ESPN ‘lost their cameras’ in the late Pac-12 game
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!
All you USC/Utah fans should get on your knees and thank the Good Lord Above that your game was not being called by Gary Danielson!
With Dizney losing money hand over limp wristed fist, now would be a great time for the SEC to dump their clownshow ESPIN deal and start a REAL SEC Network, let the Pac dumplings have Espin.
The SEC Network Alt was “Experiencing Technical Difficulties” during last nights Mizzou game on a few occasions, at least it sounds like the USC game maintained audio during those times. We got cheezy music with that overdue for a makeover SEC logo.