FOX's 2008-2009 NFL Announcer Pairings
Friday, August 22, 2008
There still hasn't been an official release by Fox of teams but Pro Football Weekly has received word of the pairings. According to Barry Jackson of the Orlando Sentinel (who writes for PFW as well), there aren't going to be many changes outside of the creation of a seventh team of Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick, who FOX hired back in April.
Billick will also be a roving analyst, working with other two-man teams, but that's anything different than what FOX said when they first hired him. Everything else stays exactly the same! Here they are in case you forgot....
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver
Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa
Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger
Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Matt Vasgersian and J.C. Pearson
Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick
As far as week one, Buck and Aikman will be in Cleveland for the Browns-Cowboys game at 4:15pm and Albert, Johnston and Goose will be in Philly for the Eagles-Rams contest at 1pm. The other FOX games that weekend are Lions-Falcons, Seahawks-Bills, Bucs-Saints, Panthers-Chargers and Cards-9ers. I'll have the full schedule and the coverage maps via The 506 when they become available. In the meantime, feel free to make your guesses in the comments and enjoy the full FOX schedule for the season.
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WEEK ONE- Sunday, September 7
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills (1pm)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (1pm)
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns (4pm)
Carolina Panthers at San Diego Chargers (4pm)
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
WEEK TWO- Sunday, September 14
Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions (1pm)
New York Giants at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4pm)
WEEK THREE- Sunday, September 21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears (1pm)
Arizona Cardinals at Washington Redskins (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings (1pm)
New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos (4pm)
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
WEEK FOUR- Sunday, September 28
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers (1pm)
Arizona Cardinals at New York Jets (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Tennessee Titans (1pm)
Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys (4pm)
WEEK FIVE- Sunday, October 5
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions (1pm)
Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers (1pm)
Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants (1pm)
Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles (1pm)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos (4pm)
WEEK SIX- Sunday, October 12
Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at Washington Redskins (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals (4pm)
Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
WEEK SEVEN- Sunday, October 19
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants (1pm)
Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
Detroit Lions at Houston Texans (4pm)
WEEK EIGHT- Sunday, October 26
Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers (1pm)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys (1pm)
Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at New England Patriots (1pm)
Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles (1pm)
New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers (4pm)
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
WEEK NINE- Sunday, November 2
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears (1pm)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs (1pm)
Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans (1pm)
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (4pm)
Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
Atlanta Falcons at Oakland Raiders (4pm)
WEEK TEN- Sunday, November 9
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Seattle Seahawks at Miami Dolphins (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at New York Jets (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at Oakland Raiders (4pm)
WEEK ELEVEN- Sunday, November 16
Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers (1pm)
Philadelphia Eagles at Cincinnati Bengals (1pm)
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers (1pm)
New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
WEEK TWELVE- Sunday, November 23
Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys (1pm)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Jacksonville Jaguars (1pm)
Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals (4pm)
Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks (4pm)
WEEK THIRTEEN- Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day)
Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys (4pm)
Sunday, November 30
San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers (1pm)
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1pm)
New York Giants at Washington Redskins (1pm)
Atlanta Falcons at San Diego Chargers (4pm)
WEEK FOURTEEN- Sunday, December 7
Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions (1pm)
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants (1pm)
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints (1pm)
Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers (4pm)
St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals (4pm)
WEEK FIFTEEN- Sunday, December 14
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals (1pm)
Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts (1pm)
Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville Jaguars (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at Miami Dolphins (1pm)
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
Minnesota Vikings at Arizona Cardinals (4pm)
WEEK SIXTEEN- Sunday, December 21
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins (1pm)
Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots (1pm)
New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions (1pm)
Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at New York Giants (1pm)
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams (1pm)
TBD (4pm)
WEEK SEVENTEEN- Sunday, December 28
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles (1pm)
New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings (1pm)
Chicago Bears at Houston Texans (1pm)
St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons (1pm)
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (1pm)
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints (1pm)
Washington Redskins at San Francisco 49ers (4pm)
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals (4pm)
NFC Wild Card game
Sunday, January 4, 2009
NFC Divisional Playoff game
Saturday, January 10, 2009
NFC Divisional Playoff game
Sunday, January 11, 2009
NFC Championship game
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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CBS Releases Their NFL Announcing Teams For The 2008-2009 NFL Season (Awful Announcing)
15 Comments:
I'd criticize Siragusa, but I'm afraid he'd sit on me.
