Bills fans have been spoiled this season by listening to the top announcer teams on all the networks multiple times.
Tirico and Collinsworth were at their best when discussing the impact that Bills safety Damar Hamlin has had since his cardiac arrest on the same Cincinnati field 11 months ago.
As usual, NBC play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico was very complimentary of Western New York and Allen. “One of the best fan bases in the league,” he said. He said he “could watch Allen throw all day.”
Alan Pergament looks back at a key time in his career and one of the more memorable things that ever happened to him in his role as a TV critic.
If you want to see the commercial, you better not leave your TV for a snack or a visit to the restroom after Rihanna's halftime performance, Pergament says.
At age 78, Michaels is essentially a broadcast pioneer working for the streaming service after decades as the voice of “Monday Night Football” and “Sunday Night Football.”
Alan Pergament: NBC's Tirico, Collinsworth keep nation interested in Bills game missing 'wow' factor
Mike Tirico spread a good deal of Buffalove, noting that “even when the Bills aren’t good, these are great, great fans.” Added Cris Collinsworth: “Buffalo and Green Bay fans.”
"If I wanted to split the screen, I would have done it myself," says Pergament, who comments on more highs and lows of the telecast.
The NFL season-opening game should go down as the day that Cris Collinsworth developed a crush on Josh Allen, Pergament says.
Collinsworth discussed what the Bills must guard against, any adjustments switching from longtime TV partner Al Michaels to Mike Tirico, and how much Bills fans love to hate him.
Here is Alan Pergament's preseason take on who is calling games on ESPN, Fox, NBC, CBS and streaming site Amazon.
Alan Pergament: Mike Tirico feels his comfort level with Bills gives 'additive juice' to 'SNF' debut
“I have a real warm spot in my heart for fans, for upstate New York and what the Bills organization has been here for the last quarter century-plus,” Tirico says.
Kayla Green announced on Twitter Wednesday that Friday is her last day and that she has accepted a job with the Hamburg Central School District.
Whitney Houston’s rendition before the Buffalo Bills’ 20-19 Super Bowl XXV loss to the New York Giants remains the standard that can’t be duplicated, Alan Pergament says.
The NBC analyst proved again during the Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals he is one of the best in the field, Alan Pergament writes.
In keeping with the gambling theme, The News' Alan Pergament posts some percentage odds about what will happen during the game and in the five-hour pregame show that starts at 1 p.m. on local NBC affiliate WGRZ-TV after the coverage of that day’s Olympic events ends.
Bills fans wondering what might have been if those 13 seconds against Kansas City didn’t happen could plug Buffalo in every sentence that the former Bengals wide receiver said about what it would mean to Cincinnati to win the city’s first major championship since 1991 when baseball’s Reds won the World Series.
It was a wild year in broadcasting in Buffalo, with retirements, firings and unsolved mysteries.
Drew Brees’ knowledge of his old team was balanced by Mike Tirico’s knowledge of the Bills throughout the game, Pergament says.
Vacanti was saved by America early on Tuesday, which was 24 hours after his live performance Monday of the Queen song, “The Show Must Go On,” drew raves from three coaches.
Western New Yorkers love to be loved and there is no bigger stage to show it than on national television.
The good news is that Bills fans are about to get to hear the No. 1 teams on NBC, ESPN and CBS.
“The idea that I was endorsing what the defensive player did by twisting Josh’s ankle is ridiculous,” Collinsworth said.
"The NFL also would be wise to update its TV rules, which make absolutely no sense," Pergament writes.
By the end of the Bills’ 38-20 victory over the Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football,” patient Bills fans heard Collinsworth praise just about everyone connected to the team.