There are some ESPN personalities that enjoy watching the SEC games and there are some who think it is the most overrated conference ever. Danny Kanell is one of the latter and a former quarterback from Florida State, which may also play a role in it. He got into quite the Twitter argument with former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy about it.
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It all started with an innocent enough tweet about the Alabama-LSU game Saturday night. McElroy was watching his alma mater and talked a little bit about why he enjoyed it.
Watching the tape of Bama/LSU and it was the most physical game I've seen all season. Hats off to both teams for leaving it all on the field
— Greg McElroy (@GregMcElroy) November 6, 2016
And then he responded to all the hate tweets about the game and doubled down on his take.
People hating on #BAMAvsLSU are crazy.
Every snap mattered.
Every mistake was magnified.
Every yard was earned.Classic football game.
— Greg McElroy (@GregMcElroy) November 6, 2016
Infamous SEC hater and hate hard specialist Danny Kanell decided it was his time to shine —- because having a radio show and being an analyst for ESPN doesn't give him enough of that —- by taking his shot at McElroy.
You forgot QB play was subpar. And I'm being kind. #SECspin https://t.co/72OhdEoXMY
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 6, 2016
If people rip the Big 12 for bad defense it's only fair that the SEC is ripped for bad offense. So let's be fair.
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 6, 2016
Instead of taking the bait like most people would, McElroy stays on his point and topic with this tweet:
I'd prefer to watch great TEAMS play as opposed to great QBs.
If Okla vs. Tex Tech was more your style, then I have no problem with that https://t.co/wwMqtaWYVn
— Greg McElroy (@GregMcElroy) November 6, 2016
And it looks like the two might agree on something here as he tried to get McElroy to back off his "great games" comment:
Exactly. both were extreme cases. And both should be treated as such. Neither should be classified as "great games". https://t.co/hD3cZ02pj8
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 6, 2016
And then he ruined all the feel good stuff with this tweets:
LSU has the 110th ranked pass offense in the country. But let's treat that game like it was all due to the stellar defense. Sure. #SECspin
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 6, 2016
Oh but Bama's pass offense is ranked 79th in the country. Which should clearly explain the offensive explosion of 10 points. #SECspin
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 6, 2016
McElroy hit him with the baseball analogy though he couldn't even respond to because it was so good:
.@dannykanell answer me this. In the World Series, if the Cubs/Indians were tied 0-0 thru 8th innings, would YOU be critical of the batters?
— Greg McElroy (@GregMcElroy) November 6, 2016
If we're going by who got the last word in, it appears McElroy won this round.
[h/t SEC Country]
