Most men would agree that there’s nothing better than football season.  Is there really anything better than watching football all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and then again on Monday night?  I really don’t think there’s anything better than a football-filled weekend.  I love the weekends: I sleep late, I make mysel####reat lunch, sit down and I turn on the TV.  I flip through the channels to watch pre-games on ESPN, Fox, and CBS.  Once one o’clock rolls around, I flip to whatever station my Giants are on and I’m overcome with the worst feeling in the world.  It’s the one thing I truly hate about football.

The morons that do the commentary for the big networks are beyond awful.

I simply don’t understand it: how can people with such little football knowledge get a job as a football commentator?  How can people with such a bias get jobs that are supposed to be unbiased?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a pretty tolerant person who can suck it up and enjoy the game for the most part.  But sometimes I hear the things the commentators say and my jaw drops in amazement.  Can these paid commentators and “analysts” be that stupid and be such homers?  Why do they insist on putting a former player in the booth when good football analysts rot away all across America?

Is it just me, or is Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, and Paul Maguire the worst trio in the history of anything?  The former ESPN Sunday Night Football crew, these guys might be some of the worst in the business.  Memo to Joe Theismann: we know you played football and during the game, we don’t care.  Focus on the game.  I understand that these guys have been working together for a long time, but we really didn’t have to hear that emotion-filled goodbye last night during the St. Louis Rams at the Dallas Cowboy game.  I understand you’re all good friends and it’ll be tough not being on Sunday night next year, but could it wait till after the game?  They’re probably all extremely intelligent analysts, but during the game, it’s tough to tell because they make jokes and focus on the glory days instead of the touchdown drive happening in front of them.

Hey, did anyone catch the Brent Musburger Show today?  Oh, I’m sorry, that was the Fiesta Bowl, but I couldn’t tell.  Does Brent Musburger ever shut up and does he ever say anything worthwhile?  Mr. Musburger, we all know Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn has a sister who dates Ohio St. line backer A.J. Hawk.  If we didn’t, we got the idea the first time you told us.  You didn’t have to tell us every time either Quinn or Hawk did something, because frankly, no one really cared.  You also don’t have to mention the New England Patriots every time the camera focuses on Charlie Weis.  Newsflash: simply because Weis decided to go for it on fourth down does not mean he’s a replica of Bill Parcells.  Other coaches have gone for it on fourth down in case you didn’t know.

It’s truly amazing Brent Musburger has a job in any booth.  The guy made ridiculous comment after ridiculous comment.  Did he tell us anything important today?  I really think I lost brain cells after listening to Musburger.

Another commentator I truly cannot stand is Joe Buck, no matter what sport he does.  It always seems that finding the random celebrity in the crowd is more important than what’s happening on the field.  Actually Joe, I don’t care what’s on the FOX network on Sunday night, especially when a team is charging down the field or the most important at bat is being disrupted by your annoying voice.  How about you focus on the game, rather than focusing on the could be Super Bowl match up?

I could go on and on.  The guys in the booth get the names wrong, fail to realize who is carrying the ball or who made the tackle, don’t understand the NFL rulebook and try to guess the outcome of a challenge, and tell us information we don’t need to know.  The majority of commentators and analysts are hard to listen to, simply because they focus on everything but the game they are supposed to be covering.  Sometimes I turn the game on mute because I know I won’t hear anything important.

Who’s to fault here?  The network, who hires these morons and tells them what to say, or the commentators, who know little about the sport they are covering?  Networks wonder why ratings hit low levels year after year.  I have a solution: put someone with a brain in the booth and let them talk about the game.  Why is it harder than it should be?