You might hate these two but they are the fans’ favorite commentary teams for the year 2023 as the two bagged 56.97 percent of votes and got fans awarding them with an “A” grade, with a score of 3.31.
In all, more than more than 18,000 votes were submitted by fans after the Awful Announcing website asked fans to submit their votes.
“After two decades of working together, appreciation for Buck and Aikman only continues to grow. The move to ESPN has appeared to revitalize the duo, and the tired criticisms lobbed their way (especially towards Buck) don’t have much merit anymore. After two years, ESPN has absolutely got what it wanted from the pair, and the top ranking this year is well-deserved.”
CBS’ No. 2 commentary team of Ian Eagle and Charles Davis claimed the No. 2 spot on the list, followed by the fellow CBS tandem of Kevin Harlan and Trent Green. Rounding out the top five were Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen (FOX), and Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth (NBC “Sunday Night Football”).
One result that will surprise many? The Jim Nantz-Tony Romo tandem at CBS only placed sixth in the rankings with a score of 2.82. Their most common grade was a “B”, given by 40.81 percent of voters:
“The score and ranking dip that started last season continued this year with Nantz and Romo, formerly the apples of almost every NFL fan’s eye. There’s been backlash towards Romo and his broadcasting style and the novelty of his exuberance has worn off. Despite that, there’s nothing wrong with coming in sixth overall.”
Buck and Aikman were at FOX together for two decades before accepting the “Monday Night Football” positions from ESPN in 2022. The legendary Al Michaels also left NBC and took on the “Thursday Night Football” broadcasts at Amazon Prime Video, teaming up with ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit.
Despite getting trashed for their commentaries and opinions, the same fans who trashed Joe Buck and Troy Aikman ranked them as their favorite commentary team.
Congratulations to Joe Buck And Troy Aikman!
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