The above video shows the ending of Saturday's Villanova-Richmond game, which was regionally broadcast on Comcast SportsNet. And it includes the microphone picking up someone -- apparently a worker for the TV station -- getting very angry at the missed field goal that sealed Richmond's fate, uttering an expletive on live television.
The Delaware County Times reports:
As play-by-play man Bob Picozzi described the final seconds while an unknown person is overheard saying, "What a bum. Come on, end this (bleeping) game." ...Whoever this unseen person in the production truck was, if he's a Richmond fan, I can hardly blame him for uttering an obscenity after a missed field goal -- I've uttered a few obscenities after a few missed field goals myself. But everyone who works in TV needs to know a simple rule: If there's a microphone near you, don't swear.
After a roughly 10-second pause, the same unknown person is heard saying, "Go home, already."
Initially, the comments were thought to have been uttered by Picozzi or color commentator Scott Brunner. However, Colonial Athletic Conference officials quickly dispelled that rumor.
In all likelihood, it was an open microphone in the production truck. Scott Meyer, the director of football communications for the CAA, said the conference was looking into the incident.
Video via Fang's Bites.
