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KU/UNC game kills Packer career???

In a delightful twist of fate, the KU Championship may have set the
table for CBS' removal of Billy Packer.

While most of us basketball fans had resigned ourselves to a few more
years of Billy Packer's inane ramblings, ACC bias, and his disdain for
the mid-major schools; CBS has remarkably sent ol' Billy out to
pasture with at least another year on his contract.

Star-divide

In a delightful twist of fate, the KU Championship may have set the
table for CBS' removal of Billy Packer.

While most of us basketball fans had resigned ourselves to a few more
years of Billy Packer's inane ramblings, ACC bias, and his disdain for
the mid-major schools; CBS has remarkably sent ol' Billy out to
pasture with at least another year on his contract.

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College basketball commentator Billy Packer, who has announced 34
consecutive Final Fours on network television and created a few
controversies along the way, will not be returning to CBS for a 28th
season, The Miami Herald has learned.

CBS has decided to replace Packer, 68, with studio analyst Clark
Kellogg on its lead announcing team.

An announcement is expected Monday, but CBS representative Leslie Anne
Wade confirmed the story Sunday night.

CBS believed the time was right for a change and that Kellogg deserved
a chance to work with Jim Nantz on the lead team.

Packer, who had been going year to year with his contract, confirmed
through a CBS official Sunday that he no longer will broadcast for the
network but is pursuing other projects in basketball. Packer declined
to comment further.
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One has to wonder if the CBS execs were pushed over the edge by Packer
during the KU/UNC Final 4 game where Billy boldly declared the game
over and a blowout with 4 minutes left in the 1st Half- essentially
instructing the millions watching to tune into something else more
entertaining.  I'm sure that went over well with the advertisers who
had ponied up big money for the prime 2nd half slots.

I for one will now watch the KU championship DVD again, with even
greater pleasure, knowing that Billy's called his very last game.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.  March just got even better.

MV

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at least one good thing...

...came from that game. :-)

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by The Boy on Jul 15, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

Let's just hope..

.ESPN doesn’t give him a ring to start doing games with Vitale. I think i’d go postal if those two ever did a KU game.

by dman19 on Jul 16, 2008 12:24 PM CDT   0 recs

I would mute the tv if they ever covered a game I couldn’t attend. Vitale is a horrible broadcaster. He has some Yogi-like sayings, but he doesn’t add anything to calling the game and I can’t stand his voice anymore. He always yells too.

by SweedishHamma on Jul 16, 2008 1:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1 on Vitale.

I think he has a place in college basketball for the excitement he drums up, but he should not be calling games. I don’t mind him as a talking head on SC, because he fits in with the rest of the crazies who go one there and yell, but he should not be calling games.

by rockchalk on Jul 16, 2008 8:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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