Damar Hamlin had no time for technical difficulties during interview with Scott Van Pelt: ‘I’m about to dip’
"He's gonna dip. Good times."
"He's gonna dip. Good times."
"They're one and done, Scott. If they don't play better on offense than they did tonight, it's going to be a short trip in the postseason."
ESPN college football analyst Dusty Dvoracek concurred.
Tim Hasselbeck and Scott Van Pelt had a nuanced conversation on how there may not be an easy CFP fix.
"You get a chance to win a game, you know, on one play, I think you've got to do that."
"So they're right back where they were. And now what's the answer for them? They don't have it."
"Well, it didn't get flagged nearly as much on Kansas City, did it?"
"This season could totally go off the rails."
"Word to Scott Van Pelt."
"His performance in this game is unacceptable, and the reason the Mavericks are not gonna win."
"Kids aren't supposed to say that word in elementary school. Well, I'm saying it's stupid."
"I don't even know if I can say this on TV."
"Sure, get your money. But there's more to it. At least there's supposed to be. Right?"
"Romay … At this point I think I’ve been saying my own name wrong."
"I'm gonna run over like Kenny Smith."
SportsCenter viewership is up 7% year over year thus far in 2023, rising to an average of 442,000 viewers.
"At some point you just got to step aside and let somebody else have it."
In 2018, ESPN accompanied discussion of Nikola Jokić's contract extension with highlights of the Blazers' Jusuf Nurkić.
"You have to become really comfortable with the fact I think you might screw up, but when you do, the people become your net."
"What a bizarre deal."
SVPSC is still doing numbers for ESPN.
"Do you even like sports?"
“Bummed to miss one of my favorite shows of the year, but happy to be ok and home after a bit of a medical scare this afternoon."
"The younger demo with gambling opening up everywhere, people are getting more invested. You can tell it’s their first time being a part of it and there’s nothing like it."
Van Pelt tweeted that he can't smell or taste anything, but feels fine otherwise.