>Agreed. IMO, he's the best color man in the business.
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>I agree, Troy Aik. is a great color man.
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>Did I read correctly in a prior post, that you don't like Collinsworth? He doesn't bother me "too" much. Yeah, once in a great while he gets a tad overbearing, but overall I don't mind him.
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>I am probably the only person in the world who misses the old ESPN Sunday night team ( Mike Patrick, Joe T, and Paul M). They were all overbearing and overly-analytical....but the formula just seemed to work.
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>I have to admit, initially I didn't like Mike Turico - but I've grown to like him.

In addition to the televised games I used to listen to Thiesmann on ESPN radio on the drive to work every Monday morning. I did not like him as a player -- must be that Notre Dame thing -- but he was consistently insightful in his analysis.