College football broadcasting legend Gary Danielson called it a career on Wednesday, Dec. 31, but he didn’t get a proper send-off.

The CBS analyst capped off 36-year career of calling games with the 2025 Sun Bowl between Arizona State and Duke. After the Blue Devils pulled off the thrilling victory, it came time for Danielson to say goodbye on-air. It was emotional alongside play-by-play partner Brad Nessler and sideline reporter Jenny Dell as they looked over the moments they shared.

Danielson shouted out those behind the scenes as they all appeared on camera, and he said ‘how are we going to get off air?’

We found out soon enough. As Danielson was in the middle of saying one last thing, the CBS broadcast cut him off and went to commercial break.

It’s understandable networks have to end their broadcasts, and you could see in the shot someone counting down, indicating they were going to go off air soon. Yet it felt very disrespectful to cut off someone who was the voice of CBS’ college football coverage. As a result, viewers didn’t get to officially say goodbye.

Reactions to Gary Danielson getting cut-off

Fans shared their frustrations on social media with how Danielson’s goodbye was treated.