Thoughts on Chris Blair?

I haven't listened to a football game since like 1999. But based on clips I've seen he seems fine, minus some one-liners that felt a little forced. I love him for baseball (yes I know you said stick to football).

His baseball broadcasts sound like you're listening to an MLB game on a national radio station. How the hell he stayed at Ga. Southern so long is beyond me.

I concur. I only listened to one football game in the car, and it said like I was listening to a national broadcast. Baseball was the same. When you think of what we listened to for 30 yrs. there is no comparison

People were so used to Hawthorne calling a play "as it was happening" that they thought that was the way it was supposed to be done. The complaint I kept hearing was "there's a f***ing 1 second delay between the play happening and what he says!!!1!!"

But that's partly why Hawthorne was so bad with baseball and so good with basketball. With baseball, calling exactly where the ball is hit off the bat isn't always easy. Calling a play before an umpire does is just stupid. Chris does a wonderful job with this. Just get it right. It also didn't help that somehow after so many years watching it, Hawthorne still didn't have a clue about baseball in general.

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He's no Hawthorne

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1995 Hawthorne > Chris Blaire >>>>>>>>>>>> 2015 Hawthorne

His voice sounds amazingly like Jim Hawthorne's voice. He's done a great job thus far.

I think he's doing a fantastic job. I like to listen to the game on the radio and watch on TV when something big happens. He has a great voice and I hope we keep him around a long time.

I'd rather have Mario Jerez, call the games. That guy can get you amped up.

Home Run Hire imo

It's maybe because he was never an LSU fan before? It was Hawthorne's life.... of course he was more passionate.

And I guarantee Chirs will be as the years go by as well.