NFL reporter under fire for admitting she made up sideline reports

If you've ever felt that perhaps the information coming from the sideline reporter during a big game isn't all that hard-hitting or relevant, perhaps you were onto something.

If it sounded made up, though, there was a chance it was. That is, if that report was coming from Charissa Thompson. 

Recently speaking on the "Pardon My Take" podcast, Thompson — who has worked for ESPN and currently reports for Fox Sports and "Thursday Night Football" — admitted that sometimes when she couldn't get with the players or coach on the sideline, she'd just make the report up.

“I’ve said this before. I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again. I would make up the report sometimes, because A, the coach wouldn’t come out at halftime, or it was too late and I didn’t want to screw up the report. So I was like, ‘I’m just gonna make this up,'" Thompson said (h/t Awful Announcing).