[sportscurmudgeon]

Smootsmack:

I think Michaels/Collinsworth would be an excellent pairing. And Colinsworth is already under contract at NBC.

Also under contract at NBC is Tiki Barber who has the credentials to be a color guy, but I'd rather go with Colisnworth as a known quantity than Barber who could be a monumental failure in the job.

I have no idea if Troy Aikman has a buyout clause in his contract with FOX. If he does not, I doubt FOX would just let him trot on over to NBC. Same goes for Phil Simms at CBS.

Any chance ESPN might allow Steve Young to do games on NBC? I think he'd be very good.

Of course, all of this presupposes that Al Michaels is going to be around for a while. He's not exactly a rookie here.

The one person I actively do NOT want to see in that booth is Joe Theismann. I find him hugely annoying doing games on TV. When he is interviewed for commentary on radio programs he is informative and entertaining and relaxed. But when he does games ...