ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

[dragurd]

Of course not especially cause Kansas is ranked in the top 25... oh wait...

 

[Drubuck]

It was balmy in minny but cold in kansas

 

[Mike80]

Anyone listen to the half time of the Nebraska Wisconsin game. They said in one sentence that the close game with Minny (7-2 going in) might not be enough to impress the committee. Then in the next sentence informs us that Kansas (3-6 going in) is a tough team to beat and shouldn't hurt TCU, especially because IT's SO COLD IN KANSAS!

It's E$$$ECPN what do you expect? Certainly not logic or anything akin to rational arguments.

 

[Palpie]

Anyone listen to the half time of the Nebraska Wisconsin game. They said in one sentence that the close game with Minny (7-2 going in) might not be enough to impress the committee. Then in the next sentence informs us that Kansas (3-6 going in) is a tough team to beat and shouldn't hurt TCU, especially because IT's SO COLD IN KANSAS!

Espn probably thinks the varmits still playing in the metrodome.

 

[lvbuckeye]

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[Fungo Squiggly]

The BTN kicks ass. I like watching the field hockey. (Autocorrect changed 'field' to 'girls' twice lol. My phone knows why I watch!)

Field hockey is -- but I prefer women's volleyball.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

So flipping by e$pn, their nominees for player of the week......No Melvin Gordon. Broke the fbs rushing record. Can't even get nominated. Nope no bias against the Big Ten there.

 

[Dryden]

Zimmerman: Did ESPN headlines really proclaim Ohio State 'escapes' while TCU 'passes test'? Yep

 

[DiamondBuck]

Zimmerman: Did ESPN headlines really proclaim Ohio State 'escapes' while TCU 'passes test'? Yep

Zimmerman's take is that we fans need to understand that ESPN is too big and disorganized to coordinate a campaign of bias against tOSU. Rather, it is more likely they had one or two low-pay flunkies who may not have even been aware of the games' details write the headlines.

 

[buckeyeintn]

It's an entertainment network. Everyone who is involved in putting out any message (tv, internet, magazine) knows the story line that is supposed to be told.

 

[Jaxbuck]

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[BUCKYLE]

 

[DiamondBuck]

It's an entertainment network. Everyone who is involved in putting out any message (tv, internet, magazine) knows the story line that is supposed to be told.

When someone tries to explain an action by ESPN being attributable to incompetence, I'm willing to accept that as plausible.

 

[kujirakira]

And it might even be plausible if it wasn't wrote by their Big10 blog.
Or if it weren't the 100th time. I remember last year they wrote an entire article about how the 'soft underbelly' of both Sparty and Ohio State were exposed 1 week prior to CCG.
While I'm sure we all remember our game coming down to that 2pt conversion, Sparty's game (Corn) wasn't even close. Meanwhile totally different spin job on Auburn's improbable luck.
Again, wrote by their guy assigned specifically to Ohio State in a period when every show on the network was lobbying to jump us b/c we hadn't played anyone and blatantly trying to devalue MSU beforehand.

Giant bureaucracies like ESPN have too many layers to effectively institutionalize any one specific line of sports-related thinking, and while they certainly have business interests and conventional wisdoms that they're beholden to, that Florida State, Ohio State, Baylor/TCU, and numerous other fan bases alike all carry "ESPN hates us" torches pretty much says it all.

And this is where his argument falls apart completely.
Not only is it specious logic, but he omits that all those fan bases actually agree that ESPN has a heavy SEC bias.

 

[Jagdaddy]

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