CBS showed Taylor Swift for 54 seconds during Super Bowl LVIII, which was a nonissue for most fans. But Chris “Mad Dog” Russo isn’t most fans.
Wednesday morning on First Take, Russo devoted 110 seconds of his “What Are You Mad About?” segment to blasting CBS for devoting 54 seconds to Swift during the Super Bowl.
Russo began his rant, noting that he spoke to Sean McManus ahead of the Super Bowl and the CBS Sports chair downplayed the network’s focus on Swift.
“Like an idiot, I bought it,” Russo said of McManus’s defense of CBS putting a camera on Swift during NFL broadcasts. “In the AFC Championship game, she was on for 38 seconds.
Alright, that sounds like not that big a deal. This past week…she was on for 55 seconds. Alright, doesn’t sound that bad.
THEY WENT TO THAT BOX 12 TIMES. 12 TIMES! He only caught one ball in the first half. I’m not interested! They couldn’t pick out Len Dawson out of a lineup, for crying out loud!”
Swift was on camera for 44 seconds during the AFC Championship game and 54 seconds in the Super Bowl, but those details are unlikely to change any part of Russo’s 110-second tirade.
