NFL broadcast thread (née ABC to kill MNF?)

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Tirico sucks. If Michaels is out, reunite the SNF team and lets get on with it.

My dog (either one) > Tirico > Mike Patrick & Paul Maguire

[Diomedes]

My dog (either one) > Tirico > Mike Patrick & Paul Maguire

That's just bullshtein and you know it.  The little one, yes.  But the big one..no way in hell.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

This is Mason saying...

"Farg you, Diomedes!"

And this is Mason saying...

"My 'mommy' wasted $1 on this stupid hat that my 'daddy' could have put down a stripper's thong!"

[Rome]

Man, they can't be serious with that.

Tirico is a joke as a PBP guy.  He should stick to golf where he belongs.

Kornheiser sounds like John McEnroe with a lisp.

And Joe Leg is just plain painful to listen to.

[ice grillin you]

kormnheiser is in bed by 9 and doesnt fly so hes out

john riggins would be absolutely perfect...he is excellent on football and has jokes for days

[Rome]

John Riggins?

Jesus - isn't there enough ex-Deadskins & Cowflops players in the announcing booth already?

[Wingspan]

ed rendell should do it. he's the fort knox of football analysis.

[QB Eagles]

With Thiesmann we already know MNF is going to suck. Here's hoping that it becomes a total train wreck so I can at least extract some amusement from it. Teaming Leg with competent people would make the program half-assed and therefore boring.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I think Phreak might be available.

Then I could stab Theismann and re-break his leg. Nice.

I woud like to see Kornheiser in there. I like him.

My favorite 3 team crew would be:

Jim Nantz
Troy Aikman
Tony Kornheiser

No shot, I know. But...

[MDS]

Nantz? The unintentional comedy would be too much to handle.

[The BIGSTUD]

I think it's going to be Tirico, Theismann, Kornheiser in the booth for ESPN.

and Michaels, Madden, Collinsworth on NBC.

MDS you seem to be the TV guy. Your thoughts on Tirico? I hate him for basketball, but I think he's good for football. I liked him in the ESPN games he did, but Sterling Sharpe was terrible. Tirico also does a good job on college football I think.

[MDS]

The Michaels to NBC stuff is only speculation. I think ABC would lose him for their NBA games, too.

Tirico is pretty mediocre. Nothing special. I guess ESPN is well aware how awful the old SNF team is, thus there have been zero talks about reuniting them in Michaels is let go.

[SunMo]

NFL | New Monday Night Football cast announced
Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:43:22 -0800

ESPN.com reports the station has formally announced the new announcing cast for Monday Night Football that will show on ESPN starting with the 2006 season. Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser will be part of a three-man booth calling the games on Monday nights next season and Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya will be sideline reporters. Kolber and Tafoya both reported from the sidelines for ABC during Super Bowl XL. In addition, Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon will take Pardon The Interruption on the road on Mondays during the football season. The shows will air from the site of ESPN's Monday Night Football games.

yikes.

[Mad-Lad]

I think Kornheiser's great.  Too bad he'll only be on for a year before they realize he's not going to work on MNF.

Theisman sucks.  Really bad.  He's going to make MNF horrendous.

Tirico's ok, i guess.  He's pretty much blah, but ok.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I see it as an upgrade over this year's Sunday Night or Monday Night groups.


That's not saying much.