Todd Blackledge offered some reasonable criticism of Pitt after calling the team’s game against Tennessee on Saturday. Unfortunately for him, his comments were broadcast publicly at a time when he likely thought he was off the air.
A Twitter user captured and shared a video showing Blackledge and fellow ESPN announcer Sean McDonough talking after Tennessee beat Pitt 34-27 in overtime. Their conversation aired on ESPN’s stream, with the two seemingly unaware of that fact.
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“They were rather pedestrian,” Blackledge said of Pitt. “They averaged five yards per play.”
Blackledge said twice that Pitt was “pedestrian” offensively.
As a bonus, McDonough was shown complaining about the ESPN app being unhelpful as he tried to pull up the scoring summary for the game.
Blackledge was a Penn State quarterback, so maybe he felt he had to mind himself while calling a Pitt game. But the Panthers deserved that kind of commentary.
They averaged 6.2 yards per pass and 3.6 yards per rush. They sure miss the big-play ability of Jordan Addison, who transferred to USC.
Interestingly, the team’s gained nearly the same amount of yards in the game: 416 for Tennessee, and 415 for Pitt.
