Knight-burger

Interesting news comes from Awful Announcing today: Bob Knight will be announcing with Brent Musburger on Thursday nights. I share in Awful Announcing's sentiments in hoping that this does not cause problems in the Brent and Steve announcing relationship. I just don't see a Musburger-Knight announcing pairing working very well though. We'll see how it goes...it doesn't seem like Knight will appreciate Brent's drunkenness. At least we still have Lavinburger for the Big Ten games on Tuesday nights.

New Post

Once again, the real world is much busier than the Brent-world and there is no time to watch the college football games Brent announces. It doesn't sound like Brent has been doing anything outrageously ridiculous though. Be sure to check back once basketball season starts because that's Brent's prime time and there will be new posts and ridiculous quotes!

Saturday Afternoon Brent

Well, it's been a while since the last post. The non-Brent world has been much busier than the Brent world has been lately, and Brent has been letting the other college football announcers get all the attention for saying ridiculous things. I think Brent is just saving his best stuff for basketball season. Big news on the Brent-front is that he is not announcing the Saturday night ABC game this week (mainly because there is no ABC Saturday night game). Brent and his team will be in Dallas for the Texas vs. Oklahoma game at noon. This is ABC's big game of the week though, so it's not like Brent is being demoted.

This Week in Brent

Brent will be announcing the ABC Saturday night game at 8pm as usual with Kirk Herbstreit and Lisa Salters. No Erin Andrews this week, it seems like she is specializing in the Thursday night games. Brent really needs to step it up this week, relative to the other college football announcers Brent doesn't seem ridiculous at all. You would never guess that this is the guy who said, "Be careful what you do in a bar with YouTube around."

Primetime Brent

The big game of the weekend is #5 Ohio State @ #1 USC and who else would be announcing besides Brent Musburger? Brent will be joined by the same team as the previous two weeks. One change is that Erin Andrews will also be sideline reporting the Thursday night game (North Carolina @ Rutgers). Something I've noticed: Football games last longer than basketball games, but Brent manages to say a lot more ridiculous things while announcing basketball. I think Steve Lavin is a huge factor in instigating Brent's insanity; therefore, let Steve call a football game with Brent! I don't care how little Steve knows about football. Here's Awful Announcing's college football announcing schedule.

Brent's Next Game

Brent will be announcing the ABC Saturday night game at 8pm again with the same announcing team from last week. Kirk Herbstreit, Lisa Salters, and Erin Andrews will be joining Brent in Gainesville, FL for the Gators game against Miami. Here's the link to Awful Announcing for the entire college football announcing schedule.

Brent Back in Action

Since I'm not able to watch the game Brent is announcing tonight due to my geographical location, I direct you to Deadspin's live blog of the game, and Awful Announcing's Pam Ward Chronicles as I'm sure Brent's craziness will show up on both sites. Enjoy reading the comments, and watching the game if you are so lucky.

The Excitement Is Building

The college football season starts tonight, but here at BrentWatch we could care less about that. The real party starts on Saturday night at 8! While we’d rather see Brent sitting courtside with his pal Steve Lavin after spending the previous night partying in one of the Big Ten’s college towns, the return of Brent to the primetime sports world is always an event to be celebrated, so don’t forget to print out a copy of one of the two versions of the Brent Musburger Drinking Game in the links section. And don’t forget to check back on Saturday night for quotes from the game in case you missed them.

Update: According to this map I will not be enjoying a Brent announced game on Saturday night. I will have to try my best to find some good Brent quotes anyway.

This Just In

Erin Andrews will be joining Kirk Herbstreit and Lisa Salters on Brent's announcing team Saturday night at 8 for the Alabama vs Clemson game. What a great way to start the college football season!

Does Brent Save His Best Stuff for Primetime?

Brent just finished up his summer announcing duties with the conclusion of the Little League World Series on Sunday, and now is getting ready for ABC Saturday night college football. Ever since college basketball season ended, Brent has spent time announcing some MLB games, racing events, the Belmont Stakes, and a few Little League World Series games. Brent even made an appearance emceeing the Big Ten Luncheon. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to watch all of those events, and I’m not really interested in watching them either (even though Brent’s announcing is enough to make them appealing), but it seems like Brent’s summer has been lacking in insanity. Maybe there have been some crazy Brent moments, but because these are not high profile sports I haven’t heard about any Musburger shenanigans. However, I have a theory: Brent saves his best moments of ridiculousness for when the majority of America is listening to him. Brent knows how much attention he gets with college football and basketball and he takes advantage of the spotlight being on him. A counter theory to this would be that Brent performs worse (i.e. he messes up and makes a fool of himself) when the pressure is on. Another possibility is that his craziness is amplified and encouraged by his announcing partners, be it Steve Lavin, Erin Andrews, or Kirk Herbstreit. I find this last theory particularly convincing. I don’t think you can have a proper Musburger without a little Lavin on the side.

Coming Soon to a TV Near You

College football season starts soon and your chance to see Brent Musburger will be on ABC Saturday nights, as usual. ABC/ESPN still trusts Brent with the big games of the week. Brent will be announcing with Kirk Herbstreit in the booth, and Lisa Salters will be roaming the sidelines. Erin Andrews is also working during college football season, but not on Brent's team, she will be sideline reporting on ESPN Thursday nights and Saturday afternoon. Steve Lavin is no where to be found. Nothing new here. I think it would be interesting to see Brent, Steve, and Erin announce a football game...just an idea. Ridiculousness would ensue, I'm sure.

Little League World Series

If you're looking for some Brent action, the Little League World Series is coming up for your viewing entertainment. ESPN is broadcasting all 32 games, but of course Brent only does the big time U.S. games and makes his minions do the early round and international games. Brent will be announcing 5 games between August 20th and the 24th, but he's got a pretty good team of minions announcing the other games for him. Disregarding the announcing hilarity, the Little League World Series is some quality baseball to watch, but this is prime time to get some Brent entertainment in the middle of the basketball-less summer and to prepare us for college football season.

Steve Lavin to 2012!

The LA Times has reported that Steve Lavin has signed a contract with ABC/ESPN which puts him at the announcer's table until 2012. Hopefully this means Brent will be around at that long too. Speaking of Brent, apparently Steve considers him a mentor. I think Brent should train Steve to take over the role of insane announcer when Brent inevitably retires. Steve is already on the right path and has shown he has the natural talent to compete with Brent's hilarity. Steve can only get more insane as he gets older.

