Filed under: USC Football, NFL Media Watch

By now, you’ve seen the story of Steve Beuerlein saying “USC thugs, man” on air (if not, click here). Well, Steve Beuerlein and CBS are saying he was just joking:

LeslieAnn Wade, vice president of communications for CBS, said Beuerlein was joking off-air with play-by-play man Bill Macatee and was unaware the telecast had resumed. Wade said Macatee lives in southern California and follows Trojan football.

“Steve being a Notre Dame guy and like any two friends who have those allegiances would do, they kid each other about Notre Dame and USC all the time,” Wade said. “Certainly Steve wishes it wasn’t on the air and so does CBS, but that is the explanation.”

Despite that, I’m sure that CBS sent a stongly worded memo to all their sports guys to warn them about what they say could make it on air.

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