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ESPN to reduce emphasis on College Football Playoff, to focus coverage on more schools
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:13 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:13 am
This most definitely needs to happen.
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According to a feature in The Athletic by Nicole Auerbach, ESPN is acutely aware of how much coverage the Playoff gets and how the focus on what’s typically been the same four schools — Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma — leaves fans and players feeling left out of the buzz during the season.
But ESPN will have to play a prominent role in changing that conversation. Lee Fitting, the network’s senior vice president of production overseeing college football coverage, admits so much focus on the Playoff has hurt the sport.
“It’s time to take a little reset as far as we’re concerned,” Fitting told Auerbach.
“Obviously, the Playoff needs to remain a priority A) for the sport and B) for business. But at the same time, I’m worried that we’ve gone a little too far away from what makes college football great — and that is that there is something in every game for the fans out there.”
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:15 am to RollTide1987
so are they coming out against the 12-team playoff, too? 
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:15 am to RollTide1987
As long as I can watch the games, I don't give a rat's arse about ESPN's input.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:16 am to RollTide1987
I'll believe it when I see it. ESPN/Disney is fairly incapable of not being a giant cluster frick.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:19 am to Lsuhoohoo
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I'll believe it when I see it. ESPN/Disney is fairly incapable of not being a giant cluster frick.
This
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:19 am to RollTide1987
Im shocked they have realized this.
Good for them.
Good for them.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:20 am to RollTide1987
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that there is something in every game for the fans out there.”
No. There really isn’t. If LSU is playing on Hulu, and you put Texas State vs North Texas on ESPN…I’m watching LSU. I’m not going to watch two shitty teams over a good team just because you want to be “fair” to the little guys.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:20 am to Lsuhoohoo
If no one is watching how does that work?
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:21 am to RollTide1987
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I’m worried that we’ve gone a little too far away from what makes college football great
You fricking think Lee? A little bit? College football needs a huge reset. We've seen TV money basically destroy major rivalries as schools jockey for the biggest payday as well as the introduction of Neutral site games that were cool for a while but came at the expense of massive home-home matchups for a lot of schools. College football is in an unhealthy place as it's been in a long time. It's profitable but fan interest seems to be on a persistent downward trend.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:22 am to JJ27
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No. There really isn’t. If LSU is playing on Hulu, and you put Texas State vs North Texas on ESPN…I’m watching LSU. I’m not going to watch two shitty teams over a good team just because you want to be “fair” to the little guys.
You completely misunderstood that statement and what this is about.
This is about the discussion of games not the airing of games.
Also, an LSU fan wants to watch an LSU game??? That proves the statement “something for everyone”. North Texas fans will want to consume media about their game and team
This simply means they realize reducing CFB shows all season to a never ending “who’s in?” segment is bad sports coverage
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 10:26 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:22 am to JJ27
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No. There really isn’t. If LSU is playing on Hulu, and you put Texas State vs North Texas on ESPN…I’m watching LSU. I’m not going to watch two shitty teams over a good team just because you want to be “fair” to the little guys.
And people wonder why the Lakers and Yankees play the majority of their games on national tv.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:26 am to jlovel7
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Neutral site games that were cool for a while but came at the expense of massive home-home matchups
For a very long stretch there was nothing of value to see at LSU outside of the SEC schedule - the last big nonconference game was VTech before Texas came in, everything else was sent to neutral sites which freakin' BLOWS. I get the point is for recruiting, but imagine telling your season ticket holders to frick off while sending their home half of a home/away matchup to Houston and Dallas. I am glad this trend is dying and it needs to be completely wiped out. On campus games are part of what makes CFB great, not NFL stadiums.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:26 am to RollTide1987
Watch them frick up by focusing on teams no one wants to watch like UCF, TCU, Boise St, etc and the ratings tank
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:27 am to tduecen
Remember a bit ago when they said they were going to ratchet back the political/SJW content? How’d that go?
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:33 am to Hester Carries
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Also, an LSU fan wants to watch an LSU game??
JJ is a bama fan dude
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:41 am to JJ27
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No. There really isn’t. If LSU is playing on Hulu, and you put Texas State vs North Texas on ESPN…I’m watching LSU. I’m not going to watch two shitty teams over a good team just because you want to be “fair” to the little guys.
That's not what the article is saying ESPN will be doing. They are going to ease up on talking about nothing other than the playoff.
Its not about putting schools like Texas State on ESPN while moving schools like LSU to a lower tier channel.
Last year was awful b/c the pregame, halftime, postgame and often even in game commentary was about nothing but the playoff. It was obnoxious as hell.
ESPN's coverage used to touch on nearly every game being played that day. They are simply moving back towards talking about more teams and games throughout the day.
That's a hell of a lot better than last year's "Welcome to halftime of a 10-10 game between Auburn and Tennessee. So fellas? What do you think of Alabama and Clemson's chances at making the playoff?"
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 10:48 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:44 am to RollTide1987
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This most definitely needs to happen.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:53 am to TotesMcGotes
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And people wonder why the Lakers and Yankees play the majority of their games on national tv.
Dallas Cowboys.
The Saints fans on this board get so pissed when Dallas is in primetime 7 or 8 times each year, but this is why. Love them or hate them, fans want to watch Dallas. They don't care about the Saints or Jaguars or Browns.
But it's about time someone realizes that too much emphasis on 4 playoff spots is a bad thing. When you've had 5 schools fill the 4 spots something like 22 times since the Playoff's inception, and the focus is all on them, the other 125 schools are just fodder.
I was actually surprised to see a post on here about The Bear's comments on ULM. Why the hell would a guy from ESPN be talking about ULM in the middle of the summer?
Now the question is--how bad do they overcorrect? Every article and segment doesn't need to be about ULM, Texas State, and the battle to get to the Boca Raton Bowl.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:55 am to SlowFlowPro
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so are they coming out against the 12-team playoff, too?
Imagine how much the bowls will suck with a 12 team playoff
The best team in the regular bowl season will be ranked in the teens
Posted on 6/18/21 at 11:01 am to Powerman
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Imagine how much the bowls will suck with a 12 team playoff
The bowls suck now. What's your point?
All this does is take the 12 teams that made the New Years 6 and put them in the playoff, and the New Years 6 games become the quarterfinals and semifinals.
The rest of the bowls remain the same.
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