Signals the beginning of Fall in America, and the annual renewal of some fantastic traditions:
Brent Musburger will promise that any contest between two teams in the Top 10 will be “ a dandy.”
Kirk Herbstreit will claim to have intimate knowledge of the inner psyche of the QB based on one or two plays. “You can see here that the QB runs up field, even though he has players open, because he’s afraid of how the defensive line is coming after him” (replays will clearly show that every receiver is clearly covered).
Mike Patrick, ignoring the umpires, the stadium, and his own telecast, will miss an easy call. e.g.4th and 1 with 45 seconds left, Patrick debates whether Navy should use a timeout. Maryland calls a timeout, the umpire signals that Maryland has called a timeout, the stadium announcer can clearly be heard announcing “Maryland calls a timeout”, and the ESPN bug shows that Maryland is being charged for a timeout, and so, of course, Patrick announces “And Navy finally uses their last timeout.”
Anytime one team has more than 3 plays go in their favor, the announcers will talk about the obvious shift in “momentum.” Never mind if the 4th play results in a touchdown for the other team.
Just about every broadcast team, on every station, for every game, will invent a theme for one team or another in a matchup, and will run it into the ground, regardless of whatever action occurs in the actual game.
I love football.