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Bryant Gumbel gone from NFL network broadcasts
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:27 pm
by macrae1234
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.
Re: Bryant Gumbel gone from NFL network broadcasts
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:33 pm
by slam
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:16 pm
by danielh41
Thank God Gumbel is gone. Those NFL Network broadcasts were almost unwatchable with Bryant Gumbel doing the play by play.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:34 pm
by Here's Fanny!
YAY!!!
I have no idea who Bob Papa is, but...
YAY!!!!1
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:54 pm
by Ritterskoop
I like Gumbel fine for real Sports-type shows, but he was ungood at live football.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:18 am
by peacock2121
too bad
so sad
This is also what I say when KeepUpBoy goes into the drink.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:58 am
by mrkelley23
Almost too good to believe -- Packer and Gumbel canned in the same week!
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:03 am
by peacock2121
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?
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:20 am
by gsabc
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:22 am
by littlebeast13
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.....
lb13