@blowe said:

Joe Tait is still handling the football broadcast for Mount Union (been doing it since 1985).

@mark-o said:

Gib Shanley was boring.

Ex Browns color guys need some work.....Deiken, Golic and Bernie were all great players, but(for me) are kind of hard to listen to

"Most of the referees who paid to get in tonight don't agree with the call."

As for football it's jim donovan. He is great

@mark-o said:

I laughed like hell at your stupid jokes and even stayed most of the drink and was drinking.

Shucks

WSS

@westside-steve said:

I laughed like hell at your stupid jokes and even stayed most of the drink and was drinking.

Hard to imagine he's been gone for almost 20 years. He and a guy from channel 8 came out to a Westside bar I was playing early in my solo days. Stayed almost all night, drinking and laughing like hell at my stupid jokes, great guy and a great broadcaster. I have to admit Jimmy Donovan does a hell of a job too!

WSS

@roach said:

There are some of him but you have to find them within the highlight shows from the 1979 and 1980 seasons. I don't know how to post youtube videos on here but there are some of him calling the games

@roach said:

Some of my favorite Shanley calls....Phipps to Pitts in San Diego, MNF 1972, 21-17 Browns

Sipe to Newsome in the corner, 1980 vs Pittsburgh 27-26 Browns

Cockroft last second FG to beat Steelers in 1972 26-24

Browns clinch AFC Central in Cincy last game of the season, 1980 ("Bum Philllips kicked down the wrong door," per Sam Rutigliano)

Greg Pruitt in the sloppy mud goes around left tackle on a 20 some yard TD run, 1976 to beat Pittsburgh 18-16.

@bob806 said:

Gib Shanley painted the best picture for me on the radio. Jim Donovan never tells us where the ball is half the time, other than that he's fine.

@sisky-fringo said:

that would be a dream come true, as long as there is internet stream so I can listen to it outside of Ohio. I would do the same as you; drop everything and tune in to hear Bernie's insights every week. The icing on the cake would be if there were special guest appearances by Josh Cribbs, another guy who genuinely loves Cleveland.

@browns1216 said:

if somebody, ANYBODY, put him on the mike for regular season i'd tune in religiously and drop everyone else in a heartbeat.

so listen up all you tiny college stations, tech savvy high school kids w ability to stream online, even cb gd radio...if u build it, i would probably cum.

tbh it would actually be super simple to do online, and it would be a crystal clear broadcast that even kiwi's and siberians could tune in for (if they were so inclined) , and with even the most generic media player w a slider you could get rid of the delay and get it perfectly in sync w the video...but he'd have to be there. but between a dvr and a slider on ur audio player he wouldn't...and u could definitely get it exact. save it as a podcast and peeps could watch it later as well.

the pilot could be something like -->"SUNDAY SPECTACULAR: Get Drunk w Bernie and Throw Shit at Your TV"

or "Bernie, Uncensored..."

you get the idea.

someone call him. i'd bet he'd probably do it for free. his ego IS deserved though. we love the guy! and word would travel fast.

if web traffic were like 50k, people would notice. i don't think you would even need licensing just to call the game either.

just some silly food for thought. hey, a guy can dream, right?

@hoorta said:

Hoorta, Gowdy at the end was bad I agree. But the playoff game he announced between Miami & Raiders in 1974 was a classic. I still remember him on the call when Stabler flipped the ball to Davis, ending the Dolphin dynasty.

Stuart said:

He wasn't mad because Cope made fun of the Browns. You in fact stated it correctly. Cope was a caricature of an announcer. A cartoon. Not to be taken seriously, comic relief. But, yes, entertaining.

Stuart said:

Hamilton is great, sorry.

@hoorta said:

In the 70's, the flip side of Cope was Jack Fleming, who was the voice of the Steelers and the Mountaineers at WVU.

One of the great all-time radio announcers. That's his voice on the Immaculate Reception "Franco Harris is running for

a touchdown!"

@wargograw said:

Everyone is going to hate everyone, so these discussions always kinda suck. I for one like Collinsworth a lot.

Agree on both counts... I liked Summerall and Brookshire. Madden got old really fast.

My all-time favs...

Lead announcer: Keith Jackson. Bob Griese and Pat Haden were two of his better sidekicks. Have to give Ken Coleman an honorable mention for his Browns work in the 60's.

Color: Alex Karras... short on analysis, but long on humor. His brief stint on MNF was memorable if for no other reason than his "Otis Sistrunk: University of Mars" comment.

As for today...

Lead: Mike Patrick - loved his early SNF work with ESPN. Really good at baiting Theismann...

Color-wise: I don't think anyone comes close to Herbie these days.

Best pair? Lundquist and Danielson...

two I abhor are Dan fucking Dickdorf and Phuck Sucks...i mean Phil Simms. horribly biased, i will take no sound over either of those assholes.

@dste-ace said:

^+1

Stuart said:

Oh you're just mad Cope made fun of the browns a lot lol.

Seriously though, when Cope was the lead play by play guy yes, agree, a bit hard to take...but when Hillgrove started doing the play by play, Copes function became to add his 2 cents, like Deacon. Except Deacon is boring, Cope was hilarious, a looney tune.

Nope, Cope was horrible- except to Steeler Homers. Grating voice, and was pointed out before- homer city. Only surpassed in recent times by Dave Lapham of Bungle radio.

I liked Madden, Jackson some of Grudden's stuff even is nice. I will say, if it wasn't for Musberger, the Bucks wouldn't have some of those legendary calls.

@dste-ace said:

You can't have a list of worst-ever without mentioning Myron Cope.

Dear bleeding Christ.

That screeching voice and the most non-objective commentary ever. Perhaps only equaled by the

Atlanta Braves broadcasters (Skip Carey, etc.) on the Superstation in the '90's. Incapable of acknowledging

a good play by the opposing team while waxing on and on and on over the must mundane and routine

plays by the home team.

Oh you're just mad Cope made fun of the browns a lot lol.

Seriously though, when Cope was the lead play by play guy yes, agree, a bit hard to take...but when Hillgrove started doing the play by play, Copes function became to add his 2 cents, like Deacon. Except Deacon is boring, Cope was hilarious, a looney tune.