I’m excited to hear him.

needs to get off of fox news and make the return to the football booth.

I think you pretty much got my feelings right on. The only things that I would say we differ on is that I like Aikman and that Simms is worse than Nantz. Otherwise, you are right on. ;-)

Nantz and Simms – Guys, it’s a football game and not a Walt Disney Production. These two are probably the No #1 reason I hate the Pats . . . it’s the broadcast of their games.

Buck and Aikman – The best part about his crew is when they choose to go silent. Buck wines about anything outside the lines of “Leave it to Beaver”. Aikman is droid for stating the obvious. If you listen real closely to Aikman during Cowboy games can hear his tiny grunts of approval and disapproval during big plays.

Madden and Michaels – Madden lost something his last few years but overall was great. I’ve been waiting for Michaels to go away all my life. God damn the 1980 Olympic USA Hockey team, USSR tanked that game so the American public would have to listen to Michaels for next half century, Soviets shrewdly won again. Love Collinsworth, probably the only guy capable of adding true humor to broadcast. Please find a damning sex tape of Michaels, please!

ESPN Crew – Kornhole was the worst ever and this is last I ever speak of him. Tirico is forgetful but dependable. Jaworski is good but you have to excuse his heavy East Coast bias. Really, the pre-game pick of the Eagles by 4 touchdowns. Gruden will probably be great but will also get fired before season’s end for not following the script. I can’t wait for Gruden to torpedo one of those crappy ESPN celebrity things they push in the 3rd quarter. Seriously ESPN, my wife is not watching MNF . . . get Orlando Bloom out of the freaking booth.

Moose and Goose – Moose is ‘B’ version of Aikman and Aikman is ‘C-’ level entertainment. Goose, ok not that good but unintentional comedy scale is off the charts.

I like Dick Stockton. His old school approach suits me very well, but he often gets mixed and matched with different crews. He’s at his best 4th quarter in a close game.

I also love the D and F crews, but only when the game is so irrelevant that they know there boss isn’t watching. You get to hear their comments, insight while the play-by-play guy adds to the harmony of the game. You know, instead of derived story lines, cliches, casting of heros and the tracking of the keys to game chart. Of course this only works when the color guy isn’t trying incorporate some John Madden into his act. “Gore is a gore” had to be the worst ever.

I like Mike Ditka in the booth too. Not good at calling the game but when the game gets out of hand there is no one better at keeping me interested. His hatchet job on the Raiders organization last year was an all time classic. Seriously, Mike needs to cut in via satellite during every blowout game so he can spend rest of the broadcast belittling the management of the losing team. That’s what I like to hear, keep it real Mike. Steven Jackson didn’t lose this game, the game was actually lost by the Rams organization whose had their foot up their ass for 3 straight years. Dr. York, you are next on his list.

Mostly I despise the A list crews. The vast majority are there by name recognition and not by broadcast acumen, by listening it’s obvious. The better guys are in the lower ranked crews and are actual broadcasters by trade. Yes, I enjoy them immensely.

Oh and Mike Golic. I can’t even stand to listen to his radio show for 2 minutes. He’s the ultimate executive what they think we want type cast. Fat guy (check), plays the lineman/tough guy angle (check), talks about defense, trenches and character on a surface level (check, check, check). The most efficient man in broadcast at reading the provided script. Utterly cannot stand him, and glad I haven’t caught many of his games.

Jesse Palmer was pretty good in that game. Which is why he was immediately fired and banned from ever broadcasting another NFL game. ESPN has promptly stuck him to College football studio job where he has limited college football knowledge and can never outshine the NFL broadcast world again.

Especially Collinsworth – he’s never forgiven the 9ers for beating the Bungles twice in the big game. Don’t believe I’ve ever heard him say anything good about the 9ers. Jaws only gets excited during NFC East games, but he knows his stuff and has a unique perspective.

My favorite guys are Gary Plummer and Randy Cross, who both know their football and keep the nonsense to a minimum. Steve Young sounds like a lawyer who won’t shut up and always has to get the last word in. Gruden could be the next John Madden if he wanted to.

I hate how Simms will announce his “Keys to the Game” prior to kickoff, and then try and convince everyone that the final score is a result of how each team performed in his Keys to the Game. His analysis is also very cookie cutter and I never learn anything new about football when I watch his telecasts.

All he does is side with whichever team/player is doing the best at the moment. One moment he’s praising Team A’s RB as the best in the business and then Team B’s RB has a long run and suddently that guy’s the best ever. He’s so smug like he’s the most wonderful person in the world. And to the guy who said he was funny, I just don’t understand how anyone would think that. I personally will be watching Sunday night football with the sound off this year.

But Steve Young is cool and if they could keep Madden alive and broadcasting forever I’d be happy