Your Week 1 NFL announcing schedule
Yes, yes it's finally here. No, not baketball training camps, or hockey work stoppages. Not the home stretch in baseball or the golf "playoffs." It's that smell in the air. A kind of smelly smell. A smell that smells like the National Football League. Fantasy lineups are set. Your gameday jersey is getting broken in, you're ready for kickoff! The only thing you're missing is finding out who's announcing your game, and praying you're not stuck with Dick Stockton! Sorry Falcons and Chiefs fans. Don't forget the fun starts Wednesday with NBC's coverage of Cowboys/Giants and ends with... gulp... Chris Berman on the call of Chargers/Raaaaaiiiiidddeeerrrrsssss. Full schedule after the jump...
Wednesday, September 5
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants [NBC 8:30PM] Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michelle Tafoya
Sunday, September 9
New England Patriots @ Tennessee Titans [CBS 1PM] Jim Nantz, Phil Simms
Indianapolis Colts @ Chicago Bears [CBS 1PM] Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf
Miami Dolphins @ Houston Texans [CBS 1PM] Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets [CBS 1PM] Marv Albert, Rich Gannon
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Minnesota Vikings [CBS 1PM] Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots
Washington Redskins @ New Orleans Saints [FOX 1PM] Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa
Philadelphia Eagles @ Cleveland Browns [FOX 1PM] Dick Stockton, John Lynch & Jennifer Hale
Atlanta Falcons @ Kansas City Chiefs [FOX 1PM] Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick & Laura Okmin
St. Louis Rams @ Detroit Lions [FOX 1PM] Chris Myers, Tim Ryan & Jaime Maggio
San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers [FOX 4:25PM] Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Pam Oliver
Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (FOX 4:25) Ron Pitts, Mike Martz and Kristina Pink
Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals (FOX 4:25) Sam Rosen, Heath Evans and Heidi Androl
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos [NBC 8:20PM] Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michelle Tafoya
Monday, September 10
Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens [ESPN 7PM] Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden & Lisa Salters
San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders [ESPN 10:15PM] Chris Berman, Trent Dilfer & Rachel Nichols
h/t Sammy!
Does anybody know who Kristina Pink is???
I know that Heidi Androl will be the new sideline reporter for Los Angeles Lakers local TV games this year, so they will probably only using her as a sideline reporter for 1 or 2 NFL games on FOX this year, unless they can find a replacement for her on the Los Angeles Lakers Local TV games for those few weeks, because i know that Jenifer Hale will be the new Sideline reporter for the New Orleans Hornets local TV games this year and they are going to have to find a replacement for her, on the Sundays that she will be working for the NFL on FOX in November and December of this year already!!!
Crap, I'm usually pretty reliable with these. Again, my fault, my apologies.
Philadelphia Eagles @ Cleveland Browns [FOX 1PM] Dick Stockton, John Lynch & Jennifer Hale
Atlanta Falcons @ Kansas City Chiefs [FOX 1PM] Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick & Laura Okmin
Please forgive the error in the late FOX games:
Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (FOX 4:25) Ron Pitts, Mike Martz and Kristina Pink
Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals (FOX 4:25) Sam Rosen, Heath Evans and Heidi Androl
This Sunday on Sports USA they will have Eli Gold and Ross Tucker calling the New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans and Bob Fitzgerald working the Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals with either Dan outs or Chrles Arbuckle!!!
working tonight's Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants game on Compass Media and every Dallas Cowboy game this year, were Kevin Burkhardt and Danny White,working every Oakland Raiders game on Compass Media network this year are Greg Papa and Tom Flores!!!
Working Compass Media's Coverage of the Buffalo Bills at New York Jets game on Sunday will be Chris Carrino and Brian Baldinger,working Compass Media's coverage of the Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday will be Matt Smith and Curtis Conway and working Compass Media's Coverage of the Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccanneers game on Sunday will be Gregg Daniels and Dale Hellestrae!!!
Working Dial Gobal's coverage of the Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants game tonight were Kevin Harlan,Boomer Esiason and sideline reporter Mark Malone, working the Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints early game on Sunday for Dialglobal network will be Chuck Cooperstein and tony Boselli and working the late Afternoon game between the San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers for Dial Global on Sunday will be Kevin Kugler and Mark Malone!
working Dial Global's Sunday Night Football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos ths week will be Dave Sims, James Lofton and sideline reporter Steve Tasker, working the Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens game on Monday will be Ian Eagle,Boomer Esiason and Tony Boselli will be the sideline reporter and working the San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders game on Monday will be Kevin Harlan, Dan Fouts and sideline reporter Steve Tasker!!!
@CUbsfan That info look very familiar to me. I wonder why. Oh yeah, I remember publishing a list with all of that info last night, a little more than 8 hours ago- eyeonskyandairsports.blogspot.com.
Daniel yes i wrote it from a blog that you told me about and unlike ESPN i will give you the credit for it!!!
By the way Charles Arbuckle will be working Compass Media coverage of the Seattle Seahawks at Aizona Cardinals game with Bob Fitzgerald this Sunday too!!!
@CUbsfan The NFL is a bit tricky. Dial Global and Compass Media teams are published at dialglobalsports.com (Dial Global is the advertising partner for Compass Media, and compassmediasports.com redirects you to dialglobalsports.com. However compassmedianetworks.com/sports/ provides you an access to the Compass Media video player which broadcasts all their college games and the Oakland Raiders online for free).
Sports USA doesn't typically publish their broadcast teams. However an article about the Titans opening game listed that broadcast team, and I knew Larry Kahn wasn't calling games yet because he is the voice of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for their home market, so he typically doesn't get assignments until baseball season is over.
Why couldn't ESPN let Brad Nessler call the Monday Night game with Dilfer for a second straight year? Or did Nessler just say he'd be unavailable because of the Thursday package starting next Thursday for NFL Network? Heck, I'd prefer them going back to Mike and Mike calling the late Monday Night game, which they did for 3 years before Nessler and Dilfer took over last year, over having Berman do a game. I guess we know why ESPN had Berman do the last ESPN pre-season game though.
It's worth noting that this will be the first season since 1967 that Don Criqui will not announce an NFL football game for either CBS or NBC. While his talents have faded with age, he remains one of the legends of football broadcasting and should be recognized as such.
Also, for everybody with DirecTV, this is a free trial weekend of Sunday Ticket, so I'm gonna get to enjoy all of these games. I've never actually bothered to use Sunday Ticket before. I hope I remember to check it out.
fwiw an eagles beat writer just tweeted that stockton and lynch are doing birds browns
@Jerryricefumbled Usually it is up on http://www.the506.com.
Dear lord I forgot how bad the announcing team on FOX is.
