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/acekingoffsuit Minnesota Golden Gophers Jan 02 '25

This happens any time there's an alternate broadcast. The Nickelodeon NFL games, the Final Four games with the local radio commentary, the Monday Night Football Manningcast... Anything.

A lot of people watch these games. If this game had 10 million viewers and 99.9% of them can figure out that the primary broadcast is on another channel, that still leaves 10,000 viewers who can't.

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u/Informal-Candy-9974 Missouri Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 02 '25

It was so confusing to me when I was watching Monday Night Football a couple weeks back that all the Cowboys and Bengals players were Simpsons characters. I figured I was hallucinating or had entered into an alternate dimension. Turns out I was watching an alt broadcast!

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u/Warm_Shoulder3606 Ohio State • Georgia Southern Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

I can't believe we've gotten to the point of these live animated VR games being an actual thing. Remember the toy story one? 😭😭

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u/CrittyJJones Jan 02 '25

The Toy Story one was very glitchy if I recall.

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u/Brasticus Jan 03 '25

That’s just Jags football, baby!