This is our weekly look at the most popular — or in some cases our personal favorite — videos on Clippit over the past week. Clippit is an awesome app that allows us to quickly grab 30-second clips from several live TV broadcasts and share them on social media.
ESPN 8: The Ocho actually happened in real life, for one day
If you’ve seen the movie Dodgeball, you’re likely well aware of “ESPN 8: The Ocho”, and likely hoped it would become a real thing someday. Well, it did! But for literally only one day on ESPNU.
And yes, it included dodgeball, as well as cornhole.
NFL Network’s Jane Slater is the latest to have the “bulging dick” slip-up
Jane Slater was doing a report from Cowboys camp on offensive tackle Tyron Smith, and mentioned how Smith dealt with a bulging disc in his back last season. However, she didn’t say “disc”, and became one of many, many reporters to have the unfortunate slip-up.
Tony Romo and Jim Nantz called the Hall of Fame Game… sort of
Tony Romo is replacing Phil Simms as the CBS A-team NFL analyst in the booth with Jim Nantz. So, Romo and Nantz got some practice in by calling the Hall of Fame game from a deer stand. The game was shown on NBC, and Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth pointed out Romo and Nantz practicing during the broadcast:
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