ESPN says goodbye to the Booger McFarland's BoogerMobile on 'Monday Night Football'
Steve Gardner, USA TODAY Published 7:15 p.m. ET March 7, 2019
There will be no more "BoogerMobile" on "Monday Night Football."
The elevated, motorized sideline perch ESPN analyst Booger McFarland occupied this past season will not return in 2019, according to a Sporting News report.
The Monday night broadcast already will have a different look after analyst Jason Witten decided last week to return to the Dallas Cowboys after one season in the booth.
The BoogerMobile was designed to give McFarland, a defensive tackle who spent eight seasons in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, a closer view of the game in the trenches.
Instead, it became the subject of criticism for obstructing fans' sight lines and later provided fodder for hilarious Twitter memes.
Having McFarland in the BoogerMobile occasionally led to awkward on-air moments with Witten and play-by-play man Joe Tessitore in the broadcast booth. It didn't help that all three were in their first season on the MNF telecasts.
ESPN might have hinted at the vehicle's demise late in the season when producers moved McFarland into the booth for the final four games of the schedule.
