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ESPN football commentator Brent Musburger flipped out on the air Monday night after he received flak on Twitter for calling Joe Mixon—the University of Oklahoma running back who was caught on video striking a woman—“one of the best.” During the broadcast of the Sugar Bowl, Musburger said he hoped Mixon “makes the most of his chance and goes on to have a career in the National Football League.” A 2014 surveillance video of Mixon punching a woman in the face was released last month and sparked a new discussion about his violent behavior. Mixon was suspended from play for a year following the assault and returned this year as a redshirt freshman. Many online took issue with Musburger’s blasé treatment of the incident. “Apparently some people were very upset when I wished this young man well at the next level,” Musburger said during the telecast of the Auburn-Oklahoma showdown, in a frenetic rant. “Let me make something perfectly clear: What he did with that young lady was brutal, uncalled for. He’s apologized, he was tearful. He got a second chance. He got a second chance from Bob Stoops. I happen to pull for people with second chances, OK? Let me make it absolutely clear: I hope he has a wonderful career and he teaches people with that brutal, violent video. OK?”