Did you see when Pittsburgh was awarded a timeout as Michael Koenen's field goal sailed through the uprights for Atlanta? Did you see when Troy Polamalu ran into Koenen to give Atlanta another kick? Did you see when Morten Andersen missed that kick? Did you see when Andersen finally ended the game with a 32-yarder in overtime? I didn't.

Not here, on the west coast. However, I did get to see the Subway Postgame Show. The show came with a bonus: CBS' analysts broke down each play in the Pittsburgh Steelers-Atlanta Falcons game tied at 38-38 with less than a minute left.

I wish I had the actual script, but it sounded something like this:

"Here's what just happened. The Falcons lined up for the kick and it sails through, but Pittsburgh calls a timeout before the snap," James Brown explains as the highlight plays.

The camera comes back to the studio. "That timeout was used to ice the kicker," says Dan Marino.

"It's hard as a kicker to hit a kick and have it called back like that," adds Boomer Esiason.

"That kick disrupted Andersen's rhythm," Shannon Sharpe comments. "That was a good choice..." At one point, Sharpe stops mid sentence and stares off into space away from the camera. He's likely watching the play live, which allows him to spoil the suspense: "Oh! He missed it!"

"Ok, so here's the attempt by Andersen," Brown narrates as the replay is shown. "And he misses the kick." (Yes, Shannon already told us that!) "But, Polamalu runs into Andersen and the Falcons will kick again."

This was it. This was the commentary I was subjected to by CBS as time wore down and the game went to overtime. This was how I was updated on the Falcons-Steelers game to which CBS held the broadcasting rights. This was stupid.

On Sunday, CBS only broadcasted football during the first slot time slot (1 pm EDT.) When CBS does this, they usually run the Subway Postgame Show until 5 pm. The general practice of any network, including CBS in the past, is to redirect viewers to games still in progress and start the postgame show after all games are done. This wasn't the case on Sunday.

Through this practice, I generally am able to watch as Peyton Manning kneels down after the Colts demolish some poor team, or as Charlie Frye fittingly ends a big loss with an interception. However, this practice was noticeably disregarded on Sunday and it meant that I didn't get to see the overtime finale in Atlanta.

What was CBS doing?

This game was being broadcast by CBS, not FOX. They held the broadcasting rights to game. They had the cameras there. They had the broadcasters there. They just didn't have the national audience there.

I could understand not seeing the Matt Bryant 62-yard field goal that propelled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers, as irrelevant as they are to Los Angeles, were the national game on FOX last Sunday. When Bryant drilled the field goal, the Bengals-Panthers game had yet to finish, and therefore I didn't expect them to bring me live to another game.

What CBS did is inexplicable. They weren't carrying a second game to which they were waiting to direct me, nor were there any other CBS games left in progress other to which they could direct me. So, why didn't the west coast get to see this game?

CBS messed up and has lost a lot of credibility.

I grew up in a house without cable and therefore could only watch CBS on Sundays. As a result, I'm partial to CBS and their broadcast. However, after this debacle I've lost all faith in CBS. I would rather see a different station, such as ABC or NBC, take over the broadcast of AFC football. I would hope that these networks would believe that an overtime game was worth showing.

CBS also hurt themselves from a business standpoint. If they had showed the overtime, they would have held the audience for a significantly longer period of time. I'm sure I wasn't alone in switching over to watch the start of the Indianapolis Colts-Washington Redskins game on FOX.

By the time, Andersen drained the game winner with 8:04 left in overtime, likely only the guy who fell asleep on the couch still had the TV on CBS. I can only imagine the commentary he would hear in his dream.

"Another field goal attempt for the Falcons: This time Andersen hits it and the Falcons win!" narrates Brown

"The Falcons capped that drive off with a field goal," says Marino.

"The Falcons put themselves in a position to win the game and then they won," adds Esiason.

"That's how you win a football game," adds Sharpe. "They got in there..." [Looks off into space.] What are you looking at Shannon? The Colts-Redskins game, just like the rest of us?

NOTE: This blog was written as an assignment for the Journalism 499: Sports Commentary class at the University of Southern California, taught by Joshua Adande.

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