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Best stat: ESPN's Dawn Davenport revealed that Houston's 21-7 lead over Navy at Halftime was their first Halftime lead all season.
Best stat: ESPN's Kevin Brown revealed that the BYU/Liberty game featured the first sellout in the 34-year history of Liberty's Williams Stadium.
Best stat: ESPN's Kevin Brown revealed Liberty is only the third school to be bowl eligible in each of their first four seasons in the FBS. Marshall and Appalachian State are the other two.
Best timing: ESPN's Hutson Mason revealed BYU's Puka Nacua is averaging a touchdown every four catches in 2022 just before Jaren Hall connected with Puka for a 46-yard touchdown on his third catch of the game.
Best crew production: ESPN's Tom Luginbill went behind the Texas bench with a camera to show how there's only 3 feet between the stands and the benches and illustrate how fans are literally on top of the opposition causing louder noise than most stadiums.
Best exchange: ESPN's Dave Pasch and Dusty Dvoracek joked about the commentator jinx after Spencer Sanders threw an incompletion.
Dusty Dvoracek: "That's the old commentator jinx in action, isn't it?"
Dave Pasch: "It sure it. Reference how someone is 8/8 before an incompletion, and it's always the commentators fault. "
Right after joking about the jinx, Sanders followed up his incompletion with an interception in the end zone.
Best acknowledgement: ESPN's Dusty Dvoracek pointed out that part of Texas QB's Quinn Ewers struggles in Stillwater was caused by it being Ewers first true road start.
Oops award: One of the Big 12's best officials, Kevin Mar, announced that 2 fouls occurred on the same team before going on to announce an offensive and defensive penalty. After the ball was set to begin the next play, Mar turned on his mic again to announce he should have said that offsetting penalties took place.
Oops award: On a punt ESPN's graphics displayed Oklahoma State scored a touchdown right as the receiver was being nailed at his own 11-yard line for a 0 return punt.
Best comment: CBS Sports Jim Nantz referring to Dallas choosing to receive the kick against Detroit, "Why defer Tony when you've waited 5 weeks for your Quarterback already?"
Best stat: CBS Sports Jim Nantz shared that Detroit had the #1 scoring offense in the league, averaging 29 points a game until New England shut them out.
Best stat: CBS Sports Jim Nantz shared that the Dallas D has given up an average of 16 points a game this season, the lowest since the 1999 season.
Top reporting: Fox Sports Jen Hale followed up on a chain gang member that was knocked down. Hale reported that his name is Thomas Storne and he has been a member of the chain gang for 50 years. All he needed was a band-aid on his elbow and nothing was going to take him out.
Best stat: CBS Sports Jim Nantz revealed that only 1 defense has not given up a touchdown in the first quarter this season, a pattern that continued Sunday when they gave up only 2 Field Goals: the Dallas Cowboys.
Best banter: CBS Sports Jim Nantz talked about what opened up AT&T Stadium.
Jim Nantz: "Do you know what event opened up the stadium? "
Romo: "What was it? "
Nantz: "LeeAnn Womack. The second was the Jonas Brothers. I was at that one."
Romo: "The Jonas Brothers?"
Nantz: "Hey, I was just trying to be a good dad."
Best timing: CBS Sports Jim Nantz talked about Ezekiel Elliot's dominance on 3rd and 1 this season. "3rd and 1, and it's Zeke Time. He was 6/6 coming in to today, until Detroit stopped him earlier. Not this time."
Best graphic: CBS Sports Production crew showed The Detroit Lions offense in the 2nd Half had 5 series leading to 4 turnovers and a punt.
Best stat: Fox Sports Chris Myers shared this is the fifth time that the Giants have had only 13 points entering the fourth quarter. In the previous 4 games the Giants have gone 3-1.
Best banter: Fox Sports Chris Myers and Mark Schlereth discussed whether hands on the jersey is pass interference or not.
Myers: "That's legal?"
Schlereth: "Yeah! Well, sort of."
Myers: "There's a method to the madness."
Schlereth: "Well it's legal if you don't get caught and don't get it called."
Best call: CBS Sports Kevin Harlan showed why he's one of the best in the business and how to let the play dictate the call at the end of Browns/Ravens.
"3rd Down, no time outs and 7 seconds to go. Brissett is set, and he goes down the middle and it is caught by Peoples-Jones and knocked away on the play and the fumble and Gino Stone will close the door and BALTIMORE HAS SURVIVED and beaten Cleveland 23 to 20."
Funniest line: Fox Sports Chris Myers called out Mark Schlereth's math skills when he couldn't calculate yards per carry despite it being on the screen. "Between your math and my grammar, we'd better stick to football and calling the game."
