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Posted: October 25th, 2005, 10:02 pm
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Tuberville speaks out against BCS system, ESPN
By Mike Tankersley
Montgomery Advertiser
Join the club, Alabama and Georgia. And Virginia Tech is welcome, too.
That was the message Monday from Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who spoke at the Montgomery Quarterback Club's noon luncheon two days after watching his team's 13-game SEC winning streak come to an end at Baton Rouge.
Tuberville, whose team was shut out of the BCS national title game last season, was asked if he thought the same thing might happen to an SEC school again this year. That got him started on the Bowl Championship Series system and the national media, particularly ESPN.
"It's done," Tuberville said. "The national media, led by ESPN, wants to see Vince Young vs. Matt Leinart in the championship game. It's going to be those two teams unless Texas or USC get upset.
"Last year, they wanted to see the two Heisman Trophy quarterbacks, Jason White and Leinart. After six or seven games, we were out of it.
"If four teams are undefeated at the end of the season, there should be a playoff. There should've been one last year. But it's decided already. I don't like it."
Tuberville spoke out sharply against ESPN and the influence it wields on the college game. He said the opinions ESPN hosts and analysts put out on the airwaves each week tend to shape the opinions of fans and media people around the country.
And he's not at all happy about that.
"ESPN has gotten so much power lately, it's kinda scary," Tuberville said. "And most of their analysts are coaches who haven't won any games. That's why they're there. I think you know who I'm talking about.
"And Lou Holtz gets on there and talks about what a team has to do win that game, and the guy couldn't beat anybody in our conference. These guys will come talk to you and look you straight in the eye and tell you something, then they'll get on the air and say something else.
"ESPN, I'll tell you, I don't have much to do with them anymore."
Do you see yet what I am talking about? Rankings = fan interest. Fan interest = MONEY. That's why Notre Dame loses TWO home games and stays in the top 10 in that poll, because of how "big" their program is. The NCAA and the television stations want nothing more than Notre Dame and PSU to win 50 games a season. It is UNFAIR TREATMENT. No one else would get that kind of attention besides the cash-cow programs. It's all about that bottom dollar, while the kids and the fans suffer from it. But they're too stupid to even realize it.
These idiot analysts, ABC and CBS is even worse than ESPN IMO, do nothing more than pollute the minds of the fans and voters who either do not watch the games, or can't watch the games. How can you vote on something you never ever saw? You HEARD how great Texas Tech was. You didn't see them! People need to watch every team, wait until a few weeks into the season, and then vote. Anyone who has a vote should have to apply to get that vote. Not just handed it. It is impossible for these crooks to be objective, and no one wins from it.
Tuberville speaks out against BCS system, ESPN
By Mike Tankersley
Montgomery Advertiser
Join the club, Alabama and Georgia. And Virginia Tech is welcome, too.
That was the message Monday from Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who spoke at the Montgomery Quarterback Club's noon luncheon two days after watching his team's 13-game SEC winning streak come to an end at Baton Rouge.
Tuberville, whose team was shut out of the BCS national title game last season, was asked if he thought the same thing might happen to an SEC school again this year. That got him started on the Bowl Championship Series system and the national media, particularly ESPN.
"It's done," Tuberville said. "The national media, led by ESPN, wants to see Vince Young vs. Matt Leinart in the championship game. It's going to be those two teams unless Texas or USC get upset.
"Last year, they wanted to see the two Heisman Trophy quarterbacks, Jason White and Leinart. After six or seven games, we were out of it.
"If four teams are undefeated at the end of the season, there should be a playoff. There should've been one last year. But it's decided already. I don't like it."
Tuberville spoke out sharply against ESPN and the influence it wields on the college game. He said the opinions ESPN hosts and analysts put out on the airwaves each week tend to shape the opinions of fans and media people around the country.
And he's not at all happy about that.
"ESPN has gotten so much power lately, it's kinda scary," Tuberville said. "And most of their analysts are coaches who haven't won any games. That's why they're there. I think you know who I'm talking about.
"And Lou Holtz gets on there and talks about what a team has to do win that game, and the guy couldn't beat anybody in our conference. These guys will come talk to you and look you straight in the eye and tell you something, then they'll get on the air and say something else.
"ESPN, I'll tell you, I don't have much to do with them anymore."
Do you see yet what I am talking about? Rankings = fan interest. Fan interest = MONEY. That's why Notre Dame loses TWO home games and stays in the top 10 in that poll, because of how "big" their program is. The NCAA and the television stations want nothing more than Notre Dame and PSU to win 50 games a season. It is UNFAIR TREATMENT. No one else would get that kind of attention besides the cash-cow programs. It's all about that bottom dollar, while the kids and the fans suffer from it. But they're too stupid to even realize it.
These idiot analysts, ABC and CBS is even worse than ESPN IMO, do nothing more than pollute the minds of the fans and voters who either do not watch the games, or can't watch the games. How can you vote on something you never ever saw? You HEARD how great Texas Tech was. You didn't see them! People need to watch every team, wait until a few weeks into the season, and then vote. Anyone who has a vote should have to apply to get that vote. Not just handed it. It is impossible for these crooks to be objective, and no one wins from it.