'We're due for this!'
ESPN commentator Chris Berman checks the field as the Indianapolis Colts host the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 18, 2006.Chris “Boomer” Berman has been the face and voice of football highlights at ESPN for four decades.
Berman was also known for his segment"Swami Sez," where he would make predictions on NFL games. And from the late 1980s through the late 1990s, the show had a strong Bay Area tie-in: Every year during a seven-year stretch, the sportscaster’s alter ego selected the Buffalo Bills and theThe two teams would never end up meeting in the big game back then. But there’s a decent chance that the proverbial"Berman Bowl" happens this year, with each team the No.
So '88, I took a stab with Buffalo. Did it again in '89. Bills made the playoffs; lost in the divisional. Niners won the Super Bowl. Did it '90, '91, '92, '93: Bills made the Super Bowl; Niners did not. '94, Bills finally run out of gas after four trips; Niners win Super Bowl. So, look — I laugh, it’s actually funny in retrospect – but I go,
As an aside, when we did — it used to be called NFL Gameday, but NFL Countdown for your purposes — they used to send us the four balls before the championship game of the possible matchups. In '92, I kept the ball, and that was the one I was sure was going to make it. The Bills had gone two years in a row, they had had the Frank Reich comeback game in the beginning of '92, and they won the AFC Championship on the road at Miami.
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