From the LA Times article: Steve's preseason top 5
1 North Carolina
2 UCLA
3 Louisville
4 Pittsburgh
5 Tennessee

College Football Live is Back...With Brent!

ESPN reported today that College Football Live returns on the 21st with the first 2 episodes hosted live by Brent Musburger. What a good deal for Brent. It's good to know that the networks still view him as a premier announcer who can capture the attention of America's sports enthusiasts. Since there's so much in the college football world to catch up on, Brent won't have too much time to mess around and make a fool of himself. Nevertheless, I wish I could quit my job so I can be around to watch the episodes.

Brent Emceeing the Big Ten Luncheon

Here's the latest in the Brent Musburger summer news from the Big Ten Network. Mark your calendars for Friday July 25 for what the Big Ten calls "The largest and most exciting preseason celebration of college football in the country." That statement is only true because our pardner, Brent, will be the emcee. The 2nd paragraph of that article does a good job of recapping Brent's illustrious broadcasting career without mentioning that he is insane.

College Basketball in June?

If you're going through Lavinburger deprivation like I am you need to turn on ESPNU and hope to get lucky with a Brent and Steve announced game. At 2am on Sunday morning Brent and Steve were announcing last year's Stanford vs Arizona game. I miss college basketball so much. It made my day to hear the ESPN college basketball music. Summer is not a good season for sports. Anyway, it seemed like Brent and Steve were going to be good, serious announcers for this game since Erin andrews wasn't around, but they were definitely drunk and ridiculous.

Highlights of the game:

Remember the Kelvin Sampson scandal at Indiana? This game took place soon after news was released about it and Brent and Steve talked about it for a while. They thought Sampson would get away with the infractions. Wow, Brent and Steve really know their stuff. Brent said he's putting Steve's name in for the Indiana job if Sampson does get fired. I wonder if Steve was actually considered for the job. It would have been tragic for my college basketball viewing pleasure (and this blog) if he did leave the Lavinburger team. Anyone have any ideas on who Brent would would be teamed up with if
Steve ever left? And if you're wondering why Brent was going to put Steve's name in for the Indiana job, it's not because Lavin used to be a coach, it's because he doesn't use his cell phone a lot.

Apparently Lavinburger was intrigued by the ESPN bottom line. Brent is the human ticker according to Steve. Whenever he needs a score Brent has it (I find that hard to believe because most of the time Brent doesn't even know the score of the game he is announcing).

In a close game nearing halftime Brent and Steve are talking about where they ate dinner last night:
"You went to Italian in Tucson, what's wrong with you Lavin?" - Brent

Brent talking about Brook Lopez:
"You can't coach 7 foot. You know that cliche. TIMEOUT!"
(I don't get it and I'm not surprised. I would be worried if I did understand something Brent said)
(Brent loves saying ridiculous things before the timeout commercial. And he always says "TIMEOUT" right before the commercial)

"Coming down to money time now. That 5 minute mark." - Brent

Brent and Steve went ridiculous about a foul at 5:27 left. Steve was talking about water buffaloes (I remember him comparing people to water buffaloes in another game too). Brent was yelling at Lav. I tried to remember what they said but it was too crazy for me to remember.

College basketball in the summer, best thing ever.
Thank you ESPNU

Steve Lavin Finally Getting Some Work

The NBA Draft is coming up and apparently Steve Lavin is an ESPN NBA expert. Today, Steve was part of a panel that answered questions submitted by fans, and he will be at it again tomorrow at 1 on ESPN. If you want to ask Steve a question about the NBA draft, you can do so here. Steve will be working the actual draft day too, on ESPN radio. How are people supposed to see Steve's amazing hair if he's on radio? Poor planning on ESPN's part....bush league.

Lavinburger Has Some Competition

ESPN baseball announcer Rick Sutcliffe made comments about Erin Andrews during last night's Cubs/Braves that made Brent and Steve seem like perfect gentlemen when they are working with Erin. Here's the story and video from Awful Announcing. I imagine there must be major competition at ESPN and ABC to see who gets to work with Erin. And they all must be playing a game to see who can make the worst comments about her on air. I'm pretty sure Rick Sutcliffe is winning.

Almost as Good as a Brent Musburger Action Figure

The year was 1989 when Brent Musburger was immortalized in a football card, and thanks to eBay you can have it for $2.99! Apparently this card is #17 of a Pro Set Announcer Collection. And the seller has the nerve to imply that other announcers are more important than Brent by valuing their cards higher than his! And why would anyone want to sell a Brent Musburger trading card anyway?

Good News for Brent

He didn't make Will Leitch's (editor of Deadspin) list of the 10 worst broadcasters in sports.

Brent @ the Belmont Stakes

Watch for Brent this Saturday on ESPN and ABC as he will be hosting the Belmont Stakes with Joe Tessitore. Apparently this horse race is a big deal and ABC messed it up before.

Erin Andrews on Blog Show

This is old news by now, but here is the video of Erin Andrews being interviewed by the guys from Blog Show.
They ran into her in a Washington DC hotel when she was there for the spelling bee and got a quick interview with her. Not a very exciting interview and not really worth watching, but it's always fun to hear from one of Brent Musburger's college basketball announcing teammates. Seems like Erin is down to earth and just trying to be a normal person, although she realizes how much of an Internet sensation she has become. In the interview she tells Blog Show that the strange look she had on her face when Bruce Pearl grabbed her during a halftime interview was because she realized the clip would be all over the Internet, not because being grabbed by a scary old man in the middle of a basketball court is creepy. Actually I think the Pearl/Andrews incident will have historical consequences: these days, coaches grabbing sideline reporters is seen as just part of the job.

Brent Sighting!

The moment we've been waiting for, a Musburger appearance on a major network related to a major sport! I was going to post about Erin Andrews' interview on the Blog Show, but that will have to wait for later. Last night Brent was on ESPN's Lakers/Celtics special. Good thing we had a Brent Musburger history lesson yesterday so you all know that back in the 80's Brent was kind of a big deal at CBS, and it just so happens that CBS broadcast the NBA finals back when the Lakers/Celtics rivalry was at its best. So the ESPN host interviewed Dick Stockton, who did the play by play of those games, and also interviewed our dear friend Brent to get some insight on the finals then and now. In case you missed it, if you go to the 3:16 mark of the video here at Awful Announcing you can see Brent live from what looks like Montana. Brent made some good points and was able to be ridiculous all in a matter of about 2 minutes. Oh Brent, that's why we love you.

