Football was better when it was a game covered on TV. Now it is a TV show where there is football.

[twodogsbarking]

Just show the fucking game. College and pros, same shit.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Most of the commentators are jackssses

Talking about points nothing related to the game.

[zeusdogmom]

2. And show the entire half time show of marching bands !!!!

The half time talking heads are insipid!

[BamaRefugee]

3. Instant replay was the start of the downfall. You didn't take your eyes off the screen

For ONE SECOND, because you would never see what happened again.
Bathroom break came at halftime, unless your team was up by at least 10.

[Wonder Why]

6. Nah! Instant replay allowed you to enjoy it more. What killed it was adding

the "color" commentator which allowed making comments instead of talking about the action. Then the second color commentator so they could both add their opinion. But the worst was the person on the field who couldn't add any more useless info so that person asked inane questions. With 3 or 4 people now, the game has totally been secondary as the talking mouths have the camera on themselves and they miss showing the now less important field action.

[BamaRefugee]

7. I didn't say instant replay killed it, it was just the gateway drug to all this other junk, but holy hell do we really

need to watch EVERY 2 YARD GAIN four times in a row, from different angles, that meant nothing to the overall outcome of the game????

But I do love me some college football.

[Xavier Breath]

4. I liked it better when there wasn't legal gambling.

Yeah, Jimmy the Greek would talk some about point spreads, but that was a quick segment. Now, whenever I listen to sports talk it is all about the point spreads, and idiots bragging that they can make me money if I just take their advice. They no longer tell you who they think will win, just who will or won't cover (from which, I realize, you can deduce the winner, but you get the point).

[LisaM]

9. I think fantasy football (and gambling) are both huge issues.

It's not just the games, it's the scores. They can't just flip through scores any more. It's stats, stats, stats.

The announcers are annoying, but they are just spitting out what the fantasy players and gambling public wants.

[a kennedy]

5. I do like Peyton, Eli and Bill Belichick tho......

love Peyton, and his commentary.

[Flatrat]

8. Football...

11 minutes of action spread out over 3 hours of ads and nonsense.

Unwatchable.