ESPN Idiot announcers! Kos arm was hooked

[VistaPanther]

I think ESPN had their B team production unit and D team announcing crew.

But it was still the best game I've ever seen. Right up there with Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Eastern Washington and New Hampshire.

LOL! Right up there, each step has been better than the last!

[CF Panther]

One important point about this play: There was contact. It was only 4th and 3, so even the 5 yard running into the kicker gives us the first down. The extra 10 yards was purely gravy on the play due to Kos' great acting job!

[bigcat75]

the idiots

talked about texas the whole game if you were not paying close attention would never know UNI was in the game at all. No reference to Koebcke gettin hurt even when camera showed him getting taped. They were bothering me all night. All the heismean talk and talk about texas all night i had to turn the volume down could take no more made it difficult to watch the game. I guess in preparing for the game they never got around to UNI. Seemed to me they were a lil upset about having to (gasp) announce a D1AA game. Whatever see you guys in Chatanooga.

[JayJ79]

that is why I go with the rima and crew for my audio.

it is easier to deal with hearing the plays a second before I see them than it is to deal with the espn crew

[VistaPanther]

They sucked and I hope they read about it here as well as at their offices!
I know my wife has already sent off an email to the network! And let me tell you, they really don't want to get her going in a war of words!
I have never seen her lose a game of scrabble in over a decade!

Go Panthers!

[DMPanther]

also PO'd about them talking about UT's (D1) quarterback - who is he? Who cares!

[PantherHawk]

HOLY ****, that was an awesome game! I was in Denver Colorado watching the game and the bar was going nuts. Actually there were some Texas State people there, but we all were sitting at the same table. Who cares about the fake fall by our punter, its a good job by his part, he should of done it, its a smart move. who cares what the ESPN announcers think! They were all for Texas State because of Vince Young. The QB at texas State was nothing compared to Meyer from EWU. I am glad to see the panthers back in the promise land and just to let ya all know, Denver was rooting for the panthers the whole way! It was amazing to see everyone cheering at the end of the game!!! GO Panthers from a hawkeye fan.

[NJ Panther]

When it was 30-29 the announcers made it seem like Texas State was up 70-3. They talked about TSU's QB every 5secs (anyone with TIVO know how many times they talked about pro-scouts?) and hardly said a thing about Sanders other then one Kurt Warner comment, which was enevitable. I think they seriously spent 10mins debated whether or not UNI should have gone for 2. Not sure they needed to show Wingert's miss with a huge "miscuses" banner on the screen a dozen times, along with that missed two point conversion and the dropped punt . Just not necessary. I'm glad they were so horrible and biased because it made winning all the better. Hopefully the crew for Nooga will be better.

[MGLD Panther]

I thought since the game was "national" the announcers would be unbiased. Boy was I wrong. You would have thought Barrick was the twin brother of Vince Young! I believe the showed the Kos punt 12 times. Then this morning my son told me that play made the "Not so top 10 plays" on ESPN. Thos guys were a joke.

[grizzpaw]

same thing happened last year! where is cstv when you WANT them! pam ward did a great job last year (only announcer that did their homework)! i think espn needs to find someone that LIKES to cover I-AA football and not talk about 1-a football the hole game! they don't need to go away mad - they just need to go away and find ANYBODY from 1-AA (otto, ralph)

[UNI Fight]

Even if he was acting, so does every divisn 1 punter and NFL punter why wouldn't you try for an advantage for your team

[Cat Girl]

Even IF he was acting, which I still think it was a bad camera angle, it was the REFS WHO CALLED IT!!!! THEY NEED TO LAY OFF KOS. THE REFS ARE THE ONES WHO THREW THE FLAG.

[bigcat75]

Was watching tape of game today

and yes while we still end up winning because i already knew the ending the horrible announcing goes stratight downhill after what I will now call "The punt" man how many times can they show that replay or how much airtime can you spend talking about it. Get over it. The kicker for me was after the half what do we see again 1st thing "the punt" they did absolutely no homework on UNI before game and were really unprepared. Were they all TSU alumni or something. Horrible i remember myself all game just thinking as they were showing the coaches kids in the nice luxury box fighting, scenes from around the field, Reggie Bush chat or Vince young comparisons how I would really like to watch this game. can you put the camera on the field? Maybe tell me who made the tackle? There was an illegal procedure call late in game against UNI and we not only did not see the call the terrible tandem of announcers did not tell us what the call was either. Koebcke one of our leading tacklers goes out of the game they show him getting taped on sideline, no injury update, hell no mention of it at all. The WKU game which was televised by CSTV or Gateway Tv was done professionally equally and 1,000 times better than ESPN. I know I am rambling but that was horrible and you can probably tell i am going overboard with this . Best thing they did was mention UNI-ty i liked that unity good way to describe us.
Chattanooga baby oh yes.
Go Panthers!!!!!

[DMPanther]

Even IF he was acting, which I still think it was a bad camera angle, it was the REFS WHO CALLED IT!!!! THEY NEED TO LAY OFF KOS. THE REFS ARE THE ONES WHO THREW THE FLAG.

Exactly Cat Girl - the refs called it. Besides don't punters get taught to go down like that if they get hit - even hit just a little. Not sure if Kos was hit harder than original thought but it really didn't matter - he was hit and 5 yd penalty would have resulted in a first down anyway...Announcers were horrible!

[panther2317]

OK, I was a punter in high school and everyone is right...while you're fully extended, even if someone nicks you...you're going to take a tumble. But where the acting comes in...is he was writhing on the ground in pain, got up and started to walk off, then paused and grabbed his legs again...then when he was on the sidelines...he was laughing. The hit happened...the writhing on the ground was for effect only...and it worked. Only the ref had the angle of him getting hooked...the camera couldn't see that angle.