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re: Legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg died Thursday night---LSU related
Posted on 12/22/17 at 10:14 am to danfraz
Posted on 12/22/17 at 10:14 am to danfraz
Enberg called a lot of the LSU games when we played the HUGE ooc games in the early 80's- at Depaul, UNC, ncaa tourney games (NBC used to have the tourney rights), some big Kentucky games we had. He was teamed with Al Mcguire and Billy Packer on a lot of these broadcasts. For years, he was paired with Merlin Olson on the #1 AFC game of the week when NBC had the AFC, (Pat Summerall and either John Madden or Tom Brooksheire where on the top NFC game back when CBS had the NFC). Great memories, and Dick Enberg was one of THE BEST to EVER pick up a microphone!
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Posted on 12/22/17 at 10:17 am to tigahlovah
He was a very talented broadcaster
Posted on 12/22/17 at 10:34 am to The Truth 34
Yeah, Dick Enberg, Vin Sully and Ron Franklin are in my Holy Trinity of Play-by-Play.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:16 pm to LSUFreek
when ron franklin was on campus, you knew it was a HUGE game.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:24 pm to The Truth 34
RIP Adrian Karsten as well
Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:25 pm to GoldenBoy
no doubt
Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:26 pm to The Truth 34
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Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:40 pm to Lsupimp
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Weren’t Enberg and Don Criqui a duo at some point ? I think they did the 1982 Orange Bowl that LSU was in
Criqui was maybe CBS's #3 guy in the 1970's. Criqui moved to NBC in the early 80's. Enberg had surpassed Curt Gowdy as main announcer and therefore Rose.Criqui and John Brodie did the Orange vs Nebraska.
This post was edited on 12/22/17 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 12/22/17 at 12:40 pm to TheChosenOne
His call of Tyrus' putback (where TT nearly loses his mind running back down the court as Duke calls timeout )was GOAT. 
Posted on 12/22/17 at 1:12 pm to The Truth 34
#2 Louisville vs #1 seed LSU 1980 MW Regional Final Here is Enberg, Al McGuire and Billy Packer calling the 1980 Midwest Regional Final in Houston on NBC. (this was the second year of seeding in the NCAA tournament.LSU,along with Kentucky were the first SEC teams to be a #1 seed.Next year LSU became the first SEC team to have consecutive #1 seeds.)
Posted on 12/22/17 at 1:22 pm to I-59 Tiger
Dick/Al was a great combo. I always liked when Dick would narrate the behind the scenes looks into the teams in the tournament.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 2:03 pm to The Truth 34
Enberg and Bob Petit called the Houston -UCLA game that snapped UCLA’s win streak
Posted on 12/22/17 at 2:30 pm to tigahlovah
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Enberg called a lot of the LSU games when we played the HUGE ooc games in the early 80's- at Depaul, UNC, ncaa tourney games (NBC used to have the tourney rights), some big Kentucky games we had. He was teamed with Al Mcguire and Billy Packer on a lot of these broadcasts. For years, he was paired with Merlin Olson on the #1 AFC game of the week when NBC had the AFC, (Pat Summerall and either John Madden or Tom Brooksheire where on the top NFC game back when CBS had the NFC). Great memories, and Dick Enberg was one of THE BEST to EVER pick up a microphone!
Don Criqui called the LSU-DePaul game with Billy Packer and Al McGuire. Criqui occasionally filled in for Enberg with Packer and McGuire. Criqui also did PBP with Packer/McGuire on the Kentucky-LSU 1980 season finale at the PMAC (known just as the Assembly Center at that time).
LSU-DePaul 1980
Enberg called the Louisville-LSU Elite 8 game in 1980, and the Wichita State-LSU Elite 8 game in 1981. He also did the LSU-North Carolina game in 1984 when Jordan broke his wrist, and the North Carolina-LSU game in 1985 at the PMAC. Wish I could find more of the links with the NBC audio, but the two LSU-UNC clips from 1984 have the UNC audio.
Louisville-LSU 1980
Another poster asked if Dick Enberg and Don Criqui were ever a team, and the answer is no. Both were PBP guys (though it was not unprecedented a long time ago for two PBP men to work together).
This post was edited on 12/22/17 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:33 pm to The Truth 34
The last minute of regulation was money! Fun team to watch and what great defense!
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:36 pm to ItalianTiger
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:44 pm to Lsupimp
Enberg and Criqui did call the epic 1983 Orange Bowl game between LSU and Nebraska.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:45 pm to Lsupimp
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Weren’t Enberg and Don Criqui a duo at some point ? I
No, Criqui was/is a play by play guy, just like Enberg.
Also, don’t think he was paired with Trumpy. He and Merlin Olsen were NBC’s number one team.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:46 pm to The Truth 34
RIP
He was pleasant to listen to.
He was pleasant to listen to.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 4:56 pm to Carville
Thanks. Somehow I forgot that John Brodie called that game.
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