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ESPN, the SEC and the College Football Playoffs

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ESPN experts have projected:

 

Miss. State

Bama

Auburn

Oregon

 

 

as the 4 playoff teams in the ranking tonight.

My main beef is the overblown coverage of Jameis Winston and little to no attention paid to anyone else actually convicted of crimes. Looking at you Nick Marshall.

 

I had no clue he was kicked out of Georgia.

 

 

Yeah, because ESPN didn't devote every waking second of the previous 3 football seasons to Cam Newton or Johnny Manziel...:rolleyes:

My main beef is the overblown coverage of Jameis Winston and little to no attention paid to anyone else actually convicted of crimes. Looking at you Nick Marshall.

 

I had no clue he was kicked out of Georgia.

It's Jameis Winston. A Heisman winner not just a random dude on FSU. He's a baller first and foremost, but he is incredibly interesting for as many times as he can trip over his own shoe laces and still prevail. Sport's fans love a good villian, and Winston is that because he comes through on the field. I do not know what it has to do with the SEC. If it is interesting, it will sell despite the flaws (see Manziel).
ESPN experts have projected:

 

Miss. State

Bama

Auburn

Oregon

 

 

as the 4 playoff teams in the ranking tonight.

 

Won't happen.

 

MSST still plays Bama/Miss

Bama still plays LSU/MSST/Auburn

Auburn still plays Miss/UGA/Bama

Miss still plays Auburn/MSST

 

Then whichever one of those wins the west gets UGA in the championship game. It will work out.

 

I say 2 SEC teams plus some combo of FSA/Oregon/Mich St. Outside shot for TCU or K State.

Won't happen.

 

MSST still plays Bama/Miss

Bama still plays LSU/MSST/Auburn

Auburn still plays Miss/UGA/Bama

Miss still plays Auburn/MSST

 

Then whichever one of those wins the west gets UGA in the championship game. It will work out.

 

I say 2 SEC teams plus some combo of FSA/Oregon/Mich St. Outside shot for TCU or K State.

 

Listening today, and I'm starting to buy the argument that if KState wins out they'll be the #1 1-loss team from outside the SEC.

 

Said Michigan State is a very long shot. :idunno:

Listening today, and I'm starting to buy the argument that if KState wins out they'll be the #1 1-loss team from outside the SEC.

 

Said Michigan State is a very long shot. :idunno:

 

They've got work to do, but wins over OU, TCU, WVU, and Baylor, with a 6 point loss to Auburn would be worth talking about.

 

Mich St will have hard time getting enough quality wins.

They've got work to do, but wins over OU, TCU, WVU, and Baylor, with a 6 point loss to Auburn would be worth talking about.

 

Mich St will have hard time getting enough quality wins.

 

Not only wins over those 4, but all 4 would be road wins.

This guy is a moron. The combined computer rankings (formerly known as the BCS) has 4 SEC teams in the top 4 spots. So does Sagarin. Who influences the computers?

Heard Colin Cowherd go off about this yesterday.

The conspiracy stuff is ludicrous. I do think there is some faulty analysis regarding the relative strength of the SEC over time and a lot of it stemmed from the way college football was set up. The dominance of the SEC became self-fulfilling on an annual basis as they ran through that succession of national championships. I'm hoping that changes with the new playoff. A balance of power in college football is far better for the overall health of the sport.

 

I'm a Notre Dame football fan but I don't understand the faulty analysis comment. Any way you measure the SEC has dominated the National landscape. You can look at titles , out of conference wins , bowl wins , NFL draft picks , recruiting classes . I mean in almost every measurable way the SEC has been the best. I hate it I want Notre Dame on top but I have to admit what is fact.

 

It's kind of funny to hear Big 10 fans complain about bias. It's basically what propped up their football conference for a couple decades .

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