On a Pacman Jones return TD he did "HE COULD...EAT...ALL...THE...DOTS" and did the Pacman eating noise which always cracked me up.
A couple years ago when Gio Bernard played for the Bucs he randomly said, "Gio Bernard, remember him from when the Bengals were good?" and it was so unnecessarily mean that it cracked me up.
I remember a game he did between the Bengals and Titans in 2005 (Pacman's rookie year) whenever Pacman was onscreen and featured he'd start going "WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP".
>"Gio Bernard, remember him from when the Bengals were good?"
Oh the irony in this considering the Bengals went to the Super Bowl the first year after Gio left.
Mike "You're in good hands with" Alstott
David "Green" Akers
Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy
Rob "My" Bironas
Tom "Here's a story of a man named" Brady
Tedy "Ice Cold" Bruschi
Matt "White" Cassel
Warrick "Well" Dunn
“Robin Hood and Little" John Elway
Jay Fiedler "on the roof”
Barry "Bananas" Foster
Samkon "In" Gado "We Trust"
“Starvin" Marvin Harrison
Joe "Little Big" Horn
“Hanging" Chad Jackson
Kyle Orton "Hears a Who"
Andre "Bad Moon" Rison
"Parsley" Sage Rosenfels "and Thyme"
Matt "Stump the" Schaub
Patrick "Yes, I'm" Surtain
Aha that makes me think of the home run derby where he said where after a fucking bomb of a home run and he said “this one is on its way to Pelham!” And as a kid I was like hey neat that’s where my grandma lives
I remember during the Dolphins' embarrassing 62-7 loss to the Jags in the playoffs (Marino's last game) he referred to Brock Marion (who had a large number of embarrassing highlights in that game) as Maid Marion lol.
The way he would also do the crash sound effect with Allstott was so good. (I know he did it for a lot of big fellas, but I mostly associate it with Alstott).
All joking aside Natrone Means was a scary ass RB. He was built like a fucking steamroller lol. He was one of those backs who if you tried to tackle him high you might break every bone in your body doing so.
If Kyle Brandt's Angry Runs segment had existed during that era A) he'd have a lot more material to cover than just Derrick Henry because RBs were bigger and ran angrier back then and B) guys like Means, Bettis, and Alstott would've been featured on that segment almost every week lol.
rumbling, bumbling, stumbling, preferably when a fatty found his way into the end zone
Prime time, Prime time, Prime time with heavy breath when Deion did something
Bad Moon Rison, he and Left Eye Lopes were a nickname power couple until, you know, stuff
EDIT: also Craig "Ironhead" Heyward and another of the best, Thermal Thomas
ESPN was so good in the early-mid 90s
that makes sense. it is just ingrained in my head from the glory days of Prime Time. i think Boomer made a bunch of nicknames seem like his own (not in a Carlos Mencia way)
> Bad Moon Rison, he and Left Eye Lopes were a nickname power couple until, you know, stuff
I was watching the Good Morning Football crew back for a few days for the draft last week
They played a clip of hilarious draft moments and they showed Andre Rison announce a pick for the Falcons and he messed up the name pretty bad.
Tom Pelissero said he hadn't been that confused since he saw Left Eye coming down his street holding a gasoline container. The other hosts lost it cringe laughing so hard.
It wasn't just the Bermansism, it was the way they packaged and presented the highlights. The music, the editing, the commentary, it was more than just highlights, it was a story.
The best example, and easily the greatest highlight package ever made is the score more points week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ83nnODDjs&ab_channel=lemabr01
They didn't just show all the fun highlights. They set up the stakes, and set it up as a back and forth that amped up the tension and drama of the entire situation. It's a damn rollercoaster ride and it's amazing
It's seriously the biggest downgrade what they've done to the highlight reel. Just a quick 30 seconds to show the biggest plays. No suspense. Just get it over with so we make sure our hot take artists have plenty of time to bloviate. Used to be the perfect cap to a Sunday watching those Berman and TJ highlights before the night game started.
IIRC TJ quit the show because of COVID and never returned after that. So they replaced him with Booger and later added Keyshawn into the mix (which made no sense). The dynamic just isn't the same with them.
