Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden to call MNF

[truebluefan]

For just the sixth time in its 42-year history on television, "Monday Night Football" next season will feature a two-person broadcast team.

Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden will call the games for ESPN starting in 2012. Ron Jaworski is leaving the booth but has signed a five-year extension with ESPN in an expanded analyst role with the company.

"I am grateful for having the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of working on 'Monday Night Football' the past five seasons with Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and so many other talented people behind the scenes who make the show so great, and I look forward to bringing my passion and knowledge of the game to more fans in more places than ever before on any and all football topics," Jaworski said in a statement.

Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/757832...games-2012

[Joe Robinson]

I like Jaws; but he was horrible in the booth. He definitely needed to go.

[dexterlablab1]

That's good, especially having Gruden there. Seeing as he hasn't been away from the game too long. Unlike Jaws sorry to say

[Joe Robinson]

(03-17-2012 10:17 PM)dexterlablab1 Wrote:  That's good, especially having Gruden there. Seeing as he hasn't been away from the game too long. Unlike Jaws sorry to say

He and Jaws didn't really play well off of each other anyways. Two color commentators who pretty much had the same thing to say. It was a bit of a waste, really.