Live television always has some pitfalls and one of them is the dreaded technical difficulties. During the North Carolina State-North Carolina football game on ESPN, the network’s satellite truck had a glitch forcing it off the air. This necessitated an impromptu studio show with host Stan Verrett and everyone’s favorite analyst Mark May to fill until the game came back:
The delay caused play-by-play man Adam Amin to send this tweet out:
https://twitter.com/adamamin/status/802200171715198976
North Carolina radio personality Lauren Brownlow who was covering the game on-site was providing live tweets and quickly came ot Adam’s defense:
No matter what do not blame this on my dude @adamamin this is not his fault
— Lauren Brownlow (@lebrownlow) November 25, 2016
Blame Mack Brown old people don't know how to work computers he probably stepped on something
— Lauren Brownlow (@lebrownlow) November 25, 2016
Amin and Brown are calling the game on ESPN and when the game came back on the air, they quickly reset what happened. But the last person ESPN viewers wanted to see help fill time was Mark May:
https://twitter.com/akulawolf/status/802202812457295873
https://twitter.com/gumby61184/status/802201414760013824
Not only is @espn screwing up like always, they're making us watch Mark May to add insult to injury
— Chris da pug (@chrisjjfish) November 25, 2016
But this tweet probably summed up many viewers’ thoughts when the glitch occurred:
https://twitter.com/thrillis4/status/802202188680400896
Luckily the delay didn’t last long. At least this didn’t happen during Michigan-Ohio State, imagine the vitriol among Buckeyes fans if this occurs tomorrow.
