Joe Buck

Super Bowl 2027 in LA will be Detroit vs. Buffalo

Who's your prediction for Super Bowl 2027 in la? Oh, you have the script, right? Yeah, I have the script. It'll be Detroit Against Buffalo.

Patrick Mahomes is a genuinely good guy who does a lot of charity work when cameras aren't there

I'm amazed at Patrick Mahomes. He's a legitimate good guy that I think has a really big heart. When you talk to their PR folks, they're like, you should see what this guy does when nobody's looking. When cameras aren't there... he does stuff that nobody has any idea about. Just 'cause he is a good guy.

Tom Brady should not over-prepare and should just be himself in the broadcasting booth

If I am telling Tom Brady anything... I would just say be yourself. I, I don't get into this trying to sound like what you've heard over the years... You know the game. Don't over prepare and see what you see and react with your gut on what you see. I, I think so many times people like that's, they, they overdo it to the point where they're just paralyzed by so much information.

Silence is the most powerful tool a broadcaster has

I think so there have been times in my career, and that's 20 plus years ago, there are times in my career where you realize silence is the most powerful tool you have to let the natural sounds come over at television, which, you know, I think I've been pretty respectful of over the years.

I will likely never broadcast national baseball again

The National Baseball stuff, I don't see how that ever comes around again. Like I said, it just, you're gone, you're done. You're, it's, it's beyond, I, I think doing, and I, I got, you know, this got headlines click bait crap in the New York Post... but I don't see it anytime soon.

The Home Run Derby would be a better product if it were slowed down to allow viewers to follow the ball

I feel like the rapid fire... it's hard to piece together how many home runs the guys actually got because they're flying over and one hits the wall and you don't know which ball that hit the wall is connected to which swing. I think slowing it down... so you can actually follow the ball and know how many home runs the guy hit, that seems like a better use.

Patrick Mahomes is the nicest superstar athlete I have ever met

Patrick [Mahomes], who might be the nicest superstar athlete of anybody I've ever met, might handle [criticism] okay. I think some guys might get a little ticked off or perturbed, but not him.

Tony Romo's massive contract was purely a result of being in the "absolute perfect place at the perfect time."

I have no idea. I have no animosity jealousy anything I am happy for [Romo]. And he doesn't do what I do. So, you know, I wonder but others in this business trying to follow that model to me Romo was in the the absolute perfect place at the perfect time with two networks that were dying to either keep him or get him and it just came up at the right time for him and he cashed in.

Matt LaFleur is currently the most open coach to talk to in the NFL because he hasn't been burned yet

The most open miraculously, at least from the guys we've talked to this year, is Matt LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers. I believe that he doesn't know any better yet. He hasn't been burned yet... Matt LaFleur of the new people is easily the most open.

TV networks will eventually display live betting odds on the screen during sports broadcasts

I can see where they would have—I don't know, in golf—what are the odds of Rory McIlroy hitting the green at Sawgrass on 17? He's got, you know, whatever, it's 10 to 1 here and you can just on your phone, you hit down on that bet. I think TV networks eventually are going to pop that stuff up or it'll be a separate feed.

Being on Twitter is bad for your mental well-being, especially during the postseason

I just think [Twitter] is bringing down the world. I really. I know it's your lifeblood, but especially in the month of October, the idea of just getting on Twitter is just not good.

Jim Nantz is the best broadcaster to ever call golf on television

I'd rather listen to [Jim Nantz] do golf than listen to myself do golf. ... I think he's the best to ever call golf on TV in my lifetime, or at least in my adulthood. And I wanted to hear him do golf at Pebble Beach. ... I'd rather fall asleep to him calling golf while I lay on the couch than anybody else.

In hindsight, 'Joe Buck Live' was not a good match for the highbrow DNA of HBO Sports

I think now looking back – it was probably not a good match. I think they hold HBO Sports up... as kind of this cherished thing... journalistically sound... and I just never wanted to kind of do that. I also wanted to have fun. I'm the last guy to take myself seriously.

Artie Lange is a sweet guy, but he is also deeply flawed and sad

Artie's a sweet guy. He's a sweet, really flawed, kind of sad guy. And I say that in the best sense because I just root for the guy because he really is genuinely nice.

