Social media calling out Gary Danielson for CBS broadcast of Texas A&M at Alabama
While Alabama and Texas A&M were playing a competitive game early on Saturday, the Crimson Tide ended the first half with three consecutive touchdowns to build a 35-14 lead by halftime. Playing its home opener, Alabama took a bit to really get things going.
But for fans watching the broadcast on CBS, they were also focused on the commentary. As the SEC on CBS Game of the Week, Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson were on the call. And Texas A&M fans (as well as Alabama haters) didn’t like what they were hearing from Danielson.
An Alabama bias? That’s what fans took to Twitter to call out Danielson for, as they frequently mentioned what they believed were pro-Crimson Tide comments.
Here’s what social media was saying about the broadcast:
Texas A&M ties it at 14. Gary Danielson is in tears. And A&M should be 17-14 up.
— Alex Haddon Ferguson (@SECblog) October 3, 2020
I dont even care that Gary Danielson is STILL obnoxious….im so happy to see #RollTide football on CBS Saturday afternoon that I can put up with him!!
— Lee Johnson (@LTJnsn) October 3, 2020
A&M picks it off and takes it back to the 17 yard line.
Gary Danielson: “What a great tackle there by Najee Harris”
🙄🙄🙄🙄
— Ross Little (@RossLittle14) October 3, 2020
Gary Danielson, cries for minutes after his beloved Alabama gives up scores. It’s never the other team, always an Alabama mistake. This dude is a chump.
— E$ (@ELaips5) October 3, 2020
Gary Danielson gets so bummed out when something doesn't go Alabama's way
— Discount Keanu (@NoPUNintendo) October 3, 2020
Gary Danielson is such a bama fan.
— Dylan Whitlock (@DylanW419) October 3, 2020
*Ball hits the Wide Receiver in the Hands*
Gary Danielson: “Ya I’m not sure that ball was catchable”
— Tyler Vesely (@TylerVesely) October 3, 2020
Me turning on the Alabama game and then remembering Gary Danielson is on the call pic.twitter.com/5Rk5ETsrtb
— Jared Green (@_JG_7) October 3, 2020
Oh how I really didn’t miss Gary Danielson’s biased commentary. Also these penalties have to stop.
— Cade Anderson (@ngcag21) October 3, 2020
2020 has been…different. But one thing it has not changed is Gary Danielson cheerleading Alabama on national television lol
— Kyle Lamb (@kylamb8) October 3, 2020
I wanna find someone who talks about me the way Gary Danielson talks about Alabama.
— Ches Graham (@Chester2196) October 3, 2020
Gary has always been on Alabama’s nuts.
He’s a joke the sec game of the week is on mute at my house always even if the vols are up I listen to it in the radio. Only channel I feel that way about.
SERIOUSLY? You’d think he was on Bama’s payroll. LOL
Kinda the same way Herbstreit sounds like he’s on whoever is playing Auburn.
Herb ie is always gagging on Ohio state or Clemson the two worst fan bases in the country absolute deplorables.
As a Bama fan we LOVE Herbstreit!! If you guys were accusing him of being biased to Bama I could see your points!! But Gary Danielson????? ARE YOU SERIOUS?? He is literally our least favorite and anti-Bama commentator there is!!! However, to be fair I really didn’t pay much attention to the commentators today. If he was pro Bama today then he must really dislike Texas A&M lmao
So you think Gary loves Bama and Herbie hates Auburn. Hmmm, I’m thinking this is a you problem…
Same here. Been listening to CBS games on mute for about 10 years now…Verne was the worst (stick to golf) and Gary, his little lackey. Somewhat amusing to me that the mainstream college football fans are just now picking up on this crap. The worst was our 4 game IN A ROW steak on CBS back in 2016. Good grief
Absolutely!. Its nice to see others besides AU fans seeing this! It was WAY worse when his partner in crime Verne was there. Bama Bias at its best!
Gary literally finds any opportunity to say something negative about Bama. You guys are so blinded by your own bias, you refuse to listen to what he is saying. Or, maybe you’re just not intelligent enough to understand.
I find this very amusing as Alabama fans hate Gary. And have always thought he didn’t like Alabama. Lol
EXACTLY!! THANK YOU!! IN MY HOUSEHOLD & CIRCLE WE HAVE NEVER LIKED HIM AND FOUND HIM TO BE QUITE THE OPPOSITE! I FOUND THIS ARTICLE HILARIOUS
I rate Gary on the same level as the human blackboard screech, Beth Howlings!
Love him or not…but Gary Danielson will still be in the CBS booth till 2023 I believe…when the contract expires.
