Anyone else think Bilas is losing his edge?

Jay is my all time favorite commentator for MCBB, but in yesterday's game I felt he was uncharacteristically off with several of his comments.

The biggest was his belief that the OT OOB that the refs changed to off UK after review was not the right call. I could excuse it since he does not have a big screen TV at his side to clearly see that Murray had his hand completely between the ball and Wayne's hand. Still, his obstinacy seemed uncharacteristic in this situation.

There was also the play were Murray cleanly blocked a driving Selden. Bilas was effusive about it, but made no mention of the fact that while Murray clearly got all ball, Labissiere clearly got all Selden with a body slam, which should have led to a foul being called.

I know there were others, those are just the two most salient to me.

Am I alone in this assessment?

I threw a "thank you" your way for that closing line. Bingo!

I'm not at all upset re: his calling of the game. I was merely noting what I thought were some discrepancies from his normally excellent and even handed game calling, such as the games (KU or otherwise) I have had the pleasure of experiencing in the past.

Just as I would not call for the removal of HCBS despite my inability to understand his close-held game plan, Bilas is always my preferred commentator. With the current group of talking heads in the media, I do not anticipate that changing any time in the near future.

I was exceedingly pleased to note that OU and LSU fans were subjected to the "Vital Mushberging" effect instead of us. I wuold be so bold as to state that the discovery of those assignments made my day before Saturday's game.

Dan Shulman was such a welcome relief from the likes of Musberger and Dave Armstrong. He is rock-solid.

And yes, going all the way back to the T-Rob mega-block on Pressey, Bilas really seems to take the decibel level up a notch with calls that he thinks went KU's way. Last night was more of that.

RC

In the color role, Fran used to be decent, but then I think the combo of KU winning so much and his son being at OU made him start to root on air for our foes. Not all the time but at least 70-30.

As for play by play, Shulman towers over the others.

I also like to see the talking heads calling the refs out when they think the ref blew a call, whether by omission or commission. I abhor the "yes men"! The thing that struck me was that Bilas and I are usually -- not 100%, but usually -- in agreement. Saturday we were not, which was interesting to me.

Las, no worries, mate!

MrJayhawk wrote: My take on that call was it appeared from the replay it was simultaneous touching by both, and the alternate posession would kick in which was our turn. I dont recall the setting on the possession arrow after that so I may be mistaken.

It was simultaneous for a split-second, but not through the players' full contact with the ball. My father-in-law missed the game, so we watched the recording yesterday on our 55 inch HDTV. When we got to that play I reviewed it several times, full speed and slow motion, and it only confirmed what I saw during the live broadcast. The sequence was Wayne's fingertips touch the ball, then Murray's hand slips in between the ball and Selden's hand (creating a split-second simultaneous touch), then the ball goes out of bounds after Murray's hand has completely sealed off Wayne's, last touch Murray. The refs got it right.

Love the big screen at home for sports.