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ESPN power?
Posted on 10/25/10 at 11:35 am
Posted on 10/25/10 at 11:35 am
Does ESPN have too much power in college sports? Promoting certain players and teams to the point of being shoved down your throat! Are they the biggest problem in the BCS formula?
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Posted on 10/25/10 at 11:40 am to The Word
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Does ESPN have too much power in college sports?
Do ducks quack?
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Are they the biggest problem in the BCS formula?
the BCS is the biggest problem in the BCS
Posted on 10/25/10 at 11:40 am to The Word
Yes. Which is why we need a network like Versus rise up and weaken the monopoly.
Posted on 10/25/10 at 12:03 pm to mattz1122
In the early part of the 2000s I was hoping it was fox sports but they never really emerged to steal the thunder.
Posted on 10/25/10 at 12:33 pm to The Word
Why do you think USC won the AP crown in 03?
B/c the west coast bias in media and espn was all over their jock every year, despite their weaker schedueles
B/c the west coast bias in media and espn was all over their jock every year, despite their weaker schedueles
Posted on 10/25/10 at 12:36 pm to The Word
Yes. Especially since ESPN has tons of money invested in certain conferences but not all. Any company worth a damn is going to protect its investments. And in this case this means promoting certain teams/conferences while ignoring others. So when a "championship" is determined through largely subjective means, and people are reaching their subjective conclusions based mostly on what highlights they see on ESPN (since no one, NO ONE actually watches every minute of every game) and what ESPN talking heads are saying, then yeah, ESPN has way too much fricking power.
Championships in D1-A football aren't real championships until there is a playoff.
Championships in D1-A football aren't real championships until there is a playoff.
Posted on 10/25/10 at 12:37 pm to berryNation
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the west coast bias in media and espn
West coast bias? That's a new one!
Posted on 10/25/10 at 12:53 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
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West coast bias? That's a new one!
I was thinking the same thing!
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:09 pm to lsu480
Compared to the deep south, yes there is a west coast bias
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:11 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
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Especially since ESPN has tons of money invested in certain conferences but not all.
this explains why they hyped USC in 03-05 and are hyping BSU right now
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Championships in D1-A football aren't real championships until there is a playoff.
argh
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
sfp, go read the quote i posted from chris masson's dad from raginpagin. last page on the cajuns coaching thread.
This post was edited on 10/25/10 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:17 pm to The Word
Yes and it's probably not going to change anytime soon. The BCS is probably not going away either
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
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this explains why they hyped USC in 03-05...
SC winning 34 straight games probably had something to do with it.
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...and are hyping BSU right now
Who is hyping BSU?
Posted on 10/25/10 at 1:28 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
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Who is hyping BSU?
herby almost started crying yesterday during the BCS countdown show pumping up the broncos
Posted on 10/25/10 at 2:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
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herby almost started crying yesterday during the BCS countdown show pumping up the broncos
His reasoning was priceless...
Something to the affect that they could hang with anybody. Nothing with who they have beaten. I'm pretty sure Auburn would win every game in their division by 30 as well. 
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