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More on the 4th-down meltdown and the coronation of St. Tim of Tebow: At least according to Fox
9:07 AM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | Permalink
Barry Horn E-mail News tips
I know, I know. I didn't expect much from Fox during the BCS National Championship game but I think we got even less.
By now you have studied the awkward 4th-down-Oklahoma-needs-to-go-for-it-at-the-goal-line , oops it was really 3rd-down-they-didn't-make-it-but-need-to-go-for-it-now-that-it-is-really-4th-down meltdown by the Fox broadcasters. It will be used in broadcast classes for the remainder of the decade. (See post below for actual un-edited details.)
That's analyst Charles Davis urging "Go, go, go, go, go" on 3rd down."
I would now like to introduce a line that Thom Brennaman actually uttered sometime late in the first quarter. I wrote it down without the TIVO working so I hope it's 100 percent accurate. You will get the gist; ""In such a cynical, sarcastic society, often times looking for the negative on anybody or anything, if you're fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it."
And near the end of the game when Brennaman and sidekick Davis were again deep in Tebow praise, their beloved was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for taunting, I believe. They said something like "Must be the first thing he's ever done wrong in his life."
And in case you didn't know this: When Sooners CB Dominique Franks earlier this week said Tebow would be no better than the No. 4 QB in the Big 12, he uttered "probably the most ridiculous statement ever said."
Ever?
Can you say, "hyperbole?"
No question, Tebow is a great player and wonderful human being. But he isn't Gandhi or Mandela or Graham, either.
From a technical standpoint, I'd like to point out that CBS got away from dividing a screen into hard-to-see quadrants years ago. Why bring it back now?