HBO was hypocritical for policing Artie Lange's content while airing shows like 'Real Sex'

You can't be on HBO and go, well, this is just way too much when you've got like Pornucopia that's on after that. Real Sex, which is, you know, that's about as far as you're going to go on normal cable. Taxi Cab Confessions. We could go on.

I was doomed to lose any verbal battle against Artie Lange, so I chose to just sit there and take it

If I want to jump down in there with him... First of all, I'm going to lose the battle because it's Artie Lange. I mean, if I start sparring with him verbally, I'm dead. ... I opted to for the most part sit there and take it.

I threatened to quit my HBO show if they didn't let Artie Lange return for the second episode

I said, I'm either going to have Artie on the show for the second one, or I'm not going to do the show. And I quit. I said, not that this is me walking out of the presidency of the United States... But I said, I'm employed at Fox. I'm doing the World Series and the Super Bowl. You don't know me... But if you think I can't laugh at this... I am not going to go out there and act like it didn't happen.

The quarterly schedule of 'Joe Buck Live' made it impossible to get comfortable or find a rhythm for the show

Frustrating... is that I only got three cracks at it, and they were three months apart. ... You do one, and then three months later you do another. It's really hard to kind of get your comfort, and you can't really be yourself.

I didn't think a lot of the material Artie Lange used on 'Joe Buck Live' was actually that funny

I didn't think a lot of the stuff he said was really that funny, but I could be wrong. ... The jizz you shot on it [quote from Artie]. Did that really happen? I swear to God, on my children, I don't remember that.

I would handle the Artie Lange incident much better and more authentically today

If you saw Joe Buck 2018 in that same spot, I think I would have rolled with the punches maybe a little bit better on air. I think I would have been different. I think I would have been better with it, and I would have been more equipped... having gone through this vocal thing that I went through, kind of not really caring anymore what people think... I would have handled the moment probably better.

I have unfinished business with hosting a talk show and would do it again

Yeah, I feel like it's unfinished business. I haven't failed at a lot of stuff in my life... but that was like, man, that really left me disappointed in the result, maybe in myself, in the circumstances. Yeah, I'd like to do it. I had a show and a pilot I did with Rudd and with David Spade and with Molly Shannon for a late-night Fox show that never saw the light of day that I'm really proud of.

I won't be the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football on Fox

[Are you going to do Thursday Night Football this year?] No. ... I think they want their own identity. ... We would have to do 11. And then I've got the baseball playoffs at the beginning when that whole thing kicks in. So I think it would be tough to do.

Tony Romo was surprisingly good in his first year as an announcer

I swear to God on the lives of everyone I love, I was absolutely blown away at how good [Tony Romo] was. I really was. I was predicting he was going to have a tough transition because you have to be loud and you have to be kind of over the top... I thought he was fantastic.

NFL replays are too long and break the game's momentum

I think the replays are too long. It's too hair-splitting. It breaks up the momentum and the pace of a game. And I think eventually people are like... Just move on.

The NFL catch rule fails the eye test even if the letter of the law is technically followed

The Calvin Johnson one that kind of started all this... Against the Bears was like he made a catch, went to the ground, basically went to his locker, and the ball fell out. And they're like, nope, not a catch. It was a catch. Same with the Dez Bryant game... by the letter of the law, yeah, they're not catches. But the law is not right. It doesn't pass the eye test.

U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is the best new stadium ever

That stadium [U.S. Bank Stadium] is hands down the best new stadium ever. And for the sight lines from a broadcaster's perspective, that thing was like in my lap.

Oracle Park in San Francisco is leaps and bounds better than any other new ballpark

I think San Francisco, of all the new ballparks, is... Leaps and bounds. But the worse your seat is, the better your view. You're looking out into the bay.

Tiger Woods is not 'back' yet

[Do you think Tiger Woods is back?] No. ... If he's in it, I'm watching. ... And yes, my God, please come back and be great. That would be awesome.

Peyton Manning will be a great broadcaster if he chooses to do it

I would love to see Peyton Manning broadcast games. ... I think he'll be really good. I don't know.

My people are saying Bryce Harper will sign with either the Red Sox or the Cubs

My people are saying... That he [Bryce Harper] is going to go to the Boston Red Sox. Or Wrigley. Yeah, my people are saying he's going to the Cubs. ... I'd like it on the crawl that I've reported. ... likely the Cubs or the Red Sox.