Brent Musburger Facts

Here's a list of interesting facts compiled from wikipedia.com and chicagotribune.com profiling our favorite announcer to keep us occupied during the football and basketball offseason:

-Born May 26, 1939 in Portland, OR
-Raised in Montana
-Went to Northwestern University for journalism
-Northwestern suspended him for a year for owning and operating a car without a license
-During that year he went to umpire school and he umpired minor league baseball
-Picture it: Manhattan, 1980. Brent gets into a fist-fight in a bar with NFL Today co-worker Jimmy the Greek
-Late 1980's - the height of Brent's stardom: Brent is involved in announcing every sport CBS covers
-Supposedly Brent invented the term "March Madness"
-2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Brent gets ticketed for drinking beer in his car after the Nebraska-Pittsburgh game
-2006: Brent creates controversy when he reveals on air a secret signal USC's football team uses during games
-Brent has his own action figure

Party at Brent's House!

You can find a lot of interesting things on the Internet...like a supposed picture of Brent Musburger's house! For all you stalker-types out there, here's the link to Brent's Jupiter, FL house.

Steve Lavin Update

Steve hasn't been up to much since basketball ended, not even announcing NASCAR or the spelling bee. A Steve Lavin search on Wikipedia led me to some insight on what Steve does during the off season. According to Wikipedia (the ultimate source of knowledge), Steve speaks at many events throughout the country for businesses and schools. Apparently he knows a lot about communication, motivation, management, recruiting, and leadership. In fact, Steve will be in Brent's favorite city in Big Ten country, Madison, WI, this Saturday speaking at a coaches for cancer event. The headline for The Capital Times' article about this event is hilarious. "Behind the Mike: Lavin 'inculcates' viewers with hipness." Reading the article, it's obvious that the people of Madison are in awe of Lav's vocabulary. It is a sad day in Wisconsin when Steve Lavin is considered "hip."

I wonder if Brent will tag along and spend the weekend in his favorite Madison bars?

Brent Musburger Update

So what has Brent been up to lately? Well basketball season is over and he hasn't done anything ridiculous lately so we haven't heard from him in a while. I'm sure he's been doing some baseball announcing, but it just came to my attention that Brent announced the Indy 500 this past weekend. In fact Brent has been doing this since 2005. And Brent has been involved in announcing NASCAR too.
Here are some NASCAR quotes by Brent from awfulannouncing.blogspot.com:
-"There is nothing like the sound of the start. Forty-three cars screaming around the corner. It’s like the apocalypse is now. You think the world is about to come to an end. There’s nothing like it."
-"The fan part will be great. This is not an elitist crowd. I’ve had a few beers with that demographic."

Brent will announce any sport just as long as he gets to be drunk while doing it.

Happy Birthday Brent!

May 26th was Brent Musburger's 69th birthday! Hopefully Brent still has a few more good years of announcing left in him. Here's to another great year Brent...let's have a beer!

Big Ten/ACC Challenge Only 6 Months Away

Since Brent and Steve have been living on the down low the past few months, and probably will be missing in action until college football season starts, there isn't much to talk about here. So let's look forward to the best college basketball conference "challenge." The 10th annual Big Ten/ACC challenge will take place December 1-3. Here are the matchups:

Wisconsin @ Virginia Tech
Duke@ Purdue
Clemson @ Illinois
Ohio State @ Miami
Virginia @ Minnesota
Iowa @ Boston College
North Carolina @ Michigan State
Indiana @ Wake Forest
Michigan @ Maryland
Florida State @ Northwestern
Penn State @ Georgia Tech

A Reason to Watch the Spelling Bee

There hasn't been much to report on since college basketball season ended, but Erin Andrews has landed the prestigious job of "sideline" announcing the national spelling bee. I bet she's real excited. It might be worth it to watch the spelling bee to see what kind of interesting stories Erin can come up with. We'll have to wait until May 29-30 though.

LavinBurger: Where Are They Now?

We haven't heard anything from the LavinBurger crew since the Big Ten tournament with the exception of a few Steve Lavin appearances on those ESPN college basketball shows. But today was opening day for baseball and Brent and Erin were both on the job. Brent was working in Chicago and Erin was in California working as the "sideline" reporter. Too bad they aren't a team for baseball too.

Here's a little Brent/Steve craziness from the Big Ten tournament that you might have missed to help you get through these LavinBurger-less times.

"It's Madness Folks"

I think Brent was referring to Steve's hair when he said that.
First thing Brent and Steve talk about: Steve’s hair and the lack of product in it. However, I definitely care more about Steve’s hair than the game tonight. This game is so boring and meaningless I think ESPN is making Brent and Steve announce this game as punishment for being so annoying sometimes. I think ESPN's strategy backfired because Brent and Steve are happily talking about the dumbest things ever.

Big story of the night for Erin: a kid on Mount St. Mary’s lost his jersey on the way to the game. The Great Jersey Caper, according to Brent.

Here's the video of the beginning of the game where we get the first look at Steve's crazy hair. Curses to the airline that lost Steve's hair gel!

LavinBurger One More Time

Brent, Steve, and Erin are announcing the play in game tonight at 7:30 on ESPN. Mount St. Mary's vs Coppin State. I think I might watch just for the announcing. It's their last game of the basketball season :(

“Rumor Has It, Brent Musburger Wants To Be Your Agent”

That quote was from Erin’s postgame interview with Michael Flowers.

Brent and Steve are very calm and sane when doing these Big Ten Tournament games. Either they are hungover, or they don’t like drinking so early in the day. Watching these games made me realize that Brent and Steve can be pretty good announcers sometimes instead of just entertainment. Usually they stayed focused on the game, and at times they were quiet…It’s nice not hearing constant talking. The fact that they go absolutely insane sometimes and say incredibly stupid things, especially about Erin Andrews, makes people think they are horrible announcers, and then people with blogs make fun of them all the time :) I think another cause of LavinBurger’s craziness is boredom.

