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Football sucks for two reasons

Started by Mike Olbinski · 10 månader sedan

I love football. We get up every Sunday morning, make breakfast (or go to Subway for a yummy breakfast sandwich), and then watch football from NFL Countdown until the tragedy that is Football Night in America starts.  We stopped watching that piece of junk weeks ago, and IR ... Continue reading »

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  • Adam Rainbolt

    1 år sedan

    I'm with you on your dislike for Kermit The Gumbel, but Cris Collinsworth is money. He is one of the only commentators that actually talks about football! :)
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  • Scott

    1 år sedan

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  • Mike

    1 år sedan

    Adam, I'll take Troy Aikman anyday.

    Also, Collinsworth used to blast the Cards all the time, which is probably where my hatred stems from.

    Scott, I will never like the Cowboys, they are my sworn enemy since we used to be all together in the NFC East.

    I will change my allegiance to the Colts, the Packers, even CLEVELAND before I ever root for the Cowgirls :)
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  • Scott

    1 år sedan

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  • daddyjason

    1 år sedan

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  • Mike

    1 år sedan

    So DURING the Packers vs Cowboys game tonight, here are the searches that landed people here:

    bryant gumbel sucks
    bryant gumbel disliked
    Bryant Gumbel sucks

    I rest my case....
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  • JR

    1 år sedan

    You're so right.....I did search for Bryant Gumbel SUCKS. He's dumb, his voice is irritating, so....."Just like that" they should can his ass.
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  • Mike

    1 år sedan

    One last one:

    bryant gumbel nfl sucks

    (Favre getting hurt sucked, lousy game)
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  • Kenneth Pyland

    1 år sedan

    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.
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  • Mike

    1 år sedan

    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!
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  • hello

    1 år sedan

    FOOTBALL IS HE BEST SPORT EVER AND IT WILL NEVER SUCK
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  • Mike

    1 år sedan

    Hello, you totally missed the point.
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