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ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

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I do like that Dan Patrick on his radio show Monday (10/27) discussed ESPiN, SEC bias, and even Chris Fowler's rant. He didn't do it in any vindictive way, just discussing the points that ESPiN and/or Fowler did not/would not bring up (if anything, ESPiN is more vindictive against Patrick after he left).

This is the second time in less than a week Patrick discussed the topic (SEC bias) in an informative way.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
RollinG stone takes a dump on ESPN

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture...spn-and-the-college-football-playoff-20141028
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This part in particular is the essence of the stupid s*** ESPN says, and I thought this exact thing when I saw Fowler's tweet:

Fowler's tweet
B1G fans convinced SEC coverage traced to company business: NOTHING would boost abc/ESPN CFB biz more than a dominant B1G. Nothing. Trust me
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Rolling Stone's comment
Of course that's true. A hale Big Ten would generate even more revenue on top of the South American economy ESPN already operates. The real question however is, if given a choice, would the network rather have a dominant Big Ten or a dominant SEC?
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Game. Set. F***** Match.
 
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Perception is reality. Whether Fowler is right (for the record, I haven't seen the Gameday editorial, only some of his Twitter postings) is debatable but ultimately, irrelevant. If most of the country perceives that ESPN has an SEC bias, then they're all going to see anything ESPN does through that lens and it doesn't matter what anyone on Gameday says one way or the other.

That being said, Rolling Stone is pretty on point. The headlines, the circlejerk rankings, the coverage of arrests and improprieties and, of course, the SEC Network. Lots of damning evidence.
 
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ESPN power rankings said:
3
Alabama
7-1

2
Last Week: The Tide looked good for a third straight week, but head-to-head matters, and they lost to Ole Miss. Won't matter if Bama can win the West, though.
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Third straight week huh? Really looked good in a 14-13 win against a 4-4 Arkansas team, which started that great three game stretch.

Of course we drop three spots in our OT win against 4-3 Penn State.

Gotta love how they erase the fact that a botched extra point was all that kept Arkansas from possibly beating Alabama.
 
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Abenaki said:
Perception is reality. Whether Fowler is right (for the record, I haven't seen the Gameday editorial, only some of his Twitter postings) is debatable but ultimately, irrelevant. If most of the country perceives that ESPN has an SEC bias, then they're all going to see anything ESPN does through that lens and it doesn't matter what anyone on Gameday says one way or the other.

That being said, Rolling Stone is pretty on point. The headlines, the circlejerk rankings, the coverage of arrests and improprieties and, of course, the SEC Network. Lots of damning evidence.
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Chris Fowler is to the SEC what John Saunders was to the BCS...the one selected to be the on-air unabashed cheerleader, while at the same time ripping unnamed people who can't defend themselves on their network for pointing out the obvious.
 
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