Brett Favre made his broadcast television debut Saturday, when his alma mater, Southern Mississippi, took on Rice. As a color analyst for Comcast Sports Southeast, Favre started out the telecast admittedly nervous before settling down. The beginning was shaky, as Favre had a difficult time putting together complete sentences and using “uh” on a couple occasions. And you better believe the blogosphere is having fun with Favre’s miscues.
According to the Hattiesburg American, which submitted a thorough review of the future Hall of Famer’s performance, Favre relayed his football knowledge effectively to the audience, pointing out mistakes in the defensive secondary and critiquing receivers’ patterns.
The newspaper also said that the telecast featured “as many questions and answers as give and take” between CSS play-by-play man Mike Morgan and Favre. But that’s most likely a byproduct of Favre’s lack of experience.
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As he improves his TV skills, Favre no doubt will be a candidate to graduate from broadcasting Conference USA tilts. ESPN, FOX and CBS could be after him for their NFL coverage – more for his name than what he says through his Southern drawl.
Click below for his debut. We’re sure that he will end up being fine on TV, but it’s surprising that a man who has been painted as a narcissist – both at press conferences and, well, in general – had butterflies when the camera was pointed at him.
This Lost Lettermen article completely lost me….I thought Favre did fine; despite his assertion he didn’t appear nervous at all.
Sounds pretty good to me!
Given practice, I predict BF will be the next John Madden of color-call.
Gotta say, who really cares?
Firs on the board…hoo hah…I’m a doofus!!
He did just fine, this is a guy who got the crap kicked out of his for 20 plus years, the guy next to him is of course more articulate as he practiced talking while Brett was kickin butt on the field.
He did just fine, start loking for sustance and not headlines
hes the best at any thing he does…
THis guy is the best
I think he did a great job…. I would definately watch him…
It goes to show that broadcasting is completely different than answering questions in the locker room. Brett is a master of finding a way to make something work on the field, I’m sure he’ll be the same with broadcasting. Kudos to Brett for attempting to do something many of us wouldn’t even dare to try. That’s why he is Brett Favre and we are not. Keep pushing Brett, good luck at your new career.
Abe