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        <title><![CDATA[Booger McFarland reveals biggest regret as ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ analyst]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One mistake haunts Booger McFarland more than the others from his <strong>highly scrutinized two-year stint</strong> as a &#8220;Monday Night Football&#8221; analyst.</p><p>No, it&#8217;s not <strong>riding in the Booger Mobile</strong>.</p><p>Like a rookie coming from college to the NFL, McFarland struggled with the “speed of the game” when he made the big leap from local radio co-host and SEC Network analyst to appearing in front of a national television audience.</p><p>In last season’s Houston Texans-Buffalo Bills playoff game, McFarland suggested before a third-down play that the Bills should run and then spike the ball to conserve time and set up a field goal.</p><p>The strategic problem? It would have been a fourth-down spike and a change of possession, as likely every fan watching the game started immediately screaming at the television.</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">on 3RD AND 10, booger mcfarland suggests the bills run a quick draw and then SPIKE THE BALL ON 4TH DOWN</p><p>you cannot make this stuff up <strong>pic.twitter.com/Y3lC7W03AH</strong></p><p>&mdash; Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) <a href="https://twitter.com/nathanmarzion/status/1213623096978092033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p>“It’s one of those things where I talked about the speed of the game in the broadcast booth,” McFarland <strong>told The Athletic</strong>. “I couldn’t see the down-and-distance mark and I was relying on the monitor and when I glanced at the monitor, the down and distance had not changed. So I assumed that it was still in the previous down, which would have given me an opportunity to do what I wanted to do: Run the draw on second down, spike it on third down and make the field goal on fourth down.”</p><p>ESPN is <strong>overhauling its broadcast booth</strong> but has not yet settled on a team. McFarland previously told The Post&#8217;s Andrew Marchand that he has a couple of years left on his ESPN contract and <strong>&#8220;isn&#8217;t going anywhere.&#8221;</strong> Marchand reported that ESPN plans to move him into a prominent studio role.</p><p>McFarland’s advice to his replacement – the fourth Monday Night Football color commentator in four years – is to be ready for criticism. McFarland told The Athletic he re-watched every broadcast and had 3-5 regrets, which might seem low to his loyal listeners.</p><p>“You live and you learn,” he said. “If I had that [Texans-Bills] one to do over, I’d wait a beat and the down and distance would change on the screen. I wish I had that one to do over. But I don’t. You live and you learn.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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