Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews Fox NFL rules analyst Dean Blandino. Brandon and Dean discuss a wide range of topics including Dean's thoughts on the Brotherly Shove, being on Jerry Jones' party bus, being Fox's rules analyst, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-:42: What Dean misses most about Long Island-1:39: What Dean misses most about being NFL VP of Officiating-2:35: Is refereeing a “thankless job?”-4:00: Being a replay official-4:51: Goals from having internship in NFL officiating department-5:25: How do referees get to the NFL?-6:29: Officials looking down on Dean because Dean wasn’t an on-field ref-7:31: Could Dean have been an on-field ref?-7:51: Calls from coaches as VP of Officiating-8:25: Coaches Dean dreaded talking to?-9:26: Players who were more difficult to deal with?-10:20: Going from VP of Officiating to an on-air rules analyst for Fox -11:35: