Bryant Gumbel gone from NFL network broadcasts

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Bryant Gumbel gone from NFL network broadcasts

#1 Post by macrae1234 » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:27 pm

The NFL Network is set to announce Wednesday morning that Bob Papa will replace Bryant Gumbel as the play-by-play announcer for the league-owned network’s slate of regular season contests. Papa gives the network a veteran lead announcer, as he has handled New York Giants radio broadcasts since 1995. The move should appease football fans, many of whom did not favor the work of Gumbel, whose two years on the network reflected the fact he had never called an NFL game prior to landing the job. Papa will call the eight-game NFL Network slate alongside Cris Collinsworth, who also analyzes football for NBC and Showtime’s Inside The NFL.
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Re: Bryant Gumbel gone from NFL network broadcasts

#2 Post by slam » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:33 pm

macrae1234 wrote:The NFL Network is set to announce Wednesday morning that Bob Papa will replace Bryant Gumbel as the play-by-play announcer for the league-owned network’s slate of regular season contests. Papa gives the network a veteran lead announcer, as he has handled New York Giants radio broadcasts since 1995. The move should appease football fans, many of whom did not favor the work of Gumbel, whose two years on the network reflected the fact he had never called an NFL game prior to landing the job. Papa will call the eight-game NFL Network slate alongside Cris Collinsworth, who also analyzes football for NBC and Showtime’s Inside The NFL.
Well that's good. Maybe he'll move out of my apartment building now.
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#3 Post by danielh41 » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:16 pm

Thank God Gumbel is gone. Those NFL Network broadcasts were almost unwatchable with Bryant Gumbel doing the play by play.
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#4 Post by Here's Fanny! » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:34 pm

YAY!!!

I have no idea who Bob Papa is, but...

YAY!!!!1
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#5 Post by Ritterskoop » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:54 pm

I like Gumbel fine for real Sports-type shows, but he was ungood at live football.
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#6 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:18 am

too bad

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#7 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:58 am

Almost too good to believe -- Packer and Gumbel canned in the same week!
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#8 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:03 am

mrkelley23 wrote:Almost too good to believe -- Packer and Gumbel canned in the same week!
How about Bill O being next?

Could it get that good?
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#9 Post by gsabc » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:20 am

peacock2121 wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:Almost too good to believe -- Packer and Gumbel canned in the same week!
How about Bill O being next?

Could it get that good?
Bill Stockboy and Brent Hamburger taking a hike would be nice.
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#10 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:22 am

danielh41 wrote:Thank God Gumbel is gone. Those NFL Network broadcasts were almost unwatchable with Bryant Gumbel doing the play by play.
Which made Gumbel the perfect choice since NFL Network broadcasts were literally unwatchable to most of the viewing public in the first place.....

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