* It's almost impossible not to love college football at this time of year, simply as a result of the sheer raw emotion involved. Whether it's teams saying goodbye to their seniors, players playing together for the last time, playing for rivalry wins, conference titles, bowl chances and Heisman trophies, there is so much more invested in each play and drive that it's hard to tear your eyes away.
* I forgot to mention in my review of Boise State-Nevada that I thought Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore did a fantastic job in the booth. If I'm eager to point out mistakes, I should be as eager to point out when announcers have a good game, and this pairing did a fantastic job.
There were no major errors, they were informative and crucially they knew when to be quiet and when to convey the excitement of the action on the field.
* Green Bay-Atlanta was a brilliant game in week 12 of the NFL season, and hopefully an indicator of the excitement we can expect come play-off time. Both sides are attractive to watch offensively, and Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers surely represent the future elite quarterbacks in the league.
* Brian Billick called the game for Fox, and whilst I've heard frequent criticism of the use of Billick for Atlanta games when his brother-in-law is Falcons head coach Mike Smith, I thought the color commentator had a solid game.
Billick made good analytical points, noticed formation tendencies, predicted upcoming plays accurately through good appreciation of situations, and also correctly assessed which audibles both quarterbacks were using at the line of scrimmage. His linguistic style may not be to everyone's tastes, but he displayed technically sound knowledge.
* Pro Football Weekly recently criticised Fox's lack of a sports ticker akin to CBS or ESPN during their NFL broadcasts, but I much prefer the lack of clutter on the Fox broadcasts.
The cleaner look makes it much easier to focus on the action on the field, and the graphical redesign with the new scoreboard in the top left corner of the screen is easier on the eye than the old full screen bar.
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