All eyes are on Happy Valley this week where Dave Pasch and Chris Spielman have the task of presenting a football game amidst the Jerry Sandusky scandal.  Potential PSU head coaching candidate Urban Meyer misses the game due to the death of his father, thoughts and prayers certainly with him.  Elsewhere, Stanford/Oregon is the marquee on-field game this week in primetime on ABC.  You can check the full sked and updated standings at the links below.

Week 11 Announcing Schedule 

Week 10 winners and updated standings
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"This is just out of QB sneak range. It's 3rd and 7." - Craig James (via sctvman) 

"Let's have a come to jesus moment right now."- Jesse Palmer (via sctvman) 

"This Ga Tech/Va Tech game has the feeling of a playoff game". - Craig James (via BassinDawg) 

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They just so happen to be playing a game of football Saturday night in Alabama this week that you may have heard a little something about.  There are actually other games this week too, and another full week of the Pammies!

Week 10 Announcing Schedule 

Week 9 winners and updated standings
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"it's caught!!!!!!!!!!!! incomplete." - Dave Lamont (via bjo109) 

Rece Davis: "What would you tell kids to do in that situation?"
Craig James: "Don't watch SportsCenter" (via sctvman) 

"Miami next up on their dance card, a week from Saturday." - Rece Davis (via sctvman) 

"And Jack Nicklaus' grandson is on the green in one! Or at least in the red zone." - Rece Davis (via Rob Laser)

"Jimbo Fisher knows how to get QBs ready for the NFL; when he was at LSU, he had JaMarcus Russell 1st Overall" - Jesse Palmer (via AlexFromBuffalo)

"We've had 3 touchdowns in 6 minutes" - Rod Gilmore (via BoBips2188) with the score 7-7.

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With the World Series now done and dusted and the NBA reaching ANOTHER stupidly frustrating breaking point in lockout negotiations, that means one thing - more football than ever before!  Hopefully that means AA Nation (too cliche?  AA Hemisphere?  AA Galaxy?) will be in full force for this week's Pam Ward Chronicles.  PamHawk is on the call for the titanic Wake/UNC struggle while Pammies leader Craig James is at GT/Clemson.  Elsewhere, Stanford and Andrew Luck get the shiny Gameday and ABC primetime treatment with their visit to the Coliseum to play USC.  Leave us comments and tweet us quotes throughout Saturday and enjoy your day of football.

Week 9 Announcing Schedule 

Week 8 winners and updated standings
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"they have to get Graham on the edge. this isn't baseball." - Lou Holtz (via bjo109) trying to channel his inner Timmy Mac.

"Too much air under it, like your wedge shot." - Mark May (via sctvman) to Lou Holtz after a missed FG.

"that was right down the center" - Lou Holtz (via bjo109) after a field goal attempt that missed the net

"We all love Mark May!" - Lou Holtz (via glokkenspx) umm... no.

"they're looking for consistency. they just don't have it. so, they're looking for it." - Craig James (via bjo109)

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The Pam Ward Chronicles are here for Week 3 and the major story of the young college football season is the dominance of Pam Ward.  She's taken the win in the first two weeks of the Pammies.  Can anyone stop her from reclaiming her rightful throne?  This week, PamHawk is in Chapel Hill for Virginia @ UNC at 3:30 ET on ESPNU.  All eyes will be on tonight's games between Ohio State and Miami and the huge clash between #1 Oklahoma and #5 Florida State.  We will update the Pammies as we can with your comments in the open thread and Tweets to us at AA throughout the day.  Use the hashtag #PWAA to send in submissions via Twitter or leave a comment below.  The nominees will come Monday for you to vote on and the winners will be announced on Wednesday.  You can check out the winners from last week and the full Week 3 announcing schedule below.  Here's a few quotes from that bastion of freedom Craig James to get us started.

Week 2 Pammy Winners and Standings

Full Week 3 Announcing Schedule

Also, if you're a college football fan, make sure to check out our podcast from yesterday with Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports.
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"Not transferring shows you moxie." - Craig James (via sctvman)

"Les Miles told me his defensive line loves to make plays and they are violent... violent in a good way." - Craig James (via bjoe109)

You play 4 quarters in the SEC." - Craig James (via Michael Necci).  As opposed to the 3 quarters elsewhere.

"You gotta hold your water." - Jesse Palmer (via bmaze) on LSU's defense jumping offside... or needing to pee.

"LSU should continue the run here so their defense can rest" - Jesse Palmer (via CaptTouchback) on the first drive after halftime.

"What's new? it's DU at LSU!" - Craig James (via bjoe109) umm, what?

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The Pam Ward Chronicles roll on for Week 2 of the college football season.  Some interesting games on the docket today including Penn State/Alabama, South Carolina/Georgia, and mediocre teams Notre Dame and Michigan getting the national spotlight under the lights in Ann Arbor for some reason.  Current Pammies leader Pam Ward (who else?) will be at Lexington for Central Michigan/Kentucky at noon on ESPNU.  We will update the Pammies as we can with your comments in the open thread and Tweets to us at AA throughout the day.  Use the hashtag #PWAA to send in submissions via Twitter or leave a comment below.  The nominees will come Monday for you to vote on and the winners will be announced on Wednesday.  You can check out the winners from last week and the full Week 2 announcing schedule below.  Here's a couple quotes from last night to get us started.