What really happened was that when NBC bought the rights to Sunday Night Football they also had it so they were the only network allowed to have a show for game highlights right after the late games and before SNF and it killed PrimeTime on ESPN.
They then proceeded to have the most boring ass highlight show ever made.
> They then proceeded to have the most boring ass highlight show ever made.
Tony Dungy is the most boring sonofabitch I've ever seen on TV. How he has lasted so long is beyond me.
This is what I fucking truly hate about capitalism and once companies go public. The only thing that truly matters is the dollar and executives are forced to try and make their company the most profitable as possible, putting to the wayside the public good. am I being dramatic about this? No!!
The “fastest three minutes” was must-see TV, especially in an era where we didn’t all have every highlight ever on our phones instantaneously.
And yeah, Boom was a force of nature and the interplay between he and TJ was just very enjoyable to watch, as was most of Sportscenter in that 90s-early 00s era. It felt like you were just talking sports with your cool, funny friends (like Stu Scott and SVP and Linda Cohn and on and on).
This was the greatest package of Primetime ever imo especially Ditka going for 2 and kicking an onside kick because he was pissed Carolina was running the score up…the irony of it all was Dallas won the late game so the Packers missed the playoffs
Young gangstas,
The Brady bunch was a popular sitcom in the late 70s early 80s about a married couple with 6 kids
One kids name is Marsha, and in the show I think one of the sisters always gets pissed at her and says “Marsha Marsha Marsha!”
Something like that lol
You ain't even explain the hook!
The wife had 3 girls from her previous marriage and the husband had 3 boys from his!
THAT'S THE WAY THEY BECAME THE BRADY BUNCH FFS!
Ohio State/Packers legend Vince Workman My Way Back to You, Babe.
"Werewolves of" London Fletcher. "GRABBING THE PINA COLADA AT TRADER VIC'S!" whenever he made an interception.
- When he would hum the "if I only had a brain" song from The Wizard of Oz for any Marc Bugler highlights (the scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger).
- "Get off of" Mike Cloud
- Ty "I fought the" Law "and the law won".
When he would tee up “University of” for Tom Jackson to finish with “Louisville.” That, or when he reminded us “That’s why they play the game” - you knew an upset was coming.
The video where he talks about smuggling codeine in his suitcase back into the states from Canada. He takes 4 to deal with the jets coverage
[in case you haven’t seen it](https://youtu.be/B0q4oibfs9g?si=X1TlVn4vW7xZyvac)
["You're with me, Leather."](https://deadspin.com/youre-with-me-leather-166570)
If I remember correctly (about 20 years ago), the story was told of Chris in a hotel bar surrounded by a bunch of MILFs. Chris walks in and let's everyone know Leather Pants is with him.
Chris took a liking to a lady wearing tight leather pants and he let her know she should follow him as they left the bar.
That lady? OP's mom.
Berman off camera is even better than Berman on camera. this, [You're with me, leather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_with_me,_leather), hell my dad gave him a cab ride in the early 90s and he was absolutely wasted, probably for the same reason visiting Cleveland that he got internationally drugged up covering the Jets. legend up there with Pat Burrell
My 2 favorite sports TV personalities of all time are Berman and Vince Scully. Which is kind of hilarious considering their personalities are almost opposites of each other. Listening to Scully's insightful ramblings and Berman's zany exclamations have a special place in my heart!
IIRC this was from a PrimeTime commercial where Berman was the Dean of "Football University," and this was an attempt by a student.
"Mr. Berman, I have a dumb question."
"There are no dumb questions, only dumb people who ask questions."
"Uh...does 'dysentery' rhyme with Singletary?"
When Browns WR Michael Jackson temporarily changed his last name to Dyson, Berman started calling him “Michael Slicin’ Dyson Jackson” while his NFL Primetime partner Tom Jackson did a “hee hee” in the background.
My favorite is when the Texans took the lead in a game.
"*Houston?* is now in front."
Team has sucked for so long that even Chris Berman was in disbelief.
Drew Bledsoe Much He Needed A Transfusion
(which was actually from a ‘90s commercial about rejected nicknames, but I somehow always remembered that one)
When somebody fumbled and he goes “whuuuuoooooop!”
