Why was Troy Aikman upset about calling Buccaneers blowout game vs Eagles?
Troy Aikman was not happy about not getting to call the Dallas Cowboys' game against the San Francisco 49ers. During the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers vs the Eagles game that he was calling on FOX, Joe Buck, Aikman's co-host, mentioned the Cowboys game that was to follow on CBS. Following Buck's plug for the upcoming game, Aikman made a comment that sounded a little bitter.
After hyping up a great match-up, he implied that he wished he was working on that game.
"I think there's a lot of people that would like to be calling that game..." -Troy Aikman
The Buccaneers blowing out the Eagles may have been part of the reason why Aikman would have preferred a different game. The fact that he is a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, where he won three Super Bowl rings, may have played into the equation, as well. His preference was likely to be able to work on "his" team's games whenever possible, especially in the playoffs.
Are Troy Aikman and Joe Buck the top NFL broadcast team at FOX?
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck are the top NFL broadcast team for FOX network. They get the "best" game each week in the NFL that FOX has the rights to broadcast. During the regular season, FOX owns the rights to the large majority of the non-prime time NFC games while CBS handles the AFC. The NFL Playoffs, however, work a little differently in the way games are distributed to networks.
Aikman and Joe Buck were assigned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs. It aired on FOX network at 1:00 EST on Sunday.
If the Dallas Cowboys vs. the San Francisco 49ers game took place in the regular season, and it wasn't in a prime time slot, then FOX would have been the network to air it. Considering the teams involved, Buck and Aikman more than likely would have been the team to handle it. Unfortunately for Aikman, CBS had the rights to the playoff game.
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Rather than Aikman, another former Dallas Cowboys quarterback got the assignment for the game against the 49ers. Tony Romo and his broadcast partner Jim Nantz, the top team for the NFL on CBS, got to work on the game instead.
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