Miss Alabama becomes the center of attention at BCS championship game

January 8, 2013 9:03 AM

From L.A.’s Morning News: Phil Hulett and Penny Griego

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During the first half of the BCS championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame the ESPN cameras found Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend Katherine Webb. Play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger and color commentator Kirk Herbstreit talked about her, and her social media profile took off.

Watch the clip:

But some people are asking whether it was out of line. Dr. Robert Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, and he joined Penny Griego and Phil Hulett to discuss:

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