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College football fans took to social media to vent their frustrations over the CBS broadcast to interrupt longtime football announcer Gary Danielson’s final farewell.
Danielson’s final game was a thriller as Duke beat Arizona State 42-39 at the Sun Bowl on Wednesday. However, the end of the game went much better than the end of the broadcast.
The broadcast played a tribute to Danielson, showing a collage of photos from his nearly 20 years with the network. After its conclusion, the cameras cut to Danielson in the booth with his broadcast partners and crew.
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CBS College Football analyst Gary Danielson speaks during Big Ten Conference Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 26, 2023. (James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
As Danielson thanked them, he was abruptly cut off.
“We’re going to have a good time tonight. Look, one more thing, it’s sometimes—you can say, how do you stand up? This guy right here—” Danielson said before being interrupted as CBS went to commercial.
College football fans ripped CBS for canceling the longtime broadcaster.
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Gary Danielson delivers the keynote address at the Winged Foot Scholarship Awards Banquet, Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Florida. (Landon Bost/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY Network)
The CBS Sports college football X account posted a video of their salute in honor of Danielson, but they cut the clip short and left out the end where they cut him off.
Danielson began his broadcast career at ESPN and was with them from 1990 to 1996. The 74-year-old worked at ABC Sports from 1997 to 2005 before joining CBS in 2006.
Charles Davis will succeed Danielson.
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Danielson announced that he would retire at the end of the season in March.
“I have discussed the timing of this moment with CBS Sports management over the past few years, and we felt it was important that I remain with the team during our transition to the Big Ten. As we enter our second full season of Big Ten football and my 20th at CBS Sports, the timing just feels right,” Danielson said in a statement.
Danielson played 11 seasons in the NFL before beginning his radio career. A quarterback, he spent eight seasons with the Detroit Lions and three with the Cleveland Browns.
