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Desmond Howard is in the booth for N. Illinois-Ball State game and is terrible

Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:50 pm
Posted by BamaHater
Houston
Member since Sep 2003
13536 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:50 pm
Good god he is pretty bad. Thank goodness ESPN does not put him on better games
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Posted by SwaggerCopter
H TINE HOL IT DINE
Member since Dec 2012
27233 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:51 pm to
I bet he will improve. He's great on the set. I like that they are giving him a shot.
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:52 pm to
Has he ever been in the booth before for ESPN?
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83858 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:58 pm to
I love him on set. Started out shaky as hell but love him now. At first he seemed to be really stiff and IMO kept his opinions way too conservative/noncontroversial. I knew he had arrived the day he gave Finebaum the business on national TV.

Is this his first year in the booth? Goodness gracious he sounds dead! That's not like him at all. He's basically whispering stats and shite in a monotone voice.
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
30090 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 9:59 pm to
you want Herbie to call Wednesday night northern Illinois/ball state?
Posted by Chillini
Member since Sep 2012
3153 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 10:07 pm to
Just boring in every aspect. Desmond Howard, NIU post Jordan Lynch, MACtion as a whole this year.
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39157 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 10:12 pm to
He struggles to talk nonebonically. Rather him talk normally than force the annunciations on everything. Still better than mussberger
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57575 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 10:15 pm to
It's pretty awkward to listen to, there are a lot of pauses and desmond sometimes sounds like he's a few feet away from the mike
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164644 posts
Posted on 11/5/14 at 10:16 pm to
Why is he talking so quietly? It's like he thinks he's calling a tennis match or golf.
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43369 posts
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:06 am to
quote:

Desmond Howard is terrible
FIFY
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:01 am to
Besides Fowler, Desmond is my clear favorite on ESPN Gameday. I actually think he has good, well thought out opinions and he has a likable personality.

Took him a year to get comfortable being himself though.
Posted by trackfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19691 posts
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:01 am to
It seems like ESPN is letting more and more of their TV personalities call games. Hasn't Chris Fowler essentially replaced Brent Musberger as their game of the week play-by-play guy?
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