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WATCH: Bills Surprise, Win Over CBS' Jim Nantz

In the team's continued support of iconic CBS announcer Jim Nantz, Buffalo Bills Josh Allen and Von Miller surprised at Oak Hill Country Club last weekend.
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WATCH: Bills Surprise, Win Over CBS' Jim Nantz
WATCH: Bills Surprise, Win Over CBS' Jim Nantz

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Iconic NFL broadcaster Jim Nantz has to play it cool and objective on the air. But, deep down, we're pretty sure he'd love to see no team in Super Bowl LVIII come February more than the Buffalo Bills.

Gloated Nantz last weekend, "The Bills are the best."

There are reasons for Nantz' "rooting."

Bills Josh Allen and Von Miller surprised the long-time voice of CBS Sports last weekend, showing up for his induction into the Oak Hill Country Club's Hall of Fame near Rochester. Nantz was in town calling the PGA Championship for CBS when the Bills teammates caught up with him.

The surprise touched Nantz, and jump-started his emotions about the Bills in the wake of the team's support for him during a turbulent 2022. Nantz' mother passed away last October, and he struggled with whether to work his scheduled Sunday game - the Pittsburgh Steelers' visit to Orchard Park on Oct. 9.

"Josh reached out to me ... on his own," Nantz said in a video posted by the Bills' social media team. "And when I showed up the booth, the whole management team was standing there in jacket and ties ... to extend their sympathies. It's something I'll never forget."

The Bills Mafia continued the love for Nantz, flooding donations to "The Nantz Center" ... an Alzheimer's research facility in Houston named after his father.

"We were inundated with donations," Nantz said. "It wasn't a handful. It was well over 100 people. I'll never forget that."

Nantz and partner Tony Romo are scheduled to call Super Bowl LVIII on CBS February 11 in Las Vegas.

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Richie Whitt has been a sports media fixture in Dallas-Fort Worth since graduating from UT-Arlington in 1986. His career is highlighted by successful stints in print (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Observer), TV (NBC5) and radio (105.3 The Fan). During his almost 40-year tenure, he's blabbed and blogged on events ranging from Super Bowls to NBA Finals to World Series to Stanley Cups to Olympics to Wimbledons to World Cups. Whitt has been covering the NFL since 1989, and in 1993 authored The 'Boys Are Back, a book chronicling the Dallas Cowboys' run to Super Bowl XXVII.

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