Gary Danielson apologized on air to Joe Namath for CBS graphic shown during Alabama-Texas A&M game
A CBS goof provided one of the lighter moments of Saturday’s Alabama-Texas A&M game.
During the game, CBS showed a graphic comparing Tua Tagovailoa’s season touchdown passes to Joe Namath’s career passing touchdowns.
Nah, CBS did Joe Namath dirty with this graphic 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/MBLAmRXwlG
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Color commentator Gary Danielson instantly recognized it was unfair to Broadway Joe, blaming it on a CBS staffer’s youth and unfamiliarity with the context of the two eras.
“That’s just wrong,” Danielson said laughing, per AL.com’s Mark Heim. “Let’s not even put that up. That’s just wrong, isn’t it?
“We apologize. We have a young guy in the truck that just threw that out there without really knowing. You can’t do that on an Alabama game.”
Do you get paid to write this stuff?
Stats are stats
It was funny, but there’s nothing wrong with using that stat to demonstrate the evolution of the game.
Gary seems to think there is an ‘ n ‘ in Tagovailoa…..Ever noticed that ?
While it is not spelled with one there is an ‘n’ in the pronunciation. I could be wrong but every time I hear it said that’s what it sounds like to me. Btw it hurt me to even kind of stick up for Danielson because I despise him. His disdain for Alabama is so obvious.
Gary Danielson should be fired immediately for advocating violence against an Alabama WR on the air during the game. After Texas A&M player punched #6 WR from Alabama. Gary Danielson said, ” Good for him!” When Alabama’s player punched back, I do not condone his actions, but it is a natural reaction to defend yourself or retaliate. He was ejected and now will sit out 1st half of Tennessee game. Gary Danielson sounded happy as a clam that he was thrown out. The Texas A&M player received no penalty even though replay clearly shows he threw the first punch. I don’t know if he was punished after the game but certainly wasn’t during the game. I thought that the commentators were supposed to be unbiased and just call the game. Gary Danielson is obviously and has been for as long as he has called Alabama games completely biased against the Crimson Tide. He should be fired and never allowed back on television or radio ever again. He should also publicly apologize to that player for advocating violence against him. Fire Gary Now!!!!