Dave Lamont has been a somewhat popular fixture in South Florida college sports broadcasting, as a talk radio host, play-by-play for ESPN college football action, and calling SEC basketball games, but today he’s a star for his work as the voice of Florida Atlantic University football. And really, when you think South Florida football stars, you always think FAU. Hoot hoot, Owls!

During Saturday’s 37-16 loss to hated rival Arkansas State, FAU’s quarterback Jeff Van Camp slid to avoid a hit, but a hit he would take anyway. According to Lamont’s colorful analysis, the defender laid a helmet-to-helmet shot on the unprotected QB. The refs apparently didn’t think much of the hit, though, and no flag was thrown. I assume that everyone knows how bad the hit was because we were all watching this game, but in case you didn’t watch 1-5 FAU play Arkansas State, you’re going to have to take Dave’s word for it. His incredibly awesome, angry word.

Let’s take you back in time to an instant college sports announcing classic after the jump…

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The Announcing Crew For Sunday Night Football In 2011

Burnsy dropped off this video before he left the With Leather offices for the day; all we know about this video, we gathered from the title, “Arkansas High School Football Announcer Loses His Mind.” And that the kid who recovered the fumble and took it to the house was named Matthew Showalter. Oh, and I have it on good authority that there were no flags on the play. I’m not sure this guy was even in an announcing booth; from the sound of it, he could have been on the roof of his Ford pickup. It’s funny because only rednecks buy Fords now. Read the rest of this entry »

We are all faced with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and it is how we deal with those shots that defines us as men. And occasionally women, I guess, if they discover an awesome recipe or a new way to type shorthand. That opportunity arrived for horse racing announcer Larry Collmus this past Sunday and he took the bull by the horns, but in this case the bull is a horse and the horns are ironic names.

Collmus called the seventh race at Monmouth Park in Oceanpark, New Jersey, and the race came down to the wire between two horses – Mywifenoseverything and Thewifedoesntknow. Ultimately, Mywifenoseverything won despite terrible grammar, but the real winner was Collmus, and his prize is newfound Internet glory. The loser was Tiger Woods, because millions of people are going to post this video on Facebook along with comments like, “I didn’t know Tiger Woods owned horses” and their co-workers will LOL all day long.

Tell us, was the mood tense for Collmus, Metro UK:

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This is Cleveland Indians TV broadcaster Bruce Drennan, who apparently hasn’t realize that the Indians have spent the last few years selling off every decent player that the team has had. But that doesn’t stop him from ripping the team another posterior cavity on air.

To call this not-quite-angry tirade “magical” seems like such an understatement. The Indians, whose 10 wins are third from last in the bigs with 10 wins on the season, weren’t exactly expected to contend for the AL Central. That makes this blowup from Drennan–barely a month into the regular season–all the more hilarious. It’s going to be a long year, Bruce. Take a pill. Read the rest of this entry »

Old people say some funny stuff. I’m not sure what age you get to when things just start coming out of your mouth that are both hilarious and absolutely nonsensical at the same time, but the moment I get there I’m sure life frees up a little.

White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson is 68, a former Major Leaguer, and after Bobby Jenks ended a 8-7 win over the Blue Jays in the 11th inning, the Hawk let us all know how nervous he was.

The exact words there was what you thought. “You couldn’t pull a greased tee out of my behind with a pair of pliers.” You know, Hawk? We will take your word for it.

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This is Chris Kamara, and he is already my favorite futbol reporter of all time. Because this is exactly how I would do football reporting. I don’t want to overdo the setup because Kamara’s reaction totally makes this for me. I just love how it unfolds. Thanks to readers Colm and Ryan. Read the rest of this entry »