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NFL's Joe Buck, Troy Aikman excited about ‘starting over’ with ESPN

Associated Press

It’s been two months since Joe Buck jumped from Fox to ESPN.

It wasn’t until this week that the gravity of moving into the “Monday Night Football” booth hit him.

Buck and Troy Aikman made their first trips to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, to meet with executives and future co-workers who are preparing for the upcoming season.

Fox Sports play-by-play announcer Joe Buck, left, and analyst Troy Aikman work in the broadcast booth.

“It literally dropped out of the sky. The more I get around it, Troy and I were just blown away. We were in a conference room an hour ago with 20-plus people from all different parts of the support staff for ‘Monday Night Football,’ and it was overwhelming.