World wide Webb takes off

It was another glaring example of the ever-evolving chasm between old media and new.

The nationally televised college football National Championship title game between Alabama and Notre Dame was an obvious ratings winner for ESPN in early January.

In the commentator’s box was the voice of college sports, Brent Musburger, adorable and curmudgeonly in equal measures but increasingly prone to gaffes and eccentricity.