choyt3 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=210237354 Quote
ericpnelson Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 you beat me... i'll delete my thread. I like it though. Ton of people are all about Sweeney. Quote
jdub27 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 I like Sweeney but I also like listening to Jack Michaels, I think he's a great play by play guy. Even swap in my book with Sweeney getting a bump for being a UND guy. Quote
Popular Post UND1983 Posted July 28, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 28, 2015 I like Sweeney but I also like listening to Jack Michaels, I think he's a great play by play guy. Even swap in my book with Sweeney getting a bump for being a UND guy. My opinion: It will be nice having a UND guy do UND football games. Not a guy who spends 5 days a week talking about NDSU on the radio in Fargo and then travels up to UND games on the weekend. That setup sucked. Like Jack but the setup was bad. 8 Quote
UNDColorado Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 My opinion: It will be nice having a UND guy do UND football games. Not a guy who spends 5 days a week talking about NDSU on the radio in Fargo and then travels up to UND games on the weekend. That setup sucked. Like Jack but the setup was bad. Well said. Quote
Tangolou Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Who's Pat working for? What radio station is carrying the games? Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Top notch news! Pat is actually a UND guy who has all kinds of familiarity with the athletics over the years. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Could someone elaborate on the "Track it down Marge" quote. I'm clearly missing a joke here. Quote
Teeder11 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Who's Pat working for? What radio station is carrying the games? He works for the UND Division of University & Public Affairs. Quote
82SiouxGuy Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Could someone elaborate on the "Track it down Marge" quote. I'm clearly missing a joke here. I believe that is Jack Michaels home run call when he does baseball play-by-play. IIRC his mom is named Marge. Quote
darell1976 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Can we have Pat do the play by play on TV and dump Dan Hammer. Can't wait to hear Pat! Quote
southpaw Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Can we have Pat do the play by play on TV and dump Dan Hammer. Can't wait to hear Pat! No we can't and there's $200,000 in UND's bank account this year because of it. Quote
bincitysioux Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 I've never heard Sweeney do radio, so will be interested see how he does. He is a UND guy through and through, and his knowledge of UND athletics is probably unparalleled, but this is probably a step down as far as radio play-by-play talent goes. I didn't care for the set up with Jack Michaels either, but he is arguably the most talented radio play-by-play guy in the state. I believe Michaels has been filling in for Scott Miller on Redhawks broadcasts all summer because he is battling skin cancer. I wonder if Miller's absence is going to extend into the football season and that is the reason for Michaels' "increased duties with his primary employer". Hope Miller makes a full recovery soon. 2 Quote
SiouxVolley Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 When Pat was hired by UND, wondered if he wouldn't play a bigger role down the road with football ( ... Big Sky, ....FBS). MoRe broadcast marketing is needed anyway. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I suspect bin's take may be correct: Midwest Comm'n may need Jack to help out during Scott Miller's battle. Quote
tjbison Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 What's funny is you guys are blasting Jack because he talks NDSU during the week....what do you expect his station owner is the flagship radio station for ndsu in the city ndsu is located. Why doesn't a local GF station jump on the rights if it's such an important deal to have a UND guy calling it? To me I'd be more mad a local station apparently has zero interest in getting the rights, obviously I'll get blasted for this so whatever. I post and visit here very little.. 1 Quote
UND1983 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 What's funny is you guys are blasting Jack because he talks NDSU during the week....what do you expect his station owner is the flagship radio station for ndsu in the city ndsu is located. Why doesn't a local GF station jump on the rights if it's such an important deal to have a UND guy calling it? To me I'd be more mad a local station apparently has zero interest in getting the rights, obviously I'll get blasted for this so whatever. I post and visit here very little..Thanks for sharing and being completely wrong. Too bad you aren't around more. Nobody blasted Jack at all. I blasted the setup of having a Fargo/NDSU guy doing UND games. And I am right. Jack is great at his job but should be doing NDSU coverage being he is in Fargo and on The Fan. Also, 970am has the rights and Jack works for 740. Figure it out. Quote
choyt3 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Posted July 30, 2015 What's funny is you guys are blasting Jack because he talks NDSU during the week....what do you expect his station owner is the flagship radio station for ndsu in the city ndsu is located. Why doesn't a local GF station jump on the rights if it's such an important deal to have a UND guy calling it? To me I'd be more mad a local station apparently has zero interest in getting the rights, obviously I'll get blasted for this so whatever. I post and visit here very little.. You can go ahead and point out where in this thread anyone ripped on Jack Michaels. Lots of disdain for the "setup", but very little (none?) "blasting" of Jack Michaels specifically. You get zero trolling points. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 You can go ahead and point out where in this thread anyone ripped on Jack Michaels. Lots of disdain for the "setup", but very little (none?) "blasting" of Jack Michaels specifically. You get zero trolling points. And may God have mercy on your soul. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Why doesn't a local GF station jump on the rights if it's such an important deal to have a UND guy calling it? To me I'd be more mad a local station apparently has zero interest in getting the rights, obviously I'll get blasted for this so whatever. I post and visit here very little.. The broadcast rights are owned by Clear Channel Grand Forks. WDAY-AM in Fargo is an affiliate station to the UND Athletics broadcasting network. So, a local to GF station, group, has the rights; and, a station in NDSU's backyard (NDSU's former rights holder) broadcasts UND as a radio affiliate now. Clear Channel Grand Forks really had no one to do UND Football play-by-play so they looked outside. Jack Michaels had the gig as he's outside the primary Grand Forks market. He just gave it up. Pat Sweeney is now available to fill that role as he's no longer working for/at WDAZ, a competitor to CCGF. (Yes, in media realms WDAZ being part of Forum Comm is a competitor to CCGF.) Quote
Maddogg1971 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 No offense to either one of these guys as they are total class guys but horrible as TV or radio play by play announcers. Quote
darell1976 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 No offense to either one of these guys as they are total class guys but horrible as TV or radio play by play announcers. I actually enjoyed Pat doing the play by play as he knew everything about UND sports so he had worthy tidbits thrown into the game that made it more worth watching. Dan Hammer is horrible, and I wish some day Pat will be on the tv again. Quote
UND1983 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I actually enjoyed Pat doing the play by play as he knew everything about UND sports so he had worthy tidbits thrown into the game that made it more worth watching. Dan Hammer is horrible, and I wish some day Pat will be on the tv again. I agree Darrell. Pat does a nice job with play by play and is very knowledgeable from having 30+ years of experience. I also like Dan doing the TV. Quote
ericpnelson Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 As someone who ends up listening to 2/3 games a year in a grain truck, I like Jack Michaels a lot. I thought he was very technically good; I always knew what was going on, and I couldn't tell during the games that he actually used to play baseball at NDSU. I don't think most people would have known that just by listening to our football games. I really, really like that Sweeney is going to do it now. He's an experienced and well respected play by play guy. I think football is probably easier to do than hockey, so even though he's going from radio to TV, I can't imagine it'll be the worst transition. He's also a UND guy, with the inside stories that are pretty cool. I don't hate Dan Hammer, especially after watching national broadcasts and away broadcasts last year. I thought Midco's production (camera's and all, not just announcers) were market-ably better than CBSSN's. Quote
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