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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2016, 02:56:26 PM »

i don't think it's possible to lose to tcu.

We will lose at their place.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2016, 03:01:30 PM »

i don't think it's possible to lose to tcu.

We will lose at their place.

inconceivable.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2016, 03:06:16 PM »
My favorite thing about college basketball this time of year is when announcers and commentators say stuff like "sure this team is 3-8 in conference and sucks complete crap but if they just win 6 of their next 7 including wins against 4 ranked teams they should be in the tournament."

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2016, 03:09:50 PM »

My favorite thing about college basketball this time of year is when announcers and commentators say stuff like "sure this team is 3-8 in conference and sucks complete crap but if they just win 6 of their next 7 including wins against 4 ranked teams they should be in the tournament."

IIRC, early in the game after talking about all our new players the announcer said "given the pieces, this is one of the best coached teams in the country, especially on defense". Announcers, who are usually failed coaches, love to talk up other failing coaches.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2016, 03:21:51 PM »
apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2016, 03:26:49 PM »
maybe the osu student section had a couple of them too?

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2016, 05:19:45 PM »

apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.

ESPNnews bro. They always do that.


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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2016, 05:21:05 PM »
Is it bad I'm almost hoping and cheering against the 'Cats? I literally Lol'd on multiple occasions today on just how bad we look.


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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2016, 05:25:39 PM »
Is it bad I'm almost hoping and cheering against the 'Cats?

no.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2016, 05:28:46 PM »
My favorite thing about college basketball this time of year is when announcers and commentators say stuff like "sure this team is 3-8 in conference and sucks complete crap but if they just win 6 of their next 7 including wins against 4 ranked teams they should be in the tournament."

 :lol:   :cheers:

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2016, 05:51:20 PM »
apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.

If they're not even going to travel people to the game, they ought to let members of the public that happen to be familiar with the teams call the games.  Like you and I.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2016, 06:11:41 PM »
hire actors to read chat transcripts.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2016, 06:25:05 PM »
hire actors to read chat transcripts.

Oh wow, 2 of my favorite things, gE hoops chat and #acting.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2016, 07:47:17 PM »

hire actors to read chat transcripts.

Oh wow, 2 of my favorite things, gE hoops chat and #acting.

They do this for almost every ESPNnews game... :dubious:


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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #39 on: February 13, 2016, 08:16:26 PM »
I had no idea the announcers weren't really there. Huh.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2016, 03:17:00 AM »

apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.

ESPNnews bro. They always do that.


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This isn't the slightest bit true. The announcers were at the Baylor game on Wednesday which was on ESPNNEWS.

I'm also pretty sure they were at the OSU game. Right at the beginning of the second half they were talking about something the officials were doing at halftime that they had to be there to see.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #41 on: February 15, 2016, 04:40:08 AM »


apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.

ESPNnews bro. They always do that.


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This isn't the slightest bit true. The announcers were at the Baylor game on Wednesday which was on ESPNNEWS.

I'm also pretty sure they were at the OSU game. Right at the beginning of the second half they were talking about something the officials were doing at halftime that they had to be there to see.

It is Slightly true. Maybe not always, but sometimes.


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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #42 on: February 15, 2016, 12:00:39 PM »
it's neither true or untrue

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #43 on: February 15, 2016, 12:04:05 PM »

hire actors to read chat transcripts.

Oh wow, 2 of my favorite things, gE hoops chat and #acting.

They do this for almost every ESPNnews game... :dubious:


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This is entirely untrue.  They have never hired actors to read gE transcripts.

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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #44 on: February 15, 2016, 12:48:01 PM »
apparently, espn declined to send announcers to the game.  they called it from a studio.

If they're not even going to travel people to the game, they ought to let members of the public that happen to be familiar with the teams call the games.  Like you and I.

I would buy as many vodka and sevens it would take for you to do the entire game as oscar.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #45 on: February 15, 2016, 01:30:36 PM »
i rewatched the start of the game, halftime, the period between regulation and overtime and the end of the game as well as about five minutes of game action.  i'm about 99% sure it was called in studio.  no shots of the announcers (amazingly, there were actually three empty chairs that said espnews on them in the middle of the scorer's table) at any time.  and if you are looking for it, there are subtle things like the announcers don't raise their voices much when the crowd is louder and they don't say stuff like "from our angle", etc.

mir, they have cameramen and other staff at the game, so they can still have someone talk to officials or whatnot and report on a particular issue.
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Re: Magic number 6
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2016, 01:33:18 PM »

My favorite thing about college basketball this time of year is when announcers and commentators say stuff like "sure this team is 3-8 in conference and sucks complete crap but if they just win 6 of their next 7 including wins against 4 ranked teams they should be in the tournament."

IIRC, early in the game after talking about all our new players the announcer said "given the pieces, this is one of the best coached teams in the country, especially on defense". Announcers, who are usually failed coaches, love to talk up other failing coaches.
I thought that this was an amazing statement.