Michigan Wolverines legend Desmond Howard has come under sharp criticism for comments he made about colleague Pete Thamel on ESPN’s “College GameDay” prior to Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game.
Howard questioned why Thamel was reporting from inside Michigan Stadium instead of outside with the football crowd, which is what he’s done all season. Thamel had allegedly been receiving threats from Wolverines fans, so the reporting from inside the stadium was done for security reasons.
“What are we, Week 13 now? So we’ve been doing this 12, 13 weeks. He’s always been in the crowd giving his reports…That kind of just threw me all off. Put your big boy pants on and do it in the crowd like you have been doing. I was surprised by that.”
Here’s the clip:
This led to many to criticize Howard for his ‘unprofessional’ comments:
