'Taco' Joke at Juan Montoya

ken · #1 (**permalink**) 26th October 2009, 11:40 PM

A college football broadcast came to a screeching halt yesterday because of announcer Bob Griese -- after he verbally vomited a highly inappropriate comment about Colombian NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

During the Ohio State/Minnesota game, the NASCAR promotion turned nasty when broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where Montoya was in the standings ... then Griese let this gem fly: "He's out having a taco."

At the end of the game, Griese issued a bland apology, saying, "Juan Pablo Montoya, he's one of the best drivers in NASCAR, I just want to apologize for the comment that i made earlier in the ballgame."

Life has become so silly. If Montoya's history was white it wouldn't be news. And let me say, I see more white people eating at our immigrants restaurant here in town than Spanish people. By the way, they make good tacos, I wish I had one right now.

ken · #2 (**permalink**) 27th October 2009, 09:32 PM

Posted Oct 26th 2009 8:35PM by TMZ Staff

Can anyone at ESPN keep a job? The network suspended Bob Griese today for a racist remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

While he was calling Saturday's Minnesota-Ohio State game, Griese made a crack about Montoya saying he was "out having a taco." Montoya is Colombian.

ESPN is yanking Griese off the air for one week, and a rep for the network says Griese "understands the comment was inappropriate."

Yesterday ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips after news broke of his sex scandal with a production assistant.

tjw61 · #3 (**permalink**) 27th October 2009, 09:56 PM

Too wild, didn't someone do this with Tiger Woods when he was going for the Masters? Something about fired chicken....you think they'd learn already!!!!

ken · #4 (**permalink**) 28th October 2009, 01:18 AM

Yep, Fuzzy got in trouble.