Cris Collinsworth, Come on Down, You’ve Been Selected as John Madden’s Replacement
Media Gossip/Musings April 16th. 2009, 12:30pm
Well, NBC sure made that anticlimactic. Less than two hours after NBC announced that John Madden was retiring, the network just said on a conference call that Cris Collinsworth will take Madden’s spot this fall.
Smart, swift move by the network – it gave no time for anyone to bother speculate about Matt Millen, prying Jaws from ESPN, or even the prospect of a three-man booth.
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April 16th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
nice move nbc. in other news frank caliendo ended his life today by choking on a bear claw.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Praise Jesus
April 16th, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Love it.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Good job, NBC. Just don’t put a third guy in the booth.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:40 PM
If they put a third guy in, both Michaels and Collinsworth will toss him out into the stadium
April 16th, 2009 at 12:40 PM
And Boomer Esiason starts yelling at his autistic kid for no damn reason …
April 16th, 2009 at 12:41 PM
you do know that Collinsworth was designated the heir apparent last year, right?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Nice.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Works for me.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
“Chris Collins sure is good.”
“Fuck you son!”
/boomer’d
April 16th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
shhh..you’re spoling the fun of everyone who predicted Collinsworth in the last Madden post.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:47 PM
hah…+1
April 16th, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Jay – Somebody just asked a question about the 3-man booth … they said, “there’s no room.” Whew, indeed.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:51 PM
better than Bob Costas
April 16th, 2009 at 12:56 PM
ewwwwwwwwwwww
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-04-15-kitchen-pr-dominos-pizza_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
April 16th, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Domino’s tastes like the box it comes in, anyway.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I was hoping for Reggie Miller.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
those guys should be curb stomped.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
ewwwwwwwwwwww
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-04-15-kitchen-pr-dominos-pizza_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
another example of some pathetic loser looking for attention. i’m sure that little stunt’s gonna work out great for him
April 16th, 2009 at 1:01 PM
I personally love Dominos pizza. Thin crust with some peppers. good stuff
32 year old loser getting arrested for food tampering. felony. have fun making pizza in county
April 16th, 2009 at 1:01 PM
He’s right, yet this is a MAJOR downgrade. I like Collinsworth’s analysis and hate his picks and play-by-play. He is a Jim Nantz wanna-be too. This is not as bad though as going from Keith Jackson down to Brent Musberger in college football though.
I don’t like Bob Costas except for his excellent play-by-play, but he is not a football play-by-play man.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:03 PM
So does Chris get the NBC Cruiser Bus?
//Warning : smells like stale pickles and feet.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Since he’s the color guy and thus doing analysis and not play by play, I think we’re going to be good here.
Collinsworth is an upgrade from Madden on a proficiency level. Madden had lost his fastball a couple years ago and kinda became a parody of himself. Which is fine, the dude’s old. But, like it was mentioned in the previous post, the games always felt bigger when Madden was there.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Anyone else find it funny that Madden retires the same offseason that Brett does?
April 16th, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Also, there’s nothing more annoying than seeing Musberger call the OSU/Michigan game every year wearing maize and blue ties. Jesus, at least Bob Griese’s son was on the team when he was openly rooting for them from the booth.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Broken heart cracker jack
April 16th, 2009 at 1:12 PM
when madden cut “JM + BF = 4ever” into the tree he meant it dammit.