Forrest Gregg

[PonyPride]

Just saw him on the stage in Canton, Ohio as the new NFL Hall of Fame inductees are getting ready for their ceremonies. (As soon as Coach Gregg was off the screen, I switched it to another channel.) Two things struck me:

1. Coach Gregg still looks great, and could probably whip 95 percent of the guys on that stage with him. Here's to continued good health and happiness, Coach.

2. How the hell did Chris Berman score the honor of introducing the Hall of Fame class? I know he owns a piece of ESPN, and is one of the real heavyweights (literally and financially) in the sports world, but it's not like ESPN owns the NFL, right? I'm sure the network paid some outrageous fee to get the broadcast rights for the induction ceremony, and therefore gets a little extra clout since TV dollars govern the entire sports world. However, it still seems pretty gauche to have him up there slobbering all over these guys — and sticking in his own nicknames, i.e. Thurman "Thermal" Thomas, in case anyone forgets how witty he was 20 years ago. If he was on some makeshift stage/set like they have at the NFL Draft, the Masters, the NBA Finals, etc., that would be more appropriate. Berman was great years ago — many years ago — but he's not a retired star athlete or coach, and has no business being up there with the greats. Only Roger Goddell should have introduced the inductees.

[Stallion]

I'm too busy trying to figure out how Brent Musburger keeps his job to worry about this.

[PlanoStang]

Yeah, Brent Musberger as the main guy at the Indy 500 seems pretty
strange also.

Forrest Gregg was great even as a broadcaster for SMU MUSTANG FOOTBALL

[Dark Horse]

I'm too busy trying to figure out how Brent Musburger keeps his job to worry about this.

Excellent — how Musburger keeps ANY of his jobs, much less all of them, is one of life's great mysteries. The list of talentless announcers and studio hosts who inexplicably remain employed is unbelievably long:

Musberger
Jim Gray (how is THAT journalistic vulture employed?)
Stuart Scott (is there anyone LESS hip than this wannabe?)
Tom Heinsohn (there are walruses more articulate than this guy)
Brian Estridge (no offense, Frog fans, but he's horrendous — in the booth and on the Galloway show)
Ted Dawson (remember him?)

[Bergermeister]

Forrest Gregg was great even as a broadcaster for [b]SMU MUSTANG FOOTBALL

LOL

[Bergermeister]

I'm too busy trying to figure out how Brent Musburger keeps his job

Can you say "nepotism"?

[MrMustang1965]

I'm too busy trying to figure out how Brent Musburger keeps his job

Can you say "nepotism"?

Robert Musberger, his cousin, is associate professor of communications and former director of the University of Houston School of Communication.

from the UofH web site:

"Musburger, who began teaching at UH in August 1983, found his niche in broadcasting in uncharted territory while growing up in Montana. He and his brother, Leo, along with his cousins, Todd and Brent, the well-known sportscaster for ABC and ESPN, were all in someway connected to broadcasting “show business.”

http://www.uh.edu/uhcnonline/2001/03mar/musburger.htm