Longtime sports broadcaster Joe Buck makes his Monday Night Football debut tonight with color analyst Troy Aikman on ESPN for the Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks game. Baseball and football fans have typically expressed their displeasure at hearing Buck’s voice at big games.
Buck spent 20 years calling NFL games and 25 years doing Major League Baseball games on Fox, now he and Aikman have decided to cover popular Monday night games for ESPN this year. Ironically, it’s a matchup of one of the Super Bowl games they covered. Denver quarterback Russell Wilson returns to Seattle for the matchup.
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Just like in 2020, when fans realized Buck was calling Super Bowl 54 in Miami, fans in 2022 went straight to Twitter not only to complain about him, but to mock him as well. Some fans said they wouldn’t watch MNF, while others said they would switch to ESPN2 for the same game, which Peyton and Eli Manning called relaxed and nonchalant.
Here’s what people said on Twitter when they found out that Joe Buck was now the main announcer on Monday night.
I feel like I’m going insane listening to Joe Buck on ESPN
— Nico (@elitetakes_) 13. September 2022
Which will be weirder, Russ in a Broncos uniform or Joe Buck on MNF
– Lets Go Mets Giants Knicks und Rangers (@metsrangers11) 12.09.2022
Lack of enthusiasm for most of his career. That and that’s the cool thing about hating Joe Buck ????
— Ben ✍???? (@MonkeysGG_) 12.09.2022
It wasn’t all bad for Buck, however, as several felt he and Aikman would be the perfect match to revitalize a long-running show that has seemingly gone off the rails in recent years.
I think having Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on the mic would help restore MNF’s shine… a full-time return to ABC would be even better… https://t.co/t4dcpgAiH8
– Louis Valverde (@therealValverde) 12.09.2022
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are hands down the best Monday Night Football team of all time.
– Andrew von Webstah ???????? (@agentsmith012) 13. September 2022
Joe Buck is the son of former broadcaster Jack Buck, who played play-by-play at 17 Super Bowls for CBS radio. Joe became Fox’s premier play-by-play broadcaster in 2002, and he calls what the station called America’s Game of the Week game of the week every Sunday during the regular season, as well as the weekly game on Thursday nights.
In addition to his sixth Super Bowl, Buck is the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox’s Major League Baseball coverage. He has covered 23 World Series, 24 MLB All-Star Games, and 25 MLB League Championship Series. Buck, who is a seven-time Emmy Award winner, was also Fox’s lead golf spokesperson.
Fox ran a series of commercials in 2002 naming Buck, Aikman and Chris Collinsworth as its stations’ “A-Team”. Collinsworth has since left, naming games for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
The previous top duo at Fox were Pat Sumrall and John Madden, who called the 2002 Super Bowl after the 2001 season.
Buck and Aikman declared the following Super Bowls together (winners in bold):
Super Bowl XXXIX
Neuengland-Patriots gegen Philadelphia Eagles, in Jacksonville, Florida (2005)
Super Bowl XLII
New England Patriots vs. New York Giants in Glendale, Arizona (2008)
Super Bowl XLV
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packer in Arlington, Texas (2011)
Superbowl XLVIII
Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks in East Rutherford, New Jersey (2014)
Super Bowl LI
New England Patriots against the Atlanta Falcons in Houston, Texas (2017)
Super Bowl LIVE
Kansas City chiefs gegen San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Florida (2020)
