Can you please blog on the poor quality of the commentators at the Big East Games? Its terrible. I’m not sure of the exact crew but the WVU vs Syracuse and WVU vs Marshall games on the Big East Network via SNY were terrible. They were inaccurate and boring. I clearly recall in the WVU – Cuse game that the play by play guy called a 5 yard WVU run a 1 yard loss. I swear the guys head is up his —. A change is needed. –Mike
Mike, I will indeed be watching this week’s Big East Game of the Week (USF at Pitt) from home and so I’ll keep closer attention to the announcers. Until then, though, and at the risk of sounding like I’m passing the buck, I believe it’s ESPN which produces these games and hires these announcers. SNY only gives the games a home, much as WTAP does in Parkersburg, W.V. Hopefully this week’s crews will be more to your liking. Here’s the slate:
Friday, 8 p.m. Rutgers at Army, ESPN2: Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Saturday, 12 p.m. Connecticut at West Virginia, ESPNU: Clay Matvick, David Diaz-Infante
Saturday, 12 p.m. South Florida at Pitt, SNY: Mike Gleason, John Congemi, Quint Kessenich*
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Louisville at Cincinnati, ESPNU: Todd Harris, Charles Arbuckle
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Akron at Syracuse, Time Warner-NY: Mark Lawson, Dale Drypolcher, Chris Watson
*Chris Freet at USF has put together a great channel guide for the Big East Games of the Week. This page will tell you what channel you can see that game (and ESPN Regional games) on if you’re not within SNY’s reach. Look at it, print it, bookmark it, just don’t lose it.
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.