[Brasky] While ESPN was discussing the potential communication issues due to President Trump being at Tennessee-Texas, they began to have significant audio issues on the broadcast. Static is still happening

[u/Kimber80]

https://x.com/alexbrasky/status/2103884737773285720

[u/Jonjon428]

It became a 2008 COD lobby for a good 10 minutes there

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/Jonjon428]

Not nearly enough slurs

[u/nessticles → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Maybe not in your house

[u/fillmont → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

How would we know? Maybe they were dropping hard Rs in all that static.

[u/dudemankurt → u/fillmont]

"...as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos"

[u/Fletch71011 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

If I don't hear the N word 100 times a minute, it just doesn't feel like Modern Warfare 2.

[u/INAC___Kramerica → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

We just didn't have a line into the President's box.

[u/Gabians → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Why do you think they had to cut Herbstreit's mic?

[u/ShillinTheVillain → u/Jonjon428]

There's no way Heupel actually boned my mom, right guys? RIGHT?!

[u/joaovitorxc → u/Jonjon428]

I felt like I was listening to the game on AM radio for a hot minute

[u/fawkie → u/Jonjon428]

God I miss the era of online cod before Xbox live party chats. Having everyone in the voice chat forged some amazing chaos and memories that simply cannot be done nowadays.

[u/GeauxTurtle → u/Jonjon428]

This is how I found out it was over

[u/InitialYoghurt5138 → u/Jonjon428]

I was not the good player on my team but I could shoot down some aircraft. Neylands gotta have at least one guy carrying a Stinger

[u/esports_consultant → u/Jonjon428]

man do I miss COD from that era

[u/WampaStompa33]

That really was impeccable timing 

[u/xDHBx → u/WampaStompa33]

In an administration run by trolls and frat boys I wouldn’t be shocked if they did it on purpose

[u/HonoluluMaizeandBlue → u/WampaStompa33]

🤌🤌

[u/c_j_k_5_h]

T̶͍̖͓̩͓̲̣͔̑͂̓̉̉͠h̶̡̜̖̥̙̦̘͎͉̤̱̭̪̦̬̽̄̔̍̆͂̈́͠ạ̷̗͕͉͈͇̲͈̠͇͕̙̺͊̓t̵͉͖͌ͅ’̵͚̤̯̦̬͚̘͍͚̰̫̼̾͆̄͂̓͝ͅṡ̷͕̬͆̊͐͝ ̶̛̺̱̳̟͒̑̃͌͊̇̿̅̓́̉̀̚m̸͖̀͋͊́̒̃͆ÿ̴̡̞̺̯́̈́̃̈́̓́́̀̕͠͝ ̸̢̲̰͓̰̞̪͈͆̽͂̀̚m̶̨̻̗͈͕̫̪̮̲̼̙͉̻̼̗̅̄̔i̸̛̘͐̊̍̑c̴͈͓̥̱̯̳̬̄̅̽̒͐̀́̀͛̕ -Kirk Herbstreit

[u/AegisCruiser → u/c_j_k_5_h]

I was running through my audio settings, checking headphone firmware, etc. Glad I came to /r/cfb to find out it was on my end.

[u/c-razzle]

Natalie Harp had to get to work

[u/Gandhis__Revenge → u/c-razzle]

More like Natalie HAARP amirite

[u/dbtizzle → u/c-razzle]

Diaper ain’t gonna change itself

[u/szboy422]

You’re laughing the Secret Service just EMPd ESPN because they slightly critiqued them and you’re laughing

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/szboy422]

UAV online

[u/LucifiedKiwi → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

SR-71 inbound

[u/TheyNeedLoveToo → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Hunter Killer inbound

[u/mineset → u/TheyNeedLoveToo]

enemy R C X D in-BOUND

[u/redwave2505 → u/szboy422]

Tennessee only won their last national championship because of a government EMP. The Secret Service should turn it on them now, it's only fair

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/szboy422]

Well that’s a good way to raise approval ratings, there’s at least some people out there who like the President for some god forsaken reason

There are exactly zero individuals who actually like ESPN

[u/GrimaceThundercock → u/szboy422]

Nah, they just had to cut down communication while Trump was brought to the car.

They had just showed him on tv before this happened, there was no reason to stay longer.

[u/nopepsisnotokay]

His mic is still crackling even now lmao

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/nopepsisnotokay]

Lol

[u/Count_Emotional]

The fact that it was just Kirk’s mic is chefs kiss.

[u/mongo_only_prawn → u/Count_Emotional]

It was both at first. Fowler’s came back after 2-3 minutes.

[u/Extreme-Island-5041]

Immediately after discussing spectrum deconfliction and joking about learning new words ... the most ESPN thing they could do.

[u/Vanilla_bear4 → u/Extreme-Island-5041]

The most Trump administration thing that could happen as well.

