Call of the Day, Yesterday: “That’s A Flag. And I’ll Fight Any One Of You If You Want”

I’m blatantly ripping this from Orson Swindle at SB Nation, but methinks he won’t mind. Click the link so he gets credit, folks. Posted yesterday afternoon, this audio clip is about as good as any college football call I can remember. Seriously, who among us hasn’t wanted to fight everyone in the press box at one point or another?

Per Spencer, the man on the call is Florida Atlantic color announcer Dave Lamont who will not be suspended for this outburst (obviously the right decision here). Lamont has been with FAU since their football program started. Clearly, he cares about the safety of his players, so really, the rest of the rant has to be taken with a modicum of context with everything that’s been surrounding football the last few weeks.

You’ll notice Lamont calmed down before screaming again around the 1:00 mark, but it sure sounds like he was trying to get the attention of someone. Perhaps it was Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters or someone else in the press box, but with Arkansas State’s stadium onlyREAD MORE

Call of the Day: “Romo is Hurt.” Bright Side…At Least You Got the World Series, Dallas

The call of Tony Romo’s injury wasn’t exactly the greatest play-by-play in the world, but what do you expect when a guy gets slammed down to the turf on his shoulder, breaking his clavicle and putting the rest of his season in jeopardy?

WATCH THE VIDEO AT NFL.COM

This, by the way, is why Jonathan Coachman should be off ESPNews and into the Monday Night Football booth. That guy knows his way around a power bomb. (Maybe it was more of a spear, but you get the point). Also of note, the overhead camera on the football field has never been put to better use than this shot. “Hey, let’s zoom in so we can see more of the facial anguish…”

And look, it’s great that Dallas’ season is basically over at 1-5 with a quarterback who looked like he died on the field. But I’m not one of those people who is happy to see Tony Romo get hurt. I kinda like Romo, actually.

I know how that reads, but follow along. “Here’s a guy…” who went fromREAD MORE

Fun With Photoshop: Yankees Right Field DoucheFan In Iconic Andy Samberg SNL Situations

If you haven’t seen Robinson Cano’s second-inning home run in Tuesday night’s Yankees loss to Texas, you missed a formal introduction to this guy:

WATCH THE PLAY AT MLB.COM

Normally, we’d make this our Call of the Day, and point out the fact that both the TBS crew and the Texas Rangers radio crew made mention of the potential fan interference almost immediately while Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling was far too busy with his “Robbie Cano, a don’tcha know” home run call before Suzyn Waldman had to excuse the fact that it was hard to see from the booth. Don’tcha know, indeed.

Anyway, this post would normally be about that. But this guy was just SCREAMING for a few Photoshops. During the play, the Twitterati said he looks like he’s an extra on Jersey Shore, which is just to say “he looks like a New York Italian.” Too easy. My first thought, with how the guy looks and his comical exchange with either Nelson Cruz or the umpire on the field…I cannot wait until Andy Samberg makesREAD MORE

Call of the Day: Wanna See The Most Depressing NFL Highlight This Season?

Thanks, NFL.com for giving us the radio call of the Jacksonville Jaquars, playing over the highlight of Chris Johnson’s 35-yard scamper on fourth down in the Titans’ blow out of the Jags. It’s like somebody’s cat just died. Take a listen (0r read along).

WATCH THE HIGHLIGHT AT NFL.COM

“He’s at the ten…he’s at the five, and it’s a touchdown. He’ll go over 100 yards, on that one.”

“Man.”

“He’s good.”

“Ahhhhh.”

“You knew it was coming.”

“Game makes me angry.”

“You know the hardest — I’ve said it six times already: stop him. You know the hardest part is the look on the faces, of all these fans, who are leaving here disgusted tonight.”

Come to think of it, maybe their cat did die. Their big, speckled jungle cat. At least if you look at the video, there weren’t too many fans left to be disgusted by that specific touchdown.

Call of the Day: Pierre Garcon’s Catch Gets Al Michaels To Drop a Jai Alai Reference

By now you’ve likely seen Pierre Garcon’s spectacular one-handed catch in Sunday Night’s game between the Colts and the Redskins. If you’d like to see it again — or if you were watching baseball and need to see it for the first time — here’s the video, ripped by KSK’s XMas Ape. Get it before it’s gone or click the NFL.com link below the embed.

While watching, try to forget about the catch for one second, though. Did Al Michaels drop a jai alai reference in the middle of this highlight?

WATCH THE CATCH AT NFL.COM

Al Michaels: “So Garcon, who had trouble on a couple of earlier passes that were about 1,000 times easier to catch, pulls this one in like he had a cesta in a jai alai fronton.”

Cris Collinsworth: “Are you kidding me? That is unbelievable.”

I know, right Cris. A jai alai reference in a football game? He’s got to be kidding. It’s totally unbelievable. (Collinsworth was actually talking about the catch being unbelievable. I think.)

