Pac-12 After Dark has a cult following on Twitter, as crazy things often happen when most of the East Coast audience goes to bed.
That was the case on Saturday night, as the Pac-12 After Dark game literally went dark for a while.
As you can see below, the ESPN broadcast of the game lost its cameras for a while during the game:
ESPN has lost their cameras for the USC-Utah game. pic.twitter.com/hJn4sW4Ddo
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 22, 2020
That led broadcasters Dave Flemming and Rod Gilmore basically doing radio play-by-play for the audience during a Utah drive:
USC-Utah has basically turned into a radio broadcast on ESPN. pic.twitter.com/X2ZpBV1Ag5
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 22, 2020
In the live TV industry, you have to be able to roll with the punches, and Flemming and Gilmore did a good job of that.
This isn’t the first time there have been camera-related controversies this year in Pac-12 After Dark. Last week, there weren’t enough cameras to properly review a crucial late-game spot in the Oregon State-Washington game.
Get it together, Pac-12!
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
