The postponed game broadcast nearly went off without a hitch, but Burke Magnus said ESPN's omission of the anthem was a 'human error' and the people responsible 'feel terrible about it.'

ESPN caught some heat after failing to broadcast the playing of the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff game. The game was played in

Former ESPNer Sage Steele believed it was a “blatant decision” by the network to skip the national anthem during the Sugar Bowl broadcast a day after a terrorist attack occurred in New

( NewsNation) — A video of Allstate CEO Tom Wilson interrupted the national anthem at its Sugar Bowl, which took place the day after a deadly terror attack in New Orleans. Some are calling the 30-second message tone-deaf. NewsNation senior political contributor George Will joins “On Balance with Leland Vittert” to discuss the incident.

ESPN executive Burke Magnus admitted the decision to not show the national anthem for the Sugar Bowl was an "enormous mistake."

ESPN’s president of content Burke Magnus called the network’s decision not to air a pregame moment of silence and the national anthem at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 2 an “enormous mistake.” The network came under fire over not broadcasting the two moments on its Sugar Bowl broadcast a day after a terror attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and injured over two dozen more.

ESPN faced a lot of criticism earlier this month after the network failed to show the national anthem ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which was postponed a day following as a result of a terrorist attack in New Orleans,

ESPN has faced significant criticism for failing to air the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl, a College Football Playoff game held in New Orleans. The game, which was delayed by nearly 24 hours following a devastating terrorist attack that claimed over a dozen lives,