CBS and Super Bowl

True fact: Along with the SB III replay, NFLnetwork showed SB XXXII, the last NBC Super Bowl with Simms as lead analyst.
That was 10 years ago, and he was one thousand times better than he was tonight. Said less, kept on topic, let the game come to him, then commented.
I have to believe TV WANTS announcers who stick to pregame themes and not reality. After all, that's what drives their political commentary-both ways.

 

It would have been just as bad on Fox, plus every graphic would have an accompanying sound effect, or a robot animation.

 

note to claude - cbs made a mockery of today's game. any network would have done better.

 

Especially if the cast of Aqua Teen Hunger Force were doing the play-by-play

 

Best moment -- just before the Colts third kickoff, a camera pans in on Hester, who's lined up around the 30 in anticipation of another squib kick.

Vinatieri kicks it deep and Nantz and Simms are dumbfounded as to why Hester's not back there. It's at least a minute or so before they say that Hester was playing up field.

 

Any guess on the ratings for the game? It's two Midwest teams playing each other with Manning being the nearly household name. I'll be interested to see the final numbers and where it'll rank.

 

Watching the end of SB XXXVIII on NFL Network the other night, it seemed like Greg Gumbel was a perfectly good No. 1 PBP guy, whereas Nantz has never done it for me, in any venue.

 

There's plenty you can bash CBS about for their coverage, but if nothing else, I like most of their graphic packages. Fox drives me nuts with that score bar across the top of the screen that has tiny letters, yet still manages to block out the entire top of the screen with wasted space on the sides.

Fox has the game next year. With the game in Glendale, at least they know they won't have to worry about weather.

 

I was referring to the weather's effect on the equipment.

But, I'm also not sure Joe Buck is an upgrade over Jim Nantz.

 

I agree. I guess Michaels is the lesser of the evils. NBC has next, right?

And by the way, not to be a CBS backer or anything, but you can't simply wipe a camera lens with a towel.