is the best news I have heard in a long time. Unfortunately, I will probably still have to listen to him in Madden ’10

…by me, anyway. I’ve always enjoyed his commentary, even though I’ve always been in the minority in that regard.
Also, I can’t stand Cris Collinsworth.

annoying commentator, its Chris Collingsworth.

I always muted him. Then he works with Al Micheals, who I like, so I had to put up with him. I’m not a fan of Collinsworth either, but I can tolerate him more than Millen.

I was always 50/50 on John. First he’s the driving force behind the best video game franchise in history. But he’s also 1/2 retarded if someone doesn’t rein him in occasionally. But no matter what he was a guy who LOVED tackle football and deserves respect from fans because of how much of his life he dedicated to it.
Love him or hate him he got into your head.

And they say that 90% of the game is half mental.

I don’t think they’ll ever find somebody so jovial and flamboyant with so many strange, head-scratching, obvious, or illogical comments.

Some of my favorites…

The goal of football is to score more points than your opponent.

90% of football is half mental.

Mark Brunell likes to soak his balls before a rainy game.

60% of the time that play will always work.

Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear.

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

Yes, turns out yellow and red make green, I found this out when I spilled yellow mustard on my red tie and it turned lime green not orange.

Wasn’t "Vixen" the name of one of Santa’s reindeer?

Whenever you talk about a Mike Shananhan offense, you always talk about his offense.

That wasn’t a boom! Al, that was more like a WACK!

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

Hey Al, you ever kick bag of bolts?

A fumble is a fumble when he fumbles, and that My Sexy Little Pixie was a fumble!

From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back.

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they’re bigger than everybody else, and that’s what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

He was waiting for something to develop and, WHAP! He got developed!

Real frontier-busting math explores new worlds… If you can communicate that experience, somewhere between math and uncertainty, life experience provides the balance.

With all his tumid boasts, he’s like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.

I think comparisons are odious.

(camera pans to the moon on Monday Night Football) “Can you believe a cow jumped over that thing?”.

This is a sad day. Madden was an absolute joy to listen to and his simplistic approach brought out the splendor of the game. His knowledge of the game was second to none, yet he had the subtlety to convey that intricate message to all ages and do so in his jovial, likeable manner.

If in fact Collinsworth takes over, that’s a good choice. But you can’t replace a legend. Also, I’d be remissed if I didn’t mention his contribution to the gaming industry. Name me one football fan that hasn’t been obsessed with one or more versions of Madden and I’ll prove that he’s not a true football fan!