I know he's a US Swimming icon, but he is really, REALLY hard to listen to sometimes. He gets so excited that he messes up names and strokes, but he also just makes crap up. Then spends 5 minutes trying to prove it.
I may have to mute him! God help him if Phelps is going for # 7 and 8 by the end of the week!
Another one: when Rowdy (or whoever is using the telestrator) circles the wrong swimmer. Haven't seen it happen in Beijing yet but it happened many times in Omaha.
Don't forget"he/she is breathing to the right(wrong) side so he/she can(can't) see his/her competition."
How many of you have that problem,I don't race free much,but when I do I don't have any trouble seeing both sides underwater.
Also,not Rowdy's fault,but it would be nice if the showed more underwater shots and had someone who knew what they were talking about comment on technique.
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Rowdy has improved a lot. More analytical and less screamy these days.
I know he's a US Swimming icon, but he is really, REALLY hard to listen to sometimes. He gets so excited that he messes up names and strokes, but he also just makes crap up. Then spends 5 minutes trying to prove it.
Sounds like you have just created a new drinking game. :wine: Chug for every time a name is mixed up or something is made up, two drinks if he is trying to prove something that was made up.
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Yeah, you're a little blind to off breathing side, but you know who's next to you. Now if you're in 5 and some guy in lane 1 is making a move then ou prob don't see that, but it's not like these guys don't know who is swimming where and what to expect. Plus these guys swim their own race, it's not like they're taking their time out there and they they'd see someone two lanes over and start to really try.
also drink-worthy:
- Any time Rowdy's voice goes up an octave
- "Swimming's decathlon"
- "Splash and dash"
- an instant replay that consists only of the start, the finish, and the winner's reaction/celebration
- when Andrea Kramer leans at a crazy angle to keep from falling off her milk crate
- when the word "LIVE" is in the corner of the screen during an event that happened so long ago that you've already read a long thread of steroids accusations about the winner
- Commercial break during a race
I wonder if Rowdy will be doing the 10k open water events? That could be interesting...
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"Outside smoke"
Though that one's not a Rowdy exclusive.
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On Coventry:
"She's like a piece of Balsa wood in the water."
WTF?
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On the 200 free, "not quite that distance event, certainly faster than a sprint."
God, give me Josh Davis telling about how he's good friends or swam age group with every swimmer in the pool.
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You have to be able to close the door in Breaststroke.
Unlike the other strokes....
