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Another week of SEC football in the books means another week of SEC fans criticizing the men and women who brought it to them live on television.
While we sometimes like to focus on one particular blunder that riled the masses up on Saturday during this weekly piece, we’re going to try to let most of the Week 6 broadcasting crews get in on the fun this week with an “around the league” type of approach.
We’d hate for any one group of announcers to feel like there isn’t an SEC fan out there somewhere complaining about their work.
PAST CRITICIZING THE BROADCASTERS: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5
Beginning with the early game, this guy was not amused with Andre Ware’s filler material during Ole Miss’ 52-3 blowout win against New Mexico State:
Andre Ware filling air time in a blowout reminds me of trying to do a 5-minute oral school presentation when you have 1 minute of material.
— Gray Hardison (@BellyoftheBeast) October 10, 2015
Rod Gilmore was the color commentator for the displaced South Carolina/LSU game, and the highlights of the fan complaints against him was the way he so politely responded to them. Kill them with kindness, Rod.
U r entitled to ur opinion. He did have a rough day vs Florida–not many games under his belt. https://t.co/DTfkjGB12m
— RodGilmore@espn (@RodGilmore) October 11, 2015
Sorry you're having a tough night. Your beef is with the officials, but glad to be here 4 u. https://t.co/fmMTj03ZiF
— RodGilmore@espn (@RodGilmore) October 11, 2015
I think @RodGilmore being polite to haters is becoming one of my favorite parts of #CFBTwitter on Saturday nights.
— Bob Mungovan (@bobmungovan) October 11, 2015
Meanwhile, Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson had the call on CBS for Tennessee’s 38-31 win against Georgia. Fans always have complaints about this crew, and Week 6 was no exception:
#VerneLundquist just said the "Tennessee Waltz" was our alma mater. What an idiot.
— Katie Cope (@KatieCope) October 10, 2015
*pass batted straight up at line of scrimmage* “That ball might’ve been tipped!” -Verne Lundquist
— Jay Kantor (@JayKantor) October 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/Dmoye_22/status/652972072675708928
Such a pleasant experience listening to Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson call the Vols game. Is there a volume lower than mute??
— PJ Hackney (@CoachHackney) October 10, 2015
"There are no flags!" – Verne Lundquist.
"Yes there are." Gary Danielson.
— Michael Amato (@amato_mike) October 10, 2015
Gators fans are mad at former Florida QB Jesse Palmer, who was the color commentator alongside Brent Musburger for the Florida-Missouri game on Saturday night. There seems to be a consensus here, what do you think?
I hate Jesse Palmer so much. He tries too hard to not be biased. You can support your old school Jesse
— David (@TGI___Friday) October 11, 2015
Jesse Palmer tries TOO hard to be unbiased when covering Gator games
— Trevor Charles (@tcharlesroberts) October 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/Assossi/status/653032050165985280
Jesse Palmer tries so hard to be unbiased that it comes off like he absolutely hates Florida
— Devin Duvernay Fan Club President? (@ChaseG77) October 11, 2015
Here’s an oddity, and a sign of a job well done: ESPN’s Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge received mostly positive reviews from fans on Twitter during the Alabama/Arkansas game. The positive responses well out-numbered the negative ones, which is a rare feat. Well done, boys. That being said, this Alabama fan was upset at Nessler because of the tone of his voice after Alabama had the game in hand:
#BAMAvsARK Poor #BradNessler You can hear the sadness in his voice noting it is obvious #BAMA has the game in hand. @ESPN can do better
— MorteDeMocknbrd (@MorteDeMocknbrd) October 11, 2015
All in all, a pretty tame week for complaints against SEC announcers. Perhaps that means they did a pretty good job?
Nick Cole is a former print journalist with several years of experience covering the SEC. Born and raised in SEC country, he has taken in the game-day experience at all 14 stadiums.
