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Cory Woodroof

Why the sun is to blame for ESPN’s glitchy broadcasts on Saturday

If your television gets a bit glitchy during ESPN’s college football broadcasts, don’t worry. It’s not you.

You have the sun to blame for any and all ESPN broadcasting issues, as it’s the week where that big, hot ball of gas gets directly behind the Disney satellite that helps keep its broadcasts going smoothly.

Texas and Oklahoma fans got a glimpse at that firsthand on Saturday after some glitches hit the broadcast feed during the Red River Showdown.

Yes, somehow, these ESPN problems are all the sun’s fault somehow. Does the sun not care about Saturday afternoon college football? Clearly not!

You can see how messy the ESPN broadcast got during the Red River Showdown.

This is the kind of bizarre technicality that only Mother Nature can influence, and we’re all ready for the celestial patterns to do their thing so that the Disney satellite can get back into proper position to broadcast games clearly.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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