College Announcers Walk Fine Line

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The Wizard of Odds found this 8 days ago on www2.tbo.com [flag]
SCOTT CARTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: May 8, 2008 TALLAHASSEE More than a month has passed since Florida State announced the firing of radio color analyst Peter Tom Willis, a former Seminole quarterback and member of the FSU Sports Hall of Fame. The school didn't provide a reason, but it's no secret anywhere north of Gainesville that FSU coach Bobby Bowden wasn't a fan of Willis' ... [link]

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Published 8 days ago by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wizard of Odds
... Scott Carter, Tampa Tribune: Bobby Bowden on the firing of Florida State radio analyst Peter Tom Willis: "Your job is to be a PR man. You're getting paid to boost FSU up. It's not a high school offense. Some things, you don't say." ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 5/9/08
Published 7 days ago by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... performance and the ability to re-enter D-1 following a period of “demonstrated improvement.” Otherwise, we’d be fine not having one at all, or even–gasp–having a non-quantitative review process not dependent on one silly, easily manipulated metric. This approach, however, requires both work and sense, commodities as rare as pickled unicorn eggs. Analysis is for the bluecoats. When it comes to a color announcer, Bobby Bowden wants a PR man first. “Your job is to be a PR man,” Bowden said. ...

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