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In between catching up on my homework, I’ve been watching NBC’s coverage of the Sunday Night Football. I can’t believe it took me this long to realize just how much NBC’s NFL coverage is lacking.
For starters, the broadcasting duo of Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth was extremely biased towards the Colts as they faced off against the Redskins. They made no effort to hide their man crushes for Peyton Manning and Dwight Freeney, and declared that the Colts were a “machine” midway through the game; because after all, the Colts looked like such a machine in losses to the Texans and Jaguars and a near loss to the Chiefs.
Then you switch to the studio coverage, featuring analysts Tony Dungy (former Colts coach) and Rodney Harrison (former Patriots player). It’s always awkward watching these two interact in the studio. It’s no secret that they probably dislike each other, given they battled each other for years in the bitter Pats-Colts rivalry.
And do you really need two studio hosts? Sure, Dan Patrick is actually in the studio, while Bob Costas is on site at the weekly game. But Costas is useless here; all he really does is preach some oral essay at halftime on the happenings in the NFL. Just do us all a favor, NBC, and keep Costas in hiding until the next Olympics.
The icing on the cake is hearing Faith Hill’s annoying “I’ve Been Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,” a tired cover of Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself For Loving You.” It was cute the first hearing this song at the beginning of the game the first 20 times. I even had to mute it when it came on tonight. I would’ve changed the channel completely, but Faith Hill is eye candy you don’t change the channel on.
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