I second that. He may have been good 15 years ago. Not anymore.
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Musburger hasn't missed a lick. He's still solid. I don't think you can ask for a better front man than him, Nessler, or Ron Franklin (back a few years ago). I think it would be cool, since ABC sports and ESPN are one in the same, to get a Musburger/Herbstreit and Nessler/Blackledge combo for different games.
Ignorant would be a better way to describe Hill, rather than idiotic, but when you're a professional in the sports world, you're open to any and all criticism. While I think Erin Andrews is a solid sideline reporter, I also find her to be a little over rated. I would still rather see Samantha Steele.
If we were electing male sideline reporters, Rinaldi is at the top of my list.
Will it really matter who they pick ? It's not like we will be seeing them much, anyways and if we did, people would start a thread griping about too many cut scenes interrupting their "button mashing" style game. People want authenticity, yet gripe when we get it (studio updates this year).
Jenn Brown or Samantha Steele, though Holly Rowe, Wendy Nix, or Tom Rinaldi would be good (even if Rinaldi is more of a feature story/human interest type reporter from what I've seen). Of the three there, Smith has the most experience and does some good work; the few times I've seen Spake do something other than racing, she was okay; and Hill is honestly better as a columnist than a reporter and is better suited for shows like ATH and First Take as opposed to sideline reports.
That said, it would be an interesting twist to have nobody on the sideline.
Unless they improve the actual quality what is the point of having a sideline reporter. My choice is they have an actual half-time and post game show and skip the side line drivel.
20 years of this game and we cant get that level of basic immersion. SMH
How bout all three..I'm tired of Sports games with the same announce crew. Alabama vs Oklahoma has same crew as a Indiana vs South Florida Matchup..Lets get more crews in..
Jemelle Hill should not be anywhere near a microphone for NCAA 14. She's uninteresting and has absolutely no charisma at all. I like Shelley Smith. Great reporter, great voice and can improvise very well. I don't know who the other white lady is.
none of the above. I turn off all commentary in this game.
They should remove all commentary period, and maybe give the game an "on the field" type of presentation as default... more crowd noise, more adlibs from players and coaches on the field, etc.
They will never get the commentary in this game up to par with other games created nearly a decade ago....
I doubt any of them will be chosen to replace EA. The idea behind Andrews was that she was relatively attractive, I don't think that Hill, Spake or Smith fit that description. If one of the three is chosen to replace EA then it is probably because of the shortage of attractive sideline reporters.