Why are we on fox this week?

Hawknballs":11ow765z said:

all I know is that I'm watchin any games on mute if I have to listen to tony siragusa throw up all over an otherwise acceptable broadcast, or listen to phill simms ramble on and on and on until he's completely forgotten about what the hell he's even talking about.

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Hawknballs":g0sly6ug said:

Here's a typical phil simms:

"Well the linebacker does a good job in coverage and the line does a poor job of blocken 'eem, so when the back releases, cranberry tomatoe, on a sunday, you know, of course, purple sausage beach ball quarterback, gets into the flat, and you can't do that of course, if you're going to be an NFL receiver."

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Hasselbeck":2muyxktw said:

Hawknballs":2muyxktw said:

Here's a typical phil simms:

"Well the linebacker does a good job in coverage and the line does a poor job of blocken 'eem, so when the back releases, cranberry tomatoe, on a sunday, you know, of course, purple sausage beach ball quarterback, gets into the flat, and you can't do that of course, if you're going to be an NFL receiver."

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You forgot to mention the 1500 name drops he does over the course of the broadcast

"Well Jeeeem, when I talked to (Johnny about Johnny being Johnny).."

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Jerhawk":3jy7ieiv said:

..........or listen to phill simms ramble on and on and on until he's completely forgotten about what the hell he's even talking about.

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olyfan63":3rdfp1vb said:

Do I just have way lower expectations of the announcers? Heck, I figure if the play-by-play guys get the names right and the down and distance, that's 80% of the battle. Getting any actual relevant analysis is an unexpected bonus.
I haven't tried listening to the radio recently; do they make radio way out of sync with the action now, to thwart watching the game with sound down and radio on?

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Skottt":1f3qg0mk said:

olyfan63":1f3qg0mk said:

Do I just have way lower expectations of the announcers? Heck, I figure if the play-by-play guys get the names right and the down and distance, that's 80% of the battle. Getting any actual relevant analysis is an unexpected bonus.
I haven't tried listening to the radio recently; do they make radio way out of sync with the action now, to thwart watching the game with sound down and radio on?

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This season I've muted my TV for every game, and listened to Raible and Moon via 710's website. The audio is out of sync, but it's delayed, so if you have a DVR you can just pause it until the audio catches up.

I wouldn't do it if I couldn't pause live TV, it's too far out of sync, about 1 minute.

There are also other radio stations that have online feeds, and some of them are more closely timed with the TV, but the audio quality isn't as good as 710's.

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