Football fans were subjected to yet another bizarre ESPN video during Friday's Rose Bowl Game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame.
The video, in a format the network uses on "Monday Night Football" and during the College Football Playoff, shows an . . . artistic interpretation . . . of how Alabama was denied a sixth straight CFP appearance in 2019 and how the team took measures to make it back in 2020.
Here's the video:
The MNF graphics made to the CFP and I need a 30 for 30 on this pic.twitter.com/ZYA5nPjTvv
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) January 1, 2021
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Truly bizarre. It seems as if Alabama coach Nick Saban is trying to make it to a barbecue in the suburbs, where he is locked out by the four Playoff teams: LSU, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma. The representations for those four teams, respectively, are former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow; Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, sitting on a throne; Brutus Buckeye, running on a treadmill, for some reason; and the Sooner Schooner.
After that, it showed Saban — and an elephant, of course — barging into the 2020 Playoff with some modified 12-wheel tailgate. That's not too far from the truth for the top-seeded Tide, who roundly beat Notre Dame 31-14 on Friday. But still . . . it's weird.
Fans were naturally mystified by the video, and they let it be known on Twitter:
— Rustin Richtarik (@dieseldog97) January 1, 2021
are we gonna discuss the sims 2 graphic espn just pushed on us
— lacey cencula (@dddrop_the_lace) January 1, 2021
Dear god they are probably doing these for all three playoff games pic.twitter.com/7TOblkmfpG
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 1, 2021
Saban looking like a budget JFK https://t.co/twPriVz7vJ
— Richter_Scale_ (@Richter_Scale_) January 2, 2021
Someone actually got paid for this 😭 https://t.co/adD8fpkAFV
— Trey 🧠 (@Tr3ytheofficial) January 1, 2021
Honestly, give the person at ESPN a raise for deciding to phone it in and use The Sims for graphics. https://t.co/kmcWtIiyqI
— aaron (@VersaceCaesar) January 1, 2021
How did those trophies not break? https://t.co/eOK9L0ZMHB
— Buckeye State Sports (@ohio_sports20) January 1, 2021
