FOX Sports NFL analyst Troy Aikman

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Episode 27 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox Sports NFL analyst Troy Aikman. In this podcast, Aikman discusses his first year as an analyst for Fox’s coverage of Thursday Night Football; how doing an additional game each week has changed his preparation; what an average week is like for him work-wise; how sustainable it is for a broadcast crew to work Thursdays and Sundays weekly; why Tony Romo was able to be successful so quickly where others have struggled in broadcasting; how much feedback he receives from Fox Sports execs; why he thinks NFL viewership is up; how he feels about Fox’s hiring of Skip Bayless; the NFL team that has impressed him the most this season; what it is like for him when he reads of Fox’s interest in other NFL analysts; whether he is interested in working in football management after his children graduate from high school, and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. This is Richard Ditch. Welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is always is
0:05.8	Lou Pellegrino. Excellent guest this week, somebody who I've interviewed before many times,
0:11.3	and it is someone who is well known in these sports media business. Troy Aikman, of course,
0:15.9	is a Hall of Fame quarterback, but also the lead NFL analyst for Fox Sports, and he has held
0:20.4	that position since the 2002 NFL analyst for Fox Sports, and he has held that position
0:20.9	since the 2002 NFL season.
0:24.4	His next couple Thursday night games we have here, Green Bay at Seattle, Washington at Dallas,
0:30.7	New Orleans at Dallas.
0:31.9	Troyickman this year doing Thursday night football in addition to his usual Sunday afternoon
0:37.2	football assignment. And we get into a lot of
0:41.0	stuff on this podcast about how he is preparing now for two games a week. We talk about sort of
0:46.3	how to have success as an analyst, something that has certainly been in the news when it comes to
0:52.1	Troy, when it comes to Tony Romo, I should say,
0:54.8	and Jason Witten.
0:56.0	And then we get into some other topics, including what Troy might want to do post-broadcasting
1:02.0	and whether he pays attention when Fox is interested in other analysts like Peyton Manning,
1:07.9	or potential analysts, like Peyton Manning, et cetera.
1:10.2	So we've got 40 minutes or so with Troy Aikman, the lead NFL analyst on Fox Sports.
1:14.1	I think you're going to enjoy this on the Sports Media podcast with Richard Deich.
1:18.7	Troy Aikman is the lead NFL analyst for Fox Sports and has been so since the 2002 NFL season.
1:26.7	As we taped this, his upcoming schedule will definitely
1:30.6	include Green Bay at Seattle on November 15th, Washington at Dallas on November 22nd, New Orleans
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