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ESPN doesn't have a contract with the SEC, so I don't see your point. If this were CBS we were talking about, you might have a solid conspiracy angle to work with, but not this time.
I'm actually surprised there wasn't a conspiracy to make a Stanford-LSU game magically happen. If Stanford had been a 1-loss SEC champion, that probably would have happened, but since they got slapped around by Oregon, there was no way to make that work.
Yeah, the point doesn't make any sense. I just found this article.
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Last spring, the ACC signed a new deal increasing revenue from $37 million per year in its previous contract with ESPN/ABC to $155 million per year in the new agreement. While it marked a financial windfall, the deal still fell short of the SEC's 15-year, $3 billion deal with ESPN and CBS reached in 2008.
These deals were trumped this year by a surprising 12-year, $3 billion deal for the Pac-12, tripling its rights fees.
This source has the Big 10 and the Pac 12 ahead of the SEC. So the idea of a media love-fest with the SEC is kinda silly. It looks like they're all getting paid in a major way to me.
The huge PAC deal with ESPN and Fox starts in 2012 IIRC. Watch the USCw hype go full blown on ESPN.
I mean that ESPN doesn't have anything with SEC that it doesn't have with other major conferences. There's no conspiracy here. There's no reason for ESPN to anoint the SEC.
The fact is, the sports writers, coaches, and computers picked the two SEC schools over the Big 12 because they're tired of watching the Big 12 get all the hype because games end up with NBA-like scores during their conference games, only to have them got rolled over and prison-raped against an SEC team in the games that matter most.
I mean that ESPN doesn't have anything with SEC that it doesn't have with other major conferences. There's no conspiracy here. There's no reason for ESPN to anoint the SEC.
The fact is, the sports writers, coaches, and computers picked the two SEC schools over the Big 12 because they're tired of watching the Big 12 get all the hype because games end up with NBA-like scores during their conference games, only to have them got rolled over and prison-raped against an SEC team in the games that matter most.
No and no.
If espn wants to show a B1G game, they must purchase it, same for the Big12 and until next year the PAC. They can choose almost any ACC or SEC game(s) to broadcast at will.
espn sucks monkey balls. I thought everyone knew that. They are sports entertainment, true sports journalists are few and far between at espn. When Yahoo sports is breaking most major sports stories, you know espn isn't in it for real sports coverage. They line their pockets with lucrative deals, and then spend their time hyping those deals. (the decision anyone?) You think espn isn't going to hype their investments? Really!?
The computers had OSU @ #2.
Why did you even bring up the Big12?
Last edited by nevergoingback; 01-04-2012 at 07:48 PM..
The computers had OSU as No. 2 after their loss to an unranked team? I don't think so. OSU's loss dropped them below Alabama. So Alabama, as the higher ranked team, deserved to play for the title.
The computers had OSU as No. 2 after their loss to an unranked team? I don't think so. OSU's loss dropped them below Alabama. So Alabama, as the higher ranked team, deserved to play for the title.
Only the voters propelled Alabama by OSU in the BCS ranking. Everyone needs to remember, the BCS isn't just a computer ranking. It is 2/3 votes, and 1/3 computers.
Only the voters propelled Alabama by OSU in the BCS ranking. Everyone needs to remember, the BCS isn't just a computer ranking. It is 2/3 votes, and 1/3 computers.
And after OSU's 'win' over Stanford...it's pretty clear that the humans made the right call.
And after OSU's 'win' over Stanford...it's pretty clear that the humans made the right call.
Using your crazy circular logic maybe
OSU is the Big 12 Champion, and now they are the Fiesta Bowl Champion...
Alabama didn't even win their division. How can you have a NATIONAL championship game between the SEC champion and a team that didn't even win their division? Not much of a "national championship". More like a regular season SEC game.
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