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Announcers for KU @tu -- Walton & Pasch?

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7 years 9 months ago #11936 by Bayhawk
Thanks Badger, I unloaded on them,

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7 years 9 months ago #11938 by Illhawk
I am still working out the rules for the Bill Walton drinking game. At it's most basic every time he says "Conference of Champions" you sip and every time somebody else says "Conference of Champions" you gulp.

It is probably a good thing he won't be doing any more Jayhawk games for a while.
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7 years 9 months ago #11959 by NotOstertag
He was horrible. Split screen was horrible. Every timeout showing photos of him around Austin were horrible.

I don't dislike Bill Walton, but he seemed to forget that his job is to serve his audience, and instead he was entirely self-serving.

Here's my theory: some guy at ESPN thought it would be cool to have a guy from UCLA's 13 streak announce at KU game as they matched that "unbeatable" record. Perhaps Walton didn't want to do it, which might explain the way he approached the game.

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7 years 9 months ago #11969 by HawkErrant
I think it's simpler than that. UCLA v AZ was the big game on College Game Day on Saturday. Since Bilas & the Game Day crew do those games, the ESPN powers that be needed to find a gig for Walton & Pasch, who would normally do the big PAC-12 game that day. KU winning13 straight would be a natural fit for Bill as the only ESPN guy with ties to the UCLA dynasty.

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