Sean McDonough says SEC stadium has worst broadcast booth in college football

Sean McDonough travels to college football stadiums everywhere as one of ESPN’s top announcers. He may not get the warmest welcome next time in Oxford.

Broadcasting booths came up as a topic when McDonough recently appeared on The Brandon Walker College Football Show. McDonough said Ole Miss has the worst booth in college football.

“The booth is tiny – it used to be bigger, but the athletic department took away seats – to the point where our stats guy has to be behind us. … There can’t be a fourth person, because it’s not wide enough.

“You’re a little to the left of the 50-yard line, but we have a lot of those noon Eastern starts there, which are 11 Central, and the sun is hitting you right in the face. I don’t like to wear sunglasses on TV, because you look like you’re doing a Hollywood shot, but you almost have to there when the game starts, because you’re just getting blasted in the face. It’s just a really uncomfortable place to do a game.”

McDonough made clear that he likes Ole Miss fans and the football environment in Oxford, just not the broadcast booth in the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium press box. McDonough also said he doesn’t like the location of the booth in Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Sean McDonough declares Ole Miss the stadium with the worst tv broadcast booth pic.twitter.com/isv73E7TVk

— Brandon Walker College Football Show (@BFWshow) August 21, 2026

Andrew Olson

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