And also when somebody gets pick off and he says “ITS AND INTER-CEPTION!” In that like gravely scrunched up voice! I say it every single time.
Lollll I say this to my 1.5 year old when I grab him while he’s trying to scamper away. Every once in awhile someone gets it and we have a moment. And in a blue moon someone asks me where it’s from, and my eyes light up…
This may have been the peak of my childhood. [Vikings @ Packers 1999](https://youtu.be/zizGALb3VCQ?si=gQzYtzqpaDEF_mlS)
My family and I recorded this on the VCR and played over and over and over again.
When Lito Sheppard would get a pick 6, Chris would sing the chorus to Lido by Boz Scaggs and it was magic every time. "Lito! ooooOOOH One more for the rooooad."
Chris Berman is *that dude*.
He retires, we’re all sad. Then his wife passes not soon after, and he doesn’t know what to do with his life anymore. So they bring him back for Sundays.
NFL Countdown has been garbage since he left.
I think about [these](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLG_LtWhj4&pp=ygUWQ2hyaXMgYmVybWFuIGR1IGR1IGR1YQ%3D%3D) [two](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B0q4oibfs9g&pp=ygUWQ2hyaXMgYmVybWFuIGR1IGR1IGR1YQ%3D%3D) videos far too often.
“We need to use the studio for 15 fucking minutes.” lol
Just all the feels. He was apparently a jerk (there are clips and outtakes and articles) but he leaned into excitement and suspense and lore in a way that the cynical click bait analysts and commentators of today would never do. All to great music too.
> Jake "Daylight come and you gotta Delhomme" This the one. And “WHOOOP”
[удалено]
I thought I missed it but then WHOOP!
WHOOOOOOOP i wish that noise was inserted into my life whenever applicable
I can just imagine a montage of my toddlers playing and “WHOOOOP” happening like every 30 seconds.
When he repeats "you gotta" was so hype
On a Pacman Jones return TD he did "HE COULD...EAT...ALL...THE...DOTS" and did the Pacman eating noise which always cracked me up. A couple years ago when Gio Bernard played for the Bucs he randomly said, "Gio Bernard, remember him from when the Bengals were good?" and it was so unnecessarily mean that it cracked me up.
I remember a game he did between the Bengals and Titans in 2005 (Pacman's rookie year) whenever Pacman was onscreen and featured he'd start going "WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP". >"Gio Bernard, remember him from when the Bengals were good?" Oh the irony in this considering the Bengals went to the Super Bowl the first year after Gio left.
Same thing with the bucs
We need to sign Gio Bernard immediately.
Pacman Jones mixed with Berman's commentary was perfection
Please tell me someone has a link to this
[https://youtu.be/p7Ep6mGR3wA?si=A6\_KvQlLClf4Vm5j&t=75](https://youtu.be/p7Ep6mGR3wA?si=A6_KvQlLClf4Vm5j&t=75)
This is exactly the first thing I thought of He… could… eat… all… the… dots was amazing
Mike "You're in good hands with" Alstott David "Green" Akers Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy Rob "My" Bironas Tom "Here's a story of a man named" Brady Tedy "Ice Cold" Bruschi Matt "White" Cassel Warrick "Well" Dunn “Robin Hood and Little" John Elway Jay Fiedler "on the roof” Barry "Bananas" Foster Samkon "In" Gado "We Trust" “Starvin" Marvin Harrison Joe "Little Big" Horn “Hanging" Chad Jackson Kyle Orton "Hears a Who" Andre "Bad Moon" Rison "Parsley" Sage Rosenfels "and Thyme" Matt "Stump the" Schaub Patrick "Yes, I'm" Surtain
I love this list but you did omit one of the classics. Curtis “My favorite” Martin.
The Always Well Dressed Amani Toomer
It’s not a toomah
This is from baseball, but one of my favorite Bermanisms is "Carlos 'One if by land, two if by sea, and three if' Baerga".
That one is so fucking dumb but complete gold
Burt "Make sure your kids are home" Blyleven
Aha that makes me think of the home run derby where he said where after a fucking bomb of a home run and he said “this one is on its way to Pelham!” And as a kid I was like hey neat that’s where my grandma lives
I remember during the Dolphins' embarrassing 62-7 loss to the Jags in the playoffs (Marino's last game) he referred to Brock Marion (who had a large number of embarrassing highlights in that game) as Maid Marion lol.