OMG…Are you people serious??? Bama fans typically DO NOT like him AT ALL!! I fell out laughing when I seen this article was one of the top trending articles! IS THERE ANY END TO THE BAMA HATERS AND CRY BABIES??? You guys look for anything to cry about!! Can’t wait to see how many cry over this commentROLL TIDE ROLL
It’s obvious today was the first time some of these haters ever heard Danielson call a Bama game. He has notoriously hated Bama through his past years as a so called expert commentator and been called on it many times.
HEY, ALABAMA IS OFFICIALLY ON UPSET ALERT NEXT WEEK!!! Yea, Alabama is the better team by a mile! But historically speaking. Ole miss teams with good passing QBs that are mobile enough. They have historically given Alabama fits!!!
PS. So I’m putting Alabama on upset alert. I still think Alabama wins and maybe by a bunch. But look past ole miss and you’ll be sorry!!!
King Negan
Saban doesn’t look past anyone. He’ll have his players ready.
well… except Auburn in 2018 & 2019… but those games do not count
I’m pretty sure Bama beat Auburn in 18 and he didn’t look past them last year.. Bama had a lot of things go wrong last season…
Saban doesn’t let a sub .500 team beat him at home…
2nd and 26
Yeah, looked past Auburn in 2019 by having all those injuries. And Bama beat Auburn in 2018.
Didn’t the Dawgs let South Carolina beat that butt? Deep harder.
He tells it like it is. All of you are the type people that if someone walked up and handed you a 20 dollar bill you would say hey why not four 5’s!!!
I can’t stand Gary Danielson!! He is one of the snarkiest, annoying commentators ever! He’s a big tenner all the way!! Y’all are nuts if you think he’s Bama biased. He’s like a little yapping dog that barks a little here and barks a little over there! Always caustic commenting. Believe me, he’s no pal to any team in the SEC! I mute him and listen to our man, Eli Gold. Lord, how I miss the good ole days with real announcers like Jackson! Gary Danielson is a clown!!
People actually listen to commentators?
I must be missing something. I’ve always found him insightful and enjoyable, and have never perceived any bias.
Danielson is gradually losing his mind. Too many concussions. People shouldn’t overreact to anything he says. Just tolerate him and move on.
Why do fan bases do this?
Team #1 He hates us!
Team #2 No, he hates us!
Team #3 Are you kidding, he
really hates us!
Honestly, they’re just calling the game. It’# YOU that’s biased!
All of a sudden this is news?!!
And ESPN is almost as bad!!
Don’t you just miss all the narcissistic nabobs from the 1970’s and 1980’s? They didn’t have a bias to any team, because they were too busy telling the audience how incredibly lucky there were for having them as the most perfect presenter of the obvious.
After Joe Smith makes an incredible catch, who really needs the forehead in the expensive suit with the deep, vocal-cord-damaged voice to say, “What an incredible catch?”
Ditch the announcer for the game. That’s so 20th century with old TV rabbit ear reception. All the sports fan needs is an option to watch games from the elevated wire camera just behind the QB with only the stadium PA Announcer’s voice telling the name of the ball carrier/receiver, and the name of the tackler(s). Then, show the scoreboard particulars between the plays like people would see at the stadium.
I haven’t watched the NCAA Championship Game with the regular announcers since the option was there to be the 12th man in the huddle and “align” in the offensive. You can see the blocking assignments and defensive play assignments much better, and you can see who messed up or who carried out the assignment.
If there has to be personalities on the network, put fabulous babes on both sides of the field to relay what is going on for both team’s sidelines.
Can’t stand the overhead camera. I still like the comments made by most of the announcers. You always have the opposition of not watching…. and not commenting.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS. I think the SkyCam view of the game is the future of college football. You can watch plays develop, get great perspective on pass rush or run blocking gaps, as well as missed assignments in the secondary just like you said. It just feels like you’re at the game with SkyCam.
With that said, I have noticed that, when I watch the game with casual fans/family members/guests, they don’t like SkyCam at all. I believe this is the case because the play seems to happen so much quicker. Some people can’t follow the action.
I would rather listen to 2 cats screwing than hear Danielson call ANY Alabama football game!!! Hilarious article!!! Haters be hatin’…..just the norm tho. ROLL TIDE
BTW What EXACTLY Qualifies Gary Danielson to be the Lead College Football broadcaster for CBS?? His college resume was that he was the QB at Purdue form around 1968-1970. His Pro Career was playing a few years in The World League of American Football for a few years. When that folded around 1974, he was a back up QB in Detroit, where he was “the inside man” of the Lions locker room for a local affiliate. That’s unfortunately what started his path down the broadcast booth.
