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General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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College GameDay shake-up in the works at ESPN????? (Edit: Rumor is false)
ESPN GameDay to change hosts: Lee Corso and Chris Fowler are out.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
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Hate the show, doubt this would change much.
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General Manager
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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Was never a fan of Corso, but this move makes no sense. They have been running commercials with those 3 for years now.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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holtz?? dear god.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: St. Louis
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Corso can be annoying but Holtz is hardly a good replacement. That's like replacing Digger Phelps with Dick Vitale.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Inland Empire, PRC
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won't be watching gameday anymore..
cannout stand holtz. |
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I barely have the time to watch the games, let alone the pre-games. This won't affect me much. Although it is odd to be messing with a nicely perfected schtick. This would be like replacing Mike Golic with Trev Alberts (or, to make the Corse/Holtz comparison - Mark May) just because the Progressive Bitch doesn't like two guys with the same name on the morning drive show.
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 04-21-2009 at 01:39 PM. |
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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what's wrong with Chris Fowler?
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: DeKalb, IL
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I actually can deal with Corso but can't stand Holtz, this is brutal. Guh. I like Fowler and Ravetch so one is as good as another.
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Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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Holtz would make it unwatchable.
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Norman, OK
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Yeah, I think Chris Fowler is Gameday, hard to imagine it without him.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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ESPN has to be the only business in the world where an 80 year old who slobers over his words gets a promotion in a job where you need to communicate effectively.
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Here's another ESPN headscratcher... I understand the need to create additional revenue by forcing people to pony up a bit of money for "insider" information. I don't like it, but I understand it. However, right now on the front page of ESPN underneath the news headlines, is an "Insider Exclusive" article or rumor blog/post suggesting that Andrew (?) Bynum may be dating Rihanna.
WTF is the sports world coming to, when that type of article/blog is not only on the front page of ESPN, but you have to be an INSIDER to read it?!
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Hey, they cut Emmitt Smith, so there's like a zero sum balance here, I think.
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Unless Fowler was demanding a ton of money, I can't see why they would let him go. And since it seemed to be the call of the sponsor, it doesn't even make sense from that angle.
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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They updated the page to indicate that they were basically wrong. Corso and Fowler will be back.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Dr. Sak wears a merkin. |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
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I had to go look that term up. I now officially hate both of you and may be forced to add you to my ignore list...
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General Manager
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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I know I shouldn't make light of this but Holtz's slurring makes him difficult to listen to. He sounds like he's drunk all the time.
The one thing I notice ESPN doing is bringing in a guy to play the idiot on every panel. The one guy who just takes the moron position on each issue just to spark a debate. They use Kruk, Irvin, and Jalen Rose for this on the shows. I liked the old days when they used to just put the smartest guys on a telecast (old school Baseball Tonight). |
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Well that's good.
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#26 |
Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Breaking up the GameDay team makes little sense, especially to bring in a guy like Holtz, so I'm glad to hear this is not true.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Then tune into MLB Network. They have some that aren't quite as good as others but some of the guys they have on their studio shows are simply top notch. |
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#28 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2003
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So... the premise of this thread is false now? Whew. i honestly was freakin pissed when I read it.
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#29 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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+1. I enjoyed the show at times, but I'll never watch another one as long as it has Holtz. |
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#30 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Ohio
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I'm probably in the minority, but I really enjoyed College Gameday. Bummer about the changes...
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#31 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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You should probably edit the original post.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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And he's a wee bit more than delusional in regards to the Irish. The Gameday crew is good enough as is that if the sponsor did try to force something like this I would look for a new sponsor because you know they could find one. And yes, glad to see it's not true.
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