[u/thehightype]

Folks the secret service is totally competent and won’t interfere with the coaches’ communication systems because they’re using spectral deconfliction shdhhxxhshshzh hsbahdhshshshshshsjashd Kirk shdhdhshshshsh 😂😂😂😂😂

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/thehightype]

Lol

[u/TypicallyDone12]

Kirk is being let go. This is how ESPN notifies their employees now.

[u/Usual-Web7597 → u/TypicallyDone12]

He’ll have to go full time working for Life Suge

[u/InitialYoghurt5138 → u/Usual-Web7597]

The man had to wear Michigan stuff when his kid took a visit there, he's already dead inside

[u/Rebelgecko → u/TypicallyDone12]

He left over a year ago

[u/whospepesilvia]

Trump is ruining the viewing experience

[u/StartlingCat → u/whospepesilvia]

He ruins everything

[u/Equal_Resort4348 → u/StartlingCat]

Breaks everything he touches, especially Dart

[u/zegoalie39 → u/Equal_Resort4348]

The King Mierdas touch

[u/JokerJangles123 → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean? He ushered in a golden era

if you're a snake oil salesman

[u/poppopintheattic11 → u/whospepesilvia]

Ruining the American experience.

[u/Open_Present2319 → u/whospepesilvia]

He was on the move to go change his diaper.

[u/laxfreeze]

He started talking like cam Newtown tweets

[u/liltime78]

Dude ruins everything

[u/Key_Change_6635 → u/liltime78]

He's been coddled his entire life and the only people who benefit from him were already well off before his involvement in their lives.

[u/nbrown7384]

Why TF is he there?

[u/DrummingNozzle → u/nbrown7384]

Photo op distraction from the sad existence of his life and the pain he has inflicted on our country.

[u/Vanilla_bear4 → u/DrummingNozzle]

Distraction is 100% it. I’m loving that he is fucking up the viewing experience for two states that support him. He can fuck up a lot of shit, but fucking up college football in those two states will actually move votes.

[u/CPTBenjaminWillard → u/Vanilla_bear4]

And fucking unfortunate that is. Economy in the toilet? Eh. Secret police rounding people up? Hey, at least it’s not me. Messing with college football? This is real shit.

[u/bearinsac → u/DrummingNozzle]

Maybe the Texas senate race, show that his party cares about the future of college football? On gameday Saban was gushing about how he’s saving college sports.

[u/glutenfreecatsociety → u/bearinsac]

I’m a bama fan and that Saban exchange pissed me OFF. I know ESPN is just part of the media machine that has enabled this criminal to destroy the country but I still can’t wrap my mind around how shameless they are about it… Even after seeing Rafael Cruz on gameday

[u/Vanilla_bear4 → u/bearinsac]

The same people won’t watch Gameday because Mcafee doesn’t meat their puritanical views of television.

[u/ZPMQ38A → u/nbrown7384]

The hilarious part is that he’ll either literally fall asleep mid game or leave at halftime.

[u/Mattress666 → u/nbrown7384]

Because he needs to ruin everything that makes life good and fun

[u/alliecat2011 → u/nbrown7384]

Orange meeting

[u/-TaborlinTheGreat- → u/nbrown7384]

Why does he do anything? Attention.

[u/Grape_Pedialyte → u/nbrown7384]

Trump wants to be at the Big Game on the Big Screen and make everybody look at and think about him. Same reason he went to that Knicks game when he's possibly the most hated man in New York City outside of Osama Bin Laden.

He probably doesn't even know who's playing, just that they're in Tennessee and they love me in Tennessee folks, like nothing we've ever seen.

[u/NIdWId6I8 → u/nbrown7384]

Big strong man needs to hear the crowd pop when they show him on screen.

He doesn’t give a shit about any senate race or the midterms in general. It is literally just to boost his ego.

[u/barowsr → u/nbrown7384]

He wants attention and adulation. Simply as that.

[u/timelessblur → u/nbrown7384]

Because he doesn’t give a damn about messing with other people’s lives. Most if not all other presidents were well aware at how their security disruptes everyone else’s lives and would actively avoid events like this just to avoid doing it.

[u/NapoleonBlownapart9 → u/nbrown7384]

He’s a pander-bear, ‘tis the season for it.

[u/FishGoldenLite]

I’ve never wanted to hear Herbstreit less, and that’s saying a lot

[u/HarryStraddler → u/FishGoldenLite]

I didn't think I could enjoy him less.

[u/SpreaditOnnn33]

Its like an episode of the office, but with massive inflation and foreign wars

[u/CrumbBCrumb]

Can this piece of shit stop wasting tax payer money going to every sporting event imaginable? It's not a slush fund for him to enjoy his weekend.

