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ESPN's Lobby Efforts for Playoff Spot #4
Meek
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as we've all been watching games and analyses from the ESPN talking heads the past month and hearing how deserving all the Big 10 teams are, I thought I'd note the obvious narratives from before the announcement this morning:
Brian Griese (Michigan alum) calling the Wyoming/SD State game yesterday saying during the game #4 should be Michigan.
Todd Blackledge (Penn State alum) stating multiple times that Penn State should be in if they win.
Herbie (Ohio State alum) saying that all 4 of Michigan, tOSU, Wisconsin, and Penn State should be in.
Desmond Howard (Michigan alum) same shit on Game Day.
Chris Fowler was the voice of reason and objectivity though. He said you can poke holes in all the teams outside of Bama to fit your personal narrative and pump up your home team so he thinks Washington is the right #4.
Brian Griese (Michigan alum) calling the Wyoming/SD State game yesterday saying during the game #4 should be Michigan.
Todd Blackledge (Penn State alum) stating multiple times that Penn State should be in if they win.
Herbie (Ohio State alum) saying that all 4 of Michigan, tOSU, Wisconsin, and Penn State should be in.
Desmond Howard (Michigan alum) same shit on Game Day.
Chris Fowler was the voice of reason and objectivity though. He said you can poke holes in all the teams outside of Bama to fit your personal narrative and pump up your home team so he thinks Washington is the right #4.
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here, every time I've seen him on one of these
talking head shows he always jocked for
Washington being in.
Do you all remember how penn state has had a "resurgence on offense"? Tip of the cap for tOSU win. After that they beat 1-8 Purdue, Iowa(who only is good thanks to espn sucking off michigan but still has 4 losses), Indiana, Rutgers, Michigan state. Wow, that is sure fucking impressive. Prior to that they won against maryland and minnesota and got skull fucked by michigan. So where am i supposed to be incredibly impressed?
ESPN is trying to re-inflate the Big 10(14). Big 10 is a bigger ratings cash cow than the Pac.
Herbstreit was solid for the past month that UW should be in the playoffs, if they win 3 straight, then suddenly starts pumping Penn State yesterday who lost by 39 to Michigan.
As ESPN continues to lose subscribers, there's going to be a lot more politics in the dark times ahead from them.
Next up was how hot Penn State was right now. Yo Einsteins, by using that logic SC was hotter and would beat anyone not named Alabama any maybe Clemson. Be careful going down that rabbit hole dipshits.
So after that fails, Herbie uses Ohio State beating Oklahoma back in September as why their ticket should be punched (ps today Oklahoma beats them if they played again). But our final win versus number 8 Colorado doesn't mean anything.
And the capper... Espn gives Ohio State a 3 minute synopsis of their season after a commercial. After the Sooner win, we see the narrow escapes versus Wisconsin, Sparty, one other and Michigan. Yet for the blunder twins Ohio State are a mortal lock.
Throw on your buckeye uniforms, tell me your a homer, etc. Would not like it, but could understand it. Just DON'T give me this I am a unbiased expert bull shit, then try and sell me on the fact the Big 10 should have 5 teams in the playoffs.