Tuesday, August 24, 2010

CBS announces NFL broadcast teams

In an announcement eagerly awaited by literally hundreds of people, CBS announced its NFL broadcast teams today. They are in descending order: Jim Nantz-Phil Simms; Greg Gumbel-Dan Dierdorf; Ian Eagle-Dan Fouts; Kevin Harlan-Solomon Wilcots; Gus Johnson-Steve Tasker; Bob Macatee-Rich Gannon; Don Criqui-Steve Beuerlein; and Spero Dedes-Randy Cross.

For some reason I associate Don Criqui with golf, (although considering how much golf I've watched, he may have broadcast all of three tournaments) and it always give me pause when I hear him doing football. I'm sure Spero Dedes will have a great time with Randy Cross (going for that coveted number seven slot next year!) as Cross is also a starter on my all-Let-Me-Tell-You-How-Great-My-Career-Was broadcaster team. If you happen to hear Dedes and Cross more than once this season, plan on watching the first hour of the draft next April.

1 comment:

  1. Randy Cross is no Brian Baldinger. At least he doesn't claim to have inside knowledge based on the fact that he had cheese fries at a bar within view of the stadium the night prior to kickoff. I've have always loved Nantz and Simms, they can get you fired up about the game without wild exclamations like "Boom!" and "Bam!"

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