The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks fight for the right to play in Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey on Fox on February 2. Fox Sports will be there to monitor it all from Fox NFL Sunday which will be live from CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA to the actual game.
With Fox NFL Sunday in Seattle, we’ll see features from Erin Andrews who will have a sit-down interview with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and a taped piece on 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick.
When the game is ready to start, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will be in the booth with rules analyst Mike Pereira who will be on hand to explain questionable calls and field challenges. Roaming the sidelines will be the aforementioned Andrews and Pam Oliver.
Fox’s coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET followed by the NFC Championship at 6:30 p.m.
FOX SPORTS NOTES & QUOTES
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON FOX: Aikman Points to WRs as Keys; 49ers/Seahawks Aim to Punch Super Bowl Ticket
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FOX NFL SUNDAY
- Network/When: FOX Sports, Sunday, Jan. 19 (6:00 PM ET)
- Talent: Co-hosts Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee along with analysts Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, insider Jay Glazer and NFL rules analyst Mike Pereira
- This Week: The FOX NFL Sunday pre-game show originates from CenturyLink field in Seattle, WA. FOX Sports reporter Erin Andrews sits down with Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll. The pregame show features a taped piece with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP FROM SEATTLE – It all comes down to this. NFC West division rivals face off in Seattle as two of the game’s greatest young quarterbacks battle for a trip to Super Bowl XLVIII. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews call the game (6:30 PM ET) on FOX from CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA. FOX NFL rules analyst Mike Pereira joins Buck & Aikman in the booth to explain and inform on any close calls by the officials during the game.
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Earlier this week , 3-time Super Bowl Champion and FOX game analyst Troy Aikman joined 2-time Super Bowl winning head coach and FOX NFL Sunday analyst Jimmy Johnson on a press call to preview the upcoming NFC Championship game airing on FOX this Sunday, Jan. 19 (6:00 PM ET). Highlights from the call are below.
AIKMAN ON THE DIFFERENCE ON OFFENSE FOR THE 49ERS WITH WR MICHAEL CRABTREE IN THE LINEUP – “With that injury, I was surprised he even came back to play. As he’s gone through each week and he’s been able to trust the injury holding up, his play has been outstanding. You’re adding another guy that defenses have to worry about.”
AIKMAN ON THE 49ERS PICKING UP WR ANQUAN BOLDIN – “Where would the 49ers be right now without Anquan Boldin and what he was able to do. It was a tremendous pickup, best trade of the year for what they gave up.”
AIKMAN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WR PERCY HARVIN – “As far as Percy Harvin, he hasn’t even played a full game yet this year. He played part of a game and went down, and then came back and played part of a game last week and went down. If he is healthy and he’s able to play, you can certainly adjust on the fly. He’s a dynamic player that creates matchup problems that you just don’t see from that many guys. I think of a guy like [Darren] Sproles who you can line up in a lot of different positions and take advantage of some things. Percy Harvin is that type of guy that can go the distance anytime he has the ball in his hands. They could certainly use him, but I don’t know that anyone in the organization would be anticipating him being able to contribute much, if at all.”
AIKMAN SAYS IT DOESN’T MATTER IF RUSSELL WILSON’S NUMBERS ARE DOWN FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR. HE’S WINNING AND THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT – “There are a lot of factors that go into numbers and how they’re evaluated. The biggest thing is that they’ve played some good teams, and they have really relied on the things that they believe in as an organization, and that is ball control, run the football, play great defense, field position, protect the football. When you play that style, then it doesn’t really lend itself to putting up really gaudy numbers as a quarterback. The most important thing for Russell Wilson is he has won. Unfortunately that gets overlooked far more than it should. For a guy who has won as much as he has, maybe more than anybody in his first two years as a starter in the National Football League, and yet as I prepare for this game this week, I’m seeing a lot of discussion about how his numbers aren’t as good as what maybe they were early in the year and I’m not really sure why anyone really cares about that. They’re playing in the NFC Championship Game with a chance to go win the Super Bowl.”
JOHNSON ADDS TO HOW DEFENSES PLAY RUSSELL WILSON AFFECTS HIS GAME PLAN – “They’ve had a great year, and he’s had an outstanding year. In some of the ball games you look at, teams have kind of kept him from getting out of the pocket and made him really a pocket passer. They still have a great running back, but I think at times they’ve struggled a little bit on the outside as far as the wide receiver position. That’s one reason they were trying to force-feed Percy Harvin into the lineup. It’ll be interesting to see what San Francisco does.”
That will do it.
