It was 50 years ago that his father, legendary play-by-play man Jack Buck, called Super Bowl IV between Kansas City and Minnesota. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer recently watched a restored version of Super Bowl IV with Joe Buck at the broadcaster’s home in St. Louis. Here, in Buck’s words, are his observations about how broadcasting a Super Bowl in 2020 is so much different from when his father did so half a century ago:AdvertisementThe Super Bowl has never ended in a tie, but my dad’s Super Bowl began with one. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)Troy and I are on camera at the beginning of the Super Bowl broadcast. Back then, he was worried about a wet football in his first Super Bowl, at the Rose Bowl.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2020 21:45 UTC