That was Jim Nantz's debut of play-by-play of the Final Four. In 1991, Jim took over for Brent Musberger. Twenty years later, Jim is still the play-by-play man.
Semi #1 in 1991 is infamous because with less than a minute to go in the game Dean Smith was ejected for his 2nd T. We all know what happened in game 2.
You really do get a feel at 2:37 for just how advanced that CBS chyron machine was. See the SB XXIV open or perhaps one of the CFA college football opens too.
@raymieX I like that graphics package, but by this point NBC and ABC's onscreen graphics took a dump on CBS's graphics in terms of smoothness (though in fairness, NBC was using the Quantel Cypher machine, and ABC was using something similar)
@JMDogg Yeah, that was really out of date by this point. They finally bid it farewell at SB XXVI. Oddly enough, there's a video around of the first Dallas Stars hockey game on HSE using this type of chyron machine.
As early as 1988 NBC Sports was using the Cypher (Seoul Olympics) then reintroduced it in 1989 for SB XXIII. There's a great read somewhere (Geocities mirror, just search) on someone who worked the Cypher for the Seoul Olympics.
That was Jim Nantz's debut of play-by-play of the Final Four. In 1991, Jim took over for Brent Musberger. Twenty years later, Jim is still the play-by-play man.
joejoewest 1 month ago
Semi #1 in 1991 is infamous because with less than a minute to go in the game Dean Smith was ejected for his 2nd T. We all know what happened in game 2.
paulsonj72 2 months ago
@ 0:36 time for the dreaded pop QUIZ
StFidjnr 2 months ago
You really do get a feel at 2:37 for just how advanced that CBS chyron machine was. See the SB XXIV open or perhaps one of the CFA college football opens too.
raymieX 4 months ago
@raymieX I like that graphics package, but by this point NBC and ABC's onscreen graphics took a dump on CBS's graphics in terms of smoothness (though in fairness, NBC was using the Quantel Cypher machine, and ABC was using something similar)
JMDogg 4 months ago
@JMDogg Yeah, that was really out of date by this point. They finally bid it farewell at SB XXVI. Oddly enough, there's a video around of the first Dallas Stars hockey game on HSE using this type of chyron machine.
As early as 1988 NBC Sports was using the Cypher (Seoul Olympics) then reintroduced it in 1989 for SB XXIII. There's a great read somewhere (Geocities mirror, just search) on someone who worked the Cypher for the Seoul Olympics.
raymieX 4 months ago
next up it's game 63 of 63 in the 1991 NCAA Tournament the national championship game
StFidjnr 4 months ago