It was CBS that usually hosted Saquon Barkley’s football love on Sundays. CBS, due to the fact the Penn State freakish product was born in 1997 and 1998 was when CBS officially took over the rights to host all AFC Sunday afternoon road games, stealing it right from under NBC’s carpet.
What a time it was for this particular network.
New York was back. With the Giants struggling to lift above-average during the meat of the 90s, the Big Tuna, Bill Parcells, had officially turned a wretched 1-15 New York Jets team around, nearly missing the playoffs in 1997 with a 9-7 mark.