I'm trying to think of how this would have been done, and the best I can come up with is:
--Ted gets CBC broadcast at his home, either cable or over-the-air.
--Ted calls the game by phone.
--Local channel delays its own broadcast to sync w/ Ted's call.
@SwampD does this make any sense w/ 1977 technology?
It's almost like we need a supervisor of football operations above Beane, and then some sort of czar of football stuff above that person, and, well, it's turtles all the way UP.
From what I saw, which was all of the first and second, and half of the third, you are absolutely right. First period, he was ON and needed to be because the guys in front of him were asleep.