THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A BROADCASTING TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS TV

With all of the hoopla surrounding the Carroll Battle, I totally forgot about something I promised to write about here while watching the BCS National Championship game on FOX. And that was the absolutely disgraceful announcing job by Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis. If you watched the game, then you know what I'm talking about. From anointing Florida quarterback Tim Tebow the second coming of Gandhi, to a frantic screaming match that Oklahoma should forgo a field goal and go for the touchdown - on third down! - to, well, pretty much every single word that came out of their mouths, it was simply an embarrassing night on the mic.

Of course, the lowest moment came when Oklahoma was preparing to run a play on 3rd-and-goal. Brennaman was screaming about what a big decision this was - do you go for it or do you kick a field goal? I was wondering what the heck was going on. Even with FOX displaying clearly that it was third down, first on the score-bar and later as an on-field graphic, Davis backed his partner with an even louder statement - "go, go go, go, go," he bellowed. Davis then said he was surprised that Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was thinking about what should be an easy decision. Then, Oklahoma ran the play and was tackled short of the goal line. Brennaman yelled at what a big stop it was. It still took a while for Brennaman or Davis to realize their mistake. Say what you want, but that is totally unacceptable.

I also read this quote on a message board from the game that I missed (lucky me) spoken by Brennaman on Tebow: "If you’re fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it." Yeah, he said it.

There is no way either man should be back calling a championship game next season, which is something most of the nation knew coming into the game anyway. Hopefully this was FOX's wakeup call.