dspn doing its thing.....again

[UNC '92]

http://espn.go.com/college-football...otball-playoff-title-glorified-sec-title-game

That's right, dspn once again shows its clear sec bias. They can't even admit to themselves Clemson is an ACC team without firmly planting toungue in cheek.

 

[GoNtheDistance]

I saw this and immediately thought how pathetic and awful this piece was. why waste time trying to portray an ACC school as an SEC school? Don't really get the point.

 

[Realfreedom]

After Monday night the ACC will have won 2 of the last 3 championships. DSPN will probably forget to mention that.

 

[nolegeorge]

Hate ESPN ... I only watch it when I really have to because of a game.

 

[ARC Dog]

After Monday night the ACC will have won 2 of the last 3 championships. DSPN will probably forget to mention that.

2/3 would've been impressive for sure, and thus you'll agree 8/10 is amazing - the kicker is 4 different schools. Even taking away Alabama, other SEC schools have won 4 of the other 6 during that span. I mean, yeah, it's made into a big deal a lot and I get the backlash, but you simply have to give over credit where it's due.

The SEC was 7-7 during the 2014 bowl season - good for most - and yet you'd have thought it was a disaster. The 9-2 record this year with the title qualifies as the best bowl season a league has ever had, and thus yet another notch in the belt and I guess more ammo for the haters.

Is the SEC a different level of football? No. Is it he most accomplished league most years? Evidence says so.

 

[HeelFan58]

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2/3 would've been impressive for sure, and thus you'll agree 8/10 is amazing - the kicker is 4 different schools. Even taking away Alabama, other SEC schools have won 4 of the other 6 during that span. I mean, yeah, it's made into a big deal a lot and I get the backlash, but you simply have to give over credit where it's due.

The SEC was 7-7 during the 2014 bowl season - good for most - and yet you'd have thought it was a disaster. The 9-2 record this year with the title qualifies as the best bowl season a league has ever had, and thus yet another notch in the belt and I guess more ammo for the haters.

Is the SEC a different level of football? No. Is it he most accomplished league most years? Evidence says so.

hard to argue.

 

[keysersosay#1]

Espn has fallen a LOT It has soooo many women on now, most have zero clue about sports and are just eye candy.

Honestly I turn most of their shows off except for a game they have on

 

[TarHeelMark]

I still watch PTI, but other than that I basically only watch ESPN if they are showing the Heels.

 

[randman1]

Well, the ACC will have it's chance the opening games of 2016. We play GA and should be a slight favorite is my guess. Lots of questions marks for both teams but hopefully we're as good or better next season. Who knows?

Clemson vs Auburn: Clemson should be heavily favored but Auburn has a lot of talent despite their poor performance this year.

FSU vs Ole Miss: Ole Miss ought to be good and so should FSU.

All 3 games have the potential for ACC wins that make a statement. If the SEC teams win, can't argue too much but if the ACC starts out with a sweep, that should change the discussion even for ESPN.

 

[BeezerHeel]

^^^ why do you feel UNC will be favored against Georgia?

 

[Tigertown_a_Rick]

Hate ESPN ... I only watch it when I really have to because of a game.

I don't think that you're the only one that hates ESPN...The ratings for the Semifinals was way down, and the ratings for the Championship game on monday was down another 15% from last year, and that's including all the other ESPN channels and internet options that was simultaneously broadcasting the championship game....

Folks are starting to find other TV options, and ESPN may have already reached it's pinnacle even though they have more TV options for the viewers than ever before?

As many on here have already stated, the SEC bias has driven a lot of us away from ESPN in finding other ways to get our sporting news, but I must confess that CBS and their website is about as bad or worse than ESPN when it comes to crowing about all things SEC?

Thought it funny the other night when Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly stated that Clemson probably shouldn't even show up for the game since everybody thinks Alabama has the game in the bag?

We're obviously not the only fanbase that see ESPN for what they really are, and that's a "mouthpiece" for the SEC!

 

[BeezerHeel]

I'll play contrarian and say ratings were down in the championship game because both schools were regionally together. Fair weather fans from the Midwest, west and North simply didn't care enough to watch schools they don't care about play. But, yes, people have been loathing ESPN for some time now. At least we say we do.

