Comments on: Football sucks for two reasons http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Thu, 24 May 2012 03:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TalkProFootball http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-20721 TalkProFootball Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:34:04 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-20721 It is our passion, the ultimate game. <a href="http://www.talkprofootball.com" rel="nofollow">Click here for NFL news</a> It is our passion, the ultimate game.
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Move away from the dark side!

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]]> By: Bryant Gumbel no longer calling games for NFL Network | Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Books|Music|Reviews http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-3474 Bryant Gumbel no longer calling games for NFL Network | Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Books|Music|Reviews Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-3474 [...] year in November, I got up on my soapbox and totally blasted Bryant Gumbel and his horrible play-by-play calling for the NFL Network. It sucked for us football fans to have [...] [...] year in November, I got up on my soapbox and totally blasted Bryant Gumbel and his horrible play-by-play calling for the NFL Network. It sucked for us football fans to have [...]

]]> By: Patriots versus Giants to be broadcast on three networks http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-3473 Patriots versus Giants to be broadcast on three networks Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:28:41 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-3473 [...] booth teams are, especially Bryant Gumbel. You can read more about my hatred for his style in a blog post I wrote a month ago.submit_url = [...] [...] booth teams are, especially Bryant Gumbel. You can read more about my hatred for his style in a blog post I wrote a month ago.submit_url = [...]

]]> By: Mike http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-3472 Mike Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:39:11 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-3472 Nice comments Kenneth, totally agree on all of it. The officiating was a joke and the first pass that Al Harris stole from Owens was the beginning of all the madness. Calling forward progress when the guy wasn't even tackled was strange. Favre was off his game, not sure why, but he was just heaving bombs to no one in particular instead of taking small chunks of yards like they've been doing all year. And it sucks that Aikman was AT THE GAME, yet we couldn't listen to him instead of Collinsworth. Aikman is the best color guy in the NFL right now. Thanks for stopping by! Nice comments Kenneth, totally agree on all of it.

The officiating was a joke and the first pass that Al Harris stole from Owens was the beginning of all the madness. Calling forward progress when the guy wasn’t even tackled was strange.

Favre was off his game, not sure why, but he was just heaving bombs to no one in particular instead of taking small chunks of yards like they’ve been doing all year.

And it sucks that Aikman was AT THE GAME, yet we couldn’t listen to him instead of Collinsworth. Aikman is the best color guy in the NFL right now.

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Kenneth Pyland http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-3463 Kenneth Pyland Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:29:35 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-3463 The NFL Network is odd at best, but the Cowboys/Packers game coverage was unbearable. The most frustrating part is HAVING to listen to the minor league caliber team of Gumble and Collingsworth because of HD signal delay. The "TV muted/radio play by play" procedure was greatly missed. Bryant "Kermit" Gumble's play by play sounded worse than the choir teacher who calls my son's middle school games. And she actually called a 5th down this season. I'm not kidding! This man is NOT qualified to call a football game. In addition, Gumble's counterpart Cris Collingsworth continued his exercise in "unbiased" color commentating. His contempt for all things Cowboys was palpable. I imagined all 75K NFLN viewers yelling "WTF?!" when he called one Cowboy's player a "tool". What a piece of work. It sure sounded like Cris-sy wanted to shower with the Packers after the game. He really needed to, considering he had his nose in the Packer's butt's all night. Do broadcasting networks determine the officiating staff for games? Those guys looked lost the entire game. 10-20 seconds to make a PI call is going to be controversial ANYTIME. It's bad enough that we couldn't enjoy Buck/Aikman or Michaels/Madden, but the fact that there were no familiar (experienced!) faces on the officiating crew makes the NFL network all the more suspect. Hopeless! Clarifications: I am a Cowboys fan born and raised, but I am just as happy to watch a great game regardless of the outcome. Rodger's stepped up for the Packers. He kept it close, and I was impressed. Hope to see him play again soon. Did questionable calls hurt the Packers? Yes. But... I truly believe if Favre hadn't been injured and the Cowboys receivers caught the end zone passes they were supposed to, the score would have been a whopping 51-10 anyway. The NFL Network is odd at best, but the Cowboys/Packers game coverage was unbearable. The most frustrating part is HAVING to listen to the minor league caliber team of Gumble and Collingsworth because of HD signal delay. The “TV muted/radio play by play” procedure was greatly missed.

Bryant “Kermit” Gumble’s play by play sounded worse than the choir teacher who calls my son’s middle school games. And she actually called a 5th down this season. I’m not kidding! This man is NOT qualified to call a football game.

In addition, Gumble’s counterpart Cris Collingsworth continued his exercise in “unbiased” color commentating. His contempt for all things Cowboys was palpable. I imagined all 75K NFLN viewers yelling “WTF?!” when he called one Cowboy’s player a “tool”. What a piece of work. It sure sounded like Cris-sy wanted to shower with the Packers after the game. He really needed to, considering he had his nose in the Packer’s butt’s all night.

Do broadcasting networks determine the officiating staff for games? Those guys looked lost the entire game. 10-20 seconds to make a PI call is going to be controversial ANYTIME. It’s bad enough that we couldn’t enjoy Buck/Aikman or Michaels/Madden, but the fact that there were no familiar (experienced!) faces on the officiating crew makes the NFL network all the more suspect. Hopeless!

Clarifications:

I am a Cowboys fan born and raised, but I am just as happy to watch a great game regardless of the outcome. Rodger’s stepped up for the Packers. He kept it close, and I was impressed. Hope to see him play again soon.

Did questionable calls hurt the Packers? Yes. But… I truly believe if Favre hadn’t been injured and the Cowboys receivers caught the end zone passes they were supposed to, the score would have been a whopping 51-10 anyway.

]]> By: Mike http://popcritics.com/2007/11/26/football-sucks-for-two-reasons#comment-3471 Mike Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:48:18 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2007/11/football-sucks-for-two-reasons/#comment-3471 One last one: bryant gumbel nfl sucks (Favre getting hurt sucked, lousy game) One last one:

bryant gumbel nfl sucks

(Favre getting hurt sucked, lousy game)

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