It seems college and football go hand I’m glove this season and the latest is the fake sports Emmy’s.
College GameDay stars Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder were left holding manufactured Emmy trophies, with their name engraved after the fact.
ESPN reportedly sent fictitious names to the awards, and then regifted them to the real stars.
Desmond Howard was not a happy camper.
“So, I get a phone call from an exec, and they’re saying that there’s some type of rule with the Sports Emmys or what have you, that the talent isn’t supposed to get Emmys,” Howard explained. “Now, this is the first I’ve ever heard of this. It made zero sense. Like, who should get it then? You know what I mean? The show is not the show without the on-air talent.”
Howard was most upset that the emmy for 88 year old Corso was taken away from him.
“What really, I’m gonna tell you all, f**ed me up, is that my man said ‘We got someone at Corso’s house getting his right now,” Howard said. “They’re taking that old man’s Emmy’s? If they’re going to take his, you can have all of mine. I’ll break these damn things. You’re going to take that man’s Emmy’s? I said ‘How could y’all even let this happen to him?’ I was f**ed up over that. I’ll break all of them. Take ’em in pieces. That’s how much they mean to me.”
ESPN dropped the ball and the stars were left red-faced.
