Gus Johnson, Where Art Thou?

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By Chris Mottram If there was ever a sign that there may not be a god, this was it: Gus Johnson was in Denver over the first two rounds instead of being in Tampa. The fact that he wasn't calling the Western Kentucky-Drake game is a tragedy. Instead, Gus was stuck with mostly snoozers: Oral Roberts-Pitt, Winthrop-Wash State, GMU-ND, Temple-MSU, ND-Wash St. The one competitive/exciting ... [link]

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Don’t weep for Gus Johnson
Published 3/24/2008 by PostmanE at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... games, and when the most exciting game you broadcast is a businesslike Michigan State win over Pittsburgh, there’s not much of a climax to build to. So, no, Gus didn’t have a bad first round. His games did. Let the criticism die here. Bill Raftery was also impressive. My dream is to some day pair Johnson and Raftery in a fusion of orgasmic enthusiasm, excited nonsense terminology, and Dewar’s. That’s the world I one day want to live in. {The Sporting Blog}

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