ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe was feeling some type of way while on the sidelines during Utah’s season-opening win over Florida Thursday night.
Social media is buzzing over Rowe’s reaction after taking a shot of portable oxygen while on-air at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
“This is portable oxygen,” Rowe said while holding up a canister of Boost Oxygen, a supplemental oxygen for athletes for performance and recovery.
“This is a personal bottle of oxygen, watch.”
That’s when Rowe put the canister to her mouth and shot back, appearing to be blown away by the jolt.
“That just gave me a shot of oxygen right to the system,” she said. “I just saw [Florida quarterback] Graham Mertz take one after that touchdown.”
The Gators’ struggles from last season (they finished 6-7) carried into the season-opener, which ended in a 24-11 loss to the Utah Utes.
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The Utes were able to keep the Gators without a score during the second and third quarters.
Florida finally reached the end zone with 9:22 left in the game, cutting the Utah lead to 24-11 on a 19-yard receiving touchdown and a two-point conversion.
It wasn’t enough to take home a road win in the opener, with Utah sealing a 13-point victory.
Rowe, a Utah native, certainly had herself a night.
The veteran broadcaster — who’s been with ESPN full-time since 1998 — is the network’s lead men’s and women’s college basketball reporter, in addition to holding the same role with the WNBA.
She also works on the Utah Jazz broadcast.
Utah will take on the Baylor Bears on the road on Sept. 9 in Waco, Texas, while Florida hosts McNeese.
