Gary Danielson appeared to confuse a Tennessee player with the vice president
Tennessee Vols cornerback Kamal Hadden has played extremely well this season, grading out as one of the best players in college football. But Hadden's play hasn't been good enough, apparently, for him to earn the respect of CBS Sports announcer Gary Danielson. Danielson, who has called numerous Tennessee games over the last two years (including […]
Tennessee Vols cornerback Kamal Hadden has played extremely well this season, grading out as one of the best players in college football.
But Hadden's play hasn't been good enough, apparently, for him to earn the respect of CBS Sports announcer Gary Danielson.
Danielson, who has called numerous Tennessee games over the last two years (including last week against Texas A&M), repeatedly referred to Kamal Hadden as "Kamal Harris" during the Vols' loss to Alabama on Saturday.
I'm guessing Danielson thought it was Vice President Kamala Harris on the field making tackles.
At some point, a producer must have informed Danielson that he was saying the wrong name during the broadcast because he finally corrected himself as CBS returned from a commercial break.
"One more quick point, it was Kamal Hadden that made the nice tackle, not Kamal Harris. That's a different whole thing," said Danielson during the second quarter.
CBS tried to help Gary out. Play by play announcer Brad Nessler correctly said Hadden after one of Danielson's "Harris" mistakes. And CBS even zoomed in on Hadden's last name on his jersey after one of Danielson's mistakes (near the 13:45 mark in the second quarter).
(CBS sideline reporter Jenny Dell later referred to Hadden as a linebacker after he was injured making a tackle….again, surprising given how often this CBS crew has called Tennessee games over the last two seasons. Especially after Hadden sealed the win for Tennessee last week against the Aggies with an interception.)
The SEC on CBS production is incredible. But the unusual amount of mistakes during the broadcasts have become a weekly occurrence recently (remember when Nessler butchered the call on Jalin Hyatt's fifth touchdown against Alabama last season?). Maybe it's not a bad thing that CBS will be moving away from calling SEC games in 2024.
