However, with the way Fox Sports was calling the game, with their announcing crew of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Chris Collingsworth, you'd think they were wearing cheeseheads throughout the game.  You can tell that crew, along with James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson at the sports desk, had a mission today, and that was to trash the Vikings and Randy Moss when they eventually lost to the Packers today.  The Vikings obviously didn't show up for the broadcast meeting this morning, and didn't go along with the plan.  That didn't stop Fox for staying with the plan, and thus, IMO, looking stupid in the process.

The broadcast crew seemed as if they were in shock, because they couldn't believe that the Vikings would respond this way after everything that went on during the week.  When Moss caught his first touchdown, the announcers went on and on about Moss pushing off.  Not only did the replay show he didn't, but it was Packers corner Al Harris that grabbed Moss.  Buck stated at the end of the game that the Vikings won "despite Randy Moss".  When the Viking offense wasn't on the field, they kept panning to Moss, who had his hair blown up into a fro.  All through the game it was about how Moss was hurting his teammates, how Moss shows no respect, etc.

To a point, they're right.  But anyone that knows anything about sports media knows they try to tell a story in the game whenever possible.  Moss and the Vikings' implosion was their story.  When Moss did his lil mooning dance after his second TD, Joe Buck had to take time to inform folks about how shocked he was and how he was SOOOO offended by the little dance.  After Moss's post-game interview, JB, Terry, Howie, and Jimmy ripped Moss for saying "we whupped their asses".

Here's a message to both Fox and ESPN:  Football is a man's sport.  It's not for chumps or dignitaries.  You take 300llb guys, put them on a field, and bust each other up.  Their jobs are to hurt the other team, and get the points on the board.  To pretend to be shocked because Randy Moss is being a non-Tom-Brady-Bunch football player so you can turn around and exploit the whole situation for more interest in next week's football game is so phony it's almost funny.

If Moss's post-game comments were so offensive and revolting, then why show it?  That interview wasn't live; it was tape-delayed.  Moss took the interview immediately after the game, Fox went to commercial after interviewing Culpepper live, then aired the interview with them censoring "ass".  Why didn't they just cut that whole response from the footage?  It was the same with Moss's TD celebration.  They could have easily cut to another camera when Moss started that celebration.  But they didn't.  Airing Moss's actions and then condemning them makes a more interesting show.  Not to mention, they help the NFL levy that fine just a LIL bit higher.

What Fox's broadcasters don't get is that Moss and the Vikings were reacting to the criticism levelled by him and his team.  THEY provided the fuel.  The Vikings turned it into motivation. 

After Moss's interview, where he accused the sports media of blowing the whole situation out of proportion, Howie Long immediately started whining, saying (paraphrase) "I don't know what Moss is talking about, we didn't start this, he did."  You're right, you didn't start it, but you were so willing to hype it. 

This is one of the few incidents where the athlete was able to get the best of the media that was ready to bury him.