‘Good Morning Football’ and ‘Get Up’ reacting live to Sean McDermott’s firing made for fascinating TV
"Schefty, come running back in here if you can. Let’s make sure his mic is on..."
"Schefty, come running back in here if you can. Let’s make sure his mic is on..."
ESPN's core group of studio shows celebrated ratings successes throughout 2025 with everyone seeing ratings rise.
"You're fighting for your lives? Your lives have been over for the last 10 weeks."
The NFL will likely win the viewership battle, but the NBA might have won the war.
"Rex Ryan really sat there and defended Lane Kiffin and, in the same breath, criticized college players for leveraging similar opportunities."
"First of all, the money was going to be the same everywhere."
"Tests are being run to figure out what this is but I’ve been put on the no fly list until then."
Somebody save us, please.
"Did he care? Or are you trying to make it a show of making it about yourself?"
"You ain't gonna afford me."
"You're not an alligator hunter."
Talk about awkward timing...
"Why don't we just award them a touchdown?"
"I would've thought that, that would be totally verboten. That, you know, Norby [Williamson] would call me in and fire me if that came up on the air."
After he was reportedly banned from ESPN after declaring interest in a potential Senate run, Paul Finebaum was back on Get Up.
"Now, let's talk about Brees and the Saints..."
"If he had won anything, we'd be talking about him with literally the best quarterbacks that ever played."
"That's the beauty of having you guys on here."
"This game was lost in March."
Taylor Lewan and Will Compton had a laugh trying to re-enact the viral encounter between Peter Schrager and Ryan Clark on Get Up.
"They're soft... every part of their football team."
"I have apologized to Peter and taken accountability with ESPN leadership. I value working with Peter and look forward to this season."
"Ryan, don’t belittle me like that."
"I did a complete 180."