...doesn't watch the game live but listens to Monaco and Thornton on radio (man are they good!), then if we win watch the game the next day with minimal anxiety. I get to enjoy wins twice this way and don't have to watch us if we lose. I know it's kind of wimpy to not watch live, but I can manage my stress much better this way. Last night I sat in my wife's fancy massage chair on "tension relief mode" during game while listening. I'm getting ready to go watch recording right now, hope we win :-)

They are not good. They are hard to listen to. The game announcers last night were even worse. One guy has his mic set to 11.

Not me, my wife forces me to watch so she can collect the life insurance if/when I die of a stroke.

My wife doesn't understand how calm I am watching games live but flipping out watching road games on TV.

With each passing year I'm trying to do better and not scare the dogs so much.

Zigzig said:

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...doesn't watch the game live but listens to Monaco and Thornton on radio (man are they good!), then if we win watch the game the next day with minimal anxiety. I get to enjoy wins twice this way and don't have to watch us if we lose. I know it's kind of wimpy to not watch live, but I can manage my stress much better this way. Last night I sat in my wife's fancy massage chair on "tension relief mode" during game while listening. I'm getting ready to go watch recording right now, hope we win :-)

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Are you a millennial?

Kinda wimpy indeed

I like Andrew. I think he's a good hoops pbp.

Who's the benchmark for you as an announcer?

Andrew is really good. He was fantastic with the Magic. He was good, I assume, with the Spurs.
A fantastic choice for the voice of the Aggies.

This isn't millennial behavior this is psychopath behavior. Millennial behavior is watching the game silently while venting frustrations on social media or TexAgs.

I'm not sure what a "milennial" is, I guess I should look it up, but I'm 67 and have been in love with Aggie Basketball for over 40 years. I know what I do is unusual but it works for me as I get too stressed out watching live. I love announcers that announce things in a timely manner and don't keep me guessing as to what's happening. Monaco is a perfect for me in those respects. And he understands the game (rules, nuances, etc.) more than any other announcer I've ever listened to.

Aggie radio has always been poor. But the SEC network is even worse.

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They are not good. They are hard to listen to. The game announcers last night were even worse. One guy has his mic set to 11.

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I had to completely turn off sound and just watch last night. It was surprisingly calming to do so…

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I'm not sure what a "milennial" is, I guess I should look it up, but I'm 67 and have been in love with Aggie Basketball for over 40 years. I know what I do is unusual but it works for me as I get too stressed out watching live. I love announcers that announce things in a timely manner and don't keep me guessing as to what's happening. Monaco is a perfect for me in those respects. And he understands the game (rules, nuances, etc.) more than any other announcer I've ever listened to.

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Then how did you survive the Dave South years???

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They are not good. They are hard to listen to. The game announcers last night were even worse. One guy has his mic set to 11.

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Andrew Monaco is solid and we are lucky to have him. Dr. John Thornton is a very good color analyst. Both are way better than their predecessors.

I doubt you've listened to other college announcers at other schools, if that's your assessment.

I did not survive the Dave South years, he made me more stressed and frustrated than watching the games live. I only started doing this when Monaco was hired.

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Method Man said:

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They are not good. They are hard to listen to. The game announcers last night were even worse. One guy has his mic set to 11.

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I had to completely turn off sound and just watch last night. It was surprisingly calming to do so…

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I do that sometimes too. TV announcers sometimes reiterate the same things over and over. Hell, I know more about this team than they do so why listen to them?

Monaco is ok to me, but I do love hearing Dr. John Thornton--he not only knows what he's talking about but he has a lot of Aggie Basketball history knowledge.

I watch whenever I possibly can because you really don't get the full feel for what's happening on radio but I enjoy listening to them when visual option isn't available. Have turned off the tv sound and watched with the radio broadcast on from time to time.

It is not a millennial trait to ask the world if they think you are wimpy.

It is a millennial trait to assume everyone thinks about how wimpy you are, when no one is thinking about you at all.

It's a gen z trait to assume that you have no option but to be wimpy because of the inherent flaws in your nervous system, and blame it on hormones in meat, or pesticides, or the climate.

It is an intelligent decision to figure out how you can be a fan of Aggie sports without letting it dictate your mood in unrelated parts of your day.