ESPN sideline reporter Kris Budden fired back at Dave Portnoy after the Barstool Sports founder accused her of expressing “glee” while a graphic of Brigham Young’s College Football Playoff chances appeared on the screen next to her.

“You could actually listen to the television where I was talking about their week at practice, and had nothing to do with their chances at the playoffs,” she wrote via X on Saturday, December 6, quoting his original post..

Portnoy, 48, posted a screenshot of Budden, 41, reporting from BYU’s home stadium. The graphic said that the Cougars had a 99.9 percent chance of making the Playoff if they defeated Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game. (BYU lost to the Red Raiders, 34-7, on Saturday and were left out of the field.)

“How happy is ESPN to openly repor

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