ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is not here for any kind of criticism toward his beloved canine, Ben.

Ben was in the booth with him and Rece Davis as the two called the LSU-USC game on Sunday night to help mark the official start of the college football season. Ben was seen lying down behind the two ESPN veterans as the game wore on.

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Ben accidentally interrupted Herbstreit and Davis as the two got ready. It allowed for ESPN to have a wider shot behind the two commentators and give fans a glimpse of the production team.

However, any criticism of his golden retriever being in the booth with him was immediately pushed back on. Herbstreit made his feelings known on X.

Herbstreit is clearly doing the best he can to make his dog’s life as comfortable as possible as it deals with leukemia.

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"Ben is always ready. We’ve had a tough offseason. I haven’t really told anybody this, he got diagnosed with leukemia and most recently had to have an operation where they had to take a couple of masses," Herbstreit said on "The Brett Boone Podcast" last month. "They had to open him up and took out his spleen where there was a mass and then another mass on his intestine, which is a pretty big procedure when you’re 10 years old.

"I didn’t know if we were going to lose him or what. He did not respond favorably the first three or four days; wouldn’t eat, wouldn’t go to the bathroom. This was just probably two-and-a-half weeks ago, and he’s slowly kind of coming out of that state and is back to taking walks and eating and wagging and starting to get back to his personality.

"So, I am praying every day for him and hoping that he’s going to be OK – first of all just to be OK and then, secondly, hope to be able to take him on the road with me again this year."

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The Chicago White Sox lost their 109th game of the season as they continue to move toward one of the worst seasons in MLB history.

This time, it came against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night, and it did not come without some calamity.

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Baltimore had a 4-0 lead in the second inning with two outs and the bases loaded. Orioles designated hitter Eloy Jimenez, formerly of the White Sox, was at the plate and hit a blooper toward the left field foul line.

Three White Sox players gathered around as the ball came down. Shortstop Jacob Amaya bailed out thinking at least one of his two teammates was going to make the catch. Third baseman Miguel Vargas ran into left fielder Andrew Benintendi and went to the ground.

Nobody caught the ball and a few more runs crossed the plate.

"The White Sox have just gone full White Sox," Orioles broadcaster Kevin Brown exclaimed.

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Vargas was taken out of the game with an injury after the play. Chicago lost the game 9-0.

The disastrous season is still ongoing for Chicago. The team is 31-109 overall and are 4-38 in the second half of the season. The team has not been in the win column since Aug. 21 against the San Francisco Giants.

The White Sox could still reach one of the worst seasons in modern MLB history. The 1962 New York Mets were 40-120-1. The Cleveland Spiders have the all-time record with 20-134 in 1899.

Chicago already has the most losses in franchise history.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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