Comments on: Some things to watch for vs Dallas

By: Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:30:22 +0000

I’d love it if that radio sync works! I’ve liked the KOA broadcasts of the games. One of the things that killed me about the last game on the NFL Network was the Dallas announcers they used for the first half. They had NO CLUE who the Denver players were and several times called players by the wrong name.

Oh, well… At least it was better than that ESPN Monday Night game. That was simply HORRIBLE! :)

By: merlinofchaos

merlinofchaos — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:16:44 +0000

Jonathan: You’re right, I hadn’t noticed that KOA was blocking the sports events until I went to listen. I ended up dropping $30 on the NFL season pass, so now I can listen to the radio broadcasts for any game.

The radio announcers are MUCH less bad than the TV announcers, as a rule; Dave Logan is pretty good about telling us what’s going on. In fact, since I went ahead and paid for it, I may experiment with trying to sync up the radio broadcast to the TV broadcast, and then mute the TV. Who knows, maybe it will work!

By: Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:37:54 +0000

Heck ya — another Eslinger fan! Welcome! :)

I’ve been keeping an eye on our boy Greg for while now (since his awesome NFL-Europa tour), and I’ve liked his progress.

Ramsey looked better, but as I’ll mention, Brad looked better… I’ll comment more below.

By: Hallux Valgus

Hallux Valgus — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:02:59 +0000

interesting. With all the linemen you mentioned, I thought Eslinger and Fenton were the best (but I’ve been an unabashed Eslinger fan since he was a junior in college, and I’m CU alum who picked the Broncos to sign him)

I thought Ramsey was better (still has a Plummer-esque arm), and I have a mancrush on Darrell Hackney. He’s like a cuddly bowling ball with a rocket arm.

By: Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:10:55 +0000

I thought (starting last year) they were blacking out even the preseason games on the KOA site — I know the regular season games are blacked out. I guess I could pay for the NFL radio pass and listen to it that way too, but I’d rather just SEE it without getting it filtered first… heck, sometimes if the announces are really bad, I’ll mute it so I don’t have to be distracted by the silly banter! :)

Anyway — what you wrote is good advice for anyone looking for a way to get info on tonight’s games without waiting for the NFL re-broadcast!

Thanks for stopping by. You’ll have to reply after the game and let me know what you thought of Marshall. I might not check it until Sunday, but I’ll make sure to read it then!

By: merlinofchaos

merlinofchaos — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:12:47 +0000

You can listen to the game on KOA’s website; while it’s not QUITE as good as watching the game, it’s better than waiting in suspense for 24 hours and having an internet moratorium. At least, it is for me.

And then I usually watch the games anyway, because I’m that kind of obsessive guy. But I tivo it so I can fast forward through the parts I know that not much happens. Mostly there’s a handfull of plays I want to see again. Or maybe I want to try and watch the play of one particular player (like, in this game, I’m certainly going to want to see Marshall in-game).