 

[TarHeelNation11]

2/3 would've been impressive for sure, and thus you'll agree 8/10 is amazing - the kicker is 4 different schools. Even taking away Alabama, other SEC schools have won 4 of the other 6 during that span. I mean, yeah, it's made into a big deal a lot and I get the backlash, but you simply have to give over credit where it's due.

The SEC was 7-7 during the 2014 bowl season - good for most - and yet you'd have thought it was a disaster. The 9-2 record this year with the title qualifies as the best bowl season a league has ever had, and thus yet another notch in the belt and I guess more ammo for the haters.

Is the SEC a different level of football? No. Is it he most accomplished league most years? Evidence says so.

Valid points but that's not the point of this thread is it?

No one is doubting the current national championship dynasty of the SEC. This thread is about a needless ESPN article that refers to the matchup as a glorified SEC Championship Game. Well no, it isn't. Clemson is in the ACC. Here's a newsflash, the ACC and SEC overlap states and recruiting areas. So does the Big 12 and Big 10. It was a pointless stance for the writer to take.

The SEC deserve enough plaudits on its own merit; the press doesn't need to go over-the-top and fabricate more praise for make-believe things.

 

[HeelFan58]

Espn has fallen a LOT It has soooo many women on now, most have zero clue about sports and are just eye candy.

Honestly I turn most of their shows off except for a game they have on

A couple of the chicks are pretty knowledgeable. That Sam (Ponder?) chick can throw a football through a tire

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

8/10 is impressive, but slightly less impressive when you realize that up until 2 years ago (start of the playoff system), they were essentially guaranteed to have a horse in the race - the polls would never consider not having an SEC team in the top 2 come championship time, whether that's a bias, or just how great SEC teams were, is up for interpretation. Even now, they're essentially guaranteed a spot in the playoff, and the other 4 conferences have 3 spots to fight for (along with ND, I guess).

On to another point in the thread, UNC will most likely start the season ranked higher than UGA (if the way-too-early top 25 is any indication), plus this will be Smart's first game as a head coach. If UNC is favored, those will be two factors. While the game is "neutral site" it's being played in Atlanta, GA - so if UGA is favored that will be a large factor in why.

On to the actual point of the thread: ESPN definitely shows an SEC bias. Everything they do is based on what will (hopefully) get them the most money, they see $$$ when they look at the SEC, so they tout it as much as they can. I think the ratings drop had a lot to do with the timing of the games - NYE, and then a Monday night. If you're a casual fan, and don't really care about the teams playing, you probably had better things to do at those times. I don't think it had much to do with being a "regional matchup" as some are saying. Yes, it was two teams in the southeast, but they were from two different conferences. They got the fans of Bama and Clemson obviously, and probably a good amount of ACC/SEC fanbases as well. If BC, Syracuse, or Pittsburgh were in the title game (yes, I realize this is now clearly a hypothetical), it's not like the entire Northeast would all of a sudden watch that weren't already fans of those schools or the ACC in general.

All that said I'm eagerly awaiting the downfall/demise of ESPN. I think they've already peaked, and with a little continued shoddy journalism and blatant bias, paired with another medium for fans to get the info they seek, ESPN will either change or sink into the abyss.

 

[randman1]

^^^ why do you feel UNC will be favored against Georgia?

I think we'll be ranked higher. Have no idea what the betting line will be. But GA will have a new coach, first game, and we have the core of the same team back assuming Mitch is a decent replacement for Marquise.

 

[HeelFan58]

I think we'll be ranked higher. Have no idea what the betting line will be. But GA will have a new coach, first game, and we have the core of the same team back assuming Mitch is a decent replacement for Marquise.

a win over UGa would be huge. I expect them to be loaded because Richt always recruited well although they did lose players because Richt didn't put up with a lot of shat. Eason may very well start day one. His dad's arm was legendary.

 

[nolegeorge]

2/3 would've been impressive for sure, and thus you'll agree 8/10 is amazing - the kicker is 4 different schools. Even taking away Alabama, other SEC schools have won 4 of the other 6 during that span. I mean, yeah, it's made into a big deal a lot and I get the backlash, but you simply have to give over credit where it's due.

