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Les Miles gets some great press from ESPN even though his star QB kicked some guy's head in and his team had a little MJ problem -

The guy with the ever-present white cap -- the same guy who munches on grass, uses words that don't quite fit and has taken on a cartoon-character persona at times -- has done a masterful job leading his team.
This team has dodged every crisis and met every challenge that has come its way and hasn't flinched once.
Maybe that's because its head coach doesn't flinch.
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http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7297722/les-miles-led-lsu-tigers-top-bcs-rankings
 
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Dammit all to hell. I want to keep disliking Rick Reilly, but this is good.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7302138/rick-reilly-no-rematch-bcs-title-game

With all these deserving teams, you still think Alabama should get another chance? You want Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian to remarry, too?

This SEC bias has to stop. The world of college football doesn't end at the Louisiana border.

The Rematch should make you want to Regurgitate. Two-thirds of the rankings are based on humans. Voters, be fair. We played this one already, and Alabama lost.


What, your TiVo broke?
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Dan Patrick has been hammering espin about the keeping their tape of Fine's wife basically calling Fine a pedophile under wraps. They kept it and did nothing with it for 8 years.

Patrick's point, and it has all the merit in the world, is that if there is another victim between 2002 and the time this came to light, then espin has to shoulder some of the blame for not turning the tape over to police or at least investigating it further.

Dan Patrick stated that while legally espin had no obligation (Joe Pa anyone??) that morally they had a responsibility to push it further. He has made numerous requests to have someone from espin on his show and they have declined.

Love it when Patrick goes off on espin.
 
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Bobby Hoying;2054614; said:
Les Miles gets some great press from ESPN even though his star QB kicked some guy's head in and his team had a little MJ problem -

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7297722/les-miles-led-lsu-tigers-top-bcs-rankings
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What Jefferson did or didn't do has nothing to do with Miles' coaching.

IIRC the charges against Jefferson were dropped. Show me a college team that isn't a service academy that doesn't have kids that smoke weed on it.

Glass houses and all that.
 
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I might be crazy thinking like this....

Possibly :topic:but I am curious. After watching last nights pac championship I began to wonder if Fox can actually make a move for more college football games, and if so could it cause a divide within the ncaa as a whole. I obviously feel that the hate amongst certain conferences and espn will grow over the next few years. But watching the game last night..well I mean you'd think that the first ever Pac/BIG conference championship games would at least deserve some brand new Fox College graphics and music. But let's say Fox does go after exclusive BIG games...they'd certainly need to do the same for the Pac I'd think or it might be of a detriment to the BIG in the big scheme of things..So, let's say Fox locks up the BIG/Pac television rights..Then in theory don't we need a (hate to say this) a new Poll such as the Fox/Coaches poll? What kind of disparity might there be between it and the espn/coaches? Could it splinter in a way that the two polls only rep the conferences they televise and a championship game is based between the #1 in each poll? I know it's far fetched but as a BUCKEYE fan I certainly don't want the folks at espn to be the deciding factor in what bowl game we play in.
 
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HorseshoeFetish;2055479; said:
Possibly :topic:but I am curious. After watching last nights pac championship I began to wonder if Fox can actually make a move for more college football games, and if so could it cause a divide within the ncaa as a whole.
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I could see all this happening and it would be unfortunate. If it does happen like this, I don't see it as being sustainable. All we need is a split national championship based on network affiliation. What a mess that would be.

Great alias by the way! :cheers:
 
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Zander42;2055562; said:
I could see all this happening and it would be unfortunate. If it does happen like this, I don't see it as being sustainable. All we need is a split national championship based on network affiliation. What a mess that would be.

Great alias by the way! :cheers:
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Why would it be unfortunate? Aren't we almost at a point that this NEEDS to be done? espn railroaded The Vest and JoePA..And by doing so have hurt Two top teams in the BIG. While at the same time, and long before protected cuse, according to what I've read will never bad mouth Texas, and certainly is in cahoots with the SEC. Maybe a split is needed much like the AFC/NFC. Each poll would only need to rank it's teams and the #1's could play each other and so on down the line. I mean let's face it with as much bashing of the BIG that happens at espn where our teams are placed on that initial poll each season compared to the SEC teams could put as at a disadvatage come Feb.

Oh and thanks.:beer:
 
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HorseshoeFetish;2055595; said:
Why would it be unfortunate? Aren't we almost at a point that this NEEDS to be done? espn railroaded The Vest and JoePA..And by doing so have hurt Two top teams in the BIG. While at the same time, and long before protected cuse, according to what I've read will never bad mouth Texas, and certainly is in cahoots with the SEC. Maybe a split is needed much like the AFC/NFC. Each poll would only need to rank it's teams and the #1's could play each other and so on down the line. I mean let's face it with as much bashing of the BIG that happens at espn where our teams are placed on that initial poll each season compared to the SEC teams could put as at a disadvatage come Feb.
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As much as I hate ESPN and their business agenda to denigrate tOSU and B1G football, they were just following the media crowd in the JoePa story. Penn State as a football program and as a University deserves all of the negative consequences they'll suffer over the upcoming years for the Sandusky scandal. Just reading the grand jury presentment indicated to me that JoePa and Spanier both had to go.

But on a larger scale, it is a problem. They have constantly reminded everybody of the issues at tOSU in an attempt to hurt tOSU in recruiting and to damage the brand of tOSU football. Their conflicts of interest with Texas and the SEC, and their efforts to control what happens in college football are a real issue for the B1G member institutions, and I think Delany and the ADs need to have periodic strategy meeting to address how to deal with it. The Longhorn Network contract states that Texas can force ESPN to reassign people if Texas doesn't like the way the coverage they are receiving.
 
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HorseshoeFetish;2055595; said:
Why would it be unfortunate? Aren't we almost at a point that this NEEDS to be done? espn railroaded The Vest and JoePA..And by doing so have hurt Two top teams in the BIG. While at the same time, and long before protected cuse, according to what I've read will never bad mouth Texas, and certainly is in cahoots with the SEC. Maybe a split is needed much like the AFC/NFC. Each poll would only need to rank it's teams and the #1's could play each other and so on down the line. I mean let's face it with as much bashing of the BIG that happens at espn where our teams are placed on that initial poll each season compared to the SEC teams could put as at a disadvatage come Feb.

Oh and thanks.:beer:
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I agree that ESPN needs to have a real competitor (which FOX and derivatives aren't, as of yet). What I think would be unfortunate would be separate polls that were so obviously partisan. That would drastically reduce the legitimacy of both polls. The ideal situation would have whatever polling system be completely separate from any entity that has contracts with conferences in clear conflict of interest.

The situation you described is a progression of the conflicts of interest, not regression from it, and that, to me, is what would be unfortunate.
 
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