- A Golf Channel reporter thought she was interviewing Vince Young
- But she was talking to a college football assistant coach, not the former NFL quarterback.
A college football assistant coach was mistakenly identified as former NFL star Vince Young during an awkward Golf Channel interview on Thursday.
Young, a former No. 3 pick of the Titans and 2006 NCAA national champion at Texas, is participating in the BMW Charity Pro-Am in South Carolina.
Naturally, Golf Channel’s Lauren Withrow wanted to talk to the former NFL player, but instead she mistakenly interviewed Citadel assistant Everette Sands.
In a live segment, Withrow began listing Young’s accomplishments to ask a question, before Sands politely told him that he was not the Texas legend.
“Now I apologize, you have the wrong person,” he said before identifying himself.
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The reporter intended to interview Vince Young (left), a former NFL QB with the Titans. Sands is seen in his Citadel photo on the right.
He continued: “The best thing about golf is that not only do I compete against myself, but I also compete against everyone else.”
Withrow then asked one more question before concluding the interview.
Unfortunately for her, the mistake was viral in Xwith 2.7 million views on X at the time of writing.
Even the Fox Sports analyst and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho heavy on.
‘There is no way…. Absolutely, no way, did they think this man, Everette Sands, was my guy, Vince Young,” he wrote on X. with a photo of Sands’ coaching portrait at the Citadel.
However, Sands was very sympathetic to the situation, as he would later be. write about this in X.
Withrow later acknowledged his mistake on his Instagram page, writing “Up from here!”
Unfortunately for her, the bug went viral on X, with 2.7 million views on X at the time of writing.
‘I had a great time today at @BMWProAm. They even interviewed me today after one of the holes!!!” she said.
Later, as he discovered Horrible adWithrow appeared to acknowledge the mistake on Instagram.
“Learn from your mistakes,” he wrote in his story, adding, “Up from here!!!”
Young, 41, last played in the NFL in the 2011 season.