Brian Butch only scored 1 point all game so after Butch missed a shot:
“The iceberg is melting and the Polar Bear is in danger.” - Brent
“Gotta get him some nutrition. Get him some fish.” - Steve

LavinBurger has also nicknamed Greg Stiemsma the Iceman because they went ice fishing with him once. Take Brent and Steve ice fishing and they will love you forever. Brent and Steve mentioned that they are sad that the Iceman and the Polar Bear are both seniors. Then ESPN showed a graphic on the screen:
Brent and Lav’s Players Sad to See Leave
DJ White
Brian Butch
Eric Gordon
Jamar Butler

By a couple minutes into the 2nd half, Wisconsin had the game under control, so that gave Brent and Steve plenty of time to talk about random things.

Brent and Steve are lobbying for Michael Flowers to play defensive back in the NFL.

“We gotta get some Erin Andrews.” – Steve

Michigan broke the record for fewest points scored by a team in the Big Ten Tournament this afternoon with 34.

LavinBurger and the Big Ten Tournament

The Big Ten Tournament is this Thursday through Saturday, and we will have 4 opportunities to see the LavinBurger team in action in the Big Ten.

Big Ten 1st Round - Thursday, March 13
Illinois vs Penn State, 2:30 ESPN2: Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin
Northwestern vs Minnesota, 4:30 ESPN2: Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin

Big Ten Quarterfinals - Friday, March 14
Wisconsin vs Michigan/Iowa, 12:00 ESPN: Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin, Erin Andrews
Michigan State vs Ohio State, 2:00 ESPN: Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin, Erin Andrews

The semifinal and championship games will be on CBS and will be announced by Jim Nantz and Billy Packer.

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

One more televised game, and only 3 more games total, until the conference tournament. No more Super Tuesdays until next year.

3/9 Sunday: 2pm ESPN
#12 Indiana vs Penn State
avg ppg: Indiana 76.1, Penn State 65.1
opp ppg: Indiana 58.4, Penn State 68.4

March 13-16 Big Ten Tournament. Here’s the bracket:
http://bigten.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bracket

Big Ten Standings
Wisconsin 16-2
Indiana 14-3
Purdue 14-3
Michigan State 12-5
Ohio State 9-8
Minnesota 8-10
Penn State 6-11
Iowa 6-12
Michigan 5-12
Illinois 5-13
Northwestern 1-17

"I'm BiCoastal!"

Saturday @ 3:30 on ABC, Brent Musburger and Steve Lavin announced the California vs UCLA game, but no Erin Andrews (she's hanging out with Dick Vitale before they do the Duke UNC game tonight). Brent and Steve were not crazy and they were more laid back than they are for Big Ten games. It was almost as if they actually thought before they spoke. Maybe the producers yelled at them for being so crazy. Maybe they act more normal when they are on ABC on Saturdays. Maybe the Big Ten makes them crazy. Or maybe it’s because Erin Andrews wasn’t there. When Erin isn’t around, Brent and Steve have to take over for her and talk about insignificant things and do the human interest stories every once in a while. Maybe doing that extra work takes away from their abilities to be crazy.

Good news: “One and done” is back.

Brent Musburger and Steve Lavin are Lost Without You, Erin Andrews

With Brent Musburger and Steve Lavin announcing tonight’s Big Ten match up of Michigan State vs Illinois without Erin Andrews, tonight’s game was an opportunity to test my hypothesis that Erin provokes a lot of the LavinBurger insanity. However, even the thought of Erin in Brent or Steve’s mind can cause crazy comments to be aired on national television, so Erin’s influence is never really gone. I only saw the last 12 minutes of this game, but Brent and Steve seemed like completely normal people. They were very serious about everything, talked only about things pertinent to the game, and didn’t make up any weird catch phrases. They were being good announcers who don’t make you want to mute the game. But being good announcers is not what we want to see from Brent and Steve. Erin, come back!

There was one crazy moment though. Steve’s master plan for Illinois to get Chief Illiniwek back: Chief Peacock – the same as Chief Illiniwek except he will be called Chief Peacock and therefore no one will be offended.

Brent and Steve’s Final 4 Picks:
Brent
UCONN UCLA Louisville Wisconsin
Steve
Kansas Georgetown UCLA Louisville

Final Score: #18 Michigan State: 59, Illinois 51

"We Welcome You to Super Tuesday, Basketball Style."

Brent Musburger: Just like Obama vs Hillary. And we’ll count the points next.

Steve Lavin sounded like the drunk one tonight…and actually, I’ve never seen him so crazy. Brent was relatively calm.

One of Brent’s favorite coaches, Thad Matta, was on the sideline tonight, but Brent didn’t seem completely occupied with him as he usually is.

Steve was talking about how Othello Hunter’s mohawk could inspire Ohio State, like a rally cap. What a great theory, Steve. 2 minutes later, Steve brought up Hunter’s hair again. Steve reported that the word on the street is that Othello Hunter’s mohawk is called the ohawk. Great investigative reporting, something usually only Erin Andrews has the ability to handle. Later in the first half, they attributed Hunter’s good playing to his hair, but earlier in the half they said that his good play is due to the LavinBurger team being there. Is it the hair or the presence of ESPN announcers?

“Unfortunately, from Thad Matta’s perspective, we can’t travel with the team” – Steve
(I wish Brent, Steve, and Erin could travel with me.)

“You have to be smart. Pick your spots when you’re going to whack someone.” – Steve

We learned tonight that Brent Musburger never misses an opportunity to take a shot at Al Gore.

The chemistry between Brent and Steve seemed a little off tonight at times.

I hope nothing exciting happened in the 2nd half because I missed it.

Ohio State won in overtime! Wisconsin has a good chance of winning the Big Ten, only Penn State and Northwestern stand in their way.

Final Score: Ohio State 80, #15 Purdue 77
Purdue really screwed up tonight.

LavinBurger TV Appearances This Week

As usual the LavinBurger team will be announcing the Super Tuesday Big Ten game, but they will also be in Illinois for the Thursday game. However, Erin will be deserting them Thursday night. Is she fed up with all the harassment Brent and Steve are giving her? I hope not. Erin is an integral part of the LavinBurger team because she provokes their craziness. Saturday Brent and Steve will be announcing the California @ UCLA game 3:30 on ESPN, but Erin will be in North Carolina for the Duke vs UNC game with Dan Shulman and Dickie V. I'm surprised Brent and Steve let Erin cheat on them like this. I wonder if Brent and Dickie V fight over who gets to announce with Erin.

