Gus Johnson had to leave the Oklahoma-Nebraska booth at halftime because he was not feeling well.
At halftime of the Oklahoma-Nebraska game, FOX’s lead play-by-play guy Gus Johnson had to leave the booth due to being under the weather.
The game was already cooked in Lincoln, as the Sooners were having their way with a deFrosted Cornhuskers team. While Joel Klatt stayed on to call the rest of the game, he was joined by his Big Noon Kickoff colleague Brady Quinn in the booth. The former Notre Dame star quarterback has called plenty of games before. He is a professional and will be able to bring us all home from here.
Get well soon, Gus!
Rest up Gus 🙏
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 17, 2022
Gus Johnson is feeling under the weather and will be stepping away for the second half, Joel Klatt and Brady Quinn will be on the call for the remainder of the game pic.twitter.com/izKRDR29GU
Fate would have it, Urban Meyer made his way up into the FOX broadcasting booth, too…
With Gus Johnson sick, Joel Klatt is now doing play by play and they've brought Urban Meyer and Brady Quinn into the booth.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 17, 2022
Why did Gus Johnson leave Oklahoma, Nebraska broadcast?
Had this game been a little bit closer, perhaps Gus Johnson would have tried to gut it out? Then again, there are plenty of quality professionals on site in Lincoln for Big Noon Saturday. So it was totally within bounds to call up Quinn, Meyer or whoever was available from the popular FOX pre-game show to help fill in for Johnson. He might be under the weather, but everyone has his back.
While Oklahoma is definitely trending up under first-time head coach Brent Venables, it went to hell in a hand basket a long time ago in Lincoln. This occurred long before Frost returned to his alma mater to take the torch from an ineffective Mike Riley. Unfortunately, we may never see Nebraska football return to its glory days of running the wishbone under the iconic Tom Osborne.
Ultimately, it is a shame that this old Big Eight rivalry between Oklahoma and Nebraska was a total snoozefest. At one point in time, these were two of the very best football programs in the country. While Oklahoma is looking to go from good to great under Venables’ leadership, Nebraska is trying everything in its power to stop embarrassing itself every Saturday, but it is not working.
Hopefully, Johnson can return to action for next week’s big game between Michigan and Maryland.
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