Do NFL and TV favor the colts?

[FishermanTim]

I don't know what's worse, watching mediocre teams in primetime or listening to mediocre announcers fawn all over themselves regarding whatever star player is playing that day.
Let's not leave out baseball and basketball here either. Whenever you put pro "has-beens" in a broadcast position without any experience or talent, you get another meting of the "mutual appreciation" society. One of the reasons I like local broadcasters instead of national ones: the locals ACTUALLY know the game and the the players. They don't have to have cheat-sheets put together for them so that they can sound like they know something.

Hint: if the broadcaster goes into a story about one of the players, and he misses at least one play on the field, he's a tool that doesn't know the sport and is reading a script.

OK, I'm done.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

I don't know what's worse, watching mediocre teams in primetime or listening to mediocre announcers fawn all over themselves regarding whatever star player is playing that day.
Let's not leave out baseball and basketball here either. Whenever you put pro "has-beens" in a broadcast position without any experience or talent, you get another meting of the "mutual appreciation" society. One of the reasons I like local broadcasters instead of national ones: the locals ACTUALLY know the game and the the players. They don't have to have cheat-sheets put together for them so that they can sound like they know something.

Hint: if the broadcaster goes into a story about one of the players, and he misses at least one play on the field, he's a tool that doesn't know the sport and is reading a script.

OK, I'm done.

You mean like Jon Gruden fawning over Brett Favre during the entire MNF game? I believe one quote consistently being made fun of by Toucher and Rich is "I just like being associated with that guy. I miss him."

The announcers (suppose to be neutral) were actively rooting for the Vikings to win. It was worse than watching Joe Buck announce a Sox/Yankees game.

[FishermanTim]

That's exactly why I will mute the TV and put on the radio.
Even the time delay between the two is better than listening to those clowns trying to sound "athletically intelligent".
Heck, I'd even listen to Fran Drescher's (The Nanny) nasally grinding voice as long as she knew what she was talking about.