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

3/2 Sunday: 2pm CBS
#17 Indiana vs #18 Michigan State
Michigan State is out of the fight for #1 in the Big Ten, while Indiana still has a chance. Indiana is on a 4 game winning streak. This should be an exciting game, and the Spartans could take any hopes of the Big Ten title away from Indiana.
avg ppg: Indiana 76.4, Michigan State 71.7
opp ppg: Indiana 63.8, Michigan State 61.9

3/4 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
#15 Purdue vs Ohio State
Ohio State is on a 4 game losing streak. There’s a good chance the Boilermakers and the Badgers will both finish the season 16-2.
avg ppg: Purdue 68.4, Ohio State 67.0
opp ppg: Purdue 60.2, Ohio State 60.8

3/6 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
#17 Michigan State vs Illinois
Illinois has dropped to 2nd to last in the Big Ten.
avg ppg: Michigan State 71.7, Illinois 64.4
opp ppg: Michigan State 61.9, Illinois 61.4

Big Ten Standings
Wisconsin 14-2
Purdue 14-2
Indiana 13-2
Michigan State 10-5
Minnesota 8-8
Ohio State 8-8
Penn State 6-10
Iowa 5-12
Michigan 5-12
Illinois 4-12
Northwestern 1-15 (Northwestern beat Michigan)

"You Got That Right"

Question for the night: Is Brent Musburger still obsessed with Tom Izzo’s every move and is he making Erin stalk him?
Answer: Yes. He had Erin stationed at the scorer’s table right behind Izzo and made sure she was in every one of his huddles. Brent was also pretty obsessed with Wisconsin’s Michael Flowers, who shut down Drew Neitzel.
Bonus question: Can Tom Izzo and the Spartans derail the Ryan Express?
Answer: No. The odds of Wisconsin having a piece of the conference championship are pretty good now.

The game was in Madison, Wisconsin, thus Brent was totally wasted, and perhaps Erin was too (she and Brent were suggesting this during the game without actually saying it was true).

Whenever Brent and Steve do a Wisconsin game you know you’re going to hear a lot about Brian Butch, the Polar Bear because I think Brent thinks he is best friends with the Polar Bear. Brent wants to be Brian Butch’s agent and is also in love with him. The polar bear was “shredding the nets” from the 3 point line. As a certain drunken announcer would say, the polar bear was loose. “He’s like a guard in a polar bear’s body.” – Steve.

Brent and Steve got a little bored with 1 minute left in the 1st half and they talked about the weather in Madison. We found out that Brent and Steve drove from Milwaukee to Madison on Wednesday night. I can’t believe ESPN lets Brent drive!!! I can’t believe a rental car company rents a car to him!!!

Even more evidence that Brent was wasted: Going into a commercial Brent said Cincinnati was winning the game.

Classic LavinBurger last night. This was their best performance of the season so far. Here is an excerpt and the YouTube video:

“You always have my back. If I have a Myspace I’m putting you as my best friend.” – Steve
“I can’t wait to see Erin Andrews on Youtube tonight…I mean I always look to see. I mean she’s the star attraction over there. She’ll have 2,000 hits by midnight.” –Brent
“Absolutely. She carries us.” – Steve
“You got that right.” –Brent
Cut to Erin looking completely embarrassed.
Brent and Erin then talk about how Brent looks better than Erin tonight.
“You two broke curfew last night, but why not, Madison is such a great town.” –Brent
Brent then starts talking about the bars in Madison, in particular, the Nitty Gritty. Steve then talks about how Brent sets up his office at one of the bars whenever he comes to town.



I give this conversation extra points for the continuity with last year’s Michigan State vs Michigan game where Brent and Steve made another Erin Andrews/Youtube/bar comment. I wonder if Brent and Steve are getting paid to mention YouTube so many times?

Whenever ESPN inadvertently shows Erin Andrews (like when they are showing one of the coaches and Erin happens to be sitting behind him), Erin always looks bored to death and like she doesn’t care about basketball at all. Maybe last night it was just because she was hungover from partying all night at Brent’s “office.”

By the end of the game, Brent and Steve were completely out of their minds. They had totally forgotten that they were at a basketball game and on national television and they just said whatever they wanted. They talked about how much they hated the Roger Clemens investigation and don’t want to hear about it anymore, and how Rocky supposedly used steroids. Brent was devastated about these accusations.

Breaking news 2 years from now: Brent Musburger busted for sexual harassment of Erin Andrews.

This game featured 2 evenly matched teams that play basketball the way it was meant to be played. Just like Brent and Steve said, it’s old fashioned basketball, and no one does old fashioned better than the Badgers. Only 1 turnover for the Badgers last night, a school record. You win if you take care of the ball. The Badgers are a team that makes good decisions and rarely makes mistakes.

Final score: #9 Wisconsin: 57, #15 Michigan State: 42
It was a great game, but the game was overshadowed by the crazy, drunken conversations Brent and Steve had. Fine by me.

“A good one here tonight. The Badgers prevail, my friend.” –Brent Musburger

"Erin Andrews, What About the Crowd Tonight?"

Indiana’s last game was against Northwestern…where they almost lost to the team that hasn’t won a Big Ten game all year, and Ohio State hasn’t beaten any of the 4 teams ahead of them in the Big Ten standings. But of course, this whole game was about the Kelvin Sampson scandal and how it’s the interim coaches first game in Bloomington. Is Erin Andrews bored with the Kelvin Sampson thing yet? Pretty sure Brent sounds bored with it. Brent didn’t sound too excited about the game either. He must not have had enough to drink this afternoon. Steve was slacking on making up stupid catchphrases. Brent never said “one and done.” Steve did say that Indiana’s interim coach was being dissected like a frog in biology class. This game ended up being a quality announced game, but I am completely sick of hearing about Dan Dakich now.

Brent was observing Thad Matta very closely…watching him run up and down the court this afternoon…being very concerned with his foot. During the game, Brent even asked Erin how well Matta was moving around. Erin said Matta could beat Steve in a sprint. It seems that every game Brent is obsessed with watching one of the coaches.

Ohio State only plays zone defense. Not just for this game, but for the entire year. Steve was giving a lot of reasons why Thad Matta decided not to play man to man. How can you be a D1 college basketball player and not be good enough to play man to man defense????? How can you be a D1 college basketball coach and not have enough practice time and be a good enough coach to teach your team how to play man to man defense???? Dear Ohio State Athletic Director, this is a bad sign. By the way, Indiana didn’t have too much trouble with Ohio State’s zone tonight.

