[xrmusn]

I forget what Don Meredith said but it was a usual wry comment.
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He still thinks we are the #1 announcing team?

[Lagmeister]

Well, Cosell used to do all the heavy lifting and pretty much made Monday Night Football. Cosell would fly ahead to the next game on a Friday, do work ups and go to public relations meetings on Saturday. He would then stay up Sunday night and do all the replay editing for the NFL games to be played at half time on Monday.

Frank and Don would waffle in on Monday. Ole Donny would sometimes just show up right before the game. Then again, Dandy Don was the stooge in the both while Frank was merely the down and distance guy. Cosell was color and has never really been equaled. Unlike color commentary today, Howard would never tell you what you already saw. He was into match ups, personalities and background.

Cosell coined the phrase 'jockocracy' to describe ex-players who got in the booth and troweled out a bunch of football jargon while simply stating the obvious of what you were watching.