I really like Nessler.
Danielson needs to move to PAC 12 broadcasts. He wore out his welcome in the SEC long ago. For years I have muted CBS games and searched for radio broadcasts to listen to. He always seems to have his favorites in games, and isn’t a bit afraid to voice it throughout the game. Aside from that, his voice is annoying as hell.
Only freaks think football still has any meaning. The world has moved on freaks, you should too. Your numbers are so small they don’t even make a decent subscriber list on a youtube channel , and yet, somehow, you still think you are relevant. It’s amazing . Blind passion in the face of raw statistical data. Face it freaks, your religion is over. No more football. It’s gone and good riddance.
I think you should consult a physician to get on some meds.
So, to succinctly sum it all up: No SEC fan base likes Gary Danielson and never have. Gary never appeared much of an SEC fan. I never thought the CBS analysis who do pregame are SEC fans either. Adam Sucker is just a smartazz, period.
I find this article hilarious considering most Alabama fans hate Gary Danielson as much as Tiger King fans hate Carol Baskins.
If everyone would think about all the games that he commentated on he was pretty much doing it for every team that was winning. When you hear him commentate he was always on the band wagon for the winning team. Every game it is pretty much the same speel. “Oh Alabama is just to good”, such and such just don’t have the strength of such and such. It gets old hearing the samething with only the names of the teams changing.To hear him tell it, he should rich as hell considering he is always backibg the winning team!.
If everyone would think about all the games that he commentated on he was pretty much doing it for every team that was winning. When you hear him commentate he was always on the band wagon for the winning team. Every game it is pretty much the same speel. “Oh Alabama is just to good”, such and such just don’t have the strength of such and such. It gets old hearing the samething with only the names of the teams changing. To hear him tell it, he should rich as hell considering he is always backing the winning team!.
Aggie is an old hillbilly word that translates to “thin skinned homer”
Funny.
I hate whenever my Gators are playing on CBS, he’s such an obnoxious asswhipe. Sounds like it is a SEC consensus that he’s the worst and
that most fans mute their tv’s when he’s calling the game.
Well, Najee’s tackle was great. Who cares about TAMU’s INT?
danielson is a front-runner. he was all up on uf and meyer in the late 2000s, bama in the last 10 yrs and was even gushing over lsu last year…which was a far cry from where he was the prev 10 yrs.
he’s a front-runner.
Scrap Danielson and Nessler. Replace with Aaron Taylor and Brian Jones. Wouldn’t that be great! You wouldn’t have problems not hearing BJ.
No thank you. I guess this shows the difference in our ages.
you are crazy! Aaron Taylor is horrible! Keep drinking bro!
Danielson is a bad joke. He is soooo gay for Nick Saban
Everyone believes Danielson is against their team. lol I’ve never gotten the hate with him. He’s obviously more knowledgeable than most other commentators. Sure, Verne could get mixed up from time to time, but Brad generally does a good job. Don’t see much wrong with the CBS team. It’s better than having Greg McElroy or Tebow or Rogers, imo.
You are so right.
Anyone is far better tan Jordan Rogers…that guy’s so ultra-stuck on himself…and loves the sound of his own voice.
If you knew more about who Jordan Rogers really is, you’d know that isn’t the case. I’m not saying I know him personally, but I follow his social media accounts, have read a lot about him, and have listened to those who work with him share their opinion of him to get a general understanding of his true personality.
I think maybe b/c of his looks, how he dresses, and how he sounds sometimes may give the initial impression of him being stuck on himself, but he’s truly knowledgeable about the game and his color commentating really adds to the experience of the game.
S.E.C. Snob, i agree. He takes a lot of heat from everyone, and i have a hard time understanding why. So often, he accurately predicts what the teams on the field will do next. As one who played college football, i am impressed with Daneilson’s insights! Let’s face it, we’re all sensitive about the teams we love. (By the way, i may have been even more Bama-friendly about Naje Harris’ tackle on that interception return, pointing out the failure of the TA&M players to look at that side of the field at all to see if someone might need to be blocked!)
This is exactly why I enjoy Danielson. He knows football.
This thread is a crock. Danielson is a very talented sportscaster who knows football. Does he have some bias…of course, he is human. I find that his bias is toward teams that play good, consistent football vs. one particular team. If TAMU had a better team, it probably would not be an issue. But, I will take Danielson and his in-depth understanding and historical knowledge of College Football any day. If you want Danielson to treat your team better…have THEM play better…problem solved.
