Perhaps the Mad Dog has truly gone mad.Chris Russo took issue with Joe Buck for a comment he alleged Buck made toward him … only it would appear that said comment was never uttered.Russo, the boisterous ESPN and SiriusXM personality, said on Monday’s show that Buck had the “audacity” to question him about removing the Cowboys from primetime games.“Joe Buck, who I love, I love, but Joe having the audacity to question me about how dare you say we’re going to flex out of Dallas.Joe, I’ll tell you right now, I promise you, Joe, that you will be begging for a flex with the Cowboys when you see them basically on Monday night nine million times — and same with (NBC’s Mike) Tirico — now on television the rest of the year because the Cowboys are done.
Are done,” Russo said during his rant.“Nothing that you can do is going to change that.”Surely, one would think that Buck had personally called out Russo based on his wording.
Dropping a “how dare you” usually ups the temperature in an argument.But, well, it would appear Buck has no idea what Russo is referring to.“Hot take alert!! (And I love you) But I’m pretty sure I did the interview with @JimmyTraina,” Buck tweeted Wednesday.“When did I audastically question you about the Cowboys? Get some rest.
Work on your backswing.”Buck’s tweet references the interview he did with Sports Illustrated before Week 9, in which Traina noted that Buck has to call two Cowboys games down the stretch.Traina argued that while the Cowboys are relevant in the big picture they are not a good team worthy of repeated primetime slots this season.The Cowboys will be on “Monday Night Football” in Week 11 against the Texans and Week 14 against the Bengals, in addition to their annual Thanksgiving slot and a Week 16 Sunday night game vs.the Buccaneers.“They’re always relevant.
You can’t say they’re not relevant,” Buck said.“I’m in the business of trying to get the most people to watch.”Now...