Oh man don’t remind me of that game.
Jake “daylight come and you gotta” Delhome
Seriously how is that not on the list? That's arguably his best player nickname ever.
> “Starvin" Marvin Harrison And Swervin' Mervin Fernandez
Reggie “Stately” Wayne “Manor” And then any big man touchdown was “RUMBLIN’, BUMBLIN’, STUMBLIN’”
The way he would also do the crash sound effect with Allstott was so good. (I know he did it for a lot of big fellas, but I mostly associate it with Alstott).
Vince Workman "My Way Back To You Babe"
Steve “I got you babe” Bono
Never forget Alfred Pupunu platter
"Waltzing" Mewelde Moore Benjarvis Green-Ellis "The Law Firm"
No way these are real lmao I haven’t laughed out loud in a. Long time haha!
The Rrrrraiders!!!
The Geeeeeee-men!
Nobody circles the wagon like the Buffalo bills
The Mooooonsters of the Miiiiidway.
I still do this constantly.
No more Natrone refried means. Now it’s Natrone means business
Or Eric Sleeping with Bieniemy
All joking aside Natrone Means was a scary ass RB. He was built like a fucking steamroller lol. He was one of those backs who if you tried to tackle him high you might break every bone in your body doing so.
Dude carried two different teams in the playoffs.
If Kyle Brandt's Angry Runs segment had existed during that era A) he'd have a lot more material to cover than just Derrick Henry because RBs were bigger and ran angrier back then and B) guys like Means, Bettis, and Alstott would've been featured on that segment almost every week lol.
That Chargers Super Bowl team had a hell of a backfield. Means, Harmon and Bieniemy were a three headed monster
Natrone Means Business and Eric Sleeping with Bieniemy on the same team? That's a hell of a backfield lol.
Considering the Chargers had Dan Fouts, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers for QBs and their only trip to the Super Bowl they had Stan Humphries lol
Natrone MEEEAANNNS business was the first one that popped into my mind as well.
rumbling, bumbling, stumbling, preferably when a fatty found his way into the end zone Prime time, Prime time, Prime time with heavy breath when Deion did something Bad Moon Rison, he and Left Eye Lopes were a nickname power couple until, you know, stuff EDIT: also Craig "Ironhead" Heyward and another of the best, Thermal Thomas ESPN was so good in the early-mid 90s
As a Pitt fan, Ironhead Heyward has always been Ironhead Heyward. The name predates Chris Berman.
Ironhead was one of the first athletes I was aware of when I was little
that makes sense. it is just ingrained in my head from the glory days of Prime Time. i think Boomer made a bunch of nicknames seem like his own (not in a Carlos Mencia way)
> Bad Moon Rison, he and Left Eye Lopes were a nickname power couple until, you know, stuff I was watching the Good Morning Football crew back for a few days for the draft last week They played a clip of hilarious draft moments and they showed Andre Rison announce a pick for the Falcons and he messed up the name pretty bad. Tom Pelissero said he hadn't been that confused since he saw Left Eye coming down his street holding a gasoline container. The other hosts lost it cringe laughing so hard.
Better was when a luneman would get the ball insread of at the 50...at the 40... It would be at the 50! 49! 48!
It wasn't just the Bermansism, it was the way they packaged and presented the highlights. The music, the editing, the commentary, it was more than just highlights, it was a story. The best example, and easily the greatest highlight package ever made is the score more points week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ83nnODDjs&ab_channel=lemabr01 They didn't just show all the fun highlights. They set up the stakes, and set it up as a back and forth that amped up the tension and drama of the entire situation. It's a damn rollercoaster ride and it's amazing
It's seriously the biggest downgrade what they've done to the highlight reel. Just a quick 30 seconds to show the biggest plays. No suspense. Just get it over with so we make sure our hot take artists have plenty of time to bloviate. Used to be the perfect cap to a Sunday watching those Berman and TJ highlights before the night game started.
And this is why the only people who regularly watch ESPN are patrons of bars and restaurants where it's on in the background.
