This announcer may want some glasses.
Halfway by means of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s recreation between Mississippi State and Tennessee, Bulldogs kicker Kyle Ferrie missed extensively on a 42-yard discipline objective try, with the ball being shanked to the proper.
SEC Announcer Dave Neal, nonetheless, made it sound like Ferrie nailed the kick proper in between the uprights.
“And this kick is nice,” Neal mentioned on the SEC broadcast.
Neal seemingly didn’t understand that the kick went astray instantly after and continued to reward Ferrie’s play.
“Boy he’s acquired some form of leg,” Neal continued.
Neal then shortly stopped in his tracks after lastly realizing that Ferrie truly missed the kick.
“Oh no good, excuse me,” Neal mentioned. “He yanked that one. Boy he’s annoyed. His first miss of the yr. It’s 20-17.”
As Neal talked about, Ferrie had but to overlook a discipline objective try this season, and nailed a 51-yard kick earlier within the recreation.
It stays unclear as to why Neal didn’t see Ferrie’s blatant miss at first.
Mississippi State ended up getting bested by the Volunteers in an extra time, 41-34 loss, regardless of a shaky recreation from Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar.
Aguilar, 24, threw for 335 passing yards with a landing, however had two interceptions whereas finishing 24 passes out of 40 makes an attempt.
Aguilar has thrown for a minimum of 200 passing yards in all of his 29 profession NCAA begins, which is presently the longest energetic streak within the FBS.
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel praised Aguilar — who transferred from Appalachian State forward of this season — following the Volunteers’ blowout win over Alabama-Birmingham on Sept. 20.
“Joey, what I like about him is that whether or not it’s good play, dangerous play, good sequence, dangerous sequence, he has the identical demeanor coming off the sideline he goes and approaches the following play the identical manner,” Heupel mentioned.