Every Detroit Lions game = Ron Pitts
The new Coors Light commercials with Billick are priceless because he's an idiot and would answer their questions the exact same way.
I'm over at The506 and I've started a little guessing game with these announcers, this is what I have for the first 3 weeks.
FOX
WEEK ONE- Sunday, September 7
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills - Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints - Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles - Kenny Albert, Moose, Goose
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver
Carolina Panthers at San Diego Chargers - Matt Vasgersian and JC Pearson
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick
WEEK TWO- Sunday, September 14
Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - Kenny Albert, Moose, Goose
New York Giants at St. Louis Rams - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins - Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks - Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Matt Vasgersian and JC Pearson
WEEK THREE- Sunday, September 21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears - Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger
Arizona Cardinals at Washington Redskins- Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos - Kenny Albert, Moose, Goose
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers - Matt Vasgersian and JC Pearson
St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks - Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
CBS
WEEK 1 - SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
Cincinnati @ Baltimore - Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
N.Y. Jets @ Miami - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Kansas City @ New England - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Houston @ Pittsburgh - Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Jacksonville @ Tennessee - Gus Johnson, Randy Cross and Dan Fouts
WEEK 2 - SUNDAY, SEPT. 14
Tennessee @ Cincinnati - Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Buffalo @ Jacksonville - Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
Oakland @ Kansas City - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
Indianapolis @ Minnesota - Dick Enberg and Randy Cross
New England @ N.Y. Jets - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
San Diego @ Denver - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Miami @ Arizona - Don Criqui and Steve Beuerlein
Baltimore @ Houston - Bill Macatee and Dan Fouts
WEEK 3 - SUNDAY, SEPT. 21
Kansas City @ Atlanta - Don Criqui and Steve Beuerlein
Oakland @ Buffalo - Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
Cincinnati @ N.Y. Giants - Dick Enberg and Randy Cross
Miami @ New England - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Houston @ Tennessee - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Jacksonville @ Indianapolis - Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Are you kidding me? It's only week one and I, a diehard Eagles fan has to listen to Tony Siragusa. Ugh, I'd take Joe Buck over the Meatball Man (Goose)
Here's my predictions:
Lions at Falcons - Pitts, Boselli
Seahawks at Bills - Stockton, Baldinger
Buccaneers at Saints - Rosen, Ryan
Rams at Eagles - Albert, Moose, Goose
Cowboys at Browns - Buck, Aikman, Oliver
Panthers at Chargers - Vasgersian, Pearson
Cardinals at 49ers - Brennaman, Billick
Man, Fox has a lot of shitty games the first few weeks.
I can confirm the Sam Rosen-Tim Ryan crew for the first 4 weeks
Week 1 - ARZ @ SF
Week 2 - CHI @ CAR
Week 3 - TB @ CHI
Week 4 - SF @ NO
Ian Eagle said he's doing Jags-Titans in week 1; also, Foutsie is supposed to "float" between Enberg/Criqui/MacAtee/Bolerjack, so he may be off week 1.
Check cbssports.com, find CBS Sports TV in the dropdown(under "More), they have the full release with the announcer pairings: I stand corrected on Bolerjack, he's not part of the NFL crew.
Or failing that, click on the CBS Announcing Teams thread that was posted here on Thursday. It's basically the same thing.
*Tuesday, not Thursday
Fox doubleheader weeks are 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16 and 17.
Joe Buck and Kenny Albert: Monuments to Nepotism and its corresponding mediocrity.
Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick?
My ears are aching just thinking about how those telecasts are going to go.