It’s one thing to have a team beat you like the way Florida throttled Kentucky last Saturday. It’s another thing when the broadcasters calling the game start taking shots at your team while it’s getting blown out.
Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson seemed to make light of Kentucky’s struggles. We’re guessing they had nothing else to talk about during the Gators’ 45-7 romp.
Verne Lundquist goes to commercial with "If you've got any stories for us, phone them in." Kentucky a total punchline today.
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) September 10, 2016
Verne Lundquist is brutal. "Some of us thought this would be a competitive game………….I'm not sure why."
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) September 10, 2016
"How would you like to be a Kentucky fan right now? It's got to be depressing."- Gary Danielson on the CBS broadcast
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) September 10, 2016
Nevertheless, Danielson still managed to score points with some viewers:
Strongest comment: CBS' Gary Danielson,"How would you like to be a Kentucky booster or fan right now? It's got to be depressing."FL 24 UK 0
— Rudy Martzke (@FakeRudyMartzke) September 10, 2016
"Four years of hard work and this is what it looks like." — Gary Danielson is on his game today.
— Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) September 10, 2016
What’s in a name?
In Auburn’s opener against Clemson, Kyle Davis made a big play with his 43-yard reception. Against Arkansas State last Saturday night, the freshman wide receiver hauled in a 42-yard pass, but someone apparently forgot to tell Brent Musburger.
We’re not sure how or why this happened, but the longtime announcer kept on calling him Kyle Allen, somehow confusing him for the former Texas A&M quarterback. The Tigers certainly performed better than he did.
I like Brent Musburger. But, man, he called Kyle Davis "Kyle Allen" a BUNCH of times in this telecast…
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) September 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmericanMatt5/status/774793699708383233
Musburger has called Kyle Davis, "Kyle Allen" like 50 times tonight
— Brice Bonner (@BriceBonner) September 11, 2016
Brent Musburger really wants us to have someone named Kyle Allen on our team
— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) September 11, 2016
Beth I hear you calling
Nick Saban wasn’t happy with his team’s performance in Alabama’s 38-10 home win over Western Kentucky last Saturday. By the same token, viewers weren’t pleased with the performance of ESPN play-by-play voice Beth Mowins, who called the game and got hammered by SEC fans.
Most tweets were about Mowins’ voice. But unfortunately some critics’ comments were about her gender:
https://twitter.com/IrrationalHawk/status/775360713619480577
Commercials are a nice break from Beth Mowins #RollTide #WKUvsBAMA
— Allen (@Allen_B__) September 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/UnlimitedTide/status/774704360731258880
There's only 1 thing worse than Verne Lundquist announcing Alabama games… Beth Mowins announcing Alabama games pic.twitter.com/zNH3uEHE75
— Ross (@RossKwas) September 10, 2016
When you realize Beth Mowins is calling this Bama game. pic.twitter.com/DZjpZm6U1y
— Belle Es You (@SouthernbeLLSU) September 10, 2016
To be fair, despite having her fair share of detractors, Mowins does have some supporters as well:
@bethmowins always enjoy your announcing! Even if I have no interest in either teams!
— Brian Turpin (@tailorbrian) September 10, 2016
Gotta say, @bethmowins is terrific.
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) September 10, 2016
Stan Chrapowicki is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football, Alabama and Auburn.
