BOL Round Table

Exactly, and if you ever have to listen without being able to watch the game, you won't be able to tell if it's the 3rd play of the game or the last or who is winning. Stabler used to chime in with the time even though it's Eli's job. EG also tends to sound excited about a "run up the middle" or "around the left", that makes you think it's a big play until he ends the sentence with "for a gain of two."

No radio person can come close to conveying what they TV or being there can. If you can't see the game, it's probably your fault. If you want to listen to a game and it's Eli calling it, you're in for a treat because he is the greatest voice in radio.

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I miss the Snake along with Eli...that's a good team..

RTR

I've never, ever been a fan of Eli doing our play by play. Can't wait until he's gone. Been waiting for this for 23 years. i listened to him for a few minutes last Saturday and i had no idea what the hell was going on.

Did Forney have a son?

I've been listening to Eli since I was very young, and I've never once had an issue picture what was actually happening. I'm not sure what some people expect from a radio broadcast? It's a live event, and the play-by-play guy is highly reliant on his producer, stats guy and spotter to be on top of their game for the entire broadcast. It's a big circle of trust. If the stat guy isn't quick enough with numbers, or if the spotter points to the wrong guy on the call sheet, or if the producer doesn't give him cues, then the play by play guy will makes mistakes.

I mean, to each their own, but if you can honestly think of a better play-by-play guy in college football then be my guest. The only guy I can think of in his league is Gene Deckerhoff for Florida State and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

For some of the criticisms on Eli, it seems that people want a perfect story of each and every play to occur within the 4-10 seconds that the play actually occurs, while others are offended by any shred of objectivity in the booth.

Also remember, it's a form of MASS media. Meaning that it's an enormously large audience, so a happy medium has to be reached so even the casual fan can enjoy the game. If he were to get into some hyper-complicated breakdown of what's going on, it would be infinitely more confusing on air than giving too general of a description.

Again, good luck finding someone better or more of a professional than Eli.

This is the problem. You don't know anything else therefore Eli is great to you. He is Alabama football to you. But, there is NOTHING about that nasally, Brooklyn twang that says SOUTHERN football. As for his ability to call the game so that one can follow it, when is the last time you've listened to Eli's broadcast WITHOUT watching it simultaneously? You think he's doing a solid job simply because you're viewing what happens. You know down and distance b/c you see it. You know the score b/c you see it. You know whether a guy makes a first down b/c you see it. If a player runs for a first down, it typically takes 10 seconds for Eli to make you aware of this fact.

I don't want a professional. I want someone who BLEEDS crimson and would rather die than lose a football game. Chris Stewart is that man. The guy loves Alabama like it was his mama. And, I'm never lost when I listen to the much faster paced basketball games. He's also very good at slowing the pace down and filling time as in his baseball broadcasts. The criticism I've ever heard of C Stew is that he has a bad radio voice. Fortunately, he wins that battle with Eli tenfold. Eli's voice sucks.