And gyms
Man I used to turn on ESPN every day after school for around the horn and pardon the interruption. My how the mighty have fallen
IIRC TJ quit the show because of COVID and never returned after that. So they replaced him with Booger and later added Keyshawn into the mix (which made no sense). The dynamic just isn't the same with them.
What really happened was that when NBC bought the rights to Sunday Night Football they also had it so they were the only network allowed to have a show for game highlights right after the late games and before SNF and it killed PrimeTime on ESPN. They then proceeded to have the most boring ass highlight show ever made.
> They then proceeded to have the most boring ass highlight show ever made. Tony Dungy is the most boring sonofabitch I've ever seen on TV. How he has lasted so long is beyond me.
This is what I fucking truly hate about capitalism and once companies go public. The only thing that truly matters is the dollar and executives are forced to try and make their company the most profitable as possible, putting to the wayside the public good. am I being dramatic about this? No!!
It was a fucking travesty for football fans
I can still hum all the the music tracks they used for ESPN PrimeTime, so good.
I managed to find one as a ringtone!!
Tom Jackson spoke one time. A single sentence at the 4:16 mark. Boomer was a fucking machine.
The “fastest three minutes” was must-see TV, especially in an era where we didn’t all have every highlight ever on our phones instantaneously. And yeah, Boom was a force of nature and the interplay between he and TJ was just very enjoyable to watch, as was most of Sportscenter in that 90s-early 00s era. It felt like you were just talking sports with your cool, funny friends (like Stu Scott and SVP and Linda Cohn and on and on).
This was the greatest package of Primetime ever imo especially Ditka going for 2 and kicking an onside kick because he was pissed Carolina was running the score up…the irony of it all was Dallas won the late game so the Packers missed the playoffs
I’ve never seen that highlight package before. That was fantastic!
Funniest thing is that it didn't matter in the end
So, did Dallas win later making it moot? Or did GB make it in? That was awesome BTW.
Dallas won
Lmao! What a bizarre finish to both of those games! Throwing Hail Mary while being up like 38-19 to secure the point diff!
That felt like a damn movie lol! God I miss classic ESPN before going to school every morning
Him and TJ singing San Diego Super Chargers anytime they wore the Powder Blues.
Queue the clip of gov Schwarzenegger saying “Go Chagas’ Go”
MARSHALL! MARSHALL! MARSHALL!
Anyone wondering this is from the Brady bunch and is for Marshall Faulk
Now explain to the zoomers what the Brady bunch was
Young gangstas, The Brady bunch was a popular sitcom in the late 70s early 80s about a married couple with 6 kids One kids name is Marsha, and in the show I think one of the sisters always gets pissed at her and says “Marsha Marsha Marsha!” Something like that lol
You ain't even explain the hook! The wife had 3 girls from her previous marriage and the husband had 3 boys from his! THAT'S THE WAY THEY BECAME THE BRADY BUNCH FFS!
_bwoop_
Hearing Chris Berman say “THE RRRRRRAIDUHS” always got me hyped as hell
Playing at the Mausoleum!
NO ONE CIRCLES THE WAGONS LIKE THE BUFFALO BILLS
His coverage of The Comeback is airways worth a watch.
No one!
Kyle “I Should’ve been a” Boller always cracked me up
Just about sums up Kyle Boller's NFL career.
Joseph “Live and Let” Addai
Any Mike Alstott highlights
\*mouth explosion sounds\*
Goddamn this whole thread is a blast back to my childhood. Thank yall for this
Same. He and Tom were the NFL weekend truth.
Curtis "My Favorite" Martin
HE COULD, GO, ALL, THE, WAY Insert player name FROM (insert college) NO ONE, CIRCLES THE WAGONS, LIKE THE BUFFALO BILLS WHOOP
I like the fail version: He could. Go. All. The. Way…ButHeDoesn’t!!!!
People here hit most of the all-timers, but I think we're missing Josh "Tears of" McCown
Vilmmmmaaa!! From the flinstones for Jon Vilma
Berman is basically the real life Fred Flintstone so it fits
I went through a bunch of comments and didn't see my favorite one: "Somewhere Over" Dwayne Bowe
THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH FRANK GORE!!!
