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[NDbrbkny]

I was watching the ND osu excuse me TOSU(someone scolded me for saying it the wrong way) game and The does not trace back all the way to Knute Rockne as Tom Hammond says correct? It traced back to Lou Holtz's first season right or am i wrong?

 

[BestBIrish47]

I was watching the ND osu excuse me TOSU(someone scolded me for saying it the wrong way) game and The does not trace back all the way to Knute Rockne as Tom Hammond says correct? It traced back to Lou Holtz's first season right or am i wrong?

Correct...Holtz era

 

[Grahambo]

A did you know as well, it originally began with Bud Wilkerson and the Sooners. They have one too and he started it in the 40s.

 

[GoldenDomer2357]

Tom Hammond should stick to Track and Field commentating as he did this past Saturday. That was another step in the right direction for Irish football.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

They should have ND people calling the ND games on NBC.

 

[GoldenDomer2357]

I agree completely. Tom Hammond is bad. Plus he gets eerily close to his co-host when he is speaking to him.

 

[Veer option]

Plus he gets eerily close to his co-host when he is speaking to him.

He prefers to sniff them a little bit before consuming.

 

[GoldenDomer2357]

hahaha.

 

[tankjeep]

I agree completely. Tom Hammond is bad. Plus he gets eerily close to his co-host when he is speaking to him.

they've got to get that fat tard and his wig in the frame of the camera somehow.

 

[Grahambo]

Personally, and maybe I am in the minority on this one but I like Mayock. I'm just used to Hammond so I deal with it.

 

[BestBIrish47]

TMZ REPORT- Tom Hammond hits James Bond with a Lime.....

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[GoldenDomer2357]

BestBIrish47.....this is perfection. I am literally laughing out loud.

 

[Buster Bluth]

They should have ND people calling the ND games on NBC.

A horribly ignorant idea. The best two guys should be doing the game, as long as they are anti-Catholic bigots.

 

[NDbrbkny]

A horribly ignorant idea. The best two guys should be doing the game, as long as they are anti-Catholic bigots.

Tom Hammond doesnt fit ND football broadcasts I like mike mayock's football element

 

[fitz_bu47]

Mayock is pretty good...despite the lisp...Hammond is god awful, and it's about freaking time he got replaced!

 

[IrishMoore1]

Here you go:

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[Whiskeyjack]

Mayock is the business.

Hammond is a decomposing manatee. The advent of HD TV has been unkind to him (but more so to his viewers). I keep waiting for his nose to slough off his face.

Replace Hammond with Gus Johnson. #BOOM

 

[BeauBenken]

You know what's crazy is how everyone pays attention to what the announcers say...same with the uniforms.

Once the game starts, I watch only the play and nothing else matters to me.

 

[Allocco 121975]

Mayock plays no favorites and he has a better grasp of what is going on on the field, than most of country .

 

[ThePiombino]

They should have ND people calling the ND games on NBC.

Disagree. I would like some objectivity in my broadcasts thank you very much!

 

[GoldenDomer2357]

You know what's crazy is how everyone pays attention to what the announcers say...same with the uniforms.

Once the game starts, I watch only the play and nothing else matters to me.

I agree with you with a few exceptions where I am actually interested in hearing what competent analysts have to say. The thing with Hammond has nothing to do with listening. It has to do with looking at him unfortunately.

 

[Veer option]

Hammond IS unfortunate looking.

 

[NDbrbkny]

If we could petition hammond out of ND football who would you want along side mayock?

 

[NDbrbkny]

Mayock is the business.

Hammond is a decomposing manatee. The advent of HD TV has been unkind to him (but more so to his viewers). I keep waiting for his nose to slough off his face.

Replace Hammond with Gus Johnson. #BOOM

I dont like Gus Johnson cause he tends to over excite things
" OMG THAT WAS AWESOME THE BEST PLAY EVER WOWWWWWW!"

 

[ulukinatme]

If we could petition hammond out of ND football who would you want along side mayock?

Tony Roberts!

 

[Carlyle Javar Holiday]

Hammond is pedophile-esque. But at least you can understand him and he makes coherent statements. He could call games with a paper bag over his head.

Allen Pinkett on the otherhand is bad. He stutters so much that you forget what he is talking about in the first place.

I proposed replacing Hammond for Criqui.

 

[NDbrbkny]

I proposed replacing Hammond for Criqui.

whos criqui?

 

[Carlyle Javar Holiday]

whos criqui?

Don Criqui and Allen Pinkett are the talking heads for ND on the radio.

 

[BGIF]

whos criqui?

Are you really in NY?

Don Criqui is a career sports broadcaster covering ND games, NFL, NBA, PGA, Wimbledon, Olympics, auto racing, and more. He's also been on NYC radio daily for the past 30 years. Ever heard of Don Imus?

But he won't get a gig on NBC doing ND games because he is an ND grad and neither the University of Notre Dame nor NBC wants ND grads or former coaches calling the games. So you won't see Criqui, Pinkett, Holtz, Hornung, etc calling ND games. It's been that way since the NBC contract was negotiated. Both parties want the perception that the announcers are "Neutral".

 

[NDbrbkny]

Are you really in NY?

Don Criqui is a career sports broadcaster covering ND games, NFL, NBA, PGA, Wimbledon, Olympics, auto racing, and more. He's also been on NYC radio daily for the past 30 years. Ever heard of Don Imus?

But he won't get a gig on NBC doing ND games because he is an ND grad and neither the University of Notre Dame nor NBC wants ND grads or former coaches calling the games. So you won't see Criqui, Pinkett, Holtz, Hornung, etc calling ND games. It's been that way since the NBC contract was negotiated. Both parties want the perception that the announcers are "Neutral".

The only ny radio i listened to was ktu and what ever station the yankees were on and im only 19 so i might be a little to young for him