Stallions Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) The announcer less game was an NFL contest played on December 20, 1980, between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins. The NBC television network broadcast it without assigning any commentators to cover it. The two teams were playing the last game of that season for them as neither had qualified for the playoffs. Since the game was being broadcast nationally NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer decided on the idea to boost what would otherwise have been weak ratings. The Jets won a 24–17 upset victory. Just crowd noise and officials calls. Wonderful Edited October 14, 2019 by Stallions 3 1
DC Tom Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 I have a much greater appreciation of this while I'm listening to Chris Collinsworth... 3 10 1
Sundancer Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 I remember watching that game. It sucked. 2 1 1 3
frostbitmic Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 It was an idea ahead of its time ... Now we just have a mute button. 1 1
BananaB Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 I turn the sound off on a regular basis. Especially on MNF when Collinsworth is drooling over certain QBs.
JohnC Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 12:57 AM, Stallions said: The announcer less game was an NFL contest played on December 20, 1980, between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins. The NBC television network broadcast it without assigning any commentators to cover it. The two teams were playing the last game of that season for them as neither had qualified for the playoffs. Since the game was being broadcast nationally NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer decided on the idea to boost what would otherwise have been weak ratings. The Jets won a 24–17 upset victory. Just crowd noise and officials calls. Wonderful Expand Not having announcers was a dumb concept. It would have been better to simply not broadcast that game. I remembered that game. I quickly turned the game off.
RiotAct Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:05 AM, BananaB said: I turn the sound off on a regular basis. Especially on MNF when Collinsworth is drooling over certain QBs. Expand give the guy a break, he has to use a voice modulator to speak
StHustle Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Turning the sound off completely would suck tho. I like to hear the crowd, the hits, the QB pre snap, etc. 2
KD in CA Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:02 AM, Sundancer said: I remember watching that game. It sucked. Expand Yup. It was quite an achievement, making a game between the Woodley-era Dolphins and Todd-era Jets even worse than usual. 1
Shaw66 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:02 AM, Sundancer said: I remember watching that game. It sucked. Expand Yeah. They didn't have many graphics, so there often were plays where you didn't know was going on. What were the refs talking about? Who was piling up stats. Who made that tackle. It wasn't very enjoyable. 1
row_33 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 The media wrote their stories before the game came on , how it was terrible and how important announcers were....
Augie Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Along with my countless weaknesses, I think I have an above average ability to tune out, or at least discount, the many horrible commentators out there. I may have learned this from my wife, who constantly demonstrates how easy it is to tune ME out. 2 1
Sundancer Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:26 AM, row_33 said: The media wrote their stories before the game came on , how it was terrible and how important announcers were.... Expand It was a media conspiracy that the game was terrible? If it was so great and would drive up revenue, do you really think the NFL wouldn't be doing it every game? The NFL/networks are about the money, not employing 3 reporters and all the spotters. Most people leave the volume up for NFL games for a reason. The announcers matter. Today the experience could be better with on screen graphics, but that 1980 game was painful.
SinceThe70s Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 12:57 AM, Stallions said: The announcer less game was an NFL contest played on December 20, 1980, between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins. The NBC television network broadcast it without assigning any commentators to cover it. The two teams were playing the last game of that season for them as neither had qualified for the playoffs. Since the game was being broadcast nationally NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer decided on the idea to boost what would otherwise have been weak ratings. The Jets won a 24–17 upset victory. Just crowd noise and officials calls. Wonderful Expand Just curious. Did you watch it and think it was wonderful or does it just sound like something that would be wonderful? There's a reason they only did it one time. Most folks at the time thought it was less than wonderful.
coloradobillsfan Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:03 AM, frostbitmic said: It was an idea ahead of its time ... Now we just have a mute button. Expand this seems like an opportune time to remind everyone if your audio setup includes a center channel you can mute it and silence the announcers while keeping the sounds of the game intact 1
ALLEN1QB Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) I would love watching a game like that. Wish we could mute the announcers. Every single one is annoying. Edited October 14, 2019 by ALLEN1QB 1
Doc Brown Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:05 AM, BananaB said: I turn the sound off on a regular basis. Especially on MNF when Collinsworth is drooling over certain QBs. Expand You turn it off so often you don't even realize Collinsworth doesn't work MNF. 1 1
Rocket94 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 12:57 AM, Stallions said: The announcer less game was an NFL contest played on December 20, 1980, between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins. The NBC television network broadcast it without assigning any commentators to cover it. The two teams were playing the last game of that season for them as neither had qualified for the playoffs. Since the game was being broadcast nationally NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer decided on the idea to boost what would otherwise have been weak ratings. The Jets won a 24–17 upset victory. Just crowd noise and officials calls. Wonderful Expand I remember that. That experiment did not last long.
Bray Wyatt Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 I watched the Georgia South Carolina game this weekend this way, I had to watch it via the skycam feed option on ESPN tho
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