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10:41AM | posted by D.J. Zaccagnini | October 27, 2009 | comments: 0

Get it Right, Griese!

griese-juan-montoya.jpgCollege football analyst Bob Griese made a gaffe last weekend during the Ohio State-Minnesota game.  Griese, who along with Chris Spielman, was a color commentator for the Big Ten matchup.

But in today's politically correct world of broadcasting... there is no COLOR in commentary!

The former Purdue Boilermaker great and Pro Football Hall of Famer who won Super Bowls with the Dolphins made what some might call a "racial reference" to the whereabouts of Juan Pablo Montoya during a NASCAR promo in the football broadcast.  Griese apologized, at least twice on air, but is still being suspended by ESPN.

In case you haven't seen or heard, here it was...


How wrong of Bob.  The very next day he could learn that Hispanic athletes eat hot dogs, not tacos...

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