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Gus Johnson Falls Ill, Leaves Fox’s Oklahoma-Nebraska Broadcast

Renowned play-by-play broadcaster Gus Johnson left the booth late in the first half of Fox’s broadcast of the game between Oklahoma and Nebraska on Saturday afternoon after falling “under the weather.”

Johnson called the second-to-last play in the first half of the game before going silent. Analyst Joel Klatt picked up the play-by-play responsibilities for the final play of the second quarter and led the broadcast into the halftime break.

Following the Fox Sports halftime show, Klatt was the first to speak, saying that Johnson needed to step away because he was “under the weather.