First off, congratulations to Troy Smith. I don't necessarily think he was the best player in the country (or best QB for that matter), but he played great and led the best team in the country to the big show. And what a turn around he has made since the end of 2004. Really well spoken guy and genuinely seemed like he gave a sht about the honor he was receiving.
But on to the ceremony....what a joke! Little background stories on each guy, candid interviews with mom and ESPN's resident goofs trying to ask deep questions. I was waiting for Fowler to ask:
"Troy, what is the cause that you are most passionate about in the world?"
55 minutes of background fluff and corny questions, 4 tragically long minutes of some guy who resembled Danny Devito as the Penguin fumbling around with the envelope and 1 minute to announce something that America has known for the better part of 2 months.
Big ups to Kirk Herbstreit though...not only was he able to keep what had to be the biggest boner of his life in check while standing next to Troy Smith, it didn't seem that he was noticeably drooling when Troy would answer one of his questions. Terrific effort!
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Congratulations to Troy!
Always good to see someone from Cleveland succeed. Even better that he's with the Buckeyes.
One more win, Troy, and you go down as the greatest QB in Buckeyes history.
Always good to see someone from Cleveland succeed. Even better that he's with the Buckeyes.
One more win, Troy, and you go down as the greatest QB in Buckeyes history.
QUOTE(BART at ND @ Dec 9 2006, 10:02 PM)
Big ups to Kirk Herbstreit though...not only was he able to keep what had to be the biggest boner of his life in check...
I don't bother watching this type of garbage anymore. Better things to do with my life.
QUOTE(BART at ND @ Dec 9 2006, 10:02 PM)
First off, congratulations to Troy Smith. I don't necessarily think he was the best player in the country (or best QB for that matter), but he played great and led the best team in the country to the big show. And what a turn around he has made since the end of 2004. Really well spoken guy and genuinely seemed like he gave a sht about the honor he was receiving.
But on to the ceremony....what a joke! Little background stories on each guy, candid interviews with mom and ESPN's resident goofs trying to ask deep questions. I was waiting for Fowler to ask:
"Troy, what is the cause that you are most passionate about in the world?"
55 minutes of background fluff and corny questions, 4 tragically long minutes of some guy who resembled Danny Devito as the Penguin fumbling around with the envelope and 1 minute to announce something that America has known for the better part of 2 months.
Big ups to Kirk Herbstreit though...not only was he able to keep what had to be the biggest boner of his life in check while standing next to Troy Smith, it didn't seem that he was noticeably drooling when Troy would answer one of his questions. Terrific effort!
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But on to the ceremony....what a joke! Little background stories on each guy, candid interviews with mom and ESPN's resident goofs trying to ask deep questions. I was waiting for Fowler to ask:
"Troy, what is the cause that you are most passionate about in the world?"
55 minutes of background fluff and corny questions, 4 tragically long minutes of some guy who resembled Danny Devito as the Penguin fumbling around with the envelope and 1 minute to announce something that America has known for the better part of 2 months.
Big ups to Kirk Herbstreit though...not only was he able to keep what had to be the biggest boner of his life in check while standing next to Troy Smith, it didn't seem that he was noticeably drooling when Troy would answer one of his questions. Terrific effort!
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I watched about 20 seconds. Thank you for toughing it out.
This stuff all started years ago...one of the Olympics. I forget which one, but that network that started this "Up Close and Personal" garbage has a lot to answer for...
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