In Case You Were Wondering When UNC-Duke Was This Year, CBS Sports Has The Countdown For You
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
There will probably be a ton of great plotlines this NCAA Basketball season, and I'm sure Duke versus UNC will be one of them, but this is just waaaaay too over-the-top for my tastes. Friar Blog noticed an interesting countdown going on over at CBSSports.com and naturally it's for a game that's over three months away and isn't even going to be aired on the network. That's right people UNC-Duke is just 91 Days, 5 Hours, 5 minutes and 59 seconds....58....57....56....away!
How lame is that? And you were sitting there thinking that ESPN was the only network that shoved certain teams down your throat. Shame on you!
You Thought ESPN Had a Hard-on for Duke-UNC? (Friar Blog)
CBS Sending Nantz And Simms To Miami For Favre's First Game As A Jet
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Here it comes. You just knew that the Favre madness wouldn't be slowing down just yet, but rather just beginning. There are various reports, including one out of Boston, that the main CBS game for Week One is going to be the Jets at Dolphins. CBS plans to send the top team of Nantz and Simms to Miami with the ammo of Brett's first snaps as a Jet and Pennington's revenge....
“It’s great for the NFL, it’s great for the AFC East, and it’s great for CBS — I know they’re ecstatic,” [Patriots' Owner] Kraft said of the network that carries most AFC games. “I like the last time we played the Packers; if it can be like that it would be good [New England won, 35-0, in Green Bay in 2006]. But he beat us in the Super Bowl in ’96 and I remember that long pass he threw (to Antonio Freeman) — that was not a great way to start. I think he still has more wins against us; he’s one of the few active players who has more wins against us than losses. I hope we can straighten that record out.”I guess the decision is a smart one giving the situation, and the fact that there are not really any other good AFC games that weekend. I'd personally rather watch the Jaguars and Titans, but we all know the Jets and Patriots are going to be the story all year long for CBS. Start preparing yourselves now.
Favre's addition has already had an impact on the way the Jets are perceived by the league's television partners. Kraft, who is chairman of the NFL's Broadcasting Committee, said that CBS is planning to send its top announcing tandem to Miami to broadcast the Jets season-opener against Pennington and the Dolphins on Sept. 7
Kraft talks about Favre and Brady (Boston.com)
Favre improves AFC, says Kraft (Providence Journal)
CBS' Studio Coverage For The Final Four Was Just Odd
Sunday, April 06, 2008
I don't know if it was because of costs or what but having the Studio Team in New York for the Final Four was a bad move by CBS. Without being in the arena the team of Gumbel, Kellogg, Davis, and Donovan just seemed bored and unenergized throughout the pregame and hafltimes of both games last night.
The cameras were off all night (as evidenced above and in the video below) and Billy Donovan actually frightened me multiple times during the telecast. No analyst should ever be that demonstrative. He seemed like the studio version of Billy Packer at times.
I don't know if it's too late to send the trio (sans Donovan) to San Antonio for Monday night but you should definitely look into CBS. I think just being in the Alamo Dome will make a world of difference in the presentation. Oh and fix Clark's head before you go....
