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Brock Huard of KIRO Radio's 'Brock and Salk' tandem will be on the mic again this spring for United Football League games airing the FOX networks. He'll be on a telecast next weekend, the first weekend in May and then later for these semifinals. The Puyallup native starred for UW and later played for the Seahawks and Colts
UFL? Unwatched Football League. Can’t imagine the ratings.
ReplyDeleteLast Friday night debut at 8 EDT on Fox did 650,000 viewers. Celeb Jeopardy did 3.4 mill and NCAA tourney 10.5 mill. It did beat Penn and Teller on CW..lol.
DeleteI can see some ratings on national sports so I will try to get this weekend's numbers. But I can't watch it either.
ReplyDeleteBrock took a year off to coach his football playing son. I think he has designs on doing NFL color. He’s just getting back in the game
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Good on Brock for taking the time to coach his son! They have undoubtedly made many memories that will last a lifetime over the course of the season, and those are priceless!
DeleteAs for getting back in the broadcast game, the UFL is a good place for him to do that. If he wants to keep coaching his son, the UFL could allow him to do that as the seasons don't overlap.
I know he would love a shot at NFL analysis. They change personnel all the time in the booth, so it could happen down the road. He is very dedicated to his children who all play sports, so he was glad to get off the road for awhile. We shall see.
DeleteThe NFL is undoubtedly a larger, more prominent gig. I hope he does get a chance to do analysis for them someday.
DeleteBrock saw your comment and he gave it a thumbs up to me.
DeleteWould agree with you IDC. I think Brock might even be doing it this fall as his son is still playing at the HS level. The family lives as I think all of you know in Colorado these days. Also, for IDC's info, Brock has, with FOX, done NFL games, having done a few with them during the COVID pandemic when much of college football was shut down. Did very well in those assignments as I remember them. So we will see what happens moving forward especially as his former play by play partner on FOX's college football broadcasts has changed employers (Jason Benetti, who called the Mariners game for NBC/Peacock last night).
DeleteI had forgotten or didn't catch his few NFL FOX games back then (probably watching Red Zone), but he did lots of Hawks pre-season with Menefee on KING and they worked well together, I thought.
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