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Maybe Greg Amsinger can tell us the Powerball numbers, too?
Fowler: The smoke gets in the air here sometimes and players will complain about it, it's not the cigar smoke. McEnroe: A little easier to live with. Fowler: Maybe for you. (cc: @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social 🚬🚭🔥)
And the Colorado reaction to the ejections.
This was the reaction of the Colorado broadcast to the home run and ensuing incident.
As a follow-up, Devers was told to finish rounding the bases. Pitcher Kyle Freeland was ejected for the Rockies. Willy Adames and Matt Chapman were ejected for the Giants.
Something you don't see every day in the Giants vs. Rockies game. Rafael Devers hits a home run off of Kyle Freeland. Freeland yells at Devers for staring at the home run and the benches cleared as Devers was running the bases. Dave Flemming and Javier Lopez had the call.
Chris Fowler shouts out ESPN's new 11-year rights deal with the NBA... John McEnroe reveals Adam Silver is his neighbor 🤷
"I don't want major media ... to just ruin the watching of college football for me by exaggerating THE HELL OUT OF EVERYTHING." - Michael Wilbon
We're actually a company that employs about ten people. awfulannouncing.com/about-awful-...
Lee Corso's College GameDay goodbye set a huge viewership record for ESPN.
Awful Announcing was on the ground in Columbus this past weekend, asking Ohio State & Texas fans which Saturday college football pregame show they prefer: ESPN's College GameDay or Fox's Big Noon Kickoff.
A Louisiana sports reporter says an ESPN cameraman shoved her after the LSU-Clemson game.
Kirk Herbstreit went on a social media storm denying that he called out North Carolina on a hot mic during their blowout loss.
These A's fans got a little too close for comfort for the local broadcast to handle.
Portnoy: "I even get that on the Big Noon Kickoff. 'He didn't play football, why is he on this show?' That means nothing. You have absolute morons who coach. You have morons who are GMs. You have just as many GMs missing on picks as you do hitting on picks."
Dave Portnoy: "I love football. I think I'd be one of the great offensive minds in the history of the game. I honestly think play-calling, I'm smarter than 99% of the play-callers."
College football coverage has turned into cable news with the conference battle lines clearly drawn.
Dave Portnoy on the debut episode of 'Wake Up Barstool': "When we come back from the break, let's see what the people are saying. They're usually pretty mean... I'll tell you this: it didn't have the greatest ratings before we got on. So you can't go from zero to negative zero. So we can only go up"
Incredibly, Lee Corso was perfect in his final College GameDay picks.
"I think we all felt a little disrespected, maybe, coming in. There was a lot of conversation and none of it was about us. I think we all were highly motivated. Our players were certainly excited to play." TCU coach Sonny Dykes after TCU's 48-14 beatdown of North Carolina.
This broadcast has gone to the dogs. Specifically, Kirk Herbstreit's dog, Peter, who got a headset.
We'd really like to know what Kirk Herbstreit was reacting to on this hot mic moment coming out of a commercial.
*Tugs collar*
"And to borrow from my friend Rich Eisen, TCU has busted out the whoopin' stick." Rece Davis with the call as TCU's Devean Deal scores on a fumble recovery to put the Horned Frogs up 41-7.
As Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit discuss what a "football move" is, things go from bad to worse for North Carolina, as TCU's Trent Battle scores on a 28-yard run. "And the Heels are getting the boot put right to their backside."
"In my opinion, the way that first half went, this is a big drive for the North Carolina defense." Kirk Herbstreit barely finished that sentence before TCU's Kevorian Barnes sprinted to a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second half.
Of course, 3 of the 4 Teams in the AP Top-10 that lost over the weekend lost to another team in the AP Top-10.
Never the graphic you want to see for your team's quarterback
"The dignitaries pleased with the way the festivities have started here for the Heels, Kirk." -Rece Davis on the call as UNC scores its first TD under Bill Belichick. ESPN proceeds to show Roy Williams, Michael Jordan, Jordon Hudson, and Randy Moss.
Bill Belichick is in regular season form during his pregame interview with Holly Rowe
Join our @brendonkleen.bsky.social and @benaxelrod.bsky.social for a live episode of The Play-By-Play, breaking down the weekend that was in college football media, including Lee Corso's sendoff and Dave Portnoy's Big Noon debut. Now live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZbw...
An argument over Dak Prescott resulted in Stephen A. Smith shedding some light on how much influence he has at ESPN.
Mike Greenberg: "If someone calls up your show today and says Nick Saban needs to un-retire and return to Alabama and coach this team, would that be fact or fiction?" Paul Finbebaum: "That would be fact. Bring him back. Get him off the GameDay set, bring him back today. Don't waste a moment."
Dan Orlovsky on Alabama's loss to Florida State: "If Nick Saban watched this tape back yesterday, he would have kicked some of these kids off the team. That's how bad it was... I think it's fair to say, can Kalen DeBoer survive September?"
Here was the Notre Dame-Miami finish, with Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy on the call for ESPN on ABC. 🏈🎙️ #CFB
"WHAT A KICK! GOOOOD! FROM 47!" - Sean McDonough "That thing might have been good from 65! He hit that with such adrenaline! WAY up top on the upright! Just a tremendous strike!" - Greg McElroy Miami takes down Notre Dame 27-24. 🏈🎙️ #CFB
"Ah, man, shit. I mean. The past 8 months have been so hard. Oooh. Sorry. And I'm just so blessed to be out here to have the opportunity to play again." Miami QB Carson Beck after the Hurricanes opened the season with a 27-24 win over No. 6 Notre Dame.
Notre Dame ties it up late in the fourth quarter! Sean McDonough with the call for ESPN on ABC. 🏈🎙️ #CFB
Miami comes away with a wacky interception vs Notre Dame. Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy with the ESPN on ABC call. 🏈😵💫🎙️ #CFB
We’re taking nominations for our 2025 Sports Podcast Power List! 🎙️
“When you show disrespect to the city of New Orleans, that’s what’s going to happen to you."
"[Arch Manning] is the best player we have seen from every aspect since Tim Tebow." - Paul Finebaum, shortly before the Texas-Ohio State game on Saturday.
CRAZY ONE-HANDED TD CATCH BY MIAMI'S CJ DANIELS VS NOTRE DAME! The play was upheld after review. Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy on the ESPN on ABC call (also, a cameo from Michael Irvin celebrating the TD). 🏈🔥🎙️ #CFB
Would any NFL rightsholder have gone in-depth on Jim Irsay the way the Washington Post did?
"A meme is born."
"Go Look In The Mirror And Find Something Else To Do For A Living. So Embarrassing!"
Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy have the ESPN on ABC call for Notre Dame-Miami. 🏈📺🎙️ #CFB
Louis Riddick: "We were talking about it in our production meetings, Bob (Wischusen), about what kind of quarterback [LaNorris Sellers] could he become as far as a pro comparison. You brought up the name Josh Allen. I agree." 🏈🎙️ #CFB #NFL
Barstool Sports is suing a former sponsor of its Arizona Bowl game and Pardon My Take podcast over an alleged breach of contract.
ESPN's Kris Budden: "[Shane Beamer] came up to me; he said, 'Kris, that was so fitting. There were so many games in my father's career where the offense stunk it up for most of the game, and then the special teams comes and saves the day.'" 🏈🎙️ #CFB
"Swain on the return... Gets free!... Swain to midfield!... Breaks a tackle!... Stays inbounds!... VICARI SWAIN!... SPIN CYCLE... TOUCHDOWN!" Bob Wischusen with the Virginia Tech-South Carolina call for ESPN. 🏈⚡️🎙️ #CFB