Not Schwab! It's Schaub, you idiot!
Listening to Dan Reeves call the UNC-Virginia game reminds me of how Truman Capote must have felt in the fantastic film, "Murder By Death," where Peter Sellers' character -- who's Chinese and butchers English syntax -- finally drives him to the brink of insanity, and to exclaim: "Say your &@*%#! adverbs!"
At least 4 times, Reeves has referred to former UVa quarterback Matt Schaub as Matt SCHWAB. He's not an investment banker. He's just one of the best QB's in UVa football history. When Bill Dooley butchered names on the air -- like calling UVa QB Bobby Goodman "Benny Goodman" repeatedly -- it seemed somewhat endearing. This just seems disrespectful.
Reeves coached the Atlanta Falcons for a few years recently. Schaub, as a rookie, just had a stellar preseason for the Falcons. You'd think he'd know the guy's name. And, if not, why is play-by-play guy Dr. Jerry Punch or one of ABC's producers not setting him straight on a commercial break?
If the game weren't so bad, maybe I wouldn't have even noticed. But I felt I had to rant.
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Virginia has a football team?
Posted on September 13, 2004 1:28 PM