Troy Aikman drops not-so-subtle hint he'd rather be at Cowboys-49ers playoff game
With four different networks sharing coverage of the NFL playoffs, the league can't quite follow its traditional regular-season broadcasting affiliations with Fox getting mostly NFC games and CBS doing mostly AFC ones.
So for Sunday’s NFC Wild Card matchup on Fox between the Bucs and Eagles, the network opted to send its top crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to that game while CBS would get the Niners-Cowboys NFC matchup in the 4:30 p.m. ET window.
Well, we now know that Aikman wasn’t exactly pumped about that decision. The Bucs-Eagles game ended up being a complete dud from a competitive standpoint.
The Bucs jumped to a 31-0 lead before the Eagles added a couple late scores to make the game appear competitive. It was not. The Bucs won 31-15, and it was never in doubt.
When it came time to discuss the upcoming Niners-Cowboys game, Aikman didn’t hide his disappointment about being stuck in Tampa for a blowout.
Aikman said:
“It’s gonna be a great game. I mean, a really good game. I think there’s a lot of people who would like to be calling that game. But should be a lot of fun.”
The laugh from Buck said it all right there. This was basically Aikman:
To be fair, it’s tough to imagine anyone — outside of Bucs fans — enjoying the boring blowout to start Sunday’s playoff slate. You can’t really blame Aikman for wishing he was in Arlington.