Katherine Webb-McCarron looks back on 7-year anniversary of famous ESPN appearance
By Sydney Hunte
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On Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, while A.J. McCarron and the Alabama Crimson Tide took on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the country as a whole was introduced to McCarron’s girlfriend, Katherine Webb.
That’s thanks, of course, to Brent Musburger, who was calling the game for ESPN with Kirk Herbstreit.
“What a beautiful woman!” Musburger exclaimed. “If you’re a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throwing it around in the backyard with Pops!”
The comments and video went viral, and Webb—now married to McCarron—became a national sensation.
On Tuesday, to mark the 7th anniversary of the incident, Webb posted an Instagram story highlighting media appearances and modeling career since then and ending with a photo with McCarron, now a backup quarterback with the Houston Texans, and their 2 sons.
“I gave it all up to marry my forever love and have my boys and I would do it again in a heartbeat. The end,” she wrote.
So while Webb embraced her fame for a while, it appears she is most happy being a wife and mother.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
