The start of ESPN’s telecast of Alabama-Auburn on Saturday was marred by some rather unorthodox camera angles.
Due to lightning, ESPN pulled its camera operators off the field, so they had to use only a handful of automated wide-view shots to show Saturday’s game. Here’s a sample:
So the #Alabama & #Arkansas game has limited camera angles because of technical difficulties.
Happy Saturday y’all. pic.twitter.com/i0E3jANhB4
— Mike Gaither (@MikeGaitherTV) October 6, 2018
The Alabama-Arkansas broadcast is having camera issues because of lightning. This is what the Alabama extra point looked like: pic.twitter.com/QmHkdnr9gs
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 6, 2018
Twitter naturally love-hated it.
I really can’t reccomend the Alabama/Arkansas game enough right now, the weather is limiting them to using like three cameras all five miles away from the field
— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) October 6, 2018
These ESPN camera angles for Alabama-Arkansas are like when your aunt tries to film a pee wee football game from the stands with her iPhone.
— Creg Stephenson (@CregStephenson) October 6, 2018
Alabama camera angle bad, offense still good.
— Bill Bender (@BillBender92) October 6, 2018
Alabama scores before ESPN’s cameras are even allowed to film the game.
— Matt Scalici (@MattScalici) October 6, 2018
Can confirm. The camera issues for Alabama-Arkansas make this game actually more awesome.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 6, 2018
I absolutely love this terrible camera angle for the Alabama Arkansas game. If you're watching a terrible game in the first place, might as well make it worse and more entertaining.
— Will Larsen (@wlarsen24) October 6, 2018
This would actually be a great way to coerce more of Alabama’s controversial student support to show up to games. Take notes, Nick Saban.
