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WTF? They guy's name is "Joe Person"?! LOL.

UPDATE: There's is nothing to update:

Virgil, is that you?

Death by a million field goals.

And old guard too:

If the Ravens rest their starters next week and then have a bye, they will come out flat against the 4v5 winner. So if 4/5 upsets Baltimore, that means that team goes to Buffalo for the AFC Championship Game, assuming we do our part, of course. Buffalo will have straight home games!

Yes, H2H. We will almost certainly be Game 272.

I stand corrected on Spake, but Rinaldi is an SLR; the fact he does reporting with Andrews does not diminish this. There are less male SLR's, but your original sratement said they were only female SLR's, which was not true.

This is true! Evan Washburn, Tom Rinaldi, Shannon Spake, James Palmer, and Steve Wyche, who all were side-line reporters this year, actually underwent sex changed before the season! 😄

LOl. In reference to 68 reporting/not reporting as eligible, Football Zebras responds like a boss: The tweet he replied to, now deleted, just said if Football Zebras is going to blindly support the refs, he is unfollowing him.

Kenny Albert said in an interview with Chris Bumbaca of USA Today that when the Sunday NYE day game in Seattle was announced on the schedule this spring, he put in a request with FOX to cover this game, knowing he would be in Seattle the next day to do the NHL Classic:m. Of course, at the time, FOX had no way of knowing that game would be FOX's most distributed game and worthy of the A-team. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/12/30/kenny-albert-nfl-nhl-broadcasting-seattle-seahawks-kraken/72050817007/# "When the NFL schedule came out this year, Albert quickly circled the Seattle-Pittsburgh matchup and relayed the preference to his bosses at FOX. Of course, there was the chance the game could have been flexed to another network at this point in the season. But Albert knew he wanted that game, because the other five NFL games on the network that Sunday are mostly on the East Coast, with the next closest being in Houston. “I’m looking forward to the next couple of years when the calendar shifts and January first will be mid-week,” Albert said. “That will certainly help, as far as logistics.”

The XFL and USFL will officially merge and become the UFL with eight teams. Announcement is tomorrow (12/31) on FOX at 12 noon ET:

Well, I guess everyone has their own opinions. I try not to focus too much on the announcers. Mike Freeman, from USA Today, who wrote the article above, says they work well together: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2023/12/29/amazon-prime-al-michaels-kirk-herbstreit/72053806007/ "Michaels has actually been a miracle for Amazon Prime. He meshes well with analyst Kirk Herbstreit who isn't flashy but his straightforward bluntness with little bombast is refreshing. "Kirk has been wonderful to work with," said Michaels. [...] Also, Michaels' trademark cornball humor is still intact. During Thursday night's game, and after hearing fans making banging noises, Michaels said: " “Somebody’s pounding on that trash can. The Astros must be in town.” He was of course referring to the Houston Astros' sign-stealing enterprise from their 2017 season. After a few seconds, Michaels added: "I'm sorry. Don’t rip me." I won't. It was funny."

UPDATE: CBS Early: Bowling Green KY: MIA-BAL to LV-IND (Fri) Map has been changed.

LOL. Yeah, childish, but I like the restraint on the part of the hosts: Story: https://awfulannouncing.com/radio/cleveland-host-prank-calls-pittsburgh-station-browns-clinch-playoffs.html "Cleveland radio host prank calls Pittsburgh station after Browns clinch playoff spot" "That was apparent on Friday as one Cleveland radio host celebrated the Browns’ postseason-clinching victory over the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football by prank calling a Pittsburgh radio station to gloat. As 93.7 The Fan’s The PM Team W/Poni & Mueller discussed the Steelers’ upcoming game against the Seattle Seahawks on Friday afternoon, the show took a call from a listener named “Jim in Ohio.” After thanking hosts Chris Mueller and Andrew Fillipponi “for the vine,” Jim proceeded to state that expected to enjoy Pittsburgh’s game against Seattle by “laughing my a** off” before posing a question to Fillipponi. “Have you picked out a good place to watch the playoffs yet?” Jim asked. After Fillipponi responded that he hadn’t and asked why Jim was the inquiring, the caller proceeded to remind him of a social media post that the host had sent to Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II in November. “That’s what I’m reading, baby! That’s what I’m reading baby!” Jim said. “Turn it up! Loud and proud, Poni!” It soon became clear to the hosts that “Jim” was actually 92.3 The Fan’s Ken Carman. “You sound like a crappy store brand version of Ken Carman,” Fillipponi said. “Buddy, this is the crappy, drunk, store brand version of Ken Carman. We’re still celebrating out here, baby boys!” Carman confirmed, before launching into a rendition of the Michael Stanley Band’s 1998 Browns anthem “Here We Go Again.” At that point, all Fillipponi could do was ask Carman if the Browns would be playing “that devious creep” — presumably quarterback Deshaun Watson — in 2024, before one of the hosts curiously pointed out that Michael Stanley is dead." The actual call: I admit: I had to look up "vine". Also, still don't know what "rack me" means.

Damn...you have had some very interesting and very useful jobs! This, and also at Amazon (mentioned in the other thread). Sounds challenging and rewarding. Very nice.