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Marchand: 5% chance Aikman skips Super Bowl with Buck

Aikman has said he'll work this season and then be a free agent, while Buck reportedly signed a six-year ESPN extension; the Super Bowl is the finish line.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAndrew Marchand of The Athletic puts it at ninety-five percent that Troy Aikman calls the Super Bowl in February with Joe Buck, and five percent that he doesn't.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNinety-five percent? I've had less certainty about a cold front, and I named that one.

  3. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt comes after last month's blowup in the Monday Night Football booth. These two have worked together for more than twenty years, starting at Fox.

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTwenty years, Brock!

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo they've been married longer than most of the weather systems I've known. What did they even fight about?

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorReports say Buck snapped at him, and Aikman told a Dallas radio show he'll work through this season and be a free agent at the end of the year.

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFree agent. Like a wind looking for a new coast.

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorMeanwhile, Buck reportedly signed a six-year extension with ESPN. Six years.

  9. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorA man on a bench knows what it means when somebody else gets the long contract.

  10. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd on the field, Falcons and Buccaneers, nothing-nothing, nine fifty-five left in the first quarter. Where's the percentage on that?

  11. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRavens and Bills are nothing-nothing too, ten forty-three left, and the Titans lead the Bengals three to nothing.

  12. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNobody's quoting odds on that, but a booth feud gets a number.

  13. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWill they at least share a car to the Super Bowl?

  14. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSure. Buck drives, Aikman rides, and the radio stays off.

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