Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, and Jenny Taft on the call Saturday for Oklahoma/Baylor.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have Eric Collins and the insightful Petros Papadakis on the call Saturday for West Virginia/Kansas State. The game airs on FS1.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have Aaron Goldsmith and Mark Helfrich on the call Saturday for USC/Cal. The game airs on FS1.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have multi-sport talent Joe Davis and insightful Brock Huard on the call Saturday for Maryland/Michigan State.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have informative Dan Hellie and the entertaining Petros Papadakis on the call Saturday for Arizona State/Washington.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have “The Dean of College Football,” Tim Brando and the intuitive Spencer Tillman on the call Saturday in primetime for TCU/Oklahoma.
Around the Dial: Fox Sports will have Jeff Levering and Robert Smith on the call Saturday for Utah State/San Jose State. The game airs on FS1.
Dreaded Glitch Award: Fox Sports NFL Sunday had audio issues as Tom Rinaldi was introducing a segment. Viewers kept hearing Menefee’s voice repeating “Even time.” Production cut back to the studio with Menefee waving it off and an awkward Michael Strahan doing a dance.
Around the Dial: ESPN will have David Saltzman and rising star Taylor McHargue on the call Saturday for WKU/Rice. The game airs on ESPN+.
Top info: CBS Sports Andrew Catalon told viewers during Bills/Jags that the temperature is only 1 degree higher in Jacksonville than at Orchard Park.
Hustle Award: Broadcaster John Schriffen will have a busy week. Wednesday he will be on the NBA G-League call between the Ignite/Aqua Caliente Clippers. The game airs on ESPN+. Thursday he will call the rematch between the two live on ESPN2. On Saturday Schriffen on will call UCF/SMU.
Around the Dial: SEC Network will have multi-sport star Tom Hart, the perceptive Jordan Rodgers, and the best field analyst in Cole Cubelic on the call Saturday for “The Battle for the Golden Boot" between Arkansas/LSU.
Best line: CBS Sports James Lofton, “If we were a Home Improvement show, you would be asking for plaster. That plaster means that when Josh Allen breaks the pocket and finds a guy, even if it is zone he'll stick him. Great plastering by the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
Best stat: CBS Sports Kevin Harlan told viewers in the 1st Quarter of Raiders/Giants that the Raiders have forced 7 turnovers in a little over 2 games. They have 10 takeaways.
Best stat: CBS Sports Andrew Catalon told viewers that the Bills are the top team in the league in scoring points and the top team leading on giving up least amount of points. Only 2 other teams have accomplished this, the ‘72 Dolphins and ‘96 Packers. Both won the Super Bowl.
Top stat: Fox Sports Chris Myers noted Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn has the longest active streak inside 40 yards. He’s made 53 in a row.
Top stat: CBS Sports Andrew Catalon noted Bills WR Cole Beasley dropped his third pass of the year. Last season Beasley only had two dropped passes.
Best line: Fox Sports Chris Myers, during the turnover plagued Dolphins/Texans game, “Maybe they set the clocks back a little bit too far.”
Best line: CBS Sports Andrew Catalon on a Josh Allen sack on Josh Allen, “We're living here in Allentown.”
Best call: Fox Sports Kevin Burkhardt, after Denver converted a 2 point conversion on the Cowboys, “An exclamation point In the Vic Fangio Era. 27-0, Denver.”
Strongest comment: Fox Sports Kevin Burkhardt, on the Denver Broncos, “This might be the most impressive win by anyone in the NFL this season.”
ESPN will not have a Manning MegaCast for Monday Night Football. ESPN's traditional broadcast spearheaded by Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick, Lisa Salters, and rules analyst John Parry will be the featured call for Bears/Steelers.
Best graphic: The Fox Sports production team showed a graphic that the Texans hadn’t scored a TD on their last 54 possessions on the road. The last TD on the road was in Week 2 against Cleveland.
Best line: Fox Sports Chris Myers, during Texans/Dolphins, “How fitting this could be sealed by yet another turnover? A combined 9 turnovers.”
Emphatic call: CBS Sports Andrew Catalon, “A stunner in Jacksonville. Urban Myer and the Jaguars knock off the Bills.
Best line: Fox Sports Kevin Kugler looking at a graphic of today’s starters, “A sea change for the Red Sea of the Arizona Cardinals.”
Top nugget: Fox Sports Erin Andrews told viewers that Jordan Love’s mother Anna hasn’t missed a game since he was a redshirt freshman at Utah State. Anna Love sat in the highest seat at the stadium on the away teams side.
Worst Timing Award: Fox Sports Troy Aikman noted that this end of the field is giving kickers the most difficulty. Packers kicker Mason Crosby immediately followed missing a 40 yard FG attempt.
Top production: Fox Sports showed a picture perfect tackle on Cardinals Tight End Zack Ertz that caused an incompletion.
Best stat: NBC Sports Al Michaels noted Titans RB Adrian Peterson scored his 125th career TD- 119 rushing and 6 receiving.
No comments:
Post a Comment