The "Billy "Fudge" Packer list for knobbers in broadcasting"

[ballyhoohoo]

It has been 18 months since we last visited this list, but it is time for a new vote. Voting will be conducted in AP style. Youc an vote for five media figures, they may be local, regional, national, television, radio, or print/intraweb.

The final list from Summer of 2009 was

1. Billy “Fudge” Packer (18)
2. Seth Davis (17)
3. Gregg Doyel (16)
4. Dick Vitale (12)
5. Digger Phelps (10)
Dishonorable Mention:
Jay Bilas (7), Hubert Davis, Lance McAlister, Chuck Machock, Tom Brennen, Bobby Knight

Balloting will close Monday at 8 AM EST

[ballyhoohoo]

my ballot is

Billy “Fudge” Packer
Lance McAlister
Gregg Doyel
Seth Davis
Dick Vitale

[muskiefan82]

my ballot is

Billy “Fudge” Packer
Lance McAlister
Gregg Doyel
Seth Davis
Dick Vitale

I think you are giving McAlister too much credit. He isn't good enough to be this bad.

[MCXU]

Lance McDouchester
Billy Fudge Packer
George Vogel
Dick Vitale
Lance Goss

[paulxu]

I'd like to use all my votes for Bilas; and he can still bite me.
I don't want to dilute my vote my mentioning someone else.

[QueensbridgeMF]

Billy Packer is still in broadcasting?

[bobbiemcgee]

5 more for bias

[ballyhoohoo]

sorry to be a stickler for rules, only one vote per media figure.

[X-man]

If "fudge" is still in the broadcasting biz, he heads my list. Others getting my vote would be Bilas, Vitale, Digger, and Davis. I also would like to give Lunardi special mention for working his ass off to get as many Big Least teams as possible into the Dance.

[flagship]

Seth Davis
Digger Phelps
Dick Vitale
Jim Day (I know he is our own but damn is he annoying)
Billy Packer

[paulxu]

sorry to be a stickler for rules, only one vote per media figure.

I was going to create more screen names to play by the rules, but I was concerned that Amex might think I was Muddy, or Swampy, or Doppy, or Sleepy, or......

[XUOWNSUC]

1. Lance Goose/Goss McAlister
2. Digger stupid highlighter Phelps
3. Duke Vitale
4. George Vogel
5. Ken Broo
Dishonorable Mention: Packer, Lunardi

[ThePowerOfX]

Brent Musburger
Jim Day
Bobby Knight
Digger Phelps
Lance McAllister

[DC Muskie]

Seth Davis is a knobber and a bender.

[Bmuskie]

Lance "I hate Xavier" McAlister
Jay "I don't know my ass from a hole in the ground" Bilas
Digger P-helps
Clark "They're Great!" Kellogg
Seth "I love the BCS" Davis

[BandAid]

Seth Davis
Billy Packer (bumped down since he retired)
Digger Phelps
Joe Buck
Joe Morgan (Sorry, I'm a Cubs fan, and he clearly hate the Cubs. He's a national guy; it shouldn't be so evident)

Those are my big three college basketball announcers. Then there's a whole bunch of others in a gaggle behind.

I know I'll get hammered by this, but Gus Johnson gets my nerve every now and again. I love him when we are winning, hate him when we are losing, and love him for games in which X isn't playing. So I rarely hate him. Basically I just hate him for the Ohio State game...

[DC Muskie]

I know I'll get hammered by this, but Gus Johnson gets my nerve every now and again. I love him when we are winning, hate him when we are losing, and love him for games in which X isn't playing. So I rarely hate him. Basically I just hate him for the Ohio State game...

Actually you bring up a good point. We should never let Gus do our games in the Dance.

However the KSU game with Gus Johnson is probably one of my most favorite games ever.

[Blue Blooded-05]

While I hated Billy Packer for being an opinionated ass who was ALWAYS in a bad mood... In fairness, I actually found him pretty insightful during games...

While the average color commentator says things like "Duke really needs a defensive stop, here!" ... Packer would say something to the effect of "Duke needs to do a better job recovering to the perimeter from their help-side defense against this high/low attack..." ... I always at least respected him for his ability to diagnose what was really going on in the game.

The one I refuse to watch is Digger Phelps. He provides neither insight nor entertainment. I reached my final straw when he claimed the final AP #1 team is at a disadvantage in the NCAA Tournament because they haven't won it all in awhile. Hmmm... If that's fact, how come it doesn't hold up on the women's side, Digger? Could it be because you media types vote the women's side based on merit and the men's side is based on popularity? Furthermore; what is the statistical impact of last year's #1's on this year's #1? -- Answer: ZERO. Digger basically admitted he has the same strategy as the guy at the roulette wheel who bets on black because the last 3 happened to land on red... The last 3 rolls have no effect on the next roll, dumbass!

Oh and one more thing, Digger... No one tunes in to see what tie/highlighter combination you're wearing... If I did tune in, it would be for basketball, not Queer Eye For the Straight Guy... (EDIT: I was going to go on and say something really inappropriate about Digger using a "brown highlighter" but decided against it... This is a Catholic forum...)

[STL_XUfan]

This may change some people's voting, but Dana O'Neil called us Mid-Major in her chat today. Granted she said several other very nice things about us that should cancel that one slip up.

[Muskie91]

Greg Doyle
Seth Davis
George Grand
John Madden
George Vogel