YouTube Captures Broadcasted Expletive At End of Nova Game
Matt ‘12’s comment about an apparent obscenity from the broadcast booth in the closing seconds of Villanova’s victory over Richmond had us intrigued. Terry Toohey of the Delaware Daily Times heard the same thing.
He reports, “[a]s play-by-play man Bob Picozzi described the final seconds while an unknown person is overheard saying, “What a bum,” an apparent reference to the 35-yard field goal Richmond’s Andrew Howard missed with five seconds to play in the game that would have given the Spiders the lead. The same person is heard later saying “Come on, end this f*cking game” Initially, the comments were thought to have been uttered by Picozzi or color commentator Scott Brunner. However, Colonial Athletic Conference officials quickly dispelled that rumor. In all likelihood, it was an open microphone in the production truck. Scott Meyer, the director of football communications for the CAA, said the conference was looking into the incident.”
Do you want to hear it yourself and see the critical missed fieldgoal? YouTube comes through again!
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6 Responses to “YouTube Captures Broadcasted Expletive At End of Nova Game”
classy.
Anyone have the video of the winning catch?
I do not know where you can get a link to the catch (maybe on espn.com?) because I saw it this morning on ESPN. They featured it as one of their Plays of the Day on College Football Gameday. It was a tremendous one-handed grab. I am not sure if he is fast enough but Harvey’s size and athleticism should earn him a look by NFL teams next year.
Regarding the comments that were displayed on air, I can not believe the poor level of production apparent. It seems like that was either someone in the production truck or a dismayed Richmond fan. Either way, how can Comcast have such poor controls over the access to their broadcast’s audio?
Ed '77 Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Chad: my guess is the FCC will impose some nice fines to encourage them to tighten their controls!
Absolutely a Pennsylvania accent stating those expletives. Perhaps he still thought he was watching game 6 of the World Series?
Ed: The FCC doesn’t actually have the authority to fine cable (even basic cable) channels for indecency. So, they won’t, actually. What will make them tighten controls are angry letters from viewers who heard it.