Pack93z
You retired too? .... Not me. I'm in my prime
I am a bonafide Packer and Favre fan.. but I think by the sounds of this plan.. I might not be able to hack the endless **** smooching that ESPN will be providing that evening..
Favre deserves a special night.. but my bet is ESPN will take it past the nauseating stage.. anything for ratings I suppose..
Then again.. maybe they won't let the crew talk and let Brett highlights fill the show without the mindless commentary... one can dream right.
Blanket coverage for Favre
Posted: June 12, 2008
SportsDay
Bob Wolfley
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ESPN plans to turn on all the faucets on “Monday Night Football” Sept. 8 at Lambeau Field when the Green Bay Packers take on the Minnesota Vikings in the season-opening game for the network.
It has Favre-a-palooza in mind for the evening, because the Packers are retiring Brett Favre’s No. 4 jersey that night.
ESPN plans to send the entire crew of “Monday Night Countdown” to Lambeau for the game, a practice it has not followed since 2005, the first season ESPN took over the “Monday Night Football” franchise.
The show has sent a few members of its team to the sites of the games in the last few seasons, but not since 2005 have all of them been in one place in the regular season.
So in addition to the crew there covering the Packers-Vikings game, with Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and TonyKornheiser in the booth, the “Countdown” collection of Chris Berman, Stuart Scott, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Steve Young, Emmitt Smith and Chris Mortensen is scheduled to be on site as well.
That group is to provide two hours of pregame programming, starting at 4 p.m., in addition to halftime and postgame coverage. The game broadcast begins at 6 p.m.
Since ESPN is airing a second game that night, Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders, the “Countdown” team members will remain on the Lambeau set nudging into Tuesday morning.
Mike Ditka, part of the “Countdown” panel, won’t be in Lambeau because he will call the Broncos-Raiders game with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic.
In addition to the game and “Countdown” coverage, “Pardon the Interruption” and portions of “SportsCenter” before and after the game will originate from Green Bay.
According to ESPN senior coordinating producer Stephanie Druley, an ESPN traveling party of 14 is to visit Green Bay today to scout sites around Lambeau for sets, equipment and trucks. Druley oversees all of ESPN’s NFL studio shows.
This group was in Houston on Thursday preparing for a Monday night game there on Dec. 1 featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans.
“I think the magnitude of Brett Favre’s retirement, the retiring of his jersey, is going to be such a big event, combined with the majesty of Lambeau, it was hard for us to pass up,” Druley said, referring to “Countdown” coming to Green Bay. “This was an easy one for us to decide to do.”
Druley said there were no plans to send the entire “Countdown” crew to any other game in the ’08 season, but said that could change.
Favre deserves a special night.. but my bet is ESPN will take it past the nauseating stage.. anything for ratings I suppose..
Then again.. maybe they won't let the crew talk and let Brett highlights fill the show without the mindless commentary... one can dream right.
Blanket coverage for Favre
Posted: June 12, 2008
SportsDay
Bob Wolfley
ESPN plans to turn on all the faucets on “Monday Night Football” Sept. 8 at Lambeau Field when the Green Bay Packers take on the Minnesota Vikings in the season-opening game for the network.
It has Favre-a-palooza in mind for the evening, because the Packers are retiring Brett Favre’s No. 4 jersey that night.
ESPN plans to send the entire crew of “Monday Night Countdown” to Lambeau for the game, a practice it has not followed since 2005, the first season ESPN took over the “Monday Night Football” franchise.
The show has sent a few members of its team to the sites of the games in the last few seasons, but not since 2005 have all of them been in one place in the regular season.
So in addition to the crew there covering the Packers-Vikings game, with Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and TonyKornheiser in the booth, the “Countdown” collection of Chris Berman, Stuart Scott, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Steve Young, Emmitt Smith and Chris Mortensen is scheduled to be on site as well.
That group is to provide two hours of pregame programming, starting at 4 p.m., in addition to halftime and postgame coverage. The game broadcast begins at 6 p.m.
Since ESPN is airing a second game that night, Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders, the “Countdown” team members will remain on the Lambeau set nudging into Tuesday morning.
Mike Ditka, part of the “Countdown” panel, won’t be in Lambeau because he will call the Broncos-Raiders game with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic.
In addition to the game and “Countdown” coverage, “Pardon the Interruption” and portions of “SportsCenter” before and after the game will originate from Green Bay.
According to ESPN senior coordinating producer Stephanie Druley, an ESPN traveling party of 14 is to visit Green Bay today to scout sites around Lambeau for sets, equipment and trucks. Druley oversees all of ESPN’s NFL studio shows.
This group was in Houston on Thursday preparing for a Monday night game there on Dec. 1 featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans.
“I think the magnitude of Brett Favre’s retirement, the retiring of his jersey, is going to be such a big event, combined with the majesty of Lambeau, it was hard for us to pass up,” Druley said, referring to “Countdown” coming to Green Bay. “This was an easy one for us to decide to do.”
Druley said there were no plans to send the entire “Countdown” crew to any other game in the ’08 season, but said that could change.
