This is my new favorite awkward silence of all time. All that's audible is vacant crowd noise, but if you listen hard enough, you can hear the play-by-play guy thinking, "Well, what the hell am I supposed to say now?" and the other guy, ESPNU's Brian Kinchen, thinking, "Uh oh."
I actually got a Hugh Johnson message about this yesterday, but I couldn't get confirmation on it, so I held off. The video makes it worth the wait.
'That's Kinda Gay' [The Wizard of Odds]













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In all honesty, it was.
It's only gay if it was a boy football.
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
That was gay.
Now that just makes me mad I didn't go somewhere to watch the Iowa game.....damn ESPN U.
The trailing off was the best part, as though he was having second thoughts about what he was saying at the very moment he was sayin them. Don't they teach that at ESPN U? Think THEN speak?
That's fucking great, is what that is. What are the odds he keeps his job?
That awkward silence would have only been topped by the awkward silence between the two announcers during the next commercial break.
Even Brady Quinn thought that was gay.
Luckily, nobody actually gets ESPN U, so the guy could pretty much do whatever he wants.
But yea, that was pretty gay.
I'll take Things That Are Kind of Gay for $200, Alex.
And if you have a coupon, $150.
All this talk about caressing balls and things being hard and stiff has really given me the urge to crown someone's ass.
Any volunteers?
Actually, Direct TV has ESPNU, but that's only for people who receive the Comcast sports networks.
How many seconds do you think elapsed before the WWL execs were calling the booth?
I'd say that "kinda gay" is an understatement, but I wouldn't want to get banned from ESPN or anything.
Speaking of kinda gay, I just saw the TD dance that Ocho Cinco did today.
Ocho Cinco heard the song "Anna (Go To Him)". That's why he danced like that.
....someone got that reference, right?
All in favor of questioning TheSaxist's manhood?
I wonder if this offends the parent company, since ESPN is owned by Disney, proprieter of very gay theme parks.
I feel like there are a LOT of things on this website that retroactively need the "things that are kinda gay" tag attached.
that's kinda gay, but this is a little gay:
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Married With Children is grounds for questioning manhood?
I've never heard anyone more anxious to say "fourth and nine" as a segueway away from awkward conversation!
Football=very gay. This is just more evidence.
On a related note, anyone else notice Holly Mangold on the front page of the New York Times? Nothin' gay about that, believe me...
Saxist, I was kidding...as long as you still sport your No Ma'am t-shirt proudly.
I was listening very carefully during the awkward silence and i swear i heard the other announcer think aloud...
wow. i'm sorry, that was fucking awesome.
that statement is being permanently incorporated into my vocabulary.
well, HE IS WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS!
Clay Aiken thought that was gay.
This guy and Lamar Thomas can talk some football smack on the unemployment line this week.
Hector-
From my female perspective that picture of Holly Mangold made me very sad... for so many reasons. Seriously aren't there social service agencies in Ohio to advise parents who can't help themselves.
Holly Mangold makes Olin Kruetz look like a choirboy.
Know how I know you're gay? You have soft hands.
I sent this in yesterday, then MJD just "happens" to lose power.
That's so gay.
- Mike Piazza
I'm late joining the party on this one but I'm in the middle of watching the Flavor of Love reunion show and I muted it to watch this. In my head, I was thinking...this video better be worth it. Flavor of Love is now on the segment about New York (obviously the best part) and I'm still laughing about the damn video.
Harvey Feinstein - Receiver Coach
I meant to say Harvey Fierstein - Receiver Coach
I shouldn't type with my shoulder pads and use my fingers to caress the keyboard.
Harvey is probably a Receiver Coach in non football ways I don't wanna think about
Good heavens, Lee Corso, you're beautiful!
That wasn't Dream Job winner Mike Hall, was it? Either way, that was kinda gay, and extremely funny.
You're kinda fired,
(signed) Lance Bruce, ESPN Vice-President of Political Correctness
I wonder if you get fired for pointing out actual gay things as gay? I mean, it wasn't a slur or a derogatory remark...it was actually...well...gay.
We need Michael Irvin broadcasting on ESPNU stat!
What did Danyelle Sargent have to say about this?
Pam Ward and Brian Kinchen would make a great commentating group.
But it was gay-no way around that.
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