Re: Off Topic 2013
I knew this was going to happen.
It was the leer heard 'round the sports world, and now it's time for some damage control.
On Monday night, ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger got extremely excited about Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron ... so much so that his fawning (to put it politely), not the game itself, became the defining topic of the national championship game.
But, since the topic of 73-year-old men expressing repeated adoration for 23-year-old women doesn't exactly sit well in the public eye, ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys offered up the following statement: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."
On Monday night, ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger got extremely excited about Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron ... so much so that his fawning (to put it politely), not the game itself, became the defining topic of the national championship game.
But, since the topic of 73-year-old men expressing repeated adoration for 23-year-old women doesn't exactly sit well in the public eye, ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys offered up the following statement: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."
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