ESPN 8 The Ocho had Panthers coverage last weekend

[PanthersATL]

9 hours ago, Whoops said:

When the ocho was introduced, was the start of the downfall of ESPN.  ESPN used to have pizazz with dignity. I miss Stuart Scott. 

Let ESPN have some fun and showcase "fun" once in a while.

They even aired a Microsoft Excel programming competition for some weird reason.

[Mr. Scot]

32 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

Let ESPN have some fun and showcase "fun" once in a while.

They even aired a Microsoft Excel programming competition for some weird reason.

Just trying to picture commentary on that...

"See John, you can clearly tell here that Maynard has forgotten his order of operations. That's crucial in a competition like this. When your parentheses placement is wrong, everything is wrong!!!"

[PanthersATL]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Just trying to picture commentary on that...

"See John, you can clearly tell here that Maynard has forgotten his order of operations. That's crucial in a competition like this. When your parentheses placement is wrong, everything is wrong!!!"

Mr Excel was the color commentary. 
 

 The ESPN broadcast showed one of the three rounds; it focused on calculating how many points different spins of a free, online slot-machine-like game would generate for players. 

Diarmuid took a commanding lead in the first slot-like task, racking up more points more quickly in a first round than anyone has in an FMWC competition. Others faced the kinds of challenges that regular users see in less combative Excel work. Polish competitor Gabriela Strój told the hosts that "one stupid error"—leaving a formula linked to the wrong sheet—likely cost her hundreds of points. David Brown from the US said that his major problem was pasting from his 32-bit Windows-based Excel to the official online Excel answer sheets, which left his formulas treated as text.