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Eagles announcer Merrill Reese was not pleased with the bathroom situation at the Coliseum

“This place was great for the 1932 Olympics. But since then, it has gone down the chute."

Longtime Eagles announcer Merrill Reese (right), seen here seated beside his broadcast partner Mike Quick, wasn't too thrilled about the conditions at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the Eagles 30-23 win over the Rams on "Sunday Night Football."
Longtime Eagles announcer Merrill Reese (right), seen here seated beside his broadcast partner Mike Quick, wasn't too thrilled about the conditions at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the Eagles 30-23 win over the Rams on "Sunday Night Football."Read morePhiladelphia Eagles

The historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which opened way back in 1923, is the oldest stadium being used by an NFL team. The stadium has hosted two Olympics, the first Super Bowl, and was the spot where John F. Kennedy gave his memorable acceptance speech during the 1960 Democratic National Convention.

But during the Eagles' 30-23 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the first Sunday Night Football game ever televised from the Coliseum, the stadium showed its age, at least according to Eagles announcer Merrill Reese.

Prior to kickoff, Reese joined WIP host Glen Macnow for a pre-game discussion about the Eagles' chances, but the conversation started with a rundown of the stadium’s facilities from the longtime announcer.

“This place was great for the 1932 Olympics. But since then, it has gone down the chute,” Reese joked. “We are sitting in a portable cubicle in the middle of the stands. We’re at press level, but you’ve got to go up and down plywood.”

“And the restroom is a port-a-potty,” Reese added.

“Merrill, I’d hold it until you got back to the hotel,” Macnow dryly noted.

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The Coliseum is undergoing a $315 million renovation, which includes adding WiFi and luxury boxes, reducing the stadium’s seating capacity, upgrading concession stands and renovating the press box. The renovations have created some headaches for reporters and broadcasters all season, including Los Angeles Times sports reporter David Wharton.

The Rams are temporarily playing in the Coliseum until 2020, when the team’s new stadium — Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park — is scheduled to open.

» READ MORE: Grading the Eagles: Performance in win over Rams earns 'A' | Paul Domowitch

Cris Collinsworth trolls the internet

Last week, NBC Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth went viral over what the internet has dubbed the “Collinsworth Slide,” the moment each week when the camera pans and Al Michaels introduces him to the broadcast. NBC fully embraced the meme by sharing a collection of Collinsworth’s entrances this season, and the Action Network’s Darren Rovell was crushed over his response to the obviously fake video.

Sunday night, with a wink and a nod to the internet, Collinsworth once again slid into the broadcast, but for the first time all season, he entered the screen from the left.

“If it’s funny and makes me laugh, I’m all good with it,” Collinsworth told For the Win. “God forbid I do the ‘Electric Slide’ at a wedding or something. People would lose their minds.”

» READ MORE: Eagles' defense made the big plays that mattered in limiting Todd Gurley, Rams' potent attack

Tony Dungy actually picked the Eagles to win

Following the Eagles' unlikely win last night, it’s easy to find people who picked the Rams to win what seemed like a lock — a game against an injury-depleted team basically out of the playoffs with their backup quarterback lining up under center. According to Rovell, one big spender actually placed a $180,000 bet on the Rams to win.

The NBC Sports crew was no different, with the entire crew picking the Rams to win at home against the lowly Eagles. The only outlier was former head coach Tony Dungy, who picked the Eagles to win specifically because Nick Foles was starting the game.

“I was there in Philadelphia for their week of preparation before the Super Bowl, and I can tell you just what Cris [Collinsworth] is saying, those guys believe in Nick Foles,” Dungy said. “They had the absolute faith that he could go out there and outplay Tom Brady … Nick Foles is going to help them tonight.”

Dungy added more on Twitter Monday morning.

» READ MORE: Alshon Jeffery, Eagles' deep passing game finally come through in win over Rams | Jeff McLane

Quick Hits

  1. A touching story featuring former Sixers great and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley went viral over the weekend, revealing the Hall of Famer’s unlikely friendship with Lin Wang, a cat litter chemist he met at a hotel bar. No description does the piece justice. You should just go and listen. 

  2. Gritty, the lovable Flyers mascot who has taken the country by storm this year, showed up to the front door of ESPN’s Katie Nolan over the weekend. According to my colleague Katie McInerney, Gritty offered “his unsolicited take on Nolan’s opinions on social media, in a video that serves as commentary for what women in sports media frequently endure on social media platforms like Twitter.”

  3. Among those who predicted the Rams would beat the Eagles last night? FS1 host and noted Philadelphia troll Colin Cowherd, who predicted the “Rams are going to roll and win this thing by a ton.” Wasn’t it Cowherd who once called Philadelphia the “dumbest sports city in America?