“This is where Dakich needs to show a little Bobby Knight” - Brent

Don’t forget to watch Michigan State at Wisconsin on Thursday night, 9pm, ESPN2. Lavinburger will be in Madison, Brent’s favorite city to get drunk in. I will be Tivoing the game so I won’t miss any of the stupid comments.

Final score: #12 Indiana 72, Ohio State 69
Indiana keeps their hopes alive of being the conference champ

It's a Good Week This Week

Not only are Brent, Steve, and Erin announcing Super Tuesday tonight, as usual, but they are also announcing the Michigan St vs Wisconsin game on Thursday! Erin will be making another appearance (cheating on Brent and Steve) this week with Dan Schulman and Dick Vitale for the Kansas St vs Kansas game Saturday at 9 on ESPN.

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

Question of the week: can Indiana keep their hopes alive for #1 in the Big Ten?

2/24 Sunday: 4 pm CBS
#9 Wisconsin vs Ohio State
If Wisconsin wins, they will be alone in 1st place in the Big Ten. Ohio State’s last game was last Sunday when they lost to Michigan.
avg ppg: Wisconsin 68.8, Ohio State 67.9
opp ppg: Wisconsin 55.4, Ohio State 60.1

2/26 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
Ohio State vs #12 Indiana
The day after Kelvin Sampson was fired the Hoosiers struggled at Northwestern. I guess all those announcers were wrong when they said the players just play and nothing else matters. Too bad Sampson screwed over his team, Indiana actually had a chance at winning the Big Ten, being only 1 game behind Wisconsin and Purdue, and they have two of the best players in the conference. Average Ohio State probably has a chance at winning this game now.
avg ppg: Ohio State 67.9, Indiana 76.6
opp ppg: Ohio State 60.1, Indiana 63.6

2/28 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
#15 Michigan State vs #9 Wisconsin
Best televised game of the week in the Big Ten. Both are balanced teams who take care of the ball very well, play good defense, and score a lot.
avg ppg: Michigan State 72.8, Wisconsin 68.8
opp ppg: Michigan State 62.1, Wisconsin 55.4

3/1 Saturday: 4pm ESPN
Ohio State vs Minnesota
Worst televised game of the week in the Big Ten
avg ppg: Ohio State 67.9, Minnesota 71.5
opp ppg: Ohio State 60.1, Minnesota 63.7

Big Ten Standings
Indiana 12-2
Wisconsin 12-2
Purdue 12-2
Michigan State 10-4
Ohio State 8-5
Minnesota 6-7
Iowa 5-10
Michigan 5-10
Penn State 4-9
Illinois 3-12
Northwestern 0-14

Erin Andrews, Get a Real Job

Do you think Erin Andrews gets sick reporting about stories that have already been beaten to death? Erin usually reports on the most obvious things, and sometimes really obscure things, but never important and interesting things. During the Indiana vs Purdue game on 2/19 she reported on the last time some Purdue player got a haircut, and went on to talk about Steve Lavin’s hair.

During the beginning of this conversation, Brent was actually the voice of reason, but then Steve and Brent totally forgot about the basketball game and decided to talk about hair. It seems that Erin’s main job when reporting with Brent and Steve is to incite stupid conversations that make them digress from the game (but I’m not complaining, the whole basis of this blog is Brent, Steve, and Erin talking about stupid things on national television). It is not the case that all sideline reporters report about dumb things; I have heard rather insightful reporting done from the sideline by Pat Forde. Pat Forde is probably more qualified than Erin Andrews to report on basketball, but it doesn’t really take a genius to report on this stuff. Here at BrentWatch, we support Erin Andrews in her quest to get a real announcing job, and someday be one of the real announcers (she’s been around long enough (at least 1 day) to know how to be an announcer and I’m sure Brent has given her private lessons). She could take over for Brent when his insanity totally takes over his brain and he can no longer function as a human being, although no one is sure if he has already reached that point or if he is going to get even crazier.

#10 Wisconsin @ Illinois

Too bad it's not on TV because Brent is obsessed with Wisconsin and loves talking about Brian Butch the Polar Bear.

Chief Illiniwek's last dance:


Remember: Polar bears eat indians.

"Loving it in Bloomington"

Exciting game; exciting conversations by Brent and Steve. Very interesting conversation about chocolate during the first half, and the conversation they had about hair, haircuts, and barbers was very enlightening. Brent knows a really good barber in Bloomington, and I think Steve was insinuating that Midwesterners use antifreeze as hair gel. All in all, quality announcing job by the Lavinburger team, but not as much Brent craziness as we are used to…in the first half. Brent and Steve really stepped it up in the 2nd half to make up for it, and Steve was coming up with more strange expressions than usual. For example, the Oregon Ducks are trying to quack their way into the tournament, according to Steve.

Only 1 bad thing to say about the game: It was annoying when they cut to scenes of the Purdue fans who decided to watch the game in their arena (the game was in Bloomington, not West Lafayette). Did the Purdue fans not know that it was an away game? Why do we (the people who want to watch the game that’s being played in Bloomington) care at all what the fans in West Lafayette are doing? (Oh look, Purdue scored and they are cheering! What a surprise.) It’s a major distraction to cut between arenas during the game. Brent wants to know what they are charging for a hot dog and soda over there.

“Old fashioned apple jack style” – Steve

Brent uses his catchphrase “one and done” to describe everything. This week it describes Eric Gordon after he made a huge shot saying that he is such a good player he will only be in college for 1 year. The past couple weeks he used “one and done” to describe a situation when a team goes down the court, shoots, misses, and doesn’t get the offensive rebound.

Break out your thesaurus, synonyms for the Purdue Boilermakers as told by Brent Musburger: Baby Boilers, The Little Engine That Could.

Final score: #14 Indiana 77, #15 Purdue 68
Indiana ends Purdue’s 11 game win streak

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

Not a very exciting week aside from Super Tuesday. The announcers are pretty much right when they say the Big Ten is horrible. Although it is true that the bottom teams in any conference are bad, the bottom of the Big Ten starts with Ohio State which is 5th in the standings.

