Tag: Troy Aikman

"Steve Levy is a puker, but he's a competent broadcaster. He's a great guy, and a very good broadcaster, and I used to play softball with him, but he's a puker."

“My comments were dumb, just shouldn’t have made them,” Aikman said.

“I never did it, of course when I was with FOX, but then was Monday Night Football it just kind of felt like the right thing to do since now I’m on Monday Night, that’s where Meredith was."

They picked up right where they left off. It almost seemed like the two were more relaxed under the scrutiny of their big money deals.

ESPN reported that 19,845,000 viewers tuned in for the season debut across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.

"I'm telling ya, if I'm just football fan as I was while I was getting dinner ready and saw that exact thing we just heard, it did. It felt so different," show co-host George Dunham added. "It felt so big. This game means something."

"Who is in the booth may not be your primary concern, but clearly it does matter."

“I never had a conversation with Eric Shanks until he called to congratulate me on the ESPN contract,” Aikman said.

“For me, they are simply the best team out there. Their chemistry, their love of the game and the high standard they set for themselves [is what] I think… makes them an incredible team.”

"It's like players like everyone thinks they're gonna be upset, it's like well all when somebody makes more money that's helping out everybody else and so I think it's well deserved."