Tom Hammond Needs to Leave

[elboricua]

what are the possible reasons NBC could have for keeping him? I don't get it. They have an interest in having a better broadcast. They went out and hired Mayock who is excellent despite the waldo comments. So why? What gives? What's the possible motivation?

 

[Kak7304]

Has anyone seen the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode where they have a beauty pageant? Danny Devito's character has his makeup done by an undertaker and it reminds me of Hammond's make up for broadcasts.

 

[Irish4Life09]

Has anyone seen the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode where they have a beauty pageant? Danny Devito's character has his makeup done by an undertaker and it reminds me of Hammond's make up for broadcasts.

Reps!!!
BWAHAHA
You are absolutely on point! Frank's Little Beauties! Frank Reynolds on dead bodies - YouTube

If someone could embed that I'd appreciate it.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I thought Hammond and Mayock were awful yesterday. I thought they did a terrible job of informing us as to who was hurt and any kind of updates.

 

[Yes]

I'm starting to get used to Hammond. His commentary is horrible, but his bland announcing is starting to become synonymous with Saturday afternoons & ND football

 

[rocket66]

I thought Hammond and Mayock were awful yesterday. I thought they did a terrible job of informing us as to who was hurt and any kind of updates.

Agreed. Also, did anyone else catch Alex Flanagan say from the sidelines that Kelly and Riddick were "going at it"? It's almost like they are reaching for drama and trying to catch Kelly at his worst. During the CBS broadcast with Navy you rarely saw the sidelines.

 

[Irish To The Core]

Tom Hammond is not great. I wanted to go through the television screen for his throat when he chimed in that the db's clutching of Eiffert's jesey shouldn't have been called. BUT, he is better than the color guy CBS used for the Navy game, the one whose anecdotes were more often than not absolutely untrue (Ben Koyack was on defense last year for example)

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

Let's just get rid of Hammond move Alex upstairs and give me the Irish guy CBS had as a side line reporter.
Then we can work on getting rid of Mayock.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Let's just get rid of Hammond move Alex upstairs and give me the Irish guy CBS had as a side line reporter.
Then we can work on getting rid of Mayock.

No thanks. Mayock is the best in the business at what he does. Swap out Hammond with someone like Al Michaels and I'll be on Cloud 9.

 

[IrishAlum1997]

I'm convinced he called Golson "Molson" at some point in the second half during a completion. Go awaaaaaay.....

 

[ulukinatme]

two words;TONY ROBERTS

This guy was the best EVER. End of story.

 

[ndfi78]

I do not get the Mayock hate, dude is good at his job.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I love the Scooter aka Alex Flanagan.

 

[RDU Irish]

Thanks for bumping this thread so I can at least know I didn't have to listen to Mrs. Doubtfire since I was unable to see the game in my area (and I couldn't get the dumb internet feed to work).

 

[irishtrain]

NBC needs to wake up and promote their product a little better...

I dont think they want to and furthermore even Mayock seems to be accentuating the opponent more and more. I understand Purdue has some improved personel but is this not Notre Dame saturday-just call it college football saturday-its sure isnt Notre Dame saturday and Hammond is a slouch who's presence has been worn out. Not a good presentation by any stretch. Hard to build momentum nationally when the announcers are somewhat lackluster.

 

[irishtrain]

This guy was the best EVER. End of story.

Here/Here

 

[ndfi78]

I love the Scooter aka Alex Flanagan.

I'm pretty sure that isn't Flanagan, at least it doesn't look like her to me.

 

[PANDFAN]

I'm pretty sure that isn't Flanagan, at least it doesn't look like her to me.

no it's not...but those things do look yummy

 

[peoriairish]

ndfi78 is right. That's definitely not Alex Flanagan. This is though.

 

[tko]

so how can we possibly get Hammond out? i have to say i really like Mayock, but he didn't bring his A game against Purdue. hopefully he can show a little more enthusiasm against Michigan.

 

[ndfi78]

no it's not...but those things do look yummy

You are not lying sir!

 

[Seanthornton]

Bring on Don Criqui ?? Great play by play.








KEEP THE FAITH !!!

GO IRISH !!!

 

[jason_h537]

Side note: Gus Johnson and Charles Davis are a REALLY good team for FOX.

 

[irishfanjho15]

Watched replay today. Hammond makes me nuts. I had to mute it.

 

[BurningRiver]

Bring on Don Criqui ?? Great play by play.








KEEP THE FAITH !!!

GO IRISH !!!

Is this a joke? Don Criqui is awful, IMO.

 

[Seanthornton]

Everyone is entitled. I think he's an ND alum, I maybe mistaken. He's better than Hammond.







KEEP THE FAITH !!!

GO IRISH !!!

 

[West Coast Domer]

Side note: Gus Johnson and Charles Davis are a REALLY good team for FOX.

I agree I love Gus Johnson for March Madness.. on the other hand I wasn't too impressed with the pre game with Erin Andrews, Joey Harrington, and Eddie George.

 

[jason_h537]

I agree I love Gus Johnson for March Madness.. on the other hand I wasn't too impressed with the pre game with Erin Andrews, Joey Harrington, and Eddie George.

Gus Johnson is just cool, works well with Davis because Davis is a bit stiff but he really knows the game. Didn't watch the pre-game but I haven't been too impressed with Eddie George as a commentator so far.

 

[IrishMoore1]

Did anybody else notice that Hammond seemed like he was really trying to be more exciting about the plays?

 

[NDinFL]

Did anybody else notice that Hammond seemed like he was really trying to be more exciting about the plays?

Yeah, but one of many problems I have noticed with him is....

It is literally like a 4 second delay for him to say whether or not ND made a field goal/got a first down/recovered a fumble/scored a TD

And I mean in OBVIOUS situations...

It's ridiculous.