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Report: ESPN to make CBS' Tony Romo a historic offer to join its NFL coverage


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1 minute ago, LabattBlue said:

Not sure if he still does it, but Nantz used to have a habit of saying "LOOK AT THAT!", in response to a good play.  Hey dumbass, what do you think of "looking at"?

Imagine Nantz and Collinsworth, calling a Pats-Chiefs game. Major competition to see who can kiss the most QB ass.

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5 minutes ago, Rico said:

Imagine Nantz and Collinsworth, calling a Pats-Chiefs game. Major competition to see who can kiss the most QB ass.

 

That would be terrible.  I probably wouldn't watch that game.

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4 hours ago, dpberr said:

If I'm Tony Romo, I'll stay at CBS where he's paired with Jim Nantz and I get the better weekend games.  

 

ESPN likely pairs him with mediocre talent and Romo alone can't fix what ails their stale MNF presentation.  

 

 

Maybe he wants his weekends off?

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53 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Even worse is the pre & post game shows with 5 and 6 people on the set.  All they do is yell over each other.  Really bad production.

That's been one of my peeves for years - sometimes I look forward to just tuning in before/after the game to hear about the games and it ends up being basically unwatchable.   

 

For a couple years the thing that was really in vogue on the highlight shows was to inexplicably have 3-4 guys just mindlessly mumbling and shouting over highlights all over each other while the were being narrated (esp NFL Network) - like throughout every highlight.  It drove me crazy - luckily they seem to have toned that down a bit.

 

On a related note - every time I turn on Sportscenter on the weekend I'm newly stunned as to the horror that has become.  An interchangeable plastic male and female talking head with zero chemistry constantly reaching for jokes and yukfest that just isn't there.  It's really cringe-worthy - like a bad SNL skit.  I always think - can anyone really like this?

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2 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

 

...didn't ESPN cut 100+ positions awhile back because they're tanking?....so Romo wants to walk the plank on the SS Minnow?.....

 

 

yes, something like that.

 

And Nantz is one of the best play by play guys--he'd be working with an inferior broadcaster, and if the current guy, much more inferior than Nantz. 

 

Part of Romo's immediate success has been because of a good  broadcast team, both the production quality and his partner. 

 

I am always surprised when I watch the current MNF because of how amateurish it is.

 

 

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3 hours ago, John in Jax said:

This has always made NO sense to me. You watch the game(s) because it is either: your team playing, or two good teams playing, NOT because who is announcing the games.

 

Yes, I agree that Romo brings some good insight, BUT, if the Monday night matchup is Bengals vs. Redskins, I'm not watching even if Jesus Christ is in the booth.

 

The same theory goes for all the young nubile eye candy the sports networks give jobs to. It's truly baffling.

 

It makes no sense to you because you're essentially just a fan of a team, not of the game.

 

Many of us watch every prime time game, regardless of who is playing, because we love the sport, and it gives you a good idea of where your team sits, regardless of who is playing. Not to mention, unlike other sports, you just get 16 weeks.  Then it's months before you see people put pads on again. So yeah, I'm going to watch every snap that I can.

 

Hell, some of us watch every preseason game, including the last one, because as I've said many times, after months of no football at all, preseason football is like the Cinemax of porn. It's not really porn, but you'll still watch it for a while.

 

Some of us even watch the Pro Bowl. Hell, I watch the Pro Bowl just to watch the extra point attempts. Funniest thing you'll ever see.

 

But again, just because you don't watch every game doesn't mean no one does. It just means you don't.

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54 minutes ago, Mark92 said:

Romo wants to be Nantz.  It's not just NFL, he wants Butler Cabin and the Final Four.  I think he stays.  

IMO Butler Cabin comment was out of line because Romo is free to be both gay and Republican,. Why would that matter?  

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1 hour ago, 4merper4mer said:

IMO Butler Cabin comment was out of line because Romo is free to be both gay and Republican,. Why would that matter?  

What the hell are you talking about?  Guess I should assume everyone knows about the Masters.  

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1 hour ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

When MNF was THE game to watch,  Gif, Cosell , and Dandy Don were a big part of the success .... if ESPN wants any hope of supplanting SNF as the marquee game of the week, then it’s a move that they need to make. 

If ESPN MNF wants to be the marquee game again, they will have to break from parent Disneys corporate media culture of defining a narrative and basing coverage around The Narrative.

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31 minutes ago, Mark92 said:

What the hell are you talking about?  Guess I should assume everyone knows about the Masters.  

There is a group of gay republicans called the ButlerCabin republicans.  I didn't know the Masters connection.  Sorry for the mixup.

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8 hours ago, dpberr said:

If I'm Tony Romo, I'll stay at CBS where he's paired with Jim Nantz and I get the better weekend games.  

 

ESPN likely pairs him with mediocre talent and Romo alone can't fix what ails their stale MNF presentation.  

 

 

if CBS matches or is close I agree I’d stay.   CBS should match.  Let espn product atrophy.  

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11 hours ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

It makes no sense to you because you're essentially just a fan of a team, not of the game.

You must have missed the part where I said I watch two good teams, or really, even two mediocre teams, if it's a good game. And of course I watch all of the post season games. I am a fan of the game, but I don't have time to sit around and waste my time watching garbage.  Everybody has different priorities in life, that's for sure.

 

And I'm sure that "bad" announcers won't stop people from watching their favorite teams and/or a good matchup. OTOH, "good" announcers have never, and will never, make me tune in to a crap game.

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