Chemistry

First off, I cannot tell you how excited I am that football is back. Welcome back old friend. Now on to chemistry. Monday Night Football has been missing something since the days of Howard Cosell, chemistry. The current program has John Madden (by far, the greatest color commentator today) and Al Michaels. Al was fine when he was the network's boy, but he stinks as a play-by-play guy. The other problem is that there is absolutely zero chemistry between Madden and Michaels. Madden is the most affable guy and Michaels is as stiff as they come. The perfect pairing was Madden and Summerall, who got kind of feeble towards the end of their run on FOX. Summerall came back last year to spell Mike Patrick on ESPN and he seemed fine, but MNF needs to lose Michaels quick. Most MNF games are the cream of the crop for the season, but it's painful to listen to Michaels appear as if he's human and can relate to anyone.

I almost forgot another travesty, the horse trailer. I'm sure the genius staff at MNF were looking for something along the lines of the Turducken, but the horse trailer is a lame idea. Each Monday night, Al has John pick who should go on the horse trailer and it couldn't be any more of a forced effort at best.