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.

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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.