John Clay's Sidelines

This from the in-box:

You might find this interesting. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were watching Kansas playing somebody. The TV broadcast crew was Bob Knight and Brent Mussberger. During the broadcast and usually during time-outs, they would do promos about upcoming games. They did a couple that day with UK and an upcoming opponent. After the last promo involving UK, my wife said something to the effect: Did you notice that neither Bob Knight or nor Brent Mussberger ever said the word “Kentucky”.

They would dance around it by referring to that first place team in the SEC or something to that effect but, they would not say the word “Kentucky”. Well,we just watched Kansas beat Kansas State and the game was broadcast by Bob Knight and Brent Mussberger. Guess what? They did it again! At no time did they say the word “Kentucky” during a promo. They would say Georgia Tech vs. Duke and Mississippi State vs. the regular season SEC winner but, they would never say “Kentucky”. Think maybe Bob Knight had something to do with that? Our only explanation was that they must suffer from “Wildcat Phobia”. It was kinda funny, really.

Brent Musburger

Media Approval Ratings hits on the old pro, Brent Musburger, the man responsible for “You’re looking LIVE at Soldier Field,” and other such venues. Brent popped onto the national scene as the host on the old NFL Today show with Kentucky’s own (sort of) Phyllis George and Irv Cross. He was also the hoops palay-by-play man with Billy Packer until CBS bounced him in the early 1990s. Brent moved over to ABC and is now ESPN’s college football play-by-play man teaming with Kirk Herbstreit.

So what say you on Brent Musburger, thumbs-up or thumbs-down?

Previously: Kirk Herbstreit – Todd Blackledge – Brandon Fisher – Brent Carney – Dan Rieffer – Rob Bromley – Alan Cutler – Kent Spencer – Dave Baker – Mary Jo Perino – Mike Cameron – Chris Cross – Dick Gabriel – Larry Glover.