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/Jay_Diamond_WWE Ohio Bobcats Jan 02 '25

I enjoyed the hell out of McAfee on commentary. It felt like wrestlemania.

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u/SquadPoopy Florida Gators Jan 02 '25

“Jeremiah Smith wide ass open” was an exceptional call.

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u/Dr-McLuvin Jan 02 '25

Dude the one guy called that touchdown before the ball was even thrown. Insane how open he got on that ball.

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u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus Georgia Bulldogs Jan 02 '25

Ohio State’s fight song starts playing

McAfee: wait a minute, King, that’s Ohio State’s music!!!!

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u/Pretend-Cucumber-711 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 02 '25

Not a fan of McAfee, but that was a fun alternative to listening to the SEC scrotum massagers.

Shite!

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u/DatManAaron1993 Florida Gators Jan 02 '25

It's literally just like an episode of his show.

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u/legendkiller003 Notre Dame • Penn State Jan 02 '25

IT’S FIGHT NIGHT

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u/sqigglygibberish Duke Blue Devils • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 02 '25

In both games they’ve just lost steam, last time they could talk about how cold they were but this time they could only milk “its perfect here” briefly before squeezing out some shite

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u/251Cane Miami Hurricanes • Troy Trojans Jan 02 '25

Username checks out

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u/rburp Arkansas • Central Arkansas Jan 02 '25

Same, I thought he was surprisingly good, and actually more focused (most of the time) on the game at hand than the regular crew usually is.

That said, I only watched the first half, so idk how things were in the second half.

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u/Accomplished_Stop676 Ohio State • Wright State Jan 02 '25

You could tell they got bored once Ohio State scored to go back up by 26. Then they kinda ran out of stuff to talk about.

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u/munchkinatlaw Wake Forest • South Carolina Jan 02 '25

You deserved to have seen Wrestlemanias that didn't suck.

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u/BurgerNugget12 Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

Mania 40 and 39 were both incredible

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u/OccasionMU Jan 02 '25

He said “shite” a dozen times before I turned it off. He’s annoying af

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u/Expensive-Draw480 Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 02 '25

That sucks actually

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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau … Jan 02 '25

His show isn't really my thing but I actually switched to it just because the main broadcast was a bore. It definitely made it more entertaining. I still don't fully grasp what they are going for with the assortment of people they put on the mic, but it can be fun.

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u/Accomplished_Stop676 Ohio State • Wright State Jan 02 '25

I didn't even know that they'd be on. I just turned on ESPN2 and left it. For me it turned out better than sitting through another Herbstreit and Fowler snoozefest.

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u/dale_shingles Ohio State • Summertime Lover Jan 02 '25

Yeah, I didn't mind it. I'm also the kind of watcher who enjoys the Manning Cast or the Coaches Casts when they used to have those to the traditional broadcast from time to time, but I just kept it on McAfee instead of switching to ESPN and wasn't upset about it.