2/17 Sunday: 1 pm CBS
Ohio State vs Michigan
Watch out, Michigan is on a 2 game win streak (haha, they’re 3-9 now!), but Michigan is still the worst team in the Big Ten if you don’t count Northwestern, who has yet to win a Big Ten game this season. I think Northwestern should be demoted to the Horizon League. Michigan has the worst field goal percentage, and the only team easier to score on (in terms of field goal percentage) is Northwestern. Ohio State has quality players, yet is not a quality team.
avg ppg: Ohio State 67.8, Michigan 64.5
opp ppg: Ohio State 59.3, Michigan 70.0

2/19 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
#15 Purdue vs #14 Indiana
It’s hard to enjoy an Indiana game with the whole Kelvin Sampson thing going on, but this game should be amazing since Purdue recently beat Michigan State and Indiana just destroyed them too; therefore, I think right now, Purdue and Indiana are 2 of the 3 best teams in the Big Ten, and Purdue is on a 10 game winning streak. Should be a good matchup between diaper dandies Eric Gordon and Robbie Hummel. Oh, and don’t forget about Brent, Steve, and Erin.
avg ppg: Purdue 68.4, Indiana 76.0
opp ppg: Purdue 60.7, Indiana 62.7

2/21 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
Michigan vs Minnesota
I’m predicting a boring game.
avg ppg: Michigan 64.5, Minnesota 72.3
opp ppg: Michigan 70.0, Minnesota 63.8

2/23 Saturday: 2pm ESPN
Iowa vs #17 Michigan State
Michigan State leads the conference in points per game while Iowa is last. Iowa still has the worst turnover margin in the Big Ten. I hope this game will look like the US Olympic team is playing Iraq’s Olympic team because sometimes it is fun to watch one team totally embarrass another.
avg ppg: Iowa 56.3, Michigan State 73.0
opp ppg: Iowa 57.7, Michigan State 62.3

Big Ten Standings
Purdue 11-1
Wisconsin 10-2
Indiana 9-2
Michigan State 8-3
Ohio State 8-4
Minnesota 5-6
Iowa 4-9
Penn State 3-8
Illinois 3-9
Michigan 3-9
Northwestern 0-11

Best Basketball State

The ESPN halftime show during last night's Michigan State/Purdue game mentioned that Indiana is the best basketball state in America. True story. Purdue, Butler, Indiana, and Notre Dame...all ranked. Let's take a look at the top 25 and see how other states compare.

ESPN/USA Today Poll

Indiana (4)
Tennessee (3)
California (3)
North Carolina (2)
Kansas (2)
Wisconsin (2)
Texas (2)
DC (1)
Michigan (1)
Ohio (1)
Iowa (1)
Connecticut (1)
Washington (1)
Pennsylvania (1)

And sad news for Thursday’s Big Ten matchup, no Brent or Steve. But they will be cheating on the Big Ten on Saturday by announcing #7 Stanford at Arizona (ABC, 3:30pm), while Erin will be sideline reporting the #9 Michigan State at #12 Indiana (ESPN, 9pm) game with Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale.

A Big Ten Showdown

“It’s rockin in here” – Brent
Brent was right, Super Tuesday did not disappoint. Brent’s introduction of Erin Andrews before the game even started gave it away that he was not sober tonight. Great announcing performance by Brent, he was back to his old drunken self. Brent was obsessed with Purdue and pretty much said Robbie Hummel should be the first pick in the NBA draft, but was creepily obsessed with every movement Tom Izzo made. He even sent Erin out to stalk Tom Izzo for him and report back on everything he said during timeouts.

“One and done” – Brent’s new catchphrase

“Coast to coast, easy deuce” - Steve

Brent also thinks it is his duty to advertise Valentine’s Day.

Steve knows what it would look like if 2 water buffaloes fought in the paint.

Watching this game got me thinking about the worst college basketball courts (just the court, not the arena) because Purdue’s is definitely one of them, along with Vanderbilt's and Minnesota’s courts.
To Vanderbilt: Why do you have the benches at the baseline? What purpose does that serve? I would think it makes life more difficult for the teams. Have you ever wondered why no other school has that set up?
To Purdue and Minnesota: Why do your courts need to be raised above the ground? Doesn’t that seem dangerous? Purdue’s entire court is not raised above the ground technically, the benches and score table are in a sort of pit and the benches are so far away from the actual court. I don’t get it.

Final Score: #9 Michigan State: 54, #23 Purdue: 60

Moral of the game: Purdue is good, at least at this moment in time.

Waiting for Tonight

Super Tuesday
#9 Michigan State plays #23 Purdue
+ we get to be entertained by Brent, Steve, and Erin


Best friends forever, Brent and Steve, relaxing at the Kohl Center before going out the bars on State Street in Madison


Erin showing off the fish her and Brent and Steve supposedly caught while ice fishing in Madison with Greg Stiemsma.

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

This is a great week for televised Big Ten basketball; the only uninteresting game should be Thursday when Michigan goes to the boring state of Iowa. One of the best games this week will be Wednesday 7pm when #14 Wisconsin plays at #12 Indiana. Unfortunately, ESPN is broadcasting Maryland vs Duke, and ESPN2 would rather broadcast 2 average Big East teams, St. John’s vs Cincinnati.

2/10 Sunday: 1 pm CBS
#13 Indiana vs Ohio State
Indiana is coming off a double OT win at Illinois and has a tough schedule this week. After playing Ohio State, they are scheduled to face Wisconsin and Michigan State.
avg ppg: Indiana 77.3, Ohio State 68.6
opp ppg: Indiana 62.9, Ohio State 59.8

2/12 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
# 9 Michigan State vs #23 Purdue
Michigan State dropped in the rankings after a surprising loss to Penn State last Saturday. Purdue is on a 9 game winning streak, and upset #8 Wisconsin on Saturday. This should be a really good/interesting game since these are two of the better teams in the Big Ten. Another reason to watch this game: Super Tuesday = Lavinburger.
avg ppg: Michigan State 73.8, Purdue 68.8
opp ppg: Michigan State 62.4, Purdue 61.0

