ESPN’er Bob Valvano throws shade at former colleague Skip Bayless over field goal kicking tweets

It seems like Bob Valvano has been a part of ESPN forever. Whether it’s been as a ESPN Radio weekend host, being on an overnight show, a host on ESPN Radio’s Louisville affiliate or as a college basketball analyst, Bobby V. has been loyal to the Worldwide Leader. And with the shackles off when it comes to former ESPN’er Skip Bayless, now at FS1, Valvano didn’t hold back.  In fact, Valvano went right for the jugular:

I value loyalty, so thank goodness Skip Bayless no longer works for us @espn so I can truthfully say he's an embarrassment to sports talk.

— Bob Valvano (@espnVshow) October 24, 2016

Now, what brought this on? It was a couple of tweets that Bayless made in regards to the excruciating and painful Sunday Night Football game that resulted in a 6-6 tie between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. And in the final moments, both teams missed field goals that would have won the game in overtime.

So Bayless in his anger over the game tweeted the following thoughts that really made no sense:

I despise field-goal kicking. Great athletes fight their guts out for 4 quarters and overtime and 2 nonfootball-player kickers blow it.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 24, 2016

Some day somebody will listen to me. Field goal kicking should be eliminated. Keep punting but you must go for it or punt every 4th down.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 24, 2016

It led Indianpolis Colts punter Pat McAfee to respond in the way that a kicker would:

But, my brother.. All of us pro ball kickers LOVE old men who get on TV & act like douchebags while wearing makeup.. Let's hug it out. https://t.co/4pe9AUMs7U

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 24, 2016

Classic response to Bayless’ knee-jerk reaction. And Valvano’s tweet certainly brings some sauce to the table. One wonders if we’ll see other ESPN’ers will come out of the woodwork to give their opinions on Skippy.

Oh, and we can’t forget this classic Bayless tweet from yesterday:

Kirk Cousins just pulled off another YOU LIKE THAT? Redskins rally from 13-3 down mid-4th to win in Detroit. Skins win. I'm impressed.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 23, 2016

Of course, we all know what happened, Detroit rallied itself to win over Washington, 20-17. With Skip, it’s all about the immediate reaction and everything else be damned. He is a troll’s trolll.

[Larry Brown Sports]