Report: CBS Finally Pulling the Plug on Billy Packer
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... realize they owe Billy a thank-you .” Well, guess we all better hit the local Hallmark & send some thank you cards to CBS Television Network, 51 W. 52nd St., New York, NY, 10019.…In thanks for finally pulling the plug on Packer! Ha! Fooled ya, Jimmy! Kudos from Nantz & Pitino are pleasant, but we’d really like to hear from Allen Iverson , Charlie Rose , these two Duke co-eds , and the 2006 George Mason Final Four team about Billy’s departure. (H/T: AWFUL ANNOUNCING )
NCAA Final Four Broadcaster, Archangel of Death, Billy Packer Axed from CBS After 34 Years [Billy Packer]
Deadspin —
... ever since Billy Packer took down the St. Joe's number 1 seed in 2004 I've been ready to see him go. Yeah, yeah, that's the pathetic A-10 basketball fan in me, but still, you gotta expect there are some champagne corks popping on Hawk Hill today. I'm not alone in this feeling judging by, and this is not a misprint, the 90.5 percent disapproval that Packer racked up in Deadspin's media approval rating. Ouch, Billy, ouch. CBS Set To Replace Packer [Miami Herald] After 34 years, Billy Packer has called his last Final Four for CBS [Awful Announcing] Media ...
A Long Overdue Move By CBS
Bruins Nation —
... down the St. Joe's number 1 seed in 2004 I've been ready to see him go. Yeah, yeah, that's the pathetic A-10 basketball fan in me, but still, you gotta expect there are some champagne corks popping on Hawk Hill today. I'm not alone in this feeling judging by, and this is not a misprint, the 90.5 percent disapproval that Packer racked up in Deadspin's media approval rating. Ouch, Billy, ouch.
Thirty Five Seconds bid "good night" to the "sweet prince," while Awful Announcing still can’t believe Packer "lasted this long": ...
PTIM: July 14 Edition. Happy Bastille Day!
The Meaningful Collateral —
... Night Football.
El Enforcero: Indeed, I saw that. How do you see that playing out with Olbermann? And is there a limit to how many people NBC can cram into the studio? 8? 10? 12? Will Jerome Bettis be forced to lose weight to accomodate the extra chair?
SteelSonny: I swear, I want to see the numbers that show that we want that sort of thing. Give me Costas and Collinsworth in studio and two guys in the booth.
El Enforcero: In other broadcasting news, we got rid of Billy Packer today. Is this finally proof that God loves us? ...
Abbott Lines: 7/13 and 7/14
Press Row —
... all honesty, I can’t believe he lasted this long. He was like the “Teflon Don” of Broadcasting. None of his controversial acts were ever punished because (and I’m just assuming here) they brought viewers to the Tournament. Only now, just three months after Packer told people to change the channel during the Final Four because the Tar Heels were down 20, is he being let go. This business continues to amaze me everyday. ~ Awful Announcing, After 34 Years, Billy Packer Has Called His Last Final Four With CBS, 7/14 ...
Shuck 'Em Up: "Linkin' Logs" (7/15/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... York crowd booed him. Now, we all know (and cannot rationalize) any Yankees fan probably wouldn't boo Utley, but those visiting Mets fans certainly would. And they, of course, displayed the class I would expect of Mets fans...which is none. So what was Utley's response? Philadelphia Style! Even when Chase displays little class...he still has class More of the Vai Sikahema beatdown of Jose Canseco In AwfulAnnouncing Fashion, AA trumpets the departure Billy Packer... Also courtest of AA, Stephen A. wigs out ...
