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Brent Musburger has called so many college football games in his career, it’s understandable if he sometimes loses interest on the air. The veteran play-by-play man, who is usually assigned the top matchup of the week on SEC Network, worked last Saturday night’s Ole Miss-LSU game on ESPN.
Throughout the broadcast, it seemed as if Musburger’s mind was on something other than Leonard Fournette’s record-setting performance. That same night, Musburger’s favorite MLB team, the Chicago Cubs, were clinching their first World Series berth since 1945 and Penn State was pulling off its biggest upset in years by beating Ohio State, so you got the sense that Brent was a little distracted.
Some Twitter users picked up on Musburger’s mind being elsewhere:
https://twitter.com/danpack6/status/789998846428454912
Is Brent Musburger paying attention to anything the other guy saying?? Lmao #lsu #OleMiss
— ♨️Alt-Timeline Hank (@hanx3sports) October 23, 2016
Brent Musburger just instructed everyone in the city to "go to a saloon."
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) October 23, 2016
Musburger must have taken the points, after saying how great it was to see Penn State win a big game, then "nothing against Ohio State…"
— Brian (@sportsmatters) October 23, 2016
Musburger casually mentioning the score of the Cubs-Dodgers game during the LSU-Ole Miss broadcast.
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 23, 2016
Bentley’s story drove some viewers crazy
Jake Bentley became the third quarterback to start for South Carolina this season when he made his Gamecocks debut in last Saturday’s home game against UMass. An 18-year-old true freshman, Bentley – who replaced previous starters Perry Orth and Brandon McIlwain — graduated from high school a year early before landing at South Carolina.
Bentley’s story – a coach’s son from Opelika, Ala. who should be a senior in high school – is definitely a great one. But according to some viewers, SEC Network’s broadcast team of Tom Hart and Andre Ware told it a few too many times:
https://twitter.com/gamecocklady76/status/789884112538595328
Take a shot every time they mention Bentley "should be playing high school football" #Gamecocks
— Randy (@Raaaaaaaandyyy) October 22, 2016
How many times have the TV broadcasters mentioned that Jake Bentley is a coach's kid?
— Hale McGranahan (@HaleMcGranahan) October 22, 2016
Kentucky fans aren’t Gilmore girls or guys
Last, but not least, Kentucky’s 40-38 victory over Mississippi State had a great ending: Austin MacGinnis’ 51-yard field goal as time expired sealed the win for the Wildcats on Saturday night. However, some Kentucky fans had issues with the analysis delivered by Rod Gilmore, who called the game on SEC Network with play-by-play man Mark Jones:
Please no more Rod Gilmore on U.K. games!
— Robin (@RobinGOCATS) October 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/hawks_04/status/790017579700002816
Rod Gilmore sounds like a Kentucky hater #SECNation
— Eman_76 (@Eman_76) October 23, 2016
Listen here @RodGilmore…you keep talking smack about UK, we're going to have more than a mathematical problem.
— Blake (@BlakeEdge) October 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/_KeithGarrett/status/790013886607007744
Stan Chrapowicki is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football, Alabama and Auburn.