The SEC was 7-7 during the 2014 bowl season - good for most - and yet you'd have thought it was a disaster. The 9-2 record this year with the title qualifies as the best bowl season a league has ever had, and thus yet another notch in the belt and I guess more ammo for the haters.

Is the SEC a different level of football? No. Is it he most accomplished league most years? Evidence says so.

I would argue that the SEC was favored for every one of those games ... Im not sure who matches up these bowl games but the SEC were definitely given some teams that they could beat. Having said that, they still had to go out and complete the mission. They did just that so they have to be given credit. The ACC didnt match up very badly against them this year ... again. Starting the 16 season with a couple of wins against some of their 'better' teams would definitely put them on their heels and I definitely think the ACC can do it.

 

[nolegeorge]

^^^ why do you feel UNC will be favored against Georgia?

unproven HEAD coach with a new coaching staff ... granted they have talent, but they have more holes to fill in their 2 deep ... secondary is suspect ... might have a FR QB start. It wont be easy but UNC should have the better team and can win this one.

 

[BeezerHeel]

unproven HEAD coach with a new coaching staff ... granted they have talent, but they have more holes to fill in their 2 deep ... secondary is suspect ... might have a FR QB start. It wont be easy but UNC should have the better team and can win this one.

Maybe I'm the idiot, but they're still Georgia and they still have awesome RB's which we will be lucky to keep under 250 yards in their back yard. And we still have a QB who has yet to play a full game let alone a school like Georgia. Our offense better give 'em Heel

 

[franklin street]

i'm looking forward to the espn preseason pub we get.
carolina vs the mighty sec dawgs.
state fans will be fuming weeks before the season starts.

 

[TarHeelMark]

I'll play contrarian and say ratings were down in the championship game because both schools were regionally together. Fair weather fans from the Midwest, west and North simply didn't care enough to watch schools they don't care about play. But, yes, people have been loathing ESPN for some time now. At least we say we do.

I agree. Outside the southeast, most casual fans didn't care. I only watched thru the first half, because honestly I didn't give a crap who won; would've preferred Clemson, I guess.

 

[heelmanwilm]

I'm gonna need some sort of flow chart to keep up with all these conspiracies that victimize unc. Ncaa, refs, bcs, pollsters, announcers, vegas, espn, vendors, law enforcement, etc... Htf do we win a game??!!

I have my own theory. There are prob 10 sec games during a season i would sit down and watch if i had nothing else to do on a saturday. Pretty much any comb of bama, aub, uga, fla, lsu, miss, ole miss playing each other. Not to mention whatever non conference games therein.

Now if i werent a unc alum how many acc games would be as good as these 10? 3? Maybe 5 AT THE MOST if u include notre dame. Theres clem, fsu, and NOW unc. The sec means Big games in front of big crowds with nfl talent on the field. People want to watch sec fball. Whats so effing hard to understand? Espn is in the RATINGS BUSINESS. They will show the games PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH! When we quit watching sec games THEY WILL QUIT SHOWING AND PROMOTING THEM.

Get over it already!

 

[TarHeelNation11]

I'm gonna need some sort of flow chart to keep up with all these conspiracies that victimize unc. Ncaa, refs, bcs, pollsters, announcers, vegas, espn, vendors, law enforcement, etc... Htf do we win a game??!!

I have my own theory. There are prob 10 sec games during a season i would sit down and watch if i had nothing else to do on a saturday. Now if i werent a unc alum how many acc games would be as good as these 10? 3? Maybe 5 AT THE MOST if u include notre dame. The sec means Big games in front of big crowds with nfl talent on the field. People want to watch sec fball. Whats so effing hard to understand? Espn is in the RATINGS BUSINESS. They will show the games PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH! When we quit watching sec games THEY WILL QUIT SHOWING AND PROMOTING THEM.

Get over it already!

Get out of here with your logic and reason

And agreed that almost all ACC matchups are NOT appealing to the general public.

 

[HeelFan58]

Get out of here with your logic and reason

And agreed that almost all ACC matchups are NOT appealing to the general public.

so BC-WF isn't interesting? LMFAO.