Merrick's own Artie Kempner, Fox's game director for Super Bowl XLII, says even in his somewhat mellowed out phase, Tom Coughlin remains TV gold for reaction shots.
"He's still a great picture,'' Kempner said. "He still reacts and emotes to almost any situation. For a TV guy he is the immediate reaction you go to after a big play."
Kempner grew up a Jets fan, primarily because his family couldn't get Giants tickets. But his father was and is a Giants fan. He lives in Florida and watched the Giants-Bucs playoff game from the Fox booth, but opted for watching on TV this weekend.
"He said it's better on television, because his son is doing it,'' Kempner said.