Bootsy Collins makes appearance at Steelers vs. Bengals game

Sep 16, 2013; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals helmet on the field prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals are facing off in a Monday Night Football match up as each team is looking to avoid falling to 0-2 to start the 2013-14 regular season and there was one fan in the crowd that caught everyone’s attention.

Twitter was immediately buzzing after a man was shown on the screen, but ESPN announcers Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden failed to realize who the man in the crowd was.

However, social media was there to remind us all that it was none other than funk master Bootsy Collins.

Here is the shot that the ESPN cameras caught of Collins sitting in the crowd, via CJ Fogler:

Bengals fans really brought it tonight http://t.co/coquS5hBHM
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 17, 2013

It is sad to see Gruden and Tirico not picking up that it was Bootsy Collins, but what else should we expect from the pair.

If there is any chance we could top the Eminem interview in the booth with Kirk Herbstreit from earlier in the college football season, an interview with good ole Bootsy would give us a respectable challenge.

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