2/14 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
Michigan vs Iowa
Michigan used to be on a 6 game losing streak, but was fortunate enough to play Penn State on Saturday to break that streak. Minnesota beat Iowa by 13 on Saturday. It seemed like the Iowa players didn’t really care about winning and just wanted to go home. Iowa: horrible at offensive rebounding, lowest ppg in the conference, and has the worst turnover margin in the Big Ten (21 turnovers vs Minnesota!). How did they ever beat anyone? However, they are 2nd in the conference in opponent’s ppg, so just as long as they can keep the score really low they may have a chance at winning. The #1 Law of Basketball*: No team will ever be successful turning the ball over. *Disclaimer: The #1 Law of Basketball is not backed up by research or evidence.
avg ppg: Michigan 64.7, Iowa 56.5
opp ppg: Michigan 70.8, Iowa 57.6

2/16 Saturday: 9pm ESPN
#9 Michigan State vs #12 Indiana
2 good Big Ten teams, Eric Gordon, DJ White, Drew Neitzel: should be a good, high scoring game.
avg ppg: Michigan State 73.8, Indiana 77.3
opp ppg: Michigan State 62.4, Indiana 62.9

Big Ten Standings
Purdue 10-1
Indiana 8-1
Wisconsin 9-2
Michigan State 8-2
Ohio State 7-3
Minnesota 5-5
Iowa 4-8
Penn State 3-8
Illinois 2-9
Michigan 2-9
Northwestern 0-10

Upset Alert!

Purdue beat #8 Wisconsin to take control of the Big Ten. Wisconsin has lost to Purdue twice this year. Today’s loss comes at the Kohl Center, which ends Wisconsin’s 16 game home conference winning streak. Wisconsin’s loss can be partially attributed to 18 turnovers and a 33% field goal percentage, things that don’t happen often to the Badgers.

Where is Brent?

Tomorrow/Actually today: Weekly Televised Big Ten Preview

Indiana vs Illinios

I was actually able to watch most of the first half of the Indiana Illinois game (I wish I could have seen the 2nd half instead because Indiana won in double OT). Rece Davis and Jay Bilas were the announcers with Pat Forde as the sideline reporter, and they actually said intellectual things pertinent to the game. Clearly, they do not know how to announce basketball games. Jay said that he didn’t think the Illinois players wanted to shut down Eric Gordon just because he didn’t go to Illinois; that they wanted to stop him because he was a good player. Did I really hear something so intelligent from an announcer during a Big Ten game?! Brent would never say something so logical, and Erin would be doing her part to hype the fake story that the only thing the Illinois players thought about all week and what they were thinking about during the game was how Eric Gordon said he was going to go to Illinois but didn't. So where were Brent, Steve, and Erin? What else do they do besides announce Big Ten basketball games for ESPN? Seriously, I do not know.

"It's awesome baby"

Last night Dick Vitale, a P-T-announcer, returned to the basketball announcing world as Duke beat North Carolina.

Cheaters

Brent and Steve cheated on the Big Ten on Saturday when they announced the Duke vs Miami game. I feel betrayed. They should only be allowed to announce Big Ten games.

Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

3 televised Big Ten games this week, hopefully all feature great performances by the Lavinberger Team.

2/5 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
Michigan vs Ohio State

There will be no reason to watch this game for the basketball since Michigan is horrible (2nd to last in the Big Ten), and are on a 5 game Big Ten losing streak. However, they were capable of beating Northwestern, which has yet to win a game in the Big Ten.
avg ppg: Michigan 65, Ohio State 68.7
opp ppg: Michigan 71.5, Ohio State 60

2/7 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
#11 Indiana vs Illinois

This game could be interesting if Illinois shows up to play. Big announcing stories of the game: Erin will probably be giving us more information on Eric Gordon's wrist than we care to know about. Pretty sure Brent and Steve will attribute Indiana's loss to Wisconsin last Thursday to Gordon's left hand. Maybe his wrist will be healed by Thursday! But then Erin will be out of a job, and Eric Gordon's dad will be able to watch the game in peace. The other big story is that Eric Gordon verbally committed to going to Illinois, but changed his mind and is now leading the Hoosiers with 21.4 points per game. My Friend is still upset about this.
avg ppg: Indiana 77.1, Illinois 65.1
opp ppg: Indiana 62.1, Illinois 61.7

2/9 Saturday: 2pm ESPN
Iowa vs Minnesota

The only possibility for this game to be interesting to watch is if Brent and Steve are out of their minds wasted. Both teams are in the middle of the Big Ten standings, and neither myself or My Friend are at all interested in Iowa or Minnesota. Interesting stat: Minnesota has the best turnover margin in the Big Ten and Iowa has the worst.
avg ppg: Iowa 56.9, Minnesota 73.7
opp ppg: Iowa 57.3, Minnesota 63.1

Big Ten Standings
Purdue 8-1
Wisconsin 7-1
Indiana 6-1
Michigan State 7-2
Ohio State 6-3
Minnesota 3-4
Iowa 4-6
Penn State 3-6
Illinois 2-8
Michigan 1-8
Northwestern 0-7

Big Ten Upsets!

So I come home tonight and look at the Big Ten scoreboard on ESPN.com and I see some craziness. 1. Purdue beat Illinois. No surprise there, sorry My Friend. 2. Iowa beat Ohio State, but the biggest surprise: 3. Penn State beat Michigan State by 9 points! This is all good news for Wisconsin, except for Purdue winning. Looks like Drew Neitzel's strategy of just throwing up shots whenever he is within 5 feet of the 3 point line failed him tonight.

Tomorrow: Northwestern plays #11 Indiana and #13 Wisconsin plays at Minnesota. And my soon to be weekly "Televised Big Ten Week Preview."

The Best of Brent

Since Brent's announcing performance last night was disappointing, here are some Brent classics.

"Be careful what you do in a bar with youtube around."


"Let's get a beer, coach."


And here are our 3 favorite announcers ice fishing in Wisconsin!


The highlight of last night's Wisconsin vs Indiana game was actually the game, not Brent. And the worst part of the game was Erin talking about Eric Gordon's wrist every 5 seconds. Maybe someday she will report on something important.

One and done.

Mission Statement

We hereby set forth the purpose of this blog to be: (1) to make fun of the phenomenon that is known as Brent Musburger, (2) compile a comprehensive listing of classic Brent sayings, (3) connect with other Brent-o-philes, and (4) make fun of sports announcers in general

BrentWatch Inagural Post

We dedicate this blog to our friend, Brent "Woody" Musberger, and his announcing team of Steve Lavin and Erin Andrews. Without them Big Ten basketball would be incomplete.