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ESPN replacing Coaches' Film Room with new broadcast crew of Jason Witten & Booger McFarland for the NC title game

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How very espn of them. I love watching guys who call pro games get elevated for college. National championships.

I hope they add Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson because it's super cool when that happens and Dick Vitale/Jay Bilas call pro games

This is like when they get the Inside the NBA guys to do March Madness, except even less entertaining.

  • satyanash changed the title to ESPN replacing Coaches' Film Room with new broadcast crew of Jason Witten & Booger McFarland for the NC title game

I used to hate how Major League Baseball guys would get called in to call the College World Series, they clearly had no idea what College Baseball was all about. It was total shit. Though I guess Witten and McFarland actually played College Football so there is that.

 

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The Coaches Film Room was a rare good idea from ESPN and then they go and screw it up.

 

These guys could fuck up breathing.  This was the one thing I was looking forward to about Tyson-Holyfield IV. 

Had to get a requisite # of SEC bodies on various sets for the game.

Awesome!  But don't forget to add Pam Ward, Jamele Hill, Caitlyn Jenner, a PETA rep, Finebaum, Vitale,, a Dr. Pepper fan toss winner, Derka, Marcel Marceau, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and some dying kid.

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And this lamp. That's all the show needs

28 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

No Beth Mowens?

Better than Pawwwwwl Finebaum

 

but yes ESPN is stupid for making this change

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28 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Plus I think it's AFCA meeting week

Could also be a bid to increase NFL viewership, or draw in NFL viewers by using an NFL broadcast crew. ESPN wants to draw in the eyeballs of NFL fans.

ESPN is clueless.

4 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Could also be a bid to increase NFL viewership, or draw in NFL viewers by using an NFL broadcast crew. ESPN wants to draw in the eyeballs of NFL fans.

By using their worst NFL commentators?

Guess Collinsworth and Michaels told them to fuck off

34 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Awesome!  But don't forget to add Pam Ward, Jamele Hill, Caitlyn Jenner, a PETA rep, Finebaum, Vitale,, a Dr. Pepper fan toss winner, Derka, Marcel Marceau, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and some dying kid.

Hate to break it to you, but espn’s dying kidnof the season just died. 

Even if they did find another, there wouldn’t be enough time to can and air the requisite emotional pieces about the family before the game. 

Plus I think it's AFCA meeting week
They probably have 3 or 4 former coaches who are analysts. Get them to do it. Make sure Lee Corso is one of them.
2 minutes ago, Junior Miller said:

By using their worst NFL commentators?

Guess Collinsworth and Michaels told them to fuck off

Using their MNF crew for a Monday night game. 

In case you were looking for a reason to kill yourself Monday evening. 

10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

In case you were looking for a reason to kill yourself Monday evening. 

Is this that serious for you? Watch with music on and the sound off. Announcers as a whole are trash and add zero value.

This sucks.

couple of years ago one coach kept calling out plays before the snap and Another coach from same the same conference asked how he knew the plays. coach 1 says ‘I’m just reading their signals’. Coach 2 ‘damn I need to change all our signals !’

This sucks but if it comes back, please never let Mack or especially Herm Edwards run point. That shit was damn near unwatchable having Herm shout at me the whole game. 

Oh and also let the motherfucking play finish before you rewind it. I don't want to hear breakdowns to plays that are still ongoing. 

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50 minutes ago, Junior Miller said:

By using their worst NFL commentators?

Guess Collinsworth and Michaels told them to fuck off

Monday Night Football is specifically what ESPN is interested in, though. 

33 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

This sucks.

couple of years ago one coach kept calling out plays before the snap and Another coach from same the same conference asked how he knew the plays. coach 1 says ‘I’m just reading their signals’. Coach 2 ‘damn I need to change all our signals !’

Yeah the exchanges between the coaches is great.  You’ve had some fun ones and even if the game goes bad that adds some interesting content.

1 hour ago, Bigbend1812 said:

samir....this is terrible, this idea. 

Someone make sure @Nicole44 knows in advance so she isn't shocked

1 hour ago, clapclapclap said:

Awesome!  But don't forget to add Pam Ward, Jamele Hill, Caitlyn Jenner, a PETA rep, Finebaum, Vitale,, a Dr. Pepper fan toss winner, Derka, Marcel Marceau, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and some dying kid.

You forgot the duke lacrosse team and art briles

What channel is showing the roundtable coverage with Maria Taylor, Sam Ponder, and Katie Nolan?

2 hours ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

The Coaches Film Room was a rare good idea from ESPN and then they go and screw it up.

 

This, WTF. I generally had the main game on and muted with the film room on a second second screen. 

50 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

I never watched any of the coaches film room broadcasts.  Were their ratings good?

 

And that's the problem with some of the replies in this thread.  The only thing known is the show isn't going to happen.  What's unknown is why, and that could be a host of things--poor ratings, no coaches were available (AFCA is that day), coaches backet out for certain reasons, etc. 

But yet people just blaming "liberal (rolleyes)" espn fucking it up without even knowing the entire story. 

1 minute ago, Pancho Negro said:

 

 

But yet people just blaming "liberal (rolleyes)" espn fucking it up without even knowing the entire story. 

Damned if you aren't a one trick pony here at surly.  I don't remember you being like that at the other site.  I guess I just missed a lot of posts.

2 minutes ago, Pancho Negro said:

 

And that's the problem with some of the replies in this thread.  The only thing known is the show isn't going to happen.  What's unknown is why, and that could be a host of things--poor ratings, no coaches were available (AFCA is that day), coaches backet out for certain reasons, etc. 

But yet people just blaming "liberal (rolleyes)" espn fucking it up without even knowing the entire story. 

Yeah some of the replies read as if the MNF crew is going to be calling the game and not just going to be doing a simulcast roundtable on ESPN news.  I imagine those coaching roundtables were a hit on the message boards, but I doubt much of the general viewing audience tuned in.

4 minutes ago, Whitman said:

Damned if you aren't a one trick pony here at surly.  I don't remember you being like that at the other site.  I guess I just missed a lot of posts.

 

I don't know what this is implying or what you're trying to get at, but okay. 

 

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

Plus I think it's AFCA meeting week

Fuck it.  just get Herm again and he can be the whole show.  add Major to be his foil.  Casino!!

ESPN seems to be mailing it in. I wonder how much they pay coaches to come do special events like these? Maybe they're just trying to utilize talent that's already under contract to minimize expenses.

Gonna be funny if these 2 teams are in the same situation after next season.

Eventually it'll just be tape delay, like NFL games were in the beginning of television.

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