Bill Walton is really enjoying the National Championship (Video)

When ESPN announced details of its wide-ranging broadcast plans for the College Football Playoff National Championship, one thing in particular caught our attention.

On one of its affiliates, ESPN shows a cast of characters watching the game — known as “ESPN Voices” — on a couch with the actual game just part of the viewing experience. This year, in addition to ESPN broadcasters Michelle Beadle, Jay Bilas, Keyshawn Johnson, Rachel Nichols and Marcellus Wiley, NBA great and ESPN college basketball analyst Bill Walton is part of the crew.

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Walton is a colorful, fun guy. And it didn’t take long for him to crack up the rest of his colleagues. For one, he donned a very, um, patriotic outfit.

And he had quite a few hilarious little quips, including one about an interest of his:

He also played catch with Johnson, a longtime NFL receiver.

Keep being you, Bill.

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