NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend TV Schedule, Announcers, Point Spreads

December 30, 2008 By 5 Comments

Wild Card weekend is now over. Follow the link for the Divisional Round Playoff Matchups, Announcer Pairings, and Point Spreads.

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NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend - TV Schedule, Announcer Pairings, Point SpreadsI am getting excited just thinking about it. The NFL playoffs are here! And while my #1 team the Browns were nowhere close to the playoffs, I can take solace in the fact that the team I grew up rooting for, the Dolphins, made one of the biggest turnarounds NFL history and will be hosting a playoff game on Wild Card Weekend. As we always do, we will serve you up the TV Schedule, Announcer Pairings, and Point Spreads for the weekend of action in the NFL. Today, special thanks go out to Awful Announcing, who posted the announcer pairings on their site. The point spreads are courtesy of our friends at BetUs.com. So here you are, everything you need for Wild Card Weekend: TV Schedule, Announcer Pairings, and Point Spreads.

Wild Card Weekend: Saturday, January 3, 2009

__________ Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals

  • TV Schedule: 4:30 on NBC
  • Announcer Pairing: Tom Hammond, Cris Collinsworth, and (ugh) Tiki Barber
  • Point Spread: Atlanta Falcons -2 1/2
  • Over-Under: 51 1/2

Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers

  • TV Schedule: 8:00 on NBC
  • Announcer Pairing: Al Michaels, John Madden, and Andrea Kremer
  • Point Spread: Indianapolis Colts -1 1/2
  • Over-Under: 51

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Wild Card Weekend: Sunday, January 4, 2009

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Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins

  • TV Schedule: 1:00 on CBS
  • Announcer Pairing: Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
  • Point Spread: Baltimore Ravens -3 1/2
  • Over-Under: 37 1/2

Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings

  • TV Schedule: 4:30 on FOX
  • Announcer Pairing: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Pam Oliver
  • Point Spread: Philadelphia Eagles -3 1/2
  • Over-Under: 42

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Have a great weekend watching football everybody. The game of the week clearly is a rematch of old playoff foes the Colts and the Chargers. And they are perhaps the two hottest teams in the NFL right now. It should be an outstanding game. Indianapolis is favored, and probably deserve to be. You can’t favor Philip Rivers and Norv Turner over Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning in a playoff game. But like the Giants last year, the Chargers may be getting hot at just the right time. Would anyone really be surprised if they get on a roll and make a deep playoff run?

I wouldn’t. But I’d still put my money on the Colts eeking this one out…and then going on a deep playoff run of their own.

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  • http://hardcoredetroitfan.wordpress.com/ Chris Thompson

    Hey why do you have to be hating on Tiki, all he ever did was, wait a minute I’m thinking. Nope nothing, ugh is right. Great Post, I like all the info about the Games too.

  • http://mysportsrumors.com Paul

    I love my Giants and have always loved Tiki Barber but on an announcing crew its not something I want to hear. I’m sure, well actually I’m not but I’m hoping he’ll just be the sideline reporter thou and keep his face time to a minimum.

  • Gary Munstring

    Ariki Tiki, Ariki Gaaaa

    I wish all games were on CBS – that music gets me pumped up, plus they have the clearest picture.

  • http://mysportsrumors.com Paul

    @Gary Munstring, are you serious about cbs? the music is good i’ll give you that but at least here in Philly the CBS feed has the worst picture out of all the stations, by farrrrrr.

  • Big Mitch

    @Chris Thompson, Tiki Barber earned respect on the field and he’s doing a very good job on the sidelines. Pleeeeease don’t admit you prefer Andrea Kremer or Pam Oliver.