Greg Sankey’s dig at announcers ‘mostly’ aimed at Aaron Murray, per report
By Mark Kern
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Greg Sankey made headlines on Monday when he told Paul Finebaum that he was very disappointed with some announcers for their criticism of officials. During that interview with Finebaum, Sankey mentioned that he thought that some of the worst officials in the country are in the announce booth.
That was an open-ended comment that could have been about a number of broadcasters, but according to Brandon Marcello, those comments were mostly directed at Aaron Murray, who was on the call for the Florida-Oklahoma game.
Murray was calling Saturday night’s game in Gainesville and noted that he had watched the game between Missouri and Texas, which involved a few controversial calls that all seemed to go against the Tigers.
The biggest play in that game came with Missouri leading 20-13 in the 3rd quarter. Texas quarterback Arch Manning was hit while he geared up to throw the ball, and it appeared to be an incomplete pass that would have set up a fourth down. Even the rules analyst in the booth was saying that it should be an incompletion.
However, the officials called it a fumble, and it gave Texas a first down. The Longhorns outscored the Tigers 21-0 after that call to secure the win.