Determining MLB World Series home field by regular season record is logistically difficult

Now they're going to go for the first time to whichever team has the best record gets to host the World Series... But that could be determined literally the day before the World Series begins if there are any rain outs... everybody has to pick up and scramble to the American League city. I don't see how that works out.

The Cubs might not have won the 2016 World Series without the Game 7 rain delay

I actually don't [think they win if the rain delay didn't happen]. They had that look in the dugout... Aroldis Chapman pitched the most impressive inning I've ever seen after blowing it in the eighth... It's impossible to know the answer to that question, but I think they had the right guys coming up.

The Houston Astros and LA Dodgers are on a crash course for the 2017 World Series

Probably the Astros from Houston. I think the Astros are really good. I think the Dodgers are really good. I think they're on a crash course for the fall classic.

Tony Romo will struggle with the transition to sports broadcasting

I think he and the world is going to be surprised at what this job demands. Let's just say that you can't be nice all the time. Tony Romo is a nice guy... I think it's going to be a difficult transition. This is not the most forgiving society we live in these days.

Tim Tebow will be a massive TV draw if he's called up by the Mets

I think there are a handful of guys that when they come to the plate, whatever you're doing, you're not going to leave the television. And he will be that guy for the New York Mets... If he succeeds, it'll be unbelievable to me.

I do believe in ghosts

I do believe in ghosts. I think if you're nice to ghosts, they'll be kind of your ally. If you're mean to them... well, I think Hitler would be a mean ghost.

Harry Caray would beat Vin Scully in a fight because he couldn't feel pain

[Harry Caray wins in a fight against Vin Scully]. Harry Caray. Couldn't feel pain. Too drunk... Well, you know, I'm not going to be the one to say that.

I will probably retire from broadcasting in about 15 years

Vince Scully is in his 67th and final year here. Subtract about 30 years from that. And then, yeah, so we're like in the upper 30s... I may just go do something else.

Kris Bryant is an underrated base runner and is actually elite at it despite his lack of speed

Kris Bryant, underrated base runner. People say that. He may not be fast, but he's a hell of a base runner. So say that.

I wash my apples before eating them if they have a sticker on them

If there's a sticker on it, I feel like there should be some washing involved. But if I see an apple in a random tray and I'm hungry and there's no water, I'll lick it and then I'll bite it.

I officially hate the New Orleans Saints and will root against them on broadcasts

Joe Buck now hates the Saints... I think we should go on record and at least have one that I actually can't stand. And I'm just over the top rooting against. And whoever they're playing that week, I will refer to as we.

Calling a World Series at Wrigley Field for the Cubs would be the highlight of my career

Doing a World Series at Wrigley Field for the Cubs would be the highlight of my career. And I own it. I wear it. I believe it. And I think it would be the biggest sports story of any of our lifetimes if that were to come to pass this year, next year, whenever.

I would stand by my criticism of Randy Moss's mooning celebration even today

I would probably say the same thing again. it would be weak of me to say, yeah, I was a little bit too harsh and poor Randy... I thought it was over the top and ridiculous. Maybe my Midwestern roots came out. But believe me, I'm not scared. And if somebody doesn't like what I say or how I say it... I really don't give a shit anymore.

I drank a beer during the first inning of every playoff game I called to remind myself it's just a game

I got into the habit of having one of the runners go down and get me one of the mega beers from a concession stand. And I'd sip the beer during the first inning. And it wasn't to get drunk, obviously... it was to remind myself that I was at a frigging sporting event and nobody's hanging on every word... I just drank a beer in the first inning of every game of the playoffs.

Dez Bryant caught the ball against the Packers in the playoffs

I was in the minority on that one. I thought that was a catch. And I think if Dez Bryant and Lambeau is not within a yard of the end zone, it's not an issue. But because he was and he was reaching for the touchdown, to me, that's what caused the ball to pop out.

Troy Aikman and I were comfortable enough to fart around each other in the booth right out of the gate

At what point in your relationship did you guys get comfortable enough to fart around each other in the booth? [Buck]: Pretty much right out of the gate... Troy's that guy. And he's a guy's guy. And I remember one, the first time it happened, he said something like, 'I'm bringing some heat.' And I was like, 'What?' And he goes, 'Just don't worry about it.' And then we came back from commercial and I knew what he was talking about.