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Can you imagine how different the SEC and college football landscape would be if LSU’s last-second touchdown against Auburn would have counted last Saturday night?
Les Miles more than likely would still be the Bayou Bengals’ head coach, Gus Malzahn would be on the hottest seat in the country and Tom Herman and Jimbo Fisher wouldn’t have to field questions about the LSU head coaching job for at least another week.
Thankfully, for the referees’ and Auburn’s sake, the officials reviewed the play and made the right call. But some fans who were watching the game on ESPN took issue with how analyst Rod Gilmore viewed the play:
After @RodGilmore RodGilmore spent all night criticizing everything Auburn did. War Damn Rod!
— Greg Black (@gregblack27) September 25, 2016
I still dont get how Rod Gilmore said that Lsu play was good after watching the replay, the clock was at 0 and the ball wasn't snapped
— Robert Martin (@robh187) September 25, 2016
Am I the only one not surprised that Rod Gilmore didn't even mention or notice that the QB looked to be past the line of scrimmage #LSUvsAUB
— Matt Vaughn (@MattVaughn1) September 25, 2016
@RodGilmore
my question is this, video shows 0:00 and second the QB was BEYOND the LOS when he threw the ball! Watch and comment on that!— RN4L (@GlenKnight6) September 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/tigerswatson/status/779869188408082437
Travis rants about Tennessee, then takes it back
Meanwhile, Fox Sports analyst Clay Travis went on an epic rant at halftime of Saturday’s Florida-Tennessee game, which the Gators were leading at that point, 21-3.
Warning: Some of the language may be offensive:
My halftime rant is more entertaining than this second half will be. Go watch it: https://t.co/ZD1oh2wbio
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 24, 2016
Of course, including its first-half field goal, the Volunteers would score 38 unanswered points on their way to a 38-28 victory. As a result, Travis had a clearly different take after the game:
LIVE on #Periscope: Tennessee decapitates Florida. Greatest. Half. Ever. https://t.co/TYWigB2y76
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 24, 2016
Musburger all mixed up
Turning to another conference game, SEC Network’s top announcing team of Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer called last week’s South Carolina-Kentucky matchup. Considering Florida-Tennessee aired on CBS and Joe Tessitore’s crew handled Arkansas-Texas A&M on Saturday night, it felt weird having Brent & Co. on the SEC East showdown.
What made things even weirder is that for some reason, Musburger decided to wear a Tim Tebow Mets jersey in the broadcast booth even though Florida wasn’t playing:
"This is in honor of Tim Tebow."
Yes, Brent Musburger is wearing a @Mets jersey in the booth. pic.twitter.com/xh8NEitTdO
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) September 25, 2016
As if watching Musburger mix sports weren’t enough, some fans felt that the veteran broadcaster didn’t exactly bring his “A” game to the telecast:
Brent Musburger is wasted doing the Kentucky-South Carolina game.
— Chris Dokish (@ChrisDokish) September 25, 2016
I'm pretty sure the only reason Musburger called tonight's Kentucky game is to say Stanley "Boom" Williams 262 times before the 4th quarter
— ??? ??? ?. ???? (@LilJoeBHall) September 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/CletisStump/status/779850400929312768
https://twitter.com/smyzo/status/779846180293451777
Everyone’s a critic
Of course, the weekend would not be complete without critics taking shots via social media at CBS Sports’ Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, who called the aforementioned Florida-Tennessee game:
I would really like to watch some of the #UFvsTENN game but I can't take listening to Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist.
— David Hall (@DHallNole) September 24, 2016
Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist are a pain to listen to
— This is Parker (@parker_smith_) September 24, 2016
Josh Dobbs fumbled and Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson didn’t notice.
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) September 24, 2016
Stan Chrapowicki is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football, Alabama and Auburn.
