Comments on: Brent & Bob Get Big 12 Big Monday Basketball

By: sa

sa — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:55:59 +0000

I will second Sunvold. liked him a lot.

Franklin has been great. but…I’ve liked Knight so far. Fran gave us mucho props, but Knight has always been highly complementary of Texas since he landed at TT.

now Musburger…eh. whatever.

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:20:10 +0000

I watched way too much B12 basketball one year. The reason I know is that I was completing Sundvold’s sentences.

By: captainsubtext

captainsubtext — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:50:29 +0000

I would pitch in to have Dave South do the Big 12 games.

By: SkyMonkeyHorn

SkyMonkeyHorn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:15:21 +0000

A Basketball post by SLX, I was under the impression that you were KIA and gone to where ever you would go…..
I will take Coach Knight over 99% of the guys that analyze basketball , Musberger was just a throw in, in this trade.
Ron Franklin was 2-3 passes behind the action for several years now and Fran would talk to 6th graders about BB, no offense to 6th graders out there.
Coach Knight has great little nuggets of BB knowledge if you listen to him, he has mellowed a lot from chairs and MMA choke holds. He will make the games more interesting IMO.

By: SL Xpress

SL Xpress — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:47:38 +0000

Bob Knight is outstanding. He’s light years better than Fraschilla. Ron Franklin has been a sad shell of himself in basketball. Football he’s still fine in, but because basketball is played at a quicker pace, he does a horrible job of keeping up. Franklin has been great for UT over the years, and at one time he was an outstanding basketball play by play guy, but now he’s just downright awful.

That’s not to say I’m excited about Brent Musberger, because I’m absolutely not, but if he’s the price to pay to bring in Knight, it’s well worth it in my opinion.

Also, who is going to go to a sports bar for every Big Monday game? I might go if my team is playing in it, but I watch the Big Monday games even if it’s two other teams. I’m not going to go to a sports bar for that.

The person I really miss for Big Monday games is Jon Sundvold. I thought he was much better than Fraschilla. I’m a little surprised at all the love for Fraschilla on here.

By: Hiphopopotamus

Hiphopopotamus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:31:47 +0000

Real question is: does EA replace Holly Rowe?

By: Mysterious Package

Mysterious Package — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:23:56 +0000

Ron loves the horns. He currently lives in Austin I always thought he was great. I agree he is the voice of the big 12. The best play-by-play out there. Knight and Bret will be good im sure but Franklin will always be my favorite.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:44:27 +0000

I cry blood when Musberger calls games. He would be better on radio where you aren’t seeing the opposite of what he’s saying. I now have “Holy Buck-eye!” stuck in my head. Thanks.

By: CrazyJoeDavola

CrazyJoeDavola — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:13:08 +0000

“If Ron Franklin is like 2009 Pedro Martinez compared to 1999 Pedro Martinez”

2009 Ron Franklin is more like 2009 Ramon Martinez.

By: burnt orange outrage

burnt orange outrage — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:47:32 +0000

Ron Franklin might not be what he once was, which was the best play-by-play man in the biz, but he’s still light years ahead of Musberger. I cannot emphasize enough how much Brent annoys me, and always has. It reached its peak in football during Applewhite’s years as QB (”The MAAY-jor’s done it again, folks!”) but it has hardly abated as the years have gone by. I listen to him and I just want to rip his fucking larynx out. This is NOT an upgrade. I’ll be muting the TV and listening to Craig Way and I don’t care if there is a 2-3 second delay in the sync-up.