To Celebrate, I Might Even Watch Next Year

After 34 years, CBS' Packer reportedly done with Final Four.

10 comments to To Celebrate, I Might Even Watch Next Year

  • I also have heard that he's asking CBS to release him from his contract, so he can unretire and sign on with another teamnetwork that will make him a starter. Or maybe I'm mixing up my stories here.

  • How in the world did they manage to find a picture of him smiling?

    They must have taken it immediately after he harped on the same minute aspect of play for the 50th straight time and actually had it come to fruition to justify himself as a genius.

  • SBG

    My favorite part of this article was this statement by Packer: "My job is to say what I see..."

    Well, sir, that's all well and good, but methinks you need an eye exam.

  • E-6

    "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

    Too bad Nance isn't going with him.

    • SBG

      Back about 18 years ago, my cousin and I were watching a college basketball game in my apartment in Fargo and I bellered, "Fuck You, Billy Packer" just about the time that the building manager was walking by the hallway. He knocked on the door and chewed me out for making noise and yelling obscenities. If you are going to swear, that was a pretty appropriate four word combination.

  • Moss

    Now they need to get rid of Raftery.

    This last spring, Raftery's pet call was a loud scream of "ONIONS!" anytime someone would hit a big, clutch shot. His game-calling partner just ignored him.

    • DK

      DK likes Raftery. He knows/conveys more about basketball than Packer, and he clearly enjoys his job. He's fun to listen to.

      • E-6

        I'm with you, DK. Raft rules. I'll gladly watch a nothing game in January if he and Vern Lundquist are calling it. They should be the top team at CBS.

        "To the tin. With alacrity!"