Awesomer is a word. I don’t care if dictionaries are too good for it, it’s a word, and today, it describes the Big Ten Network quite perfectly.
That’s because the BTN just announced that it is adding Gus Johnson to the college basketball team, instantly transforming a shoddy, low-rent organization into the best in the business. Gus Johnson is that good, and if you don’t believe me, A) you’re an idiot, and B) conclusive video evidence is after the jump.
Now, a legitimate question is whether Gus can muster even a tenth of the excitement of these moments when he’s watching, like, Iowa at Penn State or the usual second-class fare that populates the Big Ten Network–keep in mind, the BTN only shows the games that ESPN passes on–but that’s an issue for later. And at the very least, even if 90% of the games he calls are crap, those last 10% are going to be immortalized with a proper soundtrack. For a struggling network like the BTN, that’s the best news they could ask for.
2:25 pm on October 27th, 2008
Pretty good hire on BTN's part. He makes every game he works sound like the biggest macthup ever.
2:29 pm on October 27th, 2008
I thought the Big Ten Network only hired big-boobed blondes.
2:41 pm on October 27th, 2008
I thought the only boob in the Big Ten was Jim Delany.
3:39 pm on October 27th, 2008
That Vermont-Syracuse game was awesome enough, and Gus's call made it all the more spectacular.
"OHHHHHH! Sorrentine hit that one from the parking lot!"
3:46 pm on October 27th, 2008
Please, don't bring up the Syracuse-Vermont game. It's too painful.
5:48 pm on October 27th, 2008
It would have been fun to hear Gus Johnson & Billy Packer call a game together. You know Gus would have driven Billy nuts - and it would have been perfect payback for all the fans that have been driven nuts themselves by Packer.
9:35 am on October 28th, 2008
Johnson's from Detroit. Have met him, helluva guy. Did you know that HOCKEY is his first love?