Joel Klatt, Gus Johnson receive major backlash during Big Ten Championship

Joel Klatt and Gus Johnson are under fire from college football fans for their broadcast of the Big Ten Championship.

Fans have not been happy with the call through the first half, flaming the two for their commentating throughout the first half. It seems some fans think Johnson gets a little too excited for plays not worth celebrating. The pair also faced some flack for missing a few calls and misjudging others. Some fans  also think Klatt has a bias towards Michigan in the game, while others believe he is leaning towards Iowa.

The Big Ten Championship hasn’t been the most exciting affair so far, as Michigan leads 10-0 at the half. There weren’t high expectations for Iowa’s offense, but the Hawkeyes are looking to get things going in the second half to make the game more interesting.

Perhaps the lack of excitement led to fans critiquing the commentating rather than the game. Here are some of the reactions from fans.

Gus Johnson had zero idea the ball was deflected even though it was fired 100 MPH directly into a guy’s helmet in the middle of the screen.

He just never knows what’s going on.

— Justin Spiro (@DarkoStateNews) December 3, 2023

Amazing how without Ohio State in the mix, Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt are calling an even, non-biased game for both sides.#Michigan

— Rebel Yellin' Outlaw (@RebelOutlaw5) December 3, 2023

Man, a little bit of Gus Johnson goes a loooooong way. Just into the second quarter and TV muted already. #UnpopularOpiniob

— Brian Taylor (@BRTaylorIN) December 3, 2023

What a waste of a Gus Johnson game. Iowa is heinous and should be relegated to the FCS.

— Matt (@MattF40) December 3, 2023

My ears after five minutes of listening to Gus Johnson. pic.twitter.com/8lMVCJlNTP

— Sticks Downey Jr. (@SticksDowneyJr) December 3, 2023

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Listening to gus Johnson is torture

— Lucas (@broNOdice) December 3, 2023

For the love of god can we get a big offensive play for a td so we can stop hearing Joel Klatt saying how great the Iowa defense is!!

— Ken Peterson (@Petey608) December 3, 2023

FOX broadcast doesn’t mention anything about the blatantly missed roughing the passer. @joelklatt time to take the biased glasses off and mention the obvious, egregious roughing call that was just ignored to further the michigan agenda.

— Keegan Murray Enthusiast (@realwrodney) December 3, 2023

"This was a case study in Iowa football" – Joel Klatt

*three plays later*

Michigan gets the ball back at their own 30.

— Thufir Hawat Toyota (@JayDSarkar) December 3, 2023

Why does Joel Klatt hate Michigan so much

— haley meinke (@haley_jo24) December 3, 2023