Stephen A Smith, Shannon Sharpe unload on ESPN colleagues after comments made about ‘First Take’

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Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe don’t want to hear "First Take" come out of the mouths of two ESPN colleagues. 

Smith and Sharpe both addressed comments made by Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler during their College Football Playoff broadcast on Monday’s edition of the popular sports debate show. 

And while Smith was more polished with his response, Sharpe let it be known that he doesn’t care how many ESPN bosses he has to go through if he hears shots thrown at "First Take" again. 

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"I’m gonna be a good teammate," Sharpe said to Smith. "I’m gonna let it slide. Everybody’s at ESPN. Because had you not taken the route you’ve taken, I would’ve lit their a--es up. If we’re going to be on the same team, if we’re gonna work for the same network, don’t do that. 

"Kirk, Chris Fowler, I promise you, if you ever mention any platform that I’m on again talking about ‘I wonder what they’re going to say as negativity,’ I promise you, ESPN ain’t got enough bosses to keep me off y’all for what I’m going to say. Don’t play with me."

The comments from Herbstreit and Fowler were about Ohio State Buckeyes head football coach Ryan Day, where Smith accused them of misquoting him about calling for the coach to be fired.

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"Stop it," Smith said into the camera during his speech on the matter. "’First Take gotta get him fired,’ that is not true. I did! Not ‘First Take.’ That was me, Stephen A. Don’t misquote me. What I said was, ‘This man Ryan Day, if