re: Anybody else hear Chris Blair screw up the Dillon TD?

I grew up with John Fergason and his great voice and iconic sayings, I got used to Jim Hawthorne and loved his unique voice. I will give Chris a chance but it will take some time for me to warm up to him.

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I like Blair, but yesterday was not a good day. I had to listen to most of the game and he was constantly missing where the ball was spotted and was late giving down and distance. Those are essential for a radio call. He did not seem focused.

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Didn’t Jordan-Hare build a new “media center” and move a good bit of the press to that box/suite in the southwest corner? If so, it would be his first time calling from that angle there. And I don’t think they travel with the entire team of spotters either.

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Some of my fondest memories involve the times I would lay down next to my Grandpa on Saturday nights to listen to the LSU broadcast. John Ferguson and Walter Hill were an incredible team and LSU fans were lucky to have had them. Hawthorne made mistakes, but his passionate delivery kept your attention. I just find Blair a bit bland and too "professional" sounding. I wish he would let loose a little and project a little more passion.

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Laying in my top bunk bed with my little transistor radio listening to the games. The old radio guys could paint a pictipure with their words and passion as it was a necessary art in those days

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That’s my issue. A pro’s pro doesn’t frick shite up like that. Give me a fan if you’re going to mess up the calls

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It was once.

He's way more accurate and detailed than Hawthorne.

People liked Hawthorne because he was enthusiastic. He was terrible at actually describing what was going on and made far more errors than Chris Blair does.

Blair is very good at his job.

So I'm completely clueless here. Did LSU make him go back and re-record over his original call?

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So I'm completely clueless here. Did LSU make him go back and re-record over his original call?

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Probably.

That was a fairly regular occurrence with ole Jim.

I agree. My dad and I always listened on radio, since TV games were a rarity.

I nearly cried in 1982, was it? When I turned on WWL to listen to the game and heard Jim Hawthorne. He wasn't John Ferguson. It didn't sound like LSU football. However, he was excited by these two great freshmen running backs, Dalton Hilliard and Gary James (who I had followed at West Jefferson.)

That the three came in together, softened the blow of not having John Ferguson. Hawthorne grew on us, at least most of us, to the point where HIS voice became synonymous with LSU football just as John Ferguson's had..."Terry Robiskie lugs the leather for a gain of six."

Now, we've said good-bye to Jim Hawthorne, and if you hear the commercials he does, he went out on top, even for all the errors he made in various calls over the years, his voice is no longer the same.

I don't find Chris Blair as bland as some of you, do, you have to listen to his voice inflections closely, and you can hear he is into LSU.

Just my take. Part of me says being a radio sportscaster would be a dream job, but I know I couldn't do it as I can't focus that closely and find the words in a timely manner, and despite CB's deliberate calls, he's still timely and seems to be striving for accuracy.

Add into it, that nearly every venue, nowadays, seems to be moving the broadcasters farther and farther away as they can make lots of money selling the old press locations for luxury accommodations.