This isn't exactly news, since just about everyone knew Sunday's Browns game was going to be the national game on Fox, but my buddy Palms informs me that Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are set to announce the game (Palms is always on top of these things).
Although I loathe most announcers in just about every sport — there are very few good ones — I personally don't mind Buck and Aikman as an announce team. Sure, I lost much respect for Joe Buck when he super overreacted to the "Randy Moss mock-mooning the Green Bay crowd" incident in 2004, but overall they're not a bad pair in the booth.
Palms on the other hand disagrees. He says, "I used to like Buck, but not so much anymore ... should stick with baseball. Aikman never thinks it's the QB's fault when a mistake is made ... so, I'm not thrilled with the line-up."
Of course, Palms seems to think the announcers on CBS overall are better than the FOX announcers. Regardless, we can all be thankful that Chris Collinsworth isn't in the booth with Buck and Aikman anymore.
Personally, even though he was a college announcer, I'd like it if Keith Jackson announced every football game.
This Palms guy is right on the money. Buck and Aikman are average at best. Over at CBS, the talent is much better. This guy I used to work with who sat next to me, we used to make fun of Eagle and Wilcots all the time, but I actually think they have gotten better...
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