ESPN alters Ole Miss-Auburn broadcast due to weather: CFB fans react
By Andrew Olson
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ESPN had to alter its broadcast of Auburn at No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday.
With a storm in the area, ESPN had its camera operators seek shelter. ESPN made the move before players were pulled off the field.
This is very much not ideal on many levels https://t.co/zZSCGf7ne1 pic.twitter.com/MpxgYPd0er
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 15, 2022
Meanwhile in Oxford, the ESPN camera operators have been told to take shelter because of a nearby storm but the game is still going on. And a fan just ran out onto the field.
Ole Miss leads 41-34 with 8:24 to go.
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 15, 2022
For a brief period, ESPN presented the game from an atypical angle, closer to the “Skycast” option sometimes provided for an alternate broadcast or an All-22 view.
Needed one, got 41.@qaj4_ | #HottyToddy
? https://t.co/WN96NRAkoX pic.twitter.com/zUX74j9nVK— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) October 15, 2022
Here’s how some fans on social media reacted before the game was ultimately delayed:
Why the camera angle like this?
— Ryan Celtic (@RyanCeltic1) October 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/TheBrand0lorian/status/1581367679054917632
@espn, @SECNetwork @danorlovsky7 what has happened to the camera coverage of the ole miss game? Looks like a 10th grade A/V student standing on top of the stadium with a VHS video camera.
— BrianCullen (@brian_j_cullen) October 15, 2022
this @espn camera angle for the Ole Miss/ Auburn game has me feeling like I got $10 tickets in the end zone nose bleed section #hottytoddy
— DeAnn Marie (@DeAnn_BoilerRN) October 15, 2022
So ESPN has a camera on the ball for replays but we’re stuck watching from the press box
— Chri (@chri_808) October 15, 2022
Presumably, the storm passes for play to resume, ESPN can go back to a normal broadcast. No. 9 Ole Miss leads Auburn 48-34 in the 4th quarter.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
