Could the radio production be any more inept?

[MiracleOnMockingbird]

This is not in reference to the announcers, who I really enjoy.

In fact I enjoy the announcers so much, I would love to actually hear everything they are saying and not have commercials run that don't end until halfway through the play. Radio stations across America seem to have figured out how long the timeouts will last for many decades, how hard can it be?

Here was how the postgame show went today:

We started with the same commercial repeated 3-plus times in a row, back-to-back-to-back. This happens every postgame. Is the sponsor really paying for three consecutive airings? If not, and they have no other commercials to run, why does the station even need to take a commercial break? Again: this didn't just happen this week. it happens every week.

Then we get to the highlights, but the first half of them are covered up by the aforementioned commercials. Can the studio guy not simply wait until the commercials are over before he begins? Surely he has a radio?

As for said guy, whose job it is to play audio clips of highlights: It is one highlight per drive, always the scoring play. If there was a 50-yard tackle-breaking run to get to the 1-yard-line and a nondescript one-yard-run for the touchdown, he will play the latter. On this particular occasion, while introducing the segments, he twice called Tulane "Tulsa" by mistake, laughed it off, and then proceeded to just say Tulsa every subsequent time.

Then we get the same commercials that were just played mere minutes before. I realize commercials pay the bills but again, I can't imagine a sponsor would pay double/triple/quadruple for airings that are so close together. If they are, I withdraw the objection. But I suspect someone is trying to kill time and failing miserably.

Then a self-help-type segment, with no connection to football, is played to kill some time. Problem is, by the time it ends it has once again covered up a large part of the announcers' following segment.

Is there no boss supervising any of this? And what boss could possibly consider any of this to be acceptable, especially since it happens again and again?

[Stallion]

I think they always kill time to get the Coach on-but I was laughing at the multiple repeated references to Tulsa too

[mrydel]

Even the coaches and players will take tonight off and enjoy the win before the next task. Can you not just enjoy the win and contact the radio station tomorrow?

[rphillips]

Hey Miracle what are you listening on? Over the air radio or the online stream?

[smupony94]

Hey Miracle what are you listening on? Over the air radio or the online stream?

Big fan here Rich but the stream on the app stinks - KAAM works though

[Digetydog]

Be glad you weren't watching on ESPN News.
1) No halftime show - they went to other games.

2) we saw every infomercial in the ESPN library 10 times. During the winning drive, we were watching Gotham Steel commercials at every timeout.

3) Horrible announcers.

[ponyte]

The halftime show was TU homecoming court. Infomercials had to be better.

[MiracleOnMockingbird]

Hey Miracle what are you listening on? Over the air radio or the online stream?

The online stream.

[Digetydog]

The halftime show was TU homecoming court. Infomercials had to be better.

Not ten times each. One of them was a LED lighted mini fanny pack https://www.getgobelt.com/?mid=4927432 that would ensure lifetime celibacy to anyone dumb enough wear it.

[mrydel]

Gotta git me onea them.

[Arkpony]

I called and took advantage of the 2 for 1 offer!

[Dark Horse]

This week we got a breakdown of half the high school staffing in Texas. Yawn.

[rphillips]

Hey Miracle what are you listening on? Over the air radio or the online stream?

The online stream.

Noted. I'll bring the issue up with the radio station.

I can guarantee you the board op is not playing spots over and over. However, when they go to commercial, there are different spots that play online than on the air. Obviously they don't have something coded right to bring the broadcast back from the commercials to the live broadcast in the post-game.

Has this happened any other time than post-game? Happened on other game broadcasts?

[ALEX LIFESON]

I listen at the games, and they come back late from commercials often. The broadcast team is great, but like others have said, the post game guy sounded like he hit Bourbon Street before the game. Wrong teams, wrong scores, stimmering stammering etc... total incompetence.

[Rayburn]

The halftime show was TU homecoming court. Infomercials had to be better.

Particularly when you saw who was named king and queen.