Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >1) The singer of "The Star Spangled Banner" for the AFC game was a lot
> >better, IMO, than the one for the NFC game. (Who the heck is Jessica
> >Simpson, anyway?)
> >
> >2) I hate having to listen to Cris Collinsworth. I'd rather that
> >someone with that particular voice not talk quite as much as he does.
> >
> >3) It's interesting spending almost 4 hours with a 20-month old while
> >trying to pay attention to something else. It's interesting watching a
> >conference championship game while going through all sorts of
> >contortions to keep the remote that's being used away from said
> >20-month-old. It's beyond weird arguing with a T-rex puppet that it
> >shouldn't eat Ed Hochuli. (Said T-rex puppet was really good at
> >distracting the child when distraction was needed, though.)
> >
> Collinsworth doesn't bother me. The dingbat who was doing color on the
> AFC game was about worthless IMO, was that Esiason?
No, that was Chris Simms' dad, Phil.
> The CBS coverage
> sucked as well mostly because their so stingy with the replays. Often
> times, after a good play or a controversial call we got to see some dumb
> graphic, a sideline coach yabbering into his microphone or the players
> on the field milling about smartly. Are they saving big bucks by not
> showing replays?
Probably not.
> I was surprised that TB did up so well against the Eagles. I have to
> say that Gruden has done a good job there. I was routing for the
> Raiders and got kind of worried towards the end of the half and again
> when the Titans scored in the second half. If they had been able to
> hold on to the ball....
But they didn't. You can what-if all day, and it doesn't change the
outcome of the game.
> I also thought that the officiating was more prominent than it should
> be. There were several calls on both sides of the ball that really
> didn't justify a flag IMO. Let 'em play.
I think that may partly be due to the fact that the officiating team
wasn't working together all season. (See earlier post on the topic for
fuller rant.)
Ed Hochuli did a pretty good job of explaining everything. Then again,
that's something he's pretty good at anyway. And on the shots where
they showed the officials consulting, it looked like he wanted to make
absolutely sure of what was seen from every angle before announcing the
call. (I believe that in RL, Hochuli is a lawyer.)
> Doug
>
> GSV Go Raida's!
Damn straight!
Julia
who will be pleasantly freaked out if her prediction at the start of
postseason play turns out to be correct
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