Gus Johnson
galaxy27
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genuinely curious what everyone's take on him is. a lot -- and i mean a LOT -- of people are ripping him for his style, especially after yesterday's game. i just cannot distance myself any further from those types. i freaking love the guy. Little Sisters of the Poor could be playing and if GJ was on the call, rest assured i'd get excited at some point. the guy brings the energy to the point of almost losing his voice and i can't get enough of it. i couldn't have cared less about Indiana & Penn St. yesterday, but i was on the edge of my seat and completely riveted the entire 4th Q, and that was in large part due to his commentating. it felt like i was being sucked into a vortex of electricity the last two minutes of that game. when Cooper made that catch and GJ started speaking in tongues, i damn near had an out-of-body experience.
wanna slip me into a coma instead? force me to listen to someone like Collinsworth, Romo, Brady, or Aikman. i simply cannot understand how someone can have a problem with Johnson, yet they're ok with guys like that who provide no redeeming value outside of reducing your IQ over the course of four quarters.
there's my dos centavos on Gus. where are yours? just right? over the top? indifferent?
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I've posted this several times and I'm going to post it yet again because it will never get old and is in my top tier of Best sound bites ever, ever since I watched this live I've been a huge Gus Johnson fan
He is hilarious!
https://youtube.com/shorts/iclSpkdNYLI?si=9Vmq3LBoGyZNtniA
I’m so ancient and out of the mainstream when I saw the title of the thread I thought of the NBA player Gus Johnson who I remember from my youth.
So I’m not much help, I’m still trying to figure out what momos are.
All I want in an announcer is for him to talk about the game and shut up about his personal life, where they’re having dinner after the game etc.
Except for Denny Matthews’ theres never been anyone noteworthy for me.
I gave my opinion about him in the college thread, the guy is the best for me. He announces a game like a fan. Sure, maybe he gets a little over-excited sometimes but that's what fans do. It's a pleasure for me when he's announcing a game I'm watching.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
Gus is definitely over the top. His partnership with Joel Klatt has made for some great game commentary plus the rah-rah!
He’s a little over the top in my book. He gets stuck on his Gusisms and overuses them to the point of annoyance. The “world famous” Ohio State Buckeyes. The “Big Zamboni” for Andy Kotelnicki last year (before he pooped the bed this year as PSU OC). His excitement is definitely catchy, but I could do without the repetitive attempts at getting a nickname to stick.
Jim
He's great for college football.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions
I'm not a huge fan. I think he's OK but he's overexcited too often and seems to fawn over big names too much.
@burghman said: The “world famous” Ohio State Buckeyes
That is tied all the way back to the 1936 Olympics when Jesse Owens, a student/athlete at Ohio State, won 4-Gold medals and it drew attention to the school. Another thing that annoys a lot of people is when Sportscasters announce the school as THE Ohio State University. That dates way back to 1878 when an Act of the Ohio State Legislature was passed to avoid confusion with other schools and institutions, so it a legal issue.
Hey, ya gotta love History, it answers lots of questions. Buckeyes everywhere are proud of the "THE" in front of their alma mater.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
Yep, I’m aware of both of those but he’s the only one doing the “world famous” thing so I’m allowed to be annoyed by it
The THE thing is all over the place - they even tried to copyright it for merchandising reasons - so I couldn’t care less about that.
Jim
Gus is on fire tonight y’all.
His yelling gets old. I'm in the distinct minority but I dislike him as an announcer.
I thought he was a bit restrained compared to usual. He called a very intense game and he seemed to enjoy it. His partner, Klatt, correctly predicted what turned out to be the winning score for IU. Then neither of them made any mention of it. They were focused on what came next. I enjoyed the game. It wasn't too much hype.