Boomer calling out Aikman

[CardShark]

I was listening to the Cowherd show today and he said he was going to talk about Boomer calling Aikman's coverage of the Cards/Cowpies game as biased. Unfortunately I had to go to a meeting before they ever got there. Did anybody else hear it?

 

[Pariah]

Boomer lives in a glass house and shouldn't throw stones.

What, is he going to drive the bandwagon for us now? F that guy.

 

[Shane]

Aikman wasnt biased in his commentary in anyway shape or form. Aikman is one of the best in the biz now and shows it everytime he is on the air.

 

[Pariah]

Was this Boomer Easesin (sp?) or Chris Berman?

 

[TJ]

Was this Boomer Easesin (sp?) or Chris Berman?

Esiason

 

[Matt L]

Boomer Eisaison, former QB, now with CBS. I did hear about it on Bickley and MJ this morning. I don't think that Boomer really has any agenda either way so his criticism may be valid.

 

[TheHopToad]

Here's the story about Boomer calling out Aikman, including the audio link to the show he was on.

http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/10/boomer-esiason-calls-out-troy-aikman.html

And here's what Aikman had to say:

http://sportsmediablog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/aikmans-unbiased-response-to-e.html

 

[SuperSpck]

After re-listening to the game, he sounded liike a HOF Cowboy QB who's not so far removed from the game and his team, that despite his absolute best intentions, his loyalties shown through.

He wasn't awful, and if I wasn't a Cardinal freak I would have only poked minor fun at it.

A decade from now he'll probably be a lot more balanced. For now, it may be best for him to call non-NFC East games.

If he's "the number one talent" on Fox's broadcasting team than Fox needs to work on getting more talent. He's good, but he's not amazing.

 

[Totally_Red]

Of course he's a Cowboy at heart. But I think he did a fairly good job of keeping that at bay and being relatively objective. For example he jumped on the officials for the no call when Mike Jenkins went through Fitz without drawing a flag. I watched many games with Troy Aikman as the analysis, and he is one of the most unbiased, but opinionated, guys out there.

It sure didn't help that Dick Stockton was doing the play-by-play guy. That guy is a knucklehead, who miscalls about every other play.

 

[clif]

I actually agree with Boomer. Troy did sound biased. Sorry but true. Only time he spoke unbiasly (sp?) about the Cards was when there were glaring errors by the refs.

Everything negative about the Cowboys was an excuse. Everything positive about the Cowboys was like it was expected and how dare you think differently.

Everything negative about the Cardinals was like it was expected and how dare you expect them to be up to a challenge like the Cowboys. Everything positive about the Cardinals was clearly a mistake or miscue by the Cowboys and it won't last as the boys will figure it out.

 

[chicards11]

Troy Aikman is a CLASS ACT. I met him once at a resturant in Scottdale and he was nothing but pure class. Signed a few autographs and finished his dinner. It was actually really rude of me to ask him during his meal....oh well.

I watched the whole game and thought he did fine......Dick Stockton is the one who needs to go away in a hurry. He was messing up names all day. He did the same thing with my white sox during the sox/rays series.

Boomer has thrown the cards under the bus for years.......ala his pal Collinsworth. He used to joke about forgetting his time in ARZ altogether. What a jag......go away Boomer. Besides Pete Prisco deserves to drive this bandwagon anyway, hell he's picked us what....the last 4-5 years?lol

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Boomer Eisaison, former QB, now with CBS. I did hear about it on Bickley and MJ this morning. I don't think that Boomer really has any agenda either way so his criticism may be valid.

Then you haven't been paying attention to Boomer the past 5 years or so.

 

[chicards11]

Then you haven't been paying attention to Boomer the past 5 years or so.

(quote the Commish of the more taste league) "AMEN!"

 

[Totally_Red]

Then you haven't been paying attention to Boomer the past 5 years or so.

Take him off the CBS pregame show and the watchability would double.

 

[Mulli]

Boomer should just go away. Aikman was mildy annoying, but only because I always think the announcerss are biased.

Just win, and that "bias" 1) won't matter and/or 2)will go away.

