Aaron Judge and ESPN are terrorizing the college football community
ESPN keeps cutting into college football action to show Aaron Judge chasing a record and fans are frustrated and furious about it.
No one wants Aaron Judge to go ahead and hit his 62nd home run more than college football fans.
For two weeks, ESPN has cut into college football broadcasts to show Judge at-bats while he chases the AL home run record.
What the Yankees star is doing is great but fans who have tuned in to watch Tulane and Houston…actually want to watch Tulane and Houston, not baseball.
ESPN obviously thinks differently because regardless of what’s going on in the football game, like the thrilling final two minutes, they have insisted on a split screen with audio tuned to Judge.
College football Twitter hates the Aaron Judge look-ins
This is UNREAL
— The Transfer Portal CFB (@TPortalCFB) October 1, 2022
AARON JUDGE ISN’T EVEN HITTING RN THE PITCHER IS WARMING UP WHILE TULANE IS TRYING TO TIE THIS GAME IN THE FINAL MINUTES
😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/TmcvGuOYM5
ESPN has missed almost the entire Tulane drive for an Aaron Judge intentional walk
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 1, 2022
Weird stat: Aaron Judge has never hit his 62nd home run when ESPN interrupts a college football game 🤷🏻♂️
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/FTBeard7/status/1576028668647723009
Espn just live-cut to an intentional Aaron Judge walk during the final drive of the Houston-Tulane game and I’m going to commit a homicide
— Thor Nystrom (@thorku) October 1, 2022
Baseball did this to itself. I get Aaron Judge is doing something special. I also get he’s a great guy that seemingly is doing it the right way. However, the disrespect continually shown to CFB is beyond comprehension. The need to prove “we’re a global entity!”is hard to stomach.
— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) October 1, 2022
The ESPN college football production crew when Aaron Judge is at bat pic.twitter.com/ySsIKety6Y
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) October 1, 2022
College football fans: “Please don’t make us watch every Aaron Judge at bat during college football games”
— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) October 1, 2022
ESPN: https://t.co/Ct0Q9xBg6O
Truly hilarious that ESPN thinks that the people who are sitting at home watching Tulane vs Houston and the people who give a shit about Aaron Judge overlap in the slightest.
— The Smoking Musket (@smokingmusket) October 1, 2022
I hate that all of this Aaron Judge HR stuff is shoved down our throats.
— Mr. Ohio (@MrOH1O) October 1, 2022
If I wanted to watch baseball.. I would
The fact that the final look-in of the night was an intentional walk and a whole lot of wasted time before that really sent things over the edge.
ESPN could just as easily cut into the college football broadcast with an update when Judge actually does something. If it really mattered to fans that they watch Judge hit No. 62 live, they’d be watching the Yankees game. Even the ones who are interested in it happening would almost certainly be content with a news update and replay.
Tulane, who ted the game in the final minute of play, ended up beating Houston in overtime. Thankfully a Judge look-in didn’t interrupt the extra football.
The Yankees beat the Orioles without a Judge home run. That means Saturday action on ESPN could feature more look-ins. New York and Baltimore play again at 1:00 p.m.
Brace yourselves college football fans.
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