FOX announcers believed Redskins scored on a fifth down

[Crabtownboy]

Seems Fox sports is as confused as Fox news. LOL

An no apology for such a colossal mistake.

Thanks to confusion in the FOX announcing booth, viewers watching Sunday's game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins thought a potential game-tying touchdown occurred on an extra "fifth" down.

With the Redskins down seven points and driving for the equalizing score, the team gained a first down at the three-yard line after a Donovan McNabb(notes) pass to Anthony Armstrong(notes). The FOX booth, unaware that the play resulted in a first, believed the next play was second-and-1 instead of first-and-goal. As the plays continued, FOX showed the wrong down and the booth of Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa announced the action as such. So, what they thought was third down was actually second down, and so on.

They never realized what was going on. It wasn't until the Redskins botched the subsequent extra point that the booth figured out the problem was on their end, not on the field. The players and officials knew the proper down. FOX didn't.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...ieved-Redskins-scored-on-a-fit?urn=nfl-294884

 

[targus]

Who cares?