That’s what happened to ESPN’s Molly McGrath, who happened to get caught in a celebratory Gatorade bath that was intended for Louisville coach Jeff Brohm after his team took down Miami on Saturday to make the ACC title game.
McGrath was interviewing Brohm postgame when a few Cardinals players dumped a cooler of Gatorade on their coach. However, the ESPN reporter happened to catch a bit of that bath while she was doing her job.
McGrath is a pro’s pro for being able to continue doing her job after getting inadvertently soaked by the Gatorade bath, as this is just not what you want to happen to you while you’re conducting an interview.
Hopefully this is another good reminder of how hard it is to be a sideline reporter in sports, and just how unpredictable sports broadcasting can be.
Molly McGrath was doing her job — well — and wound up soaked with Gatorade
Molly McGrath is one of the best sideline reporters in the business. Always working, always hustling, always in the right spot at the right time.
Unfortunately, on Saturday, ESPN’s McGrath tried to interview Louisville coach Jeff Brohm after his Cardinals earned a spot in the ACC Championship Game against Louisville.
And that meant his players were to give the coach a Gatorade bath, which caught McGrath as part of some friendly fire.
Clemson isn’t getting much love from this ESPN broadcast team. During the Michigan-Michigan State game Saturday night on ABC, play-by-play man Sean McDonough, color commentator Todd Blackledge and sideline reporter Molly McGrath all gave who they …
Clemson isn’t getting much love from this ESPN broadcast team.
During the Michigan-Michigan State game Saturday night on ABC, play-by-play man Sean McDonough, color commentator Todd Blackledge and sideline reporter Molly McGrath all gave who they see as the top six teams in college football right now.
Both McDonough and McGrath have Clemson (8-0, 6-0 ACC) at No. 6, while Blackledge is slightly higher on the Tigers, putting them at No. 5.
All three have Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio State and Michigan in their top fours in some order, with each pegging the Bulldogs as the nation’s top team.
You can see each of their top six teams below:
Todd Blackledge
Georgia
Tennessee
Ohio State
Michigan
First 2 Out
5. Clemson
6. Alabama
Sean McDonough
Georgia
Tennessee
Michigan
Ohio State
First 2 Out
5. TCU
6. Clemson
Molly McGrath
Georgia
Ohio State
Tennessee
Michigan
First 2 Out
5. Alabama
6. Clemson
The first College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on Tuesday (7 p.m., ESPN).
Following its open date Saturday, Clemson will return to action when it takes on Notre Dame in South Bend this coming Saturday (7:30 p.m., NBC).
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Watch, listen, stream: Here’s how you can tune into one of the biggest non-conference games of 2022 as Oregon faces Georgia.
College football is upon us and we have quite a doozy for Week 1 as the No. 11 Oregon Ducks take on the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game televised on ABC at 12:30 PST.
For a contest that was scheduled well in advance, those who thought this was going to be a premiere matchup couldn’t have guessed how big this game would become. Not only are the Bulldogs the defending national champs, but they’ll also be facing their former defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, who has moved 3,000 miles to become the head coach of the Oregon Ducks.
While it’s officially a “neutral” game in Atlanta, millions of fans across the country will tune into this one in whatever fashion they can whether it’s traditional TV, radio or streaming. Here’s how Duck fans can tune in, including those going to the game and want to follow along on the Georgia Bulldog Radio Network.
When Tua Tagovailoa didn’t immediately get up after being tackled by two defenders during last Saturday’s matchup against Mississippi State, ESPN sideline reporter Molly McGrath knew something was wrong, seriously wrong. That’s when she knew what …
When Tua Tagovailoa didn’t immediately get up after being tackled by two defenders during last Saturday’s matchup against Mississippi State, ESPN sideline reporter Molly McGrath knew something was wrong, seriously wrong. That’s when she knew what she had to do.
Absolutely hate seeing injuries like this. After the game, Nick Saban told me that the injury could be serious. https://t.co/wDi8Aiy4Yp
“Tua went down closer to the Mississippi State side, so I crossed over to the other side of the field to just get a better vantage point to get closer, to try to hear what the trainers were saying to him, to look into Tua’s eyes and see the pain that he was in, and just try and figure out what is the injury.”
Sprinting between sidelines, catching up with an ambulance, getting updates from sources and interviewing Nick Saban. @MollyAMcGrath shares the behind the scenes details of what is was like witnessing and reporting on Tua’s season ending injury: pic.twitter.com/B9Un6HBk93
“There was concern at first, like what’s going on with his face? Why is he bleeding from his face? And he had a towel covering his face and they kept that on his face longer than needed, and I could see it was because he was crying. Because he was kind of balling in pain. So I knew he was in serious pain.”
Nov 16, 2019; Starkville, MS, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) assisted by team personnel after an injury during the second quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium. Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
McGrath, who has worked for ESPN since 2016, did an outstanding job not only gathering information regarding Tagovailoa, but she did a phenomenal job in her delivery. There were only a few minutes Tua’s injury, and her sideline report update.
Personally, I am mostly impressed with her passion and perseverance. While some reporters might have waited on an inside source to provide ESPN the news, she gathered the news herself. So much so, she sprinted across the field to follow Tua.
“I knew it was crucial that I be there when they take him off the cart because I need to see how he got of the cart. If he was able to put weight on his right leg, or the right side of his body, or if he had to be carried. So the cart goes down the field and I sprinted the length of the field from the 10 though the other end zone basically………That was the crucial moment where I witnessed he couldn’t get off the cart on his own. Medical training staff had to pick him up and carry him almost like a child. And when they picked him up, that’s when he screaming in pain and then they brought him into the X-ray room.”
Nov 16, 2019; Starkville, MS, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) is carted off the field due to an injury during the second quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium. Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
McGrath went on to share in the interview with Dan Patrick, that an inside source confirmed it was indeed his hip and not his ankle.
Had McGrath not sprang into action, not only would rumors and speculations have popped all around social media, but it could’ve been much longer before an official word was released. McGrath did an excellent job not only finding out exactly what happened to Tagovailoa in a very punctual time frame, she also did a fantastic job keeping America up to date with Tua’s status the rest of the game.