Couldn’t have said it better. Danielson obviously favors GOOD football, and that’s where his “bias” tilts.
agree!
I agree. Danielson understands the game and in my opinion provides excellent insight. Most of the complaints I’ve heard previously have been that he’s too critical. As far as being a homer for anyone, I think he appreciates good, sound fundamental football and is partial to those teams that play it. People may dislike his personality or delivery, but it’s hard to fault his understanding of the game.
This is a story now? He learned the best Verne. Mister one sided himself. I do not even turn the volume up anymore when I have to watch CBS. If covering Bama they talk about Bama for 3 quarters and then they will say oops there is another team out there. If covering 2 teams other than Bama then they will talk about Bama 50% of the time. It is ridiculous! I will be so glad when CBS no longer covers the SEC.
He does talk a lot about Bama when doing their games but all talk about the better teams more than the weaker teams during any given telecast. If you don’t like CBS and their coverage of SEC football that’s your prerogative. But you have shown that you speak from bias.
I mean, that tackle by Najee was pretty dang impressive. If running back somehow doesn’t work out by some curse, he’d make a heckuva linebacker.
Danielson biased towards ‘Bama? Seriously? He still looks for chances to bring up the Patrick Petersen no-interception in the LSU game in 2009 whenever he can.
I’m certainly no fan of Danielson, but even he is so much better than having to listen to Brent Musburger. So glad we never have to listen to that blithering idiot calling any SEC game again! At least Gary has some understanding of the game and rules.
Gary seems to aggravate every fan base playing Alabama, Florida, and Georgia on CBS.
Just mute the TV and play the team broadcast on your phone.
There’s a simple solution to a problem with a biased announcer: TURN THE SOUND OFF. At the game, fans don’t have an announcer telling them every action. Fans can do the same watching on TV.
Twitter is not news, I see this too much
Lane Kiffin is definitely going to do some very good things at ole miss hope we can hold on to him. Great evaluator of talent and maximizing of it. He’s got monte for any defensive question he has and he proven on offense just need some time. Also I think Matt corral mac Jones and Kyle Trask are the best QBs in 2 weeks. Also Mississippi state looking like fresh meat after week 2
I just remember Gary saying “Georgia can’t run the ball” on the opening series of second half against Fla in 2017 just because a defensive player made great play and tackled Nick behind the line.
Let me get this straight, Gary Danielson helped Bama score 52 points while holding Tex a&m down to 24 points. Gee, I missed Gary on the field….what was his jersey number?
Danielson is a complete tool. I can barely watch CBS SEC games with him offering his biased insights. He’s no Keith Jackson, but not many are these days.
I think Gary Danielson is the most negative broadcaster in CFB. His views of the teams before, during and after are always so pessimistic.
Like Verne was literally the only reason it worked for as long as it did. Verne was funny and exciting. Brad is good too but, Gary, man he is negative.
Holy crow! Bama fans hate Gary and think he’s biased against them.
Same movie. Two screens.
I think Todd Blacklege is way better than Gary. I think Laura Rutlege would be better.
Gary Danielson, true story, will talk about Alabama when he’s commentating on a State game against Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M, etc… It’s the most annoying thing. For once, social media can be trusted on this topic.
He’s in love. Cut him some slack. Could be worse…how about Finebaum and Gary?
WOW….. True Bama fans can’t stand Danielson!! He is and has always been a Bama hater! Which is why myself and probably most Bama fans had him on mute… It’s shocking to hear he was cheering for Bama… Which I don’t believe he was… I think you all just hate Bama that much… It’s gonna be a tough year for the SEC playing all conference games… But Bama is gonna Roll this year. Our secondary is young but will get better. And will play The usual Bama D soon. So keep hating while Bama keeps Rolling!! RTR!!
From my perspective, he is fair and informed. I usually turn off the network audio and put on Mick Hubert and the Gator Network. You might try that for your SEC team for the biased viewpoint we all cherish as fans.
It’s easy to be a Bama fan. Most didn’t know Bama existed until a few years ago. Anyone can buy an A sticker. Danielson is old and tired. He needs to go. Finebaum has made a living off Bama. He will change to Orange soon. Kirby can’t compete. Mullen will fail. Saban will retire.
I always like Gary and Verne don’t care if they biased they have the right voice and it keeps me entertained.. as long as it ain’t Beth mowens I’m good
I’m not a big fan of Danielson’s general commentary, but he is one of the best in the business at diagnosing what just happened on a play and explaining it to the audience.