Week 1 Pammy Winners and Standings

Full Week 2 Announcing Schedule
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"It almost doesn't matter if they make the field goal in a 16-10 game." - Rod Gilmore (via Champ1192)

"6 foot 8 Brock Osweiler" - Joe Tessitore (via everyone) reminding us several times throughout last night's telecast that yes, ASU QB Brock Osweiler is indeed a tall man.

"Texas Tech is the toughest test on Oklahoma State's schedule." - Craig James (via sctvman) OK State plays five ranked teams and Tech isn't one of them.  Maybe it's the beginning of his PR campaign in Lubbock. 

"Is there any place better to play and coach than illinois?" - Kevin Kugler (via Benjamin Bordeau)

"Oregon State kicked the ball backwards." - Chris Spielman (via Powellabama) on a punt that went -4 yards from the line of scrimmage, but not backwards.

"BYU has a chance at getting to the #2 spot because of their defensive line." - Trevor Matich (via sctvman) saying BYU has a chance at a spot in the BCS title game.  Matich is a BYU grad.

"Danny Travathan. Let's make that a synonym for a great play." - Pam Ward (via sctvman)

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They're baaaaaaack!  The Pam Ward Chronicles triumphantly return for a fifth season to document all the awful announcing and best quotes throughout the day in college football.  Defending Pammies champ Chris Spielman will be in Columbus for Akron/Ohio State on ESPN at noon ET and you can check out all the games, times, and announcers at the link below.  We will update the Pammies as we are able to with your comments in the thread and Tweets to us at AA throughout the day.  Use the hashtag #PWAA to send in submissions via Twitter or leave a comment below.  Make sure you also like your favorite quotes in the comments as well so they will be included for consideration in the weekly Pammies vote.  Already we've started the 2011 Pammies with some great ones from the action earlier this week that will get us rolling!

Full Week 1 Announcing Schedule
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"You've got to play football for sixty minutes every snap." - Andre Ware (via sctvman)

"I like to see a running back who has eyeballs in his shoes." - Craig James (via Brady Green)

"Pick up of a baker's dozen." - Rob Stone.  That's 13 yards.  (via sctvman)

"You have so many things going on in your mind, the last thing you're worried about is the play cock, the play clock..." - Danny Kanell (via bfinleyui)

"shootout in Waco" - Lee Corso with probably not the best choice of words (via sctvman)

"You can hear the smoke..." - Chris Rix (via Jeff Matthews)

"If I am coaching Ohio State..." - Urban Meyer with a prophetic word?  (via sctvman)

"What's that saying you got about LSU" - Lee Corso

"Laissez les bon tomps roulez?" - Chris Fowler

"Lessait bot ton bray lay lay! Geaux Tigers" - Lee Corso, failing French 101 

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I'm going to put last week's Pammy awards together during the pre-game show and link it back up here. Until then, leave any awful analysis/announcing you hear throughout the day.

Here's your full announcing schedule for this week. Okay, go.
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 "Denied access" -- Beth Mowins call of a goal line stop in Ohio-Temple game (via Sctvman)

"Did not penetrate the goal-line." -- Dave Norrie after the same stop (via Sctvman)

"If they can somehow get Alabama in a 3rd down that would be a major accomplishment." -- Kirk Herbstreit on Georgia State (via Sctvman)

Jesse Palmer was on ESPN and the host called him Jerry.

Bob Papa asks: How can Pam Ward be given a 3:30pm game on ESPN with two ranked teams...



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Pammy winners from Week 9 and 10 are here! Sorry for its tardiness, but now that those are in the rearview, let's continue updating the week 11 pam ward chronicles with awful announcing you hear on this fine fall/wintery Saturday.  Here is your full announcing schedule.
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Craig James really just said "allegations will not impact my Heisman vote for Cam Newton". (via Sctvman)

"high-points it at its highest point" -- Jesse Palmer (via Sctvman)

"This is a ball that Sunseri just has to eat and throw away." - Jesse Palmer. (via Sctvman)

"Shilo Keo got a mouthful of Doug Martin!" - Joe Tessitore (via Sctvman)

NBA - Kevin Love is a "love machine." -- Mike Yam (via Sctvman) during SportsCenter update


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We're going to combine the voting for week 9 and 10 because of conflicts preventing the Pammy vote from happening last week. It'll be just as epic and nobody from Week 9 will get a free pass, so don't worry. Keep up the awesome contributions and we should have the voting up by Monday morning.

Here's your full week 10 announcing schedule. Leave anything you hear in the comments or you can tweet it to us.

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"A pass is a trick play for GT." -- Craig James (via Sctvman)

"Paul Johnson needs to understand field position." -- Craig James (via Sctvman)

 

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