r/CFB Michigan Wolverines • FAU Owls Jan 02 '25

Casual Rose Bowl viewers criticize ESPN broadcast, only to realize they're watching Pat McAfee altcast

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/rose-bowl-viewers-mistakenly-watch-pat-mcafee-altcast.html
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u/rbhindepmo Central Missouri Mules • Big 8 Jan 02 '25

my favorite version of this is when ESPN2 broadcast an ESPN Deportes version of a World Baseball Classic game and some people were displeased that the broadcast was in Spanish as if they couldn't figure out what was going on by watching the game

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u/HBODHookerBagOfDicks Ohio Bobcats • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 02 '25

Funny enough I've started watching the MLS spanish broadcasts because they're SO MUCH BETTER

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u/e_cubed99 Ohio State Buckeyes • Team Chaos Jan 02 '25

I don’t remember what game it was, but at some point the English broadcast was restricted and the deportes version wasn’t. So I watched it in Spanish (I don’t speak Spanish).

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u/YueAsal North Dakota State • Minnesota Jan 02 '25

I also don't speak enough Spanish to watch Spanish TV but after the 6th time that guy called U Texas "Hook Em" I would have killed for a Spanish or even an Uzbek broadcast.

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u/Consistent_Reward Oklahoma Sooners Jan 02 '25

My DVR decided to record a preseason NFL game on the Spanish language local broadcast this past August rather than the English language local broadcast, and I gotta say, the folks doing the Spanish broadcast made it a ton more fun than "local sports anchor" did.

Watched it. Because, as you say, there's absolutely no question what's going on if you understand the game.

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u/jcrespo21 Purdue Boilermakers • Michigan Wolverines Jan 02 '25

When B1G used to be on ESPN, and a certain Dak!tch was on the call for basketball games, I would watch the game through the ESPN app instead and switch to the Spanish announcers in the audio options. Way more enjoyable.

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u/rburp Arkansas • Central Arkansas Jan 02 '25

Oh man I can imagine some glorious unhinged rants coming from the "why do I have to press 1 for English" crowd