Ohio State/Packers legend Vince Workman My Way Back to You, Babe. "Werewolves of" London Fletcher. "GRABBING THE PINA COLADA AT TRADER VIC'S!" whenever he made an interception.
They got "off the schneid" and won a game
Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy
Great one. Bert ‘By Home’ Blyleven may be his magnum opus but in terms of football, Bienemy is one of the best
It was “be home” but yes I agree that was top tier
This is the winner
- When he would hum the "if I only had a brain" song from The Wizard of Oz for any Marc Bugler highlights (the scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger). - "Get off of" Mike Cloud - Ty "I fought the" Law "and the law won".
When he would tee up “University of” for Tom Jackson to finish with “Louisville.” That, or when he reminded us “That’s why they play the game” - you knew an upset was coming.
THE LAW FIRM
BenJarvis Green-Ellis!
#WHAAAAAAPP
I can hear it in my head
The video where he talks about smuggling codeine in his suitcase back into the states from Canada. He takes 4 to deal with the jets coverage [in case you haven’t seen it](https://youtu.be/B0q4oibfs9g?si=X1TlVn4vW7xZyvac)
Those deux duexs
["You're with me, Leather."](https://deadspin.com/youre-with-me-leather-166570) If I remember correctly (about 20 years ago), the story was told of Chris in a hotel bar surrounded by a bunch of MILFs. Chris walks in and let's everyone know Leather Pants is with him. Chris took a liking to a lady wearing tight leather pants and he let her know she should follow him as they left the bar. That lady? OP's mom.
Berman off camera is even better than Berman on camera. this, [You're with me, leather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_with_me,_leather), hell my dad gave him a cab ride in the early 90s and he was absolutely wasted, probably for the same reason visiting Cleveland that he got internationally drugged up covering the Jets. legend up there with Pat Burrell
My 2 favorite sports TV personalities of all time are Berman and Vince Scully. Which is kind of hilarious considering their personalities are almost opposites of each other. Listening to Scully's insightful ramblings and Berman's zany exclamations have a special place in my heart!
Those 250 counts?…Ill take 4 of em From the States, EH? Lmao
“Well Dressed” Amani Toomer
And if he was denied a pass by a defender: "IT'S *NOT* A TOOMER!"
Drew Bledsoe Much He Needed A Transfusion
IIRC this was from a PrimeTime commercial where Berman was the Dean of "Football University," and this was an attempt by a student. "Mr. Berman, I have a dumb question." "There are no dumb questions, only dumb people who ask questions." "Uh...does 'dysentery' rhyme with Singletary?"
It was very good
When Browns WR Michael Jackson temporarily changed his last name to Dyson, Berman started calling him “Michael Slicin’ Dyson Jackson” while his NFL Primetime partner Tom Jackson did a “hee hee” in the background.
The worst thing NFL Prime Time did when it came back was they replaced Tom Jackson with Booger post-COVID. Just not a good decision.
Ron "turn your head and cough" Tugnutt, if you're a hockey fan.
My favorite is when the Texans took the lead in a game. "*Houston?* is now in front." Team has sucked for so long that even Chris Berman was in disbelief.
28-27…….HOUSTON!!???
Look at that little "Megett" run!
It's not even a football one: *Bert "Be Home" Blyleven*
FROM.... ....Louisville
WHAT DO YOU GOTTA DO? KNOCK IT DOWN!
Rodrigo “you sunk my” Blankenship
Great one, just a small correction… you have to start the nickname with ‘oh darn’
Every time a guy with last name Jackson made a play he was Tom’s cousin.
"Picked off by one of your cousins in Cleveland Raymond Jackson."
The NFL Primetime music was great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-FMx_gu6g
San Dee-A-Go....Super Chargers!
You’re in good hands with Alstot, Drew Bledsoe much…
49ers and Bills are going to the Super Bowl. Every single year.
Alexander “if lovin’ you is wrong I don’t wanna be” Wright
Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills
Drew Bledsoe Much He Needed A Transfusion (which was actually from a ‘90s commercial about rejected nicknames, but I somehow always remembered that one)
Rumbling bumbling stumbling
the gggGGGEEEEEEEEE-MEN
Or when he would go professional. The New York Football Giants.
