, 2017
.@MartySmithESPN tags along for an unforgettable week with Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines in the Eternal City. https://t.co/Z1KlYkizeo
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 30, 2017
I will say I like Marty Smith's College Gameday tailgate shows. College Gameday is the only non-sports broadcast on fuckESPN that I watch. The Ole Miss (or was it Mississippi State?) fans I think took the prize on the most epic tailgaters.
and I thought it was a good fit - southern accent and all. When he moved over to cover other sports, I thought it sounded kind of "forced". He does a good job (and keeps politics out of it).
I wonder how he got selected to go to Rome - these are the "atta boy!" assignments.
Sounds like a flavor of Powerade...
What a great week for the team. Great stuff.
Marty Smith is a good guy.
He is a spark of brightness in an otherwise bleak company.
Which probably means he will get laid off as soon as he returns to the states.
Hey, whatever.
Just as long as they keep Joey Galloway.
/s
April 30th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
Truly looked to be a great time for everyone involved. Never got to travel much in college but in high school when we went on trips even just across the state or country, were some of the best memories I've kept. These kids will always remember this trip and I can only imagine how many others interests were piqued from this trip. Go Blue!
Um, 90% of NASCAR fans are college football fans. That's the southeast: NASCAR and college football.
That's all they had for decades, and they are very passionate about both.
I think that's great. And both of those sports should stay true to their roots. It's a mistake for either of them to try to be something else to "broaden their fanbase".
NASCAR made that mistake, and college football keeps flirting with the same mistake.
We don't need NFL-lite.
We have a basketball guy on our football uniforms...sometimes you just have to go with it.
+1 Insightful.
Saw this during this AM SportsCenter...great stuff, awesome publicity, waiting for the first public complaint by a coach (I actually don't think we'll see it, because I think there would be a lot of backlash - this thing was executed beautifully).
Meant to post in MaizeNBrew Notes Thread...I'll show myself out. Excuuuuse me.
April 30th, 2017 at 10:54 PM ^
In the local rag they said it was great for bonding too with the defensive and offensive players hanging out together. I guess being involved in other sports I fail to remember there is quite a bit of separation of these units as in most other sports you do "both" where in football you specialize and spend all your time on that side of the meetings, practices, etc - and actively compete vs the other.
If you believe said rag all the boys are now opera buffs too.
April 30th, 2017 at 10:32 PM ^
116 minutes longer.
April 30th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
April 30th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
On the Dan LeBatard Show on Friday. Very very funny stuff. You could tell that Harbaugh and the guys were very comfortable with Marty around, and it's interesting, despite being a NASCAR guy (originally) Saban trusts him, Harbaugh is beginning to trust him, he's a valuable bridge to these coaches.
April 30th, 2017 at 10:50 PM ^
That was some excellent content. I have grown to appreciate LeBatard over a few years. Dude has some good sensibilities. Can take a punch and give one.