The Sports Animal

[SoonerFP]

Instead of running commercials in the time allotted, they will play 3 or 4 minutes of commercials and come back two or three plays in the series. I missed a touchdown once because of their glutinous commercial breaks. It is pathetic.

Maybe that's why they lost the NFL in the first place?

[SoonerDave]

I have listened to many OU football games on the radio (not on the Sports Animal) where they have gone to commercials and a play or two had been missed when they came back.

Think that's just an occupational hazard of carrying live sports programming. You have so many set breaks, some of those breaks are "network" breaks, some are for local time, and any individual affiliate tries to schedule out their breaks and ads accordingly, but the varying nature of the game makes a perfect match for such things all but impossible. I think they have certain kinds of ads slated for certain spots, and sometimes you end up with a long block of commercials that gets played where only a short break takes place. Not peculiar to OU or the Animal or any other sports broadcast. Happened and happens frequently with Dallas Cowboy broadcasts, regardless of the affiliate. I would venture to guess that it happens less often with baseball, because it is a much more structured game in terms of breaks and intervals, but even then with multiple pitching changes or things of that nature, you could get out of sync.

[td25er]

Oh, surely, Zach vs DG is a matter of preference. I agree, Al has become so creepy he's almost impossible to listen to anymore - and while he's always had a bit of a raunchy "edge" to his banter, he's really gone off the deep end here in the last year or two. I think he makes *everyone* on the Animal really uncomfortable when he "goes over the edge."

I tend to disagree a bit on Mayes vs BBJ, but I think that's because I prefer BBJ's more polished presentation. I do enjoy Pat Jones' insights and frankness, because he cuts through the garbage on a lot of things. That said, it's fairly apparent when he's talking out of his depth, so its all a balancing act, I suppose.

I just happen to like the "angry man" thing Mayes has going on and his trio makes me laugh out loud at work 2-3 times a week.