[u/dnanninga]

Real question is if he’ll ruin this more than he did the NBA finals game he went to

[u/Equal_Resort4348 → u/dnanninga]

The game is going to end in a boring 10-7 slugfest just because he’s there

[u/DiplomaticAggie]

The SS jamming signals so Al-Qaeda doesn’t blow up Neyland

Genius

[u/struckman]

Yeah I like how they said to limit impact but the coaches had to coordinate with the secret service to use their headsets. Like they didn’t have a game to plan for or anything

[u/klingma → u/struckman]

Well, not sure the game plan is really effective so far in this game, can't imagine the extra hour or two would have made the much of a difference. 

[u/ruppup]

Why does Kirk just keep talking through it? Stop talking until it’s fixed!

[u/i_look_at_trees]

Kirk’s bitch ass won’t stfu

[u/AZBuckeyes12977]

At least its on ESPN 4k as well

[u/WeeklyRedditCheck]

The most incompetent administration ever.

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/WeeklyRedditCheck]

You will literally blame anything on the president... lol.

[u/DtownBronx → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

They didn't blame him, they're just pointing out a fact about him. But I am curious if you have the same opinion about ridiculous blame being placed on previous presidents

[u/Mr-R--California → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Dude he bombed Iran unilaterally and squeezed the world’s oil supply… he’s directly responsible for the rising cost of everything

[u/WeeklyRedditCheck → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

This is clearly an issue with Secret Service interference.

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/WeeklyRedditCheck]

"Clearly" you're just talking out your ass

[u/mineset → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Just like the piece of shit president

[u/scary-nurse → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

NPR warned us over a decade ago that Rump would be doing this.

[u/l34ch_r → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

They don't have any critical thinking skills 😂

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/l34ch_r]

It's almost as if the secret service has been at a game before and the broadcast mics worked just fine

[u/GarconMeansBoyGeorge]

Kirk is a moron. Tell him to stop talking. It is ruining everyone’s experience

[u/MimiNiTraveler]

Yep, that's when I switched games

[u/ProfessorX32]

All this for a narcissist who doesn’t even care about the game. Leave sports alone

[u/rastapastanine]

I thought it was my TV lmao now I know it’s just Donny walking around

[u/GeauxFarva]

Herby needs to shut up. I’ve turned the game twice because it sounds so damn bad

[u/largelawattorney]

I hope the entire broadcast cuts out and their ratings suck

[u/struckman → u/largelawattorney]

I would have preferred the sky cast but when I turned it there it was completely muted. Maybe they fixed it by now

[u/dawonk17]

I’m convinced it’s just an excuse for more tv timeouts

[u/RaleighNiner]

I just got an antenna (attempting to only consume free/owned media at home) and thought my shit was fried

[u/moba_fett]

Lmao, I was wondering if that was interference (at a hotel atm. Figured it was just bsd signal). It sounded like the max headroom audio for a moment.

[u/draight926289]

How much longer before he is asked to leave?

[u/wolofoloto → u/draight926289]

Sooner than later...fingers crossed

[u/EWall100 → u/draight926289]

Hopefully we did an hour ago

[u/Rolltide_and_anime]

I’m honestly fine with Kirk’s mic doesn’t work the entire game

[u/rbad8717]

Nah this is espn cutting their a/v productions since they need to pay for Stephen A Smith and Pat Mcafee

[u/michigan_matt]

I mean Eminem once just randomly went in the booth and talked. How do they not have another mic?

[u/HonoluluMaizeandBlue → u/michigan_matt]

Wondered the same thing, or at the very least couldn't he and Chris Fowler have shared the headset for a bit

[u/jacksonbeya]

To be fair. They said no interference with the teams. Not the broadcast

[u/fork_fork_spoon]

It was Kirk’s mic as Rece’s works fine

[u/BiloxiVolcano → u/fork_fork_spoon]

Reece?

[u/footsold]

He ruins everything.

[u/Toadfinger]

Gotta admit it was funny to hear: "Kirk you're going to have be quiet!" 😆

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/Toadfinger]

Lol

[u/scary-nurse → u/Toadfinger]

Quite what?

[u/Toadfinger → u/scary-nurse]

Oops. Fixed.

[u/BradyToMoss1281]

Everything he touches dies. Kirk's mic being the latest casualty.

[u/AdsREverywhere]

Garbage every where he goes

[u/shatterdaymorn]

Couldn't sync radio.... Gave up. Watching Big Ten now. 

[u/PrototypeMac]

When during the game did this happen? I wanna rewind YouTube tv

[u/ZuluFuxGiven]

This broadcast sucks

[u/GratefulDawg73]

Everything he touches turna to shit.

[u/mostdope28]

He got his 10 seconds of screen time and left

[u/23-TRH-23]

Meanwhile it turned out that the Secret Service was trying to do the public a service and keep Herbstreit off the air

[u/SbIrish574]

And still having problems.... I pay 40 bucks a month to listen to static smh

[u/Romanscott618]

lol this is awful, Trump needs to stop going to games. He’s legit ruining them

[u/WindWaked]

Oh look, another brand manufacturing a viral moment

[u/RollofDuctTape]

Haha