The Jay Bilas vs. Andy Katz Beef Has Replaced Keith Law vs. Buster Olney as ESPN’s Best Writer Squabble
College Basketball, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings January 19th. 2012, 10:03am
Hey Jay Bilas, why do you hate Andy Katz so much?
We’ve heard that when they’re at games together, the two never speak.
Last night, Bilas took a not-so-thinly veiled shot at Katz during the Cincinnati-Connecticut game. Katz, who was the sideline reporter at the game, made a mistake about an injury to a Cincinnati player, and Bilas took a jab at Katz on twitter. Katz corrected the mistake on air and admitted his error on twitter. I emailed Katz this morning about the feud between he and Bilas, but he had no comment.
It’s no secret that Bilas doesn’t like ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, either. Bilas is always pushing for more “basketball” people to be on the NCAA tournament committee. It’s pretty clear that Bilas has a low tolerance for basketball outsiders.
Jay Bilas vs. Andy Katz has definitely replaced Buster Olney vs. Keith Law as my favorite nerdy ESPN writer squabble.
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January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Jay is approaching Keith Law levels of smug. Not a good look. Then again, neither is being a male sideline reporter.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
what will the ratings be like on college hoops tonight if they are on air together?
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Yeah, it would be stupid to have “basketball” people on a basketball committee
January 19th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Bilas is a good analyst, but his ego seems to be outrageous. I get the feeling he wouldn’t be that much fun to hang out with as everything would need to surround him.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Katz is fucking terrible, Bilas is fantastic. Ego or not. I don’t want my information to come from idiots.
/Keeps watching LOLcats
January 19th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Bilas is a good analyst, but his ego seems to be outrageous. I get the feeling he wouldn’t be that much fun to hang out with as everything would need to surround him.
enough talk about me husker, let’s talk about you. what do you think of me?
January 19th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Jay Bilas, espn badass indeed.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
i want raftery and hubie to do all my hoops. love that accent and shtick
January 19th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
It’s no secret that Bilas doesn’t like ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, either.
Lunardi fornicates with goats. Worthless.
Bilas has gets more smug every year. I just assumed ESPN told him to be that way. He still knows his shit, though.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
bilas is mitt romney only we don’t hate him because he’s not trying to run our country.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
I 100% believe that ESPN, and other networks for that matter, do this. Now some fires are easier to stoke then others (Berman), but I’m convinced they get told how to act.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Bilas’ twitter feed is great. He opens each day with a hip hop lyric and follows no one.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Jay is a Jeezy fan. I fucks with Bilas.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
OT…dogs doing imperial march.
/OT
January 19th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
That says a lot about him in my opinion.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
/Team Bilas
January 19th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
There.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
/dies in cuteness
January 19th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Jay Bilas gains points for featuring in the Dolph Lundgren vehicle “I Come in Peace”
January 19th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
OT…dogs doing imperial march.
/OT
I feel like I should go back to bed. Nothing is topping that today.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
saw this on the side…
FUCK NO. hogan came back after having his entire body destroyed…BETTER.
look at impact…tiger, hogan. tiger’s working much harder to square the clubface and doesn’t, and never has had hogan’s consistency, tee-to-green, much like hogan never had tiger’s putting. swing-wise, they’re not in the same category. tiger wins more like seve than hogan.
/end golf bullshit
January 19th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Boo Weekley is the next Ben Hogan.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
OK fine… I just wanted to type the name Boo Weekley. I admit it.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
end golf bullshit
i ordered a few dozen pro v’s on that lostgolfball site yall suggested. they are in great condition, appreciate the heads up.
/continues golf bullshit
January 19th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
you gotta go Mike Quade
Everytime I see this I think of Total Recall — “I AM QUAID”
January 19th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I saw that Hogan headline. So stupid I refuse to click on it.
Really cool of Bilas to humiliate a co-worker than bringing it to the co-worker or the co-workers boss or production assistant.
If all the ESPN talent was on a plane to some event and it blew up, viewers would only miss a handful of people.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
“I AM QUAID”
See you at the party Richter!
/throws your chooped off limbs down the mine shaft in disgust
January 19th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
I love Joe Linardi. He is the Mel Kiper of his sport. Made up a job, bracketologist, and has made a killing!
Nicest guy in the world.
Katz is a very smart guy as well.
Bilas is a smart guy, but a dickhead.
I vote for Katz and Linardi!
January 19th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Jay Bilas is the best thing to happen to College Basketball Broadcasting.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Nothing cool about throwing a colleague under the bus. Incredibly insecure and unprofessional of Bilas to do so.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Miss him on CBS for the NCAA tourney. But he needs to focus on the game more and NCAA less
January 19th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Love when Bilas goes on his anti-NCAA rants when everyone knows he’s just trying to curry favor for his fledgling AAU squad and summer camp.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
O. M. G. I love the Chewie dog.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
AHHH!!! The pug’s tongue!! I’m dying.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:05 AM
If you get jammed up don’t mention my name
January 19th, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Is Katz gay or not?
/waits for email response
January 19th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
gtfoh w/ that liberal bs. ok?
January 19th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
“he” is a subject, not a woman. Please don’t objectify it.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
At least he regales us with his hilarious Raftery-is-a-drunk humor …which makes his twitter feed a must-follow!
January 19th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
This thread would be way more entertaining if it was about Mcdonough
January 19th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
I loved the lab looking like Darth Vader.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Richard Deitsch and Darren Rovell had a nice little dust-up on Twitter last night.
Rovell’s got lots of great info but strikes me as a real weiner.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Amazed more and more every day that people actually like Jay Bilas. If I could pick sports TV personality to banish forever, he would be the one. A massive prickly with a massive agenda. And not only that, but he isn’t nearly as knowledgeable as people seem to think.
January 19th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Amazed more and more every day that people actually like Dick Vitale. If I could pick sports TV personality to banish forever, he would be the one. A massive prickly with a massive agenda. And not only that, but he isn’t nearly as knowledgeable as people seem to think.Amazed more and more every day that people actually like Jay Bilas. If I could pick sports TV personality to banish forever, he would be the one. A massive prickly with a massive agenda. And not only that, but he isn’t nearly as knowledgeable as people seem to think.
/2 cents
January 19th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
I INVENTED BRACKETOLOGY!
January 19th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Bilas is the best about ESPN college basketball
January 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
If all the ESPN talent was on a plane to some event and it blew up, viewers would only miss a handful of people.
/strokes my chin, deep in contemplative thought
January 20th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
between him and Bilas