True story- In the 1990's, my wife and two toddler kids were at the Deville Plaza Pharmacy awaiting a prescription, when Con Maloney walked in. He pulled out a little gold necklace out of his pocket and put it around my daughter's neck.
I think they were trying to keep their audience. If they said what they really thought (Delainey Everett was shutting down the bats and Oklahoma was about to lose), the audience would've turned to the Women's Lacrosse Finals between North carolina and Northwestern.