Best line: Fox Sports Chris Myers briefly mentioned how the NFC East continues to surprise people this season. "Washington defeated Green Bay, Dallas defeated Detroit, the undefeated Eagles have a bye, and the Giants are trying to hold on. A potential total of 19-7."
Top observation: Fox Sports Greg Olsen compared the team sideline scrambles to hockey. "That looked like a hockey game there. Both teams running players on and off. Lots of confusion. I can only guess Andy Reid changed the call after they moved the ball back."
Strongest comment: ESPN’s Sean McDonough. after Syracuse head coach Dino Babers wastes at least 20 seconds before calling timeout while trailing late vs. Clemson: "They let all kinds of time come off ... and that's just a whiff right there."
Dave Neal on SEC Network, channeling "Wayne's World" as Missouri QB Brady Cook reacts on the sideline to Vanderbilt recovering a kickoff and gaining possession at the Mizzou 21: "Brady Cook says no way did that just happen; well, yes way it did."
Top call: Fox Sports Brandon Gaudin as Falcons stop Bengals on 4th & 1: "Burrow to the sideline and it's jarred free by none other than Cornell Armstrong -- yesterday you're on the practice squad; today you're breaking up a 4th-down pass and getting your team the football back."
Worst Timing Award: Fox Sports and Robert Smith discuss how the Bengals revamped their offensive line in the off-season, Bengals QB Joe Burrow is sacked for a 9-yard loss by the Falcons.
Dreaded Glitch Award: Fox Sports broadcast of Giants/Jags lost audio feed for opening kickoff and audio was restored for Chris Myers and Mark Schlereth with 14:46 left in 1st Quarter.
Best timing: Fox Sports Tim Brando was analyzing Sonny Dykes comments on Kansas State's defense when Kansas State broke broke out for a long run play.
Brando: "Joe (Klanderman) came over from Tulsa, where he was a marvelous assistant coach bringing the 3-3-5, and Sonny, he made no bones about it. He said listen, I really didn't know that much about him other than his defenses were a pain in the neck to coach against. Look at this, Another pain in the neck: Deuce Vaughn, breaking free for a huge gain into TCU territory to the 47."
Funniest exchange: Fox Sports Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman.
Tillman: "It goes without saying that (Ben Sinnott) would typically be in there blocking, the hockey equivalent of Matias Maccelli man.... The guy is from Columbus Catholic High School, former walk-on, hockey player..."
Brando: "Send you to the penalty box."
Tillman: "Yes sir!"
Top interview: SEC Network’s Cole Cubelic intervening South Carolina Head Coach Shane Beamer after the win over Texas A&M. Cubelic let Beamer soak in the victory which was the first SC win ever over Texas A&M.
Best production: Fox Sports production getting an up close and great angle of Seahawks Marquise Goodwin doing a back flip as Seattle was in victory formation kneeling the ball.
Fox Sports NFL trio of Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, and Laura Okmin will receive very high marks when the midway grades are posted.
AROUND THE DIAL
CBS Sports will have Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and Tracy Wolfson on the call for Steelers /Eagles.
CBS Sports will have Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, and Melanie Collins on the call for Raiders/Saints.
CBS Sports will have Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, and Evan Washburn on the call for Patriots/Jets.
CBS Sports will have star Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, and Aditi Kinkhabwala on the call for Dolphins/Lions.
CBS Sports will have Greg Gumbel, Adam Archuleta. and AJ Ross on the call for Titans/Texans.
Fox Sports will have Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Tom Rinaldi, and Erin Andrews on the call for 49ers/Rams.
Fox Sports will have the “Voice of Madden,” Brandon Gaudin, Robert Smith, and Jen Hale on the call for Commanders/Colts.
Fox Sports will have multi-sport star Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, and Laura Okmin on the call for Giants/Seahawks.
Fox Sports will have multi-sport star Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, and ace reporter Shannon Spake on the call for Panthers/Falcons.
Fox Sports will have Adam Amin, Daryl Johnston, and Pam Oliver on the call for Bears/Cowboys.
Fox Sports will have the best interviewer in the business, Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth, and Kristina Pink on the call for Cardinals/Vikings.
ESPN will have Steve Levy, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, and Laura Rutledge on the call of the NFL London game between Denver/Jacksonville. Game kicks off at 9:30 AM exclusively on ESPN+.
Bally Sports will have long time voice of the ACC in Tom Werme, James Bates, and Wiley Ballard on sideline for Miami/Virginia. Kickoff is 12:30pm ET.
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