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Favorite Sports Announcer Crews/Color Analysts (RACIST!)

Justin Barcode's recent Fanshots on the search for George Grande's replacement in the booth got me to thinking about my favorite announcing crews and individual analysts. This is a subject I've seen bandied about elsewhere on the web, but I'm not sure we've ever had a focused discussion at RR.

There are enough readers here with varying sports interests and who follow various smaller sports entities that I thought it might be interesting to see who our favorites are among the live sports commentariat and why? Maybe a post detailing your favorite and your least favorite. Consider both past and present.

I think John McEnroe and Mary Carillo are the best color analysts of any sport I watch regularly, but, tennis (particularly Grand Slam tennis) is a little easier to do well. So, I'll say that NU alum Gary Danielson is the most genuine and interesting college football live analyst I've ever heard. He's frequently infuriating, but more frequently right on the money. Ever SEC fanbase is convinced he has it out for them, and he's clearly made Verne Lundquist a looser and, therefore better, pbp guy. Four years ago the cameras caught him eating nachos as they went live. It didn't phase him in the least.

To the bad side, I have to throw in Vitale. I hate to be so unoriginal, but he doesn't even attempt to do anything serious anymore. He's just an ingratiating ESPN mascot with no genuine interest in the Xs and Os of basketball.

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