I looked around to see if there was any connection betweenREAD MORE

Call of the Day: Embrace the Clairvoyance of Jesse Palmer, Not Alternate Uniforms

The Big East was showcased on Thursday Night Football this week as the West Virginia Mountain Bananas took on Marshall’s Thundering Herd. What’s that…the team with white helmets, white jerseys and green pants that’s playing a big game against West Virginia is not, actually, Marshall?

It’s USF? More on that in a minute.

WVU took care of USF, thanks in part to some big mistakes, like this interception just before halftime.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE INTERCEPTION

Jesse Palmer’s comments, right as USF was snapping the ball: ”It’s okay if you go into the tunnel 10-3 down at half.”

Whoops. As Rece Davis said, it was “right on cue.” And seriously, USF, trying to run a spread offense from your own 14 yard line with less than a minute to go in the half makes about as much sense as going on national TV in Marshall’s uniforms.

One more point about the uniforms, as we’ve discussed this a bit earlier in the week with regard to Nike taking over the NFL uniforms: teams that don’t have a national identity should not useREAD MORE

Call of the Day: Joe Beninati’s Movie-Guy Goal Calls Will Always Win

This, folks, is why the NFL will eventually start scheduling games every single night of the week. Or somehow, this is Bud Selig’s fault for giving teams way too much time off between the LDS and LCS. Maybe we should blame soccer, too. They’re always good for a few fantastic clips.

Yes, until the NBA starts the regular season (I refuse to make the Call of the Day anything from a pre-season NBA game) and college basketball starts raining down the buzzer beaters and subsequent court stormings, we may be stuck with…random early-season hockey highlights.

Look, I’m happy to link to hockey, and Lord knows the NHL is great with their ability to embed videos (when the actually load). Full disclosure: I had this entire post ready to roll with the clip the NHL put up of the Devils’ game-winner in overtime, but the call was terrible. Why? Because the NHL embedded the clip of the home team…that lost.

If you’re trying to build excitement for your league, don’t put clips up when the announcers sound likeREAD MORE

Call of the Day: Gruden Applauds Favre After Throwing Game-Clinching INT

The Vikings went into New York last night — distractions, new wide receivers and all — and gave the Jets a pretty decent fight. Well, at least the second half was exciting.

With 1:38 remaining in the game and the Vikings down two, Brett Favre faced a crucial third-and-five from his own 21-yard line. Favre tried to gun-sling the ball in to Visanthe Schiancoe but Jets defensive back Dwight Lowery snuck in front for the interception, touchdown and — as Mike Tirico called it on ESPN — “game winner.” (UPDATE: Here’s the Vikings radio call. Classic.)

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PLAY, AND THE ESPN CALL, AT NFL.COM

Tirico had the always solid play-by-play of the touchdown before Jon Gruden hopped in with analysis. Despite circling the wrong receiver — an easy, and forgivable, mistake in a bunch formation — Gruden had good, solid analysis of the play, lauding Lowery for having played it “perfectly…got a great jump, drove on the ball, finished the Minnesota Vikings.”

Good job Gruden. Now it’s time for Jaws, right? RIGHT?

Wrong. The ESPN camerasREAD MORE

Call of the Day, On Ice: TBS Announcers Should Take Excitement Lessons From Edmonton

Our Call of the Day was a link to the video for Tim Lincecum’s strikeout party against the Braves. While putting the post together, it turned more into a post on how boring the TBS announcers have been so far. Maybe they should think about hiring some of the announcers covering the Edmonton Oilers.

Here are two videos of Jordan Eberle’s first-career NHL goal. It’s a doozy, and both calls are awesome.

First, via NHL.com:

Next, via SportsNet.ca:

Call of the Day: Tim Lincecum Is Very Exciting. Dick Stockton, Notsomuch

The Year of the Pitcher? Yep, it’s the Year of the Pitcher alright. Tim Lincecum opened up the 2010 NLDS by throwing a complete game two-hit shutout against the Braves. He struck out 14 batters.

He good.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF TIM LINCECUM STRIKING OUT 14 BRAVES

I really wish I could find the San Francisco radio feed of this performance (it’s not on the KNBR website or on MLB.com) because, frankly, this clip is boring. Lincecum struck out 14 batters and the video is fall-asleep-on-your-keyboard boring.

This is a one-run game, in the playoffs, and it’s as if Dick Stockton is calling highlights of a dog show. “A brilliant pitching gem by Tim…Lincecum. Look at the shininess of his coat. Strong teeth. His handler must be very happy tonight.”

Give a little excitement, Dick, please? Jon Miller must have been frothing at the mouth during the ninth inning. Even the end of this clip — click that link and skip ahead to around the 3:00 mark — when Lincecum strikes out Derrek Lee looking to end the game, there’sREAD MORE