Idaho Radio News Etc.

If you got a chance to listen to the H-Bowl national radio broadcast on KTIK/ESPN Radio 1350 KTIK The Ticket toady — you got quite an earful. The game call was handled by Alex Shelton and former Boise State QB Jared Zabransky (the daily paper said there would be another color commentator — but there wasn’t).

I tuned in at the beginning of the second half. Shelton had a bad bad case of mumble mouth – and his play-by-play was downright confusing. I couldn’t figure out why Fresno State was suddenly playing some team named “Geor-da Tech.” His mumbling made some funny moments when Geor-da Tech running back Mike Cox was on the field (seriously). Add that to Zabransky saying – “they got that receiver straight up the “A” hole” — and I thought I was going to drive off the road I was laughing so hard.

Shelton – of the Nevada Sports Network – even said “Here in Fresno” on at least two occasions. Somehow that was better than the continual “boy-zee.”

While trying to make small talk with Zabransky, Shelton talked about the Fiesta Bowl win last year, and said “after that pick six, some people were just like ‘well, that’s just Zabransky,’ what’s it like to be able to come back from that?” Long pause… pause… pause — then Z answered the question.