"You know the deal with Gus Johnson. He's the play-by-play guy who cried miracle, the man for whom no third down conversion is insignificant. Tell Gus Johnson that your happy hour special includes dollar oysters and you'd better not be standing next to a windowpane. There's great danger in being such an excitable play-by-play guy, because what happens when you ARE calling something remarkable, perhaps even historic? Well, if you're Gus Johnson, you experience what I can only describe as a kind of late-stage puberty."
"Pretty boring shit. Not worthy of a Gus flipout. But then, The Spirit of Sandusky gripped Beaver Stadium and the Nittany Lions scored 17 unanswered points to pull ahead with less than two minutes to go. Amazing! A dead pedophile just got its wings! That pending upset had Gus pretty hyped, but no amount of lozenges could prepare his larynx for what transpired next."
Gus Johnson is an excitable play-by-play announcer whose calls amplify every significant play. He often reacts with extreme enthusiasm, treating routine third down conversions as dramatic events. During a game between No. 2 Indiana and unranked Penn State, Indiana rallied to take a late lead before Penn State surged ahead. On the final drive, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza led an 80-yard, 10-play march culminating in Omar Cooper's toe-tap touchdown catch. The catch was exceptional and occurred in a clutch moment. Johnson's reaction to the play surged into an almost adolescent, over-the-top scream that some listeners found excessive and comically disproportionate.
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