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Brent Musburger Had a Legacy as Complicated as the Ohio State Teams That He Made Immortal

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I used to be of the opinion that Brent Musburger, for all of his ubiquitousness as a sports play-by-play announcer, kind of sucked.

And, I mean... I still am. He always struggled to get the names of players correct, repeated his catch phrases way, way too often, undercut big moments by trying to call them before the play was even complete, and went on weird, borderline sexist tangents that were more "let's laugh to cover up the awkwardness" funny than "actual humor that doesn't make me extremely uncomfortable" funny. His recent and full-throated defense of Joe Mixon (after the video of his assault was released) was especially galling, and signaled that his time was up.