Joe Buck discussed what his first ‘Monday Night Football’ game was like, what he was most thankful for, the one glitch that happened and more
The veteran play-by-play caller gave us a behind-the-scenes look at his first day on the new job.Buck
: It wasn’t like any other broadcast and it wasn’t like any other night. I was really excited at my ripe young age of 53, but I felt in some ways like I was 24 or 25 doing Buccaneers and Bears on opening day in 1994. There’s that newness. It’s like starting a new school. But on the other hand, I never felt nervous. It was great because my wife was there and we had time on the field and we FaceTimed our kids before she did her thing and then I went up to the booth and it was just very calm.
I told her, I felt like I would be jumpy and we do more here because it’s a standalone game as opposed to, most of the time with the late game at Fox, the early games run long and you don’t even do an on-camera at the beginning of the game. We’re doing multiple segments here, and Troy and I didn’t really stress about those and we just took it as it came and it was a great feeling and a wonderful start to a new relationship.: I did see you did a lot throughout the day. You were doing social media videos, you were on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt after the game. Will this be the norm every week?: We’ll do SVP and we’re doing recaps after and that’s good.