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
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
— The Transfer Portal CFB (@TPortalCFB) October 1, 2022
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
ESPN made me watch Aaron Judge get intentionally walked during Tulane’s game-tying drive attempt. Go to hell man lmaooo
— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) October 1, 2022
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
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.
If I wanted to watch baseball.. I would
— Mr. Ohio (@MrOH1O) October 1, 2022
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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