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Some non-Farve breaking news, Billy Packer will not be back to call his 35th consecutive Final Four this upcoming season. Let that sink in for a little bit.
From the Miami Herald via Awful Announcing:
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.I suggest those "other projects" be watching basketball from home on your couch. The game of basketball and the Final Four itself had outgrown Packer for sometime now, and I believe that this is long over due.
Packer will be replaced as analysis by Clarke Kellogg which isn't as great as Bill Rafferty would be, but for now I think we should just enjoy no more Packer before we criticize Kellogg.
No matter what kind of controversy, be it saying that Charlie Rose was fagging out, admitting that he wasn’t much of a sports fan, saying that Gerald Henderson’s shot to Hansbrough nose wasn’t an intentional foul, or even telling everyone that the Kansas vs. UNC Final Four game was over with 7:21 seconds left in the 1st half, Packer continued to be employed by CBS.
This could not be better news during the slowest sports time of the year. So for those of you having a rough Monday, just remember that on the next Championship Monday, no Packer. For now, enjoy this video of what could have happened if Billy Packer had never called that first Final Four:
He's gotta be one of the most annoying announcers I've ever heard. Can't stand him.
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