ESPN caught some heat after failing to broadcast the playing of the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff game. The game was played in

The postponed game broadcast nearly went off without a hitch, but Burke Magnus said ESPN's omission of the anthem was a 'human error' and the people responsible 'feel terrible about it.'

Former ESPNer Sage Steele believed it was a “blatant decision” by the network to skip the national anthem during the Sugar Bowl broadcast a day after a terrorist attack occurred in New

ESPN faced a lot of criticism earlier this month after the network failed to show the national anthem ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which was postponed a day following as a result of a terrorist attack in New Orleans,