 

[football karma]

I really didnt notice anything about Aikman during the broadcast

I also agree that Stockton has lost it

 

[CarterAZ]

I know I felt a twinge of Dallas love bleeding through from Troy last week, but it wasn’t so bad that I thought it was ridiculous.

And I seem to recall a couple of times in the past weathering Boomer Esiason’s unusually snide comments in regards to the Cardinals… but maybe I’m just biased.

 

[Linderbee]

But if Boomer was calling out Aikman for being overly-pro Dallas, doesn't that mean he feels the Cards weren't getting a fair shake in the broadcast? Wouldn't that make him more pro-Cards? Am I missing something?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

But if Boomer was calling out Aikman for being overly-pro Dallas, doesn't that mean he feels the Cards weren't getting a fair shake in the broadcast? Wouldn't that make him more pro-Cards? Am I missing something?

Pot. Kettle. Black.

He has been one of the most vocal anti-Cards commentators of the past decade.

 

[TJ]

But if Boomer was calling out Aikman for being overly-pro Dallas, doesn't that mean he feels the Cards weren't getting a fair shake in the broadcast? Wouldn't that make him more pro-Cards? Am I missing something?

Probably more anti-Aikman. Esiason left on horrible terms here and has made his grudge against the F.O. abundantly clear.

Perhaps a little envy on his part that Aikman has three rings, played with one organization his entire career, and has a better broadcasting gig.

 

[TheHopToad]

Perhaps a little envy on his part that Aikman has three rings, played with one organization his entire career, and has a better broadcasting gig.

Not to mention that Aikman played on a NCAA National Championship team (although he was injured part of that year), was a college All-American, won the Davey O'Brien Award for the nation's top QB, was a Heisman runner-up, an overall #1 draft pick, won all three of his bowl games, and was elected to the NCAA Football Hall of Fame.

Meanwhile Boomer played at Maryland, was an honorable mention, and never won a bowl game.

 

[Brighteyes]

After sitting in the stadium for the entire game, we went home and watched it AGAIN on TiVo.

The only thing I can point to at all was the feeling that Troy -- twice -- make comments of 'once the Cowboy's offense gets going you can't catch them' (when Dallas went up 14 - 7 in the third quarter) and something similar when Cowboys scored 10 points to tie and go into OT. It did imply that he thought the game was over.

Maybe that shows a little bias -- or his express opinion after watching all the Dallas games.

BUT he also, early on, pointed out at least 2 unfair penalties that seriously hurt the Cardinals. One was the turnover that somehow wasn't (not the tuck, but the first one) and the other was a blatant hold on our receiver that the official missed.

I do think he was rather startled when the game was over before the Dallas D even took the field in OT.

 

[JeffGollin]

I thought Aikman showed pro-Cowboy bias.

This doesn't make him a bad person.

 

[Totally_Red]

After sitting in the stadium for the entire game, we went home and watched it AGAIN on TiVo.

The only thing I can point to at all was the feeling that Troy -- twice -- make comments of 'once the Cowboy's offense gets going you can't catch them' (when Dallas went up 14 - 7 in the third quarter) and something similar when Cowboys scored 10 points to tie and go into OT. It did imply that he thought the game was over.

Maybe that shows a little bias -- or his express opinion after watching all the Dallas games.

BUT he also, early on, pointed out at least 2 unfair penalties that seriously hurt the Cardinals. One was the turnover that somehow wasn't (not the tuck, but the first one) and the other was a blatant hold on our receiver that the official missed.

I do think he was rather startled when the game was over before the Dallas D even took the field in OT.

Maybe it does, but Dallas still has the second ranked NFL offense by yards per game and points per game. They are very prolific on offense, which makes the Cardinal defense's performance Sundayy even more impressive IMO.
I just thinking he was expressing the consensus opinion that the Cowboys can be scary good on offense when they aren't turning the ball over.

 

[ARZCardinals]

Troy is biased...as to be expected...I was at the game so I didn't hear him...but national press wasn't going to give us any love until we beat Dallas. Now that we have, when we keep winning the announcers will be better and we can expect some respect.
We better win vs. San Fran on MNF or it'll all die again.