Comments on: Media Notes Preseason Game One

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:52:27 +0000

To give credit where it is due, Santos did mention the Vick signing on the radio broadcast (giving credit to ESPN.com) during the second quarter. I had the TV volume down, but it sounds to me like Criqui/Cross/Burton didn’t mention it until much later in the game.

By: Bruce Allen

Bruce Allen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:27:03 +0000

Hi Damian, I just checked with someone at the Patriots, who in turn, checked with the VP of the station, and here was the answer:

A Berkshire county cable company tries to protect the NBC stations in Pittsfield and Albany from running the same programming…unfortunately that cable company did not get the memo that it was a Patriots game, not NBC programming, and blacked the game out. It had been addressed prior to the game, it was addressed after the mix up, and is being addressed this week to insure it does not happen Thursday. Hope this helps

So this week’s game should be all set.

By: AW1 Tim

AW1 Tim — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:15:36 +0000

I would dearly love to be able to watch the game and listen in on the Radio, as that has always been a better crew. however, I just can’t STAND the 5-second delay beetween the picture and the radio. If I could find a way to delay the TV signal, and synch those up, ot would be the best of both worlds.

Sigh.

I don’t mind Cross & Criqui too much, as I’ve gotten used to them, but Burton, man I’ve heard better sideline stuff from local HS games.

By: bobd

bobd — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:00:38 +0000

I got to see the Philly broadcasters too but I only watched the 1st half because that was the only part of the game I was interested in. But, if you’re an Eagle fan I thought they were quite informative. They especially honed in on the woes of their offensive line especially Peters and then showed sideline shots of them discussing their problems on the sideline. Another point was the play of their new fullback and how he is going to fit in. I just thought they were very interesting.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:43:04 +0000

I tried to watch the Eagles replay. I lasted 5 minutes. The Eagles’ announcers treated it like a practice scrimmage with the Patriots as dummies. They refused to call anyone on the Pats but Brady or Moss by name. Say what you will about Criqui and Cross, but at least they knew the names of the Eagles’ second-teamers.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:06:46 +0000

Can we talk about the fact that the Patriots crew didn’t even acknowledge the VIck signing? Before halftime, ESPN and every other outlet had at least a “BREAKING NEWS” alert up, but Criqui and Cross must have been on some kind of gag order. If you weren’t on the internet or flipping channels at halftime, you didn’t even know that Vick had been signed BY THE TEAM ON THE FIELD WITH THE PATRIOTS.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:37:04 +0000

Unfortunatly, I’m stuck watching the replays on NFL network. The Philly team was just painful to listen to. They talked all over each other, and when you could make out what they were saying you couldn’t understand it at all. They also refused to comment on when the Patriots did things- if a Pats player makes a nice tackle, they just talked about the Philly player and how great he was. It was three local color guys talking without a play by play man. Bad news all around.

By: Chris Warner

Chris Warner — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:51:13 +0000

What do you think: is Gresh doing the Cowardly Lion or Curly from the 3 Stooges? It’s like performance art, and he doesn’t even realize it.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:39:09 +0000

Actually, NFL “expert” Gresh I believe actually advocated putting Thomas on PUP even though he isn’t eligible for PUP because he has practiced and played in a game this season. You’d think knowing the rules would be a minimum requirement for his place on “The Sports Hub”

By: Damian

Damian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:37:16 +0000

Sick of networks and cable providers not being able to negoctiate. I live out in Western Mass, should have been able to see the game from Springfield’s channel 22 NBC…. but Time Warner Cable didn’t air the game. About a half hour in, switched to the “regular” lineup. Living in Massachusetts and not being able to see the Patriots play. UNREAL