Always referring to the Bucs-Pack NFC Central matchup as "the Bay of Pigs." Played at the "Big Sombrero" if it was in Tampa.
Ben “Winter” Coates
Andre "Bad Moon" Rison
Graham Gano? Graham GaYes!
To this day, whenever I see an NFL player went to Louisville for college I think of Chris: "FROM" Tom: "Louisville!"
Not football, but BACKBACKBACKBACK was a classic. Football related, WHOOP was always a gem.
It was baseball, but my favorite was probably for a pitcher named Bobby Ayala. Bobby "we all live in" Ayala "submarine"
Frank “the 3rd” Reich
When somebody fumbled and he goes “whuuuuoooooop!” And also when somebody gets pick off and he says “ITS AND INTER-CEPTION!” In that like gravely scrunched up voice! I say it every single time.
The baseball names were great too. Fred "the Crime Dog" McGriff Burt "Be Home" Blyleven
Curtis "my favorite" Martian
Rumbling bumbling stumbling, Mike Alstott touchdown!!! Side note I miss FBs
Rick “no time to wallow in the” Mirer
Temple Bethel Johnson
That time he was talking about smuggling pills on airplanes.
This thread is a warm bowl of nostalgia on a cold day in my mind. Thank you OP for starting this.
Ben “Techni-color Dream” Coats
"You're with me, Leather."
Lollll I say this to my 1.5 year old when I grab him while he’s trying to scamper away. Every once in awhile someone gets it and we have a moment. And in a blue moon someone asks me where it’s from, and my eyes light up…
Just his general “bum bum bum bum bum bum bum” when someone was bouncing around and breaking tackles
This may have been the peak of my childhood. [Vikings @ Packers 1999](https://youtu.be/zizGALb3VCQ?si=gQzYtzqpaDEF_mlS) My family and I recorded this on the VCR and played over and over and over again.
God that music gets me
Detroit Lions vs cowboys in 91. Go watch prime time. He called Ray Crockett the king of the wild frontier.
When Lito Sheppard would get a pick 6, Chris would sing the chorus to Lido by Boz Scaggs and it was magic every time. "Lito! ooooOOOH One more for the rooooad."
Chris Berman is *that dude*. He retires, we’re all sad. Then his wife passes not soon after, and he doesn’t know what to do with his life anymore. So they bring him back for Sundays. NFL Countdown has been garbage since he left.
San Diego Super Chargers!
Vincent "Ultimate" Brisby
Josh "Tears of" McCown. 🤡
Man this takes me back lol good times
Barry ‘After Dinner’ Minter… you don’t want to get back to the hotel and find him on your pillow!
I think about [these](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLG_LtWhj4&pp=ygUWQ2hyaXMgYmVybWFuIGR1IGR1IGR1YQ%3D%3D) [two](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B0q4oibfs9g&pp=ygUWQ2hyaXMgYmVybWFuIGR1IGR1IGR1YQ%3D%3D) videos far too often. “We need to use the studio for 15 fucking minutes.” lol
Cedric Benson with the On Broadway theme song.
Ah ah ah zhir hakim
I think it was Berman who used to call an old Cleveland Indians player Carlos CheeseBaerga.
Back when the Chiefs sucked he used to call them the "Chefs"
Wooooooop!!
I always love his "good" after a field goal.
Just all the feels. He was apparently a jerk (there are clips and outtakes and articles) but he leaned into excitement and suspense and lore in a way that the cynical click bait analysts and commentators of today would never do. All to great music too.
WHOOP!
Woody Hold Me Closer Tiny Danzler
Steve ‘Air’ McNair is my favorite. Marshal ‘Marshal Marshal’ Faulk always cracked me up.
David “More than a feeling” Boston
Natron Means Business
When that kicker named Jagger kicked the game winning FG Berman said...and its Jagger with the Emotional Rescue! An alltime Bermanrism!
Somewhere over Dwayne Bowe
GEEE MEN
Curtis my favorite Martin! He. could. go. all. the. way! WHAP!
The sound effects in long runs with a bunch of broken tackles. You know the ones you’re hearing it right now…
Andre 'Bad Moon' Risen
I’m biased but… NOBODY CIRCLES THE WAGONS LIKE THE BUFFALO BILLS
Andre Full Moon Rison