When I watch a game, no matter what the sport is I ask myself the following questions…
 
1)       Do the announcers have chemistry today? Are they conversational when appropriate x’s & o’s when appropriate?
2)       Does it feel like the truck and the announce booth are working as one unit today?
3)       Are we Documenting, Clarifying and Punctuating the game?
4)       Do we back up all storylines we tell the viewers are major items to be on the look out for in this game?
5)       Do we balance graphics and video elements well and do we execute all sales items?
 
Those are just a few of the questions I have in front of me when I sit down to watch a game and work on my notes to send to the production and announce teams. The only way a production team can really take something away from a game is to hear some feedback on what someone who was not at the game felt about the telecast. That is where I come in. “Feedback, Feedback, Feedback…give me more!” I hear this weekly if not daily from our guys that truly want their show to be the best on any network that day. My role is to provide that…provide some encouragement on the items that were done well and provide some notes on what we may have done better or ways we can do things better in the future.

10/31’s First Downs:
 
-Temple at Navy – Excellent get for the open of Head Coach Ken Niamatolo’s pre-game speech. Fantastic!
 
-A live rendition of the late Michaek Jackson’s Thriller dance by our own Akbar Gbaja-Biamila at the New Mexico at San Diego State game Saturday night…BTW, this was a very good telecast and a great game!
 
-Soccer Memphis at Tulsa men’s. Excellent segment showcasing our own Shep Messing. Always effective showing our viewers who the folks speaking to them are and what they have accomplished on and off the playing surface.
 
This weekend…a live pre-game show from Utah at TCU and then a classic BCS Buster game in the Mountain West on our air at 7:30pm ET between the Utes and the Horned Frogs.