You make the call ... if Arbo says so?
Imagine this crazy scenario:
Second half is about to start at the USC-Notre Dame football. The Irish lineup on the Coliseum grass, ready to boot the ball to a Trojan standing near the goalline. The crowd starts to roar, the bands get louder, that stupid leprechaun is prancing around waiting to get squashed by a white horse ....
And you get the microphone to do the call on 710-AM KSPN. That is, if someone can pry the mike out of Pete Arbogast's hands...
One of the perks that the new USC flagship radio station is offering to listeners is a contest where the prize is to do just what's described above.
Including that potentially awkward situation involving someone who already feels stung by a station that didn't hire him after he pleaded for any kind of news update job....
But we digress...
According to the announcement put upon the ESPN Radio 710 website , all you've got to do is call the audition hotline (1-800-471-0710) and scream into the phone like a ridiculous homer.
Or, if you're trying to win, do it right.
Entries are to be judged equally on professionalism, creativity and passion -- the same qualities that the incumbent broadcaster upholds on a semi-daily basis.
Got to get it in by Nov. 11, and top three finalists will be determined by Nov. 18.
Give it a shot. And good luck (as the Irish would say).
And just imagine what'd happen if that second-half kickoff return is brought back 101 yards by Desmond Reed, doing some kind of cut-back Reggie Bush-like touchdown run, and it's the only score of the game, so the call is replayed over and over through history.
You'd be the voice of the Trojans.
Comments
Its so great that 710 has made it very clear they want Arbo on thier air as little as possible. Right now, 710 Execs are in Steven Samples office convincing him to fire the unlistenable, loser Arbo and hire Larry Kahn.
Posted by: USC_89 | September 9, 2006 11:50 AM
Larry Kahn? Talk about unlistenable. Nice guy, though.
Arbogast is a perfectly fine announcer. Imagine having to listen to Chris "The Human Tape Delay" Roberts as your team's voice.
Posted by: JRCaesar | September 9, 2006 12:31 PM
I will say this: Roberts and Larry Kahn are better choices than Lee Jigsaw Hamilton! Kahn has gotten better over the years, not as high-pitched as he used to be during his tenure at SC. His favorite tag line is "rolling, rolling, rolling".
710 can't fire Arbogast. He is employed by USC to broadcast their games, regardless of what station they are on, and Garrett is pleased with his performance over the past five years, when they were on KMPC.
Besides, why fix something that is not broken?
Posted by: Robert | September 14, 2006 08:56 AM