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LisaM

(29,450 posts)
5. Collinsworth's voice bugs me. It's nasally and he never shuts up.
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 03:14 AM
Nov 25

Mike Tirico deserves better.

I can't stand Troy and Joe. I have never liked Joe Buck, but recently I have been really annoyed by Troy Aikman making absolutely inane comments after every play along the lines of "if he hadn't been clobbered behind the line of scrimmage he might have broken loose for a big play" or "if he had intercepted the ball he might have had a pick six!" It's like every play he outlines a different scenario if some great block or missed tackle hadn't occurred.

I agree about the video quality. I don't have Prime but I have seen the Prime broadcasts in bars and they are amateur hour compared to the networks. They seem to have about a tenth of the cameras and equipment and the video quality is bad. Not only that, but they don't pan out. Every view seems squeezed from the sides, when TVs couldn't show letterbox. And they have zero engagement with the fans. On the networks, the camera operators are really skilled at crowd shots. Prime doesn't seem to care. Their camera work is absolutely robotic.

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Isn't Monday Night Football exclusively ESPN now? flvegan Nov 25 #1
Last few years it has been a mix of ABC and ESPN exboyfil Nov 25 #10
It's Still A Mix ProfessorGAC Nov 25 #12
12 of the 21 games on ABC or ABC & ESPN in 2025 exboyfil Monday #23
In Phoenix if the Cards play on Sunday, we get the game over the air AZJonnie Nov 25 #2
Collinsworth's voice bugs me. It's nasally and he never shuts up. LisaM Nov 25 #5
My thoughts on Joe and Troy is entirely based on having suffered through Collinsworth the night before AZJonnie Nov 25 #8
Here ya go PCIntern Nov 25 #9
If I didn't know better, I'd say that I wrote that! C Moon Nov 25 #6
I have FUBO BidenRocks Nov 25 #3
Wow! That's nuts! C Moon Nov 25 #7
I may not be a sports fan sakabatou Nov 25 #4
Way things are going you are probably exboyfil Nov 25 #11
Is this really true? EdmondDantes_ Nov 25 #13
Yes its true Tree Lady Nov 25 #16
"Man, these corporations are friggin greedy" OldBaldy1701E Nov 25 #14
I have an old $10 antenna (rabbit ears) and I get Monday night football on ABC and... 2MuchNoise Nov 25 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Jersey Devil Nov 25 #17
Pro tip for today: Mute the talking heads MagickMuffin Nov 25 #18
you could try radio, but that's usually out of sync with TV pstokely Wednesday #22
Also cut the cable and full circle Prairie_Seagull Nov 25 #19
Oh gawd. I hope they don't do that. C Moon Nov 25 #20
CBS, Fox and NBC televise games on Sundays, and that's twelve hours of free, over-the-air football. Xavier Breath Nov 25 #21
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