CBS Rules Analyst Gene Steratore Got His Sports Mixed Up During Michigan-Texas A&M

Gene Steratore knows a lot of rules.

Michigan and Texas A&M fight for a rebound. / @AwfulAnnouncing / X

Plenty of mistakes are made during March Madness. Is your bracket busted yet? If not, it will be soon.

On Saturday, CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore fell victim to a simple blunder, but he happened to do it while he was on national television.

While breaking down a potential goaltending call during a game between No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 5 Michigan, Steratore called the basketball a football.

“Good look from up on top,” Steratore said. “You can see a percentage of that football appears to still be over the cylinder. I think they take it away.”

"You can see a percentage of that football appears to still be over the cylinder..."

CBS Sports basketball and football rules analyst Gene Steratore forgets what sport he's calling. 🏀🏈🦓🎙️ #MarchMadness #NFL pic.twitter.com/tLHh4kfSwK

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 22, 2025

It’s understandable that Steratore would suffer such a fumble. He wears many hats as both basketball and football rules analyst for CBS, and as such, has to keep a lot of rules in his head at all times. Sometimes things get mixed up!

Still, fans were quick to have a bit of fun at Steratore’s expense.

Did Gene Steratore just call that a football

— Conrad (@infideon) March 22, 2025

Gene Steratore talking about “football” over the cylinder

— Common Sense Sports (@css_debates) March 22, 2025

At least he's didn't try and invoke the infield fly rule? https://t.co/PS5X4hoewl

— lhd_on_sports (@lhd_on_sports) March 23, 2025

About an index card worth.

— A David Collier (@CollieronTV) March 22, 2025

Michigan would ultimately beat Texas A&M by two touchdowns by a final score of 91–79.

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