Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike is leaving the field with a wrist injury
I would say 40 percent, maybe half of what we have available to us, ends up on the air ... You prepare for everything. But eventually, the game dictates where you go. You might have a ton of stuff on some wide receiver. But if they don't throw the ball to him, you're not going to talk about him. But whe...
But we certainly try for one
You better know them that well ... because if you make a mistake, those watching will know it. We have to be experts. And not only do we have to know the teams involved in the game, but because it's Thursday night, we know most of the teams and coaches in the country are watching and we're looking ahead...
It makes such a difference when you work with people you know really well and people you really like ... You can tell how much we genuinely like one another, and that's so important when you're putting together a broadcast like this because so much of it is about trusting one another.
You really have to be organized ... I remember there was a game a couple of weeks ago and I was about to say something about a team that likes to run a hurry-up offense. And before I said anything, I thought, 'Wait, is that this team or am I thinking of the game I'm calling on Saturday?' There's a lot g...
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