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Mike Patrick Has A Plaxidental Brain Fart On Air

DAULERIO — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:15:36 EST

ESPN play-by-play man Mike Patrick made a groan-inducing little comment during last night's Georgia/Michigan State Capital One Bowl, but does not appear to be in jeopardy of publicly apologizing for it.

Early in the second quarter, after a silly Georgia penalty, Patrick thought it appropriate to unveil this joke, which the Detroit Free Press caught in their live blog:

"Georgia is just pulling a Plaxico. They just keep shooting themselves.”

Hey-oh!

According to The Big Lead, the comment was greeted with silence in the studio and the ensuing discussion "veered toward the wind". And considering the spate of trouble-making former Michigan State wideouts, there had to be a better joke available. Help him out.

Mike Patrick: "Georgia Is Puling a Plaxico...They Just Keep Shooting Themselves." [The Big Lead]

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Media Approval Ratings: Mike Patrick

Leitch — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:05:04 EST

With the Duke-North Carolina game this weekend — and the accompanying drinking games — we thought it'd be the perfect day to take a look at the occasionally bizarre Mike Patrick.

The highlight of Mike Patrick's broadcasting career, and what will appear on his epitaph we suspect, is his insane random Britney Spears mention during the Alabama-Georgia game last year. We still aren't sure what was going on with that, and frankly, no human explanation would satisfy us. We just prefer to imagine him sitting around thinking about Britney, all the time, with the subconscious bubbling up at just the wrong times.

But hey, Mike Patrick: It's great to have you with us here tonight.

So let us know: Do you like the Mike Patrick? Do you not like the Mike Patrick?

Joe Theismann And Mike Patrick Have Opinions On Pizza Boxes

Leitch — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:02 EDT

It's somewhat jarring, seeing Joe Theismann back in the booth with Mike Patrick, albeit for a preseason Redskins game. It's even more jarring to see Theismann so shamelessly hawking Papa John's Pizza; we almost expected him to be dressed up in the uniform of a delivery boy. But most jarring, and most upsetting to the world's axis, is Patrick's odd rejoinder to Theismann's pizza hackery. These guys really miss ESPN.