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Ranking the best and worst NFL announcers: Fox Sports

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by SSreporters

With the NFL season on the rise, I've decided to come up with a list of top announcing teams, and the bad announcing teams. Today, we'll start with Fox Sports. What we'll do, is start with ranking the play-by-play men from top to bottom, and do the same with the analysts another day.

Play-by-play men:

  1. Dick Stockton. I like Stockton (you thought I was going to make a joke there did you?) because he talks about the game more than any other announcer that I've heard for the NFL. He's got the right voice, is neutral, and a veteran guy who should have never been demoted to being with Brian Baldinger.
  2. Matt Vasgersian. Matt is slow at times with his delivery, but he has a lot of excitement in his voice, witty, and passionate about the game. Kind of like the Anti-Joe Buck.
  3. Sam Rosen. He is very underrated in my opinion when doing NFL games. Rosen has been dragged down because he used to be partners with Bill Maas.
  4. Kenny Albert. Kenny's voice is annoying as heck, but he rarely makes mistakes when calling a game. As I said, the voice just knocked him down to 4th.
  5. Ron Pitts. I like the fact that he used to play in the NFL, so he better know the game inside out. But he is so unexcitable, and that makes Gus Johnson really sad.
  6. Joe Buck. He just sucks. Too many baseball references, barely pretends to be interested in the game, and bores me to death. The only thing preventing him from being last, is Troy Aikman.
  7. Thom Brennaman. Thom is barely audible when he does football, and I honestly think that he, Charles Davis, and Terry Donahue are impossible to listen to.

Any agreements? Disagreements?


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ChristofMVP
865 days ago
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Nice to see Stockton getting some props. He is truly an underrated announcer.
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SSreportersLegend
865 days ago
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Fox really shot itself when they made Joe Buckbot do the pregame show. They showed the human side of him and the viewers didn't like it.
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MegECass110AAA-er
865 days ago
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Joe Buck isn't as bad as everyone says. He gets a raw deal getting stuck with McCarver for baseball, but he is okay for football with Troy (who, like you said, makes the broadcast).
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SSreportersLegend
865 days ago
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Let's get this straight, if you watched that 49ers game against the Giants, he was so lifeless. I heard the dialogue during the botched snap, be a little more excited than that.
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LocknessmonsterDraft Pick
865 days ago
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About the only time I've ever heard Buck be animated was over something stupid: the fake moon by Randy Moss. If he can get his ire up over such a non-event, you'd think he could be bothered to show some emotion during a turnover or touchdown or something.
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SSreportersLegend
865 days ago
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Because we all think he's in love with the Green Bay Packers.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
865 days ago
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Does it get any more metrosexual in a football broadcast booth than Buck & Aikman? All that is missing is a couple of white tigers...
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
865 days ago
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We could have a section for the users to vote on this... Like all of the other stuff you can vote for. If people made pages for all these people.
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ThecrookedcapAll-Star
865 days ago
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I like Stockton a lot as well.
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ThecrookedcapAll-Star
865 days ago
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He's good enough for me that I don't even bother muting the TV and turning on the radio coverage.
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Ktj856Soccer Kid
865 days ago
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i like alberts his voice is annoying tho but that should have knocked him to three btw no one can save buck from himself. now my all time fav who i greatly miss the man who put up with madden for so long Pat Summerall, a play by play legend
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SSreportersLegend
865 days ago
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Summerall is coming back to Fox to do some select games from time to time.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
865 days ago
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I like Vasgersian a lot. He's always been one of my favorite announcers. Hell I've caught him calling some UFC events, so he ain't bad in that category.
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Yakob878MVP
865 days ago
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I agree buck is screwed in baseball with mcarver but he is ok in football
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
853 days ago
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Joe Buck is definitely the WORST play by play (almost a) man.
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
831 days ago
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I just watched the Seahawks Buccaneers game with Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger announcing, and I would've just muted my TV if I didn't like to hear the 12th Man and the sound of the Seahawks defense crushing Garcia and company. Stockton mispronounced several names - even calling the Buccaneers coach "Josh Gruden" at one point. "Baldie" doesn't even merit any criticism. REALLY disappointing!
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Anonymous Fanatic #3
790 days ago
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The reason people are always putting down people like Joe Buck , Thom Breenaman , Steve Albert , Skip caray and others is because they are always compared to their fathers , and therefore or set at a higher standard then any other anouncer
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