The Comeback
It looked like Maximum Security had won the Kentucky Derby, and some sites called it. But after review, the winner was Country House.
Reggie Fowler was the AAF's initial investor, but this week saw him arrested on fraud charges. He reportedly provided $28 million to the league, but not as much as he'd promised, leading to Tom Dundon stepping in. And bad news on the TV rights front may have been what led Dundon to pull the plug on the league.
"GOOD GOD, THAT'S JEFF FISHER'S MUSIC!"
Gene Steratore proved the value of a good rules analyst here.
"And again, there's that we again." "He's French!" "And WE will be back with more on AT&T at the Half."
CBS had planned to televise three more AAF games, including the championship game. TNT had a playoff game left, while NFLN had four regular-season games left and CBSSN had one.
"Is Nantz calling the game?" "He is." "Can we sub Tony Romo in for Coach so it's like NFL on Sunday with you, Nantz and Romo? Get Coach out of there!"
"OOOH BULLSEYE! FLETCHER MAGEE... IS NOT HUMAN!"
"In 2004, CBS was fined $550,000 for airing what has become known as the “Nipple Slip”. In 2019, CBS aired Adam Levine removing his shirt exposing both nipples. This must be dealt with in a similar manner, or the double standard must be made public."
Bercovici stayed in after a big hit that knocked his helmet off, and the announcers praised him for that.
The Alliance of American Football kicks off Saturday with games on CBS.
This was one of the stranger postgame interviews in a while.
Romo's microphone went off the air for several plays after he asked if Nantz was jinxing Gostkowski.
"Known Cheater" feels like a bit of a stretch.
The interview, with Face The Nation moderator Margaret Brennan, will be pre-taped Friday and then air Sunday, with part of it running during the Super Bowl pre-game show.
Nantz has a new Vineyard Vines clothing line of polos, half zips, and quarter zips, including one that looks like what he wore under his blazer during the AFC championship game.
A Raiders' sales rep tried to sell Trask on tickets by talking about how the team hired the NFL's first female executive. That would be her.
In August, Arians said "No, I'm done" about future coaching jobs. Now, he's back in the NFL.
Philip Rivers is a demonstrative player on the field even when things are going well, so when a...
"That's a concussion...he doesn't know where he is."
"That's a concussion...he doesn't know where he is."
