Just after 8:30 this morning on the West Coast, ESPN returned from a commercial break showing Penn State players who were chanting and moving rhythmically in a large circle, firing themselves up before the game.
Then, from off camera, came the words: "Where's that little kid?"
It sounded like Lee Corso's voice. Corso was with the network's GameDay crew at Stanford, but that unit was commenting on the pregame action in State College, Pa., where Penn State and Nebraska were preparing to kickoff.
Corso wasn't heard from for several minutes while others spoke with shots of Penn State coaches and players in the background.
An ESPN spokesman contacted by The Times' Diane Pucin was not aware of the incident and said he would check into it.
There might be an innocent explanation for it. But the juxtaposition of that camera shot and that off-camera remark was startling.
Someone needs to answer for it.
--Mike Hiserman
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