Dave Neal...

[Awwhellnaw]

Has gotten really fat. Sorry, just had to say the obvious.

 

[Shamoan]

Love Dave Neal.

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

He went to FSU and is married to a Rebel.

 

[Awwhellnaw]

I’ve always like him as a commentator. Won’t hold the bear wife against him since I did the same thing.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Always though him to be fair and unbiased. Like ol'Dave.
Also, I miss the 3 Daves on Jefferson Pilot. Yeah, millenials, Google that **** and flame away.

 

[LawDawg97]

Always though him to be fair and unbiased. Like ol'Dave.
Also, I miss the 3 Daves on Jefferson Pilot. Yeah, millenials, Google that **** and flame away.

Agreed. After Jack and Jim, Dave Neal has probably the best catalog of great MSU game calls. ‘99 Auburn (catch by Butler), ‘04 Florida (Lowe return and Norwood TD) and ‘07 Egg Bowl come to mind. His call of the walkoff yesterday was great too.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Anthony Johnson’s 100 yard pick 6 against Bama

 

[Shamoan]

Yeah. He genuinely seemed excited. I would have smashed the microphone an dropped a few expletives that I would have regretted

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Agreed, Lawdawg. To me, he also comes off a little bit in favor of the underdog, whomever is playing, which usually is good for us.

 

[Shmuley]

Loved how he reverted a few minutes ago. "Vandy just pounding the football against Clemson .... I mean baseball."

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

In 99 gm didnt he also say something like " looks like overtime coming.....oh....no overtime today" when he realized ot wasnt a possibility?

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

"I like Dave Neal", "Dave's a pretty good guy", "Yeah, Dave's always been good in my book".....17 that! Dave might seem good covering this regional but I've heard him say more half-hearted, semi condescending comments over too many years covering us in football. 17 him and yes, he's big but we've all been big once in our life or we will be so I'm not holding that against him. He's just a prick in my eyes.

ETA: Yes, some of this is coming from the Schloss announcement. But I still stand by what I've written.

 

[LawDawg97]

In 99 gm didnt he also say something like " looks like overtime coming.....oh....no overtime today" when he realized ot wasnt a possibility?

That was the other Dave

 

[FlotownDawg]

That was Dave Rowe, who usually didn’t know what was going on, but was likeable nonetheless.

 

[fang]

A.J. - when I settled down and looked around, the dog had peed in the floor and the kids were crying

 

[T-TownDawgg]

You think hes bad, wait till Stephen A **** gets demoted to SEC network

 

[Shadow34]

He is getting really tickled about the banana while talking to Westburg.

 

[She Mate Me]

Dave Neal's good people in my book. Good at his job.

 

[G-Dawg]

And he knows enough MSU history that he can quickly make a Burke Masters reference after a HR like that. Most guys who call our games outside of Jim Ellis, Bart Gregory, et. al. couldn't do that.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

He's grown on me over the years. Used to be a huge OM homer but it seems like he's built an affinity for us over time. Probably all those 11 AM kickoffs. Or maybe that's just how marriage goes.

 

[She Mate Me]

That was an impressive reference in the moment, but he was off a bit since the "Grand Slam for Masters!!" wasn't a walk off.

 

[She Mate Me]

Just gotta throw this out there. Age gets us all, but it's a beautiful thing that Jim got to call these two massive homers vs. FSU 28 years apart. Also, I was at the 1990 game and I was surely drinking a lot, so maybe I can be forgiven for forgetting that the GS made Burke Masters 6 for 6 in that game. Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHyJia-RjdI

ETA Masters was 12-14 in the regional after that FSU game.

Also ETA a better version with video showing #11, the IB himself, waiting at the plate to jump all over Masters with future MLer Jon Shave and a few other Dog greats...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7aPgdVtFnc

 

[tatedog]

That 1990 regional was so special because a few players like Cohen and Raffo (who I think drove in and scored the winning runs in the Monday championship game) stuck around for that season after our home regionals in 88 and 89 ended in such heartbreak. That grand slam was like a weight was lifted off our collective shoulders. After all these years, there's no doubt in my mind that those 3 games played vs FSU were the best 3 game series in Dudy Noble history, even though it wasn't a "real" series in the format of the time. People forget about the Friday night game with Illinois we had to come back late in as well.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

A.J. - when I settled down and looked around, the dog had peed in the floor and the kids were crying

Same thing for me when Madkin made the final score in the Snow Bowl.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Dave might seem good covering this regional but I've heard him say more half-hearted, semi condescending comments over too many years covering us in football. ... He's just a prick in my eyes.

ETA: Yes, some of this is coming from the Schloss announcement. But I still stand by what I've written.

Come on man .. you're taking this 'breakup' kinda hard! Meanwhile .. don't take your anger out on Dave, who, for the most part has done and does a commendable job.

Dave was the Raycom guy from like mid 90's to 2009 when he went to ESPN. And, while he was there for the '99 & '00 years, he was also announcing our '01-'06 seasons when MSU went a combined 17-52. ANYBODY is going to have a hard time making a bunch of good comments about ANY team that averages <3 wins a year over a 6 year span.

* MSU had 7 SEC wins over that 6 year stretch .. KY(2), OM(2), Vandy, FL, & Bama

 

[HumpDawgy]

Dave has come a long way.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

I was shocked by his size as well. We always see him from the shoulders up. Then they did the food spot during the game and his pear *** couldn’t hide

 

[Shmuley]

Stats dude to his left was more than capable of handling that mini-buffet.

 

[llmsudawg]

Dave Neal is one of those voices that has been a constant over the years. You know who it is when you hear his voice and that's saying a lot.

He is one of the best around I think.

 

[Maroon90]

Dave Neal didn't call that 2007 game vs. Bama. I think they had a split broadcast that day, and Dave was calling the other game. I watched the clip again today on YouTube and can't recognize the play-by-play voice.

 

[FlotownDawg]

I believe it’s Bill Rozinski. He used to do the radio broadcasts for the Carolina Panthers and I believe still does NFL games for Westwood One radio. JP Sports had about two split broadcasts a year and he was the play by play announcer on the secondary game.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

You’re right. In my head I’m thinking about the punt return in the Egg Bowl.