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Conor McGregor or Jimmy Dykes? Social media reacts to bizarre ESPN2 segment during Auburn-South Carolina game
By SDS Staff
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If you weren’t watching the ESPN2 broadcast of the Auburn-South Carolina basketball game, you missed a truly bizarre segment featuring Jimmy Dykes.
To promote an upcoming Conor McGregor fight, ESPN2 showed a video of broadcaster Jimmy Dykes, shirtless, sporting McGregor ink. A fan interested in the fight shared a video on Twitter:
KJ, any idea if the earlier fights are available on ESPN+ without ordering the PayPerView? I’d like to watch our boy Nik, but don’t much care about the headline fight. (Though I did just get a nice laugh out of this McGregor impression by @CoachJimmyDykes) pic.twitter.com/iMZ3Mr2aDq
— TetherQ Podcast (Temporarily) (@tslaqpodcast) January 23, 2021
As you might expect, the social media reaction from hoops viewers was overwhelmingly negative:
I like Jimmy Dykes, but this is just weird. I love Conor McGregor, but I can promise you I’ve never been tempted to draw his tattoo on my chest. pic.twitter.com/XE8deHAKPx
— Auburn Alan (@SarcasmAndMore) January 23, 2021
it's not an auburn basketball game until jimmy dykes takes his shirt off. that's what i've always said.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) January 23, 2021
I don’t think anyone can unsee that Jimmy Dykes…..
— College & Magnolia (@CollegeAndMag) January 23, 2021
ESPN is the only people that liked that Jimmy Dykes segment. We just want to watch the basketball game.
— College & Magnolia (@CollegeAndMag) January 23, 2021
when news organizations think fans like them more than the teams they're talking about <<<<<< https://t.co/eJks97rxOY
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) January 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/nic1thompson/status/1353033901443313664
We definitely didn’t need that Jimmy Dykes segment, @ESPN.
— Jacob Varner ? ?? (@jacobvarner) January 23, 2021
I did not consent to being visually assaulted by Jimmy Dykes shirtless and painted up. No thank you ESPN.
— i only respond to emma now (@MelissaAU13) January 23, 2021
Please quit showing me the Jimmy dykes McGregor. I don't want it.
— kp, basketball school alumna (@kphardy_) January 23, 2021
I’m listening to radio. What did I miss?
— JRo (@jro282876) January 23, 2021
Don’t worry. I’m at a swim meet so now I’m looking for the chlorine vat to stick my head in.
— JRo (@jro282876) January 23, 2021
As for the basketball game, Auburn has a double-digit lead on South Carolina in the second half. Hopefully, the broadcast sticks to hoops the rest of the way.
Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.
