In the 41-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel explain the Mike Tomlin to TV scenarios, review the divisional round booths, including Jim Nantz & Tony Romo, judging them on Super Bowl competency.
Plus, Pat McAfee and college football, Meterparel’s “hook and lateral” crusade and more about the Chris Oliviero interview and sports radio.
It’s “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media”
Full Rundown …
The favorites for Mike Tomlin are Fox and NBC, but they are not alone
The Fox/Tomlin rumor is not true ….yet
Kirk Cousins showed some potential on CBS
Cris Collinsworth shined with his excitement on NBC
Why the Manningcast ratings were down
Tony Romo calls Josh Allen “Mahomes” … huh
The Fox-Tomlin rumors … stop texting
How long does Tomlin want do be in a studio
Fox should’ve been quicker to Bo Nix story
Marchand’s on-the-road lightning made him look like …
The Travis Kelce TV free agency decision
Nantz and Romo were disjointed.
CBS Sports executives know what they are doing so …
Would they have confidence in Nantz/Romo if they had the Super Bowl
When viewers are confused, it is often on the booth
Nantz is legend on golf, but he is a good NFL play-by-player, not great
Brady and Burkhardt are so much more confident compared to last year
Burkhardt is an unselfish broadcaster
Brady explaining “cage rush” is good TV
NBC should go into the Super Bowl confident in Mike Tirico and Collinsworth
At end of Sunday night’s game, there was no clear shot of Sean McVay-Ben Johnson handshake
How will the NFL look at the big streamers in next deals in comparison to old ESPN premiums
The Fox wild card Sunday afternoon number compared to Amazon’s Prime Video’s Saturday ratings …
Meterparel vs. the world on the term “Hook and Ladder”
X went crazy ….
Marchand kind of understood the “hook and ladder” side
Nick was right on his advice to his dad on X
ESPN’s president of content Burke Magnus and ESPN top reseracher, Sr. VP Flora Kelly, had issues with The Athletic college football reader survey that was very positive about ESPN
Pat McAfee is undoubtably popular, which ESPN’s internal metrics show
The reader survery had Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit as best college team, which can be questioned
The reaction to the Oliviero WFAN interview and a “lazy take”
There is a little expertise on the FAN, but there could be more
Why Mike Francesa was good in his heyday
Meterparel likes the “Boomer & Gio” show
Cakes are baking ….
On Deck: Jay Glazer is The Main Event
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