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On location: Panthers 10, Steelers 0, preseason 76
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS Getting ready for kickoff … Game: Steelers (1-2) vs. Carolina Panthers (0-2), preseason, 7:30 p.m., Heinz Field TV, radio: KDKA-TV, 102.5 WDVE Online: Game Center / Multimedia / Official media notes Related
Congrats for getting the SportsShowdown gig, Dejan
I can’t wait for the first time Fillipponi calls him a Steelers apologist.
AW – Andrew is juuust a little bit feisty!
Fullabaloney.
DITTO! I’ve missed him on it – have been watching the Showdown EVERY night for years!
I meant the Nightly SportsCall…sometimes am able to stay up for the Showdown.
I’m pretty surprised that this agreement came together. DK really ripped KDKA back when he was at the Trib. Shows that all that matters in this business is $.
How about the passage of time, apologies by one or both sides, reasonableness and burying the axe as possible explanations?
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Life’s too short.
Or maybe it’s about ratings and money. Which we all know DK will deliver on both…DKs the man. Just sayin
Does ABC/ESPN own the SEC channel ? Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer are doing the Texas A&M/South Carolina game on the network.
Yes. Brent has been farmed out to the SEC Network. No more ABC/ESPN for him.
Who is the top college announcer at ABC/ESPN now, Milo ? Fowler ?
I guess Disney won’t rest until they own the entire Western Hemisphere.
Love that college football is back.
It’s Fowler. His contract was up so he stomped his feet, held his breath & eventually got his way. Dave Pasch & Bob Wischusen are already on their roster & run rings around Fowler as far as play by play goes. But they’ve got NFL gigs & travel prevents them from night games.
Well Milo – worse things could happen – the SEC is just a notch below the NFL – Brent has more money than he can ever spend and chance to own something – pretty cool actually.
And Oshie – as long as the SEC is what it is – Brent is the top college announcer
Thanks, Milo. As long as Sam Ponder is still somewhere, I’m OK.
John,
Whaddya know about this Ethan Hemer ?
I see the replay of that game is on ESPNU late tonight & again tomorrow.
Where is Herbstreit now?
Great that makes it so much easier for him to have access to all the SEC QB’s girlfriends.
Hemer comes from a small Wisconsin town. Was a walk on at Madison and ended up tying the school record for games played. Tremendous work ethic and very focused. Looks like the Steelers have him playing a bit heavier than he did for the Badgers. Read he went to a Bucs game.
Appreciate it John. I knew you could help.
Gateway High School’s Dayonne Nunley with the tackle on the opening kickoff. Oh those guys named Dayonne from Gateway. I mean, I think it’s pronounced the same.
It’s close.
nice crowd
They should move everyone down to the field level between the 30′s like they do for the WPIAL games.
Can’t blame folks from staying away tonight. It’s the 4th preseason game.
Horrible challenge, coach.
Tonight’s the night bubble guys come up with mysterious injuries. Martavis Bryant goes off to get looked at.
Shoulder. Won’t return. Scholarship #1 ?
Just when I thought I had seen the worst of Landry Jones this preseason, he takes his terrible play to a whole new level.
The competition committee had a hastily arranged conference call this week. There were 2 flags in the 1st quarter. Both on punts. Draw your own conclusions.
Just saw the tweet about the USAirways ad at Heinz Field. Ummmm… Throwback Thursday?
Maybe today’s column should have been about Landry instead. Jarvis is a human splash play suddenly.
After whiffing on a tackle that led to big gain.
And they call this Pro Football??
Shoot me now. Hard.
At least you did not have to pay for a ticket.
This is a tough game to watch. Interested to see what you can take from it to write a column about.
wow
4th n 2 call..what was that? Have they ever had landry roll out? Perfect time for bootleg. Snoop Dogg for OC!!!
85 looks like a player…so atleast there’s that.
3 or 4 more personal foul penalties, and maybe we can kick a field goal.
And that, my friends, is one hour and 23 minutes of our lives that neither we nor the game-clock operator will ever get back.
I’m going to re-watch some Brent Morel highlights. Hopefully, I’ll fell better for it.
That vote of confidence by Tomlin at his presser the other day for Brad Wing might have been just what the doctor ordered.
They should simply call the game and do oklahoma drills for the crowd.
CB should’ve given bigger cushion.
Landry Jones worst nightmare – they’re letting Brendon Kay play.
Kay?
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Oh, Kay.
Photo above is stunning.
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Getty Images quality from a phone?
For those out of towners that frequent the blog, the weather is that beautiful here every single day.
Really, Milo….I grew up out there.
Yes, and with global warming we’ll soon have a beach.
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Oceanfront lots will move briskly so hurry.
Priced to move ! We’ll call it The Inner Banks.
Yes! We’ll need IBX oval bumper stickers.
If we’re going to get this off the ground you’re going to have to change your avatar.
I’ll borrow Drew’s.
Who ?
With a slightly more garish tie, you’ve got the perfect avatar for slick land sales pitchman.
Can’t wait to Pens season starts and more preseason games.
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#addiction
Kay looks way more comfortable than Jones.
You guys were mentioning football announcers up above. I have caught some Padres games on the Extra Innings Pkg this year. Dick Enberg is still calling games & sounds great. I think he’s 79. Sounds exactly the same as he always has. He might outlast Vin.
Jim, kindly observe the protocol. No place for baseball on a Steelers preseason game thread.
Well, technically Enberg has done a lot of football also.
Enberg, Gowdy, ….. announcers that were/are timeless.
Compare them to dreck like Collinsworth.
And Phil Simms as well, plan. Brutal.
Enberg makes me think of tennis. Stop it Jim.
I heard Mad Dog Russo yesterday say that Enberg will be doing the US Open this weekend, Monster. Enberg used to also announce game shows a million yrs ago.
Jim:
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SPORTS CHALLENGE !!!!
Was that it, plan? Good memory. I believe he also did UCLA hoops back then.
Yes, he did the UCLA-Notre Dame game in 73 or 74, that ended the 88 game winning streak.
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Enberg is a classic. I remember he used to do the Tournament of Roses Parade for years.
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He has also done Rose Bowls, baseball, and Olympics.
Bill Cowher would keep Ross Ventrone. No doubt about it.
Well, another year of 4 worthless games over.
Don’t know much more about the team than 4 weeks ago. but the picture at the top of the blog is beautiful, so there is a huge plus.
Let me get this straight: People paid real honest-to-goodness cash money to watch this crapfest tonight? Why didn’t you just flush it down the toilet? Same thing, and it would’ve been over more quickly.
If you want the season tix, you’ve got to buy the sucky tix. More proof that NFL cares only about TV ratings. Fans who actually attend the games? Go pluck yourselves.
This is why we will soon have the 18 game season that the players didn’t want – except they’ve now figured out there might be more money in it for them.
A&M hammers the old ball coach & S Carolina 52-28. That’s the risk you take playing a key conference game in Aug vs a strong program. Apparently, there is life after Johnny Football.
Before tonight, wasn’t sure Wing had a prayer.