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Paw Master [17831]
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ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
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wanted it to be. Especially engineering a ND / OSU match up for the CF aka pay for play National Championship Game. This game should be a big time TV money maker. ESPN has been trying to make moves to get their choice of teams back to the top. NIL was a big factors that help ESPN’s get their choice of teams back to the top CF. TV networks can make that big money like they did in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s. TV networks finally help ND get back to the top.
I believe TV media and ESPN had goals to bring down the ACC and Clemson football by pushing NIL aka pay for play football, the TP and expansion of the CFP’s. This will help them put millions of dollars back into their coffers. Now they are getting the TV match ups that benefit them most and what they wanted during the 20 teen years.
Another thought, How would Clemson fans feel if BV left Oklahoma and came back to Clemson as the DC. IMO he should have never left Clemson. Some coordinators and position coaches just do not have the right skills to be a HC.
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Game Changer [1898]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
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Jan 3, 2025, 7:14 AM
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That's how I see it. Notre Dame raided Duke for Riley Leonard and got Beau Collins from Clemson. The northern teams can just buy the players from Duke NC State etc . Most southern players don't want to play for ND or Penn State Michigan
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Orange Blooded [2392]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
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I don't see your logic here. If ESPN-as much as I dislike them-has manipulated this thing they would have done a much better job.of getting as many SEC teams in as possible thus SMU doesn't Make the playoffs. The better the B1G looks the worse their future paydays get.
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Solid Orange [1389]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
Jan 3, 2025, 1:33 PM
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This is something posters here are obtuse about. I keep hearing posters saying Big Ten refs are biased toward the SEC. Why would they be? The Big Ten and the SEC are completely at odds with each other now with completely different media deals. The Big Ten wants the SEC to fail and vice versa. And ESPN is paid to shill for the SEC while Fox is paid to shill for the Big Ten.
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
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Pretty sure ESPN would prefer a CG which includes at least one SEC team as ND and Ohio are not in their orb
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A lot of people on this board wear tin foil hats. ESPN does not hate Clemson or Dabo and they don’t control the teams that make it this far in the playoffs.
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Solid Orange [1334]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
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The two semifinal games and the eventual NC game will all have huge ratings regardless.
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Orange Blooded [2392]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
Jan 3, 2025, 12:33 PM
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A lot of people on this board wear tin foil hats. ESPN does not hate Clemson or Dabo and they don’t control the teams that make it this far in the playoffs.
No one said either in this thread. My disdain for them stems frommthe total lack of quality programming they put out.
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Varsity [147]
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Re: ESPN finally manipulated college football back where they
Jan 3, 2025, 1:52 PM
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Not specifically in this thread, but that does get used a lot on here. Listening to some, Clemson hasn't had a fair shake since they beat Alabama many years ago. Since then, ESPN, the NCAA, the national media, and the ACC refs (amongst others) have been out to get them and push the SEC (and lately the B1G).
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Jan 3, 2025, 12:52 PM
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ESPN is out to get Dabo because Dabo is Christian.
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Only thing missing is a Grassy Knoll.
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CU Medallion [20860]
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Well, it's a pretty solid final four lined up so I'm sure ESPN is pretty giddy
Jan 3, 2025, 12:58 PM
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with how this has played out, regardless of who wins the next round and goes on to the finals. They're in a No Lose position.
In BV's case - dude is making 20+ years worth of his DC salary in about five years time at OU. Competitors like the BV's in the world aren't ones to settle for support roles for long. It's just not in their nature not to go for the glory when the opportunity presents itself.
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Paw Master [16638]
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What BV is good at remains to be seen, IMO. Crazy to fault him for leaving
Jan 3, 2025, 1:09 PM
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the DC position where he had nothing to prove and to take on the head coaching job at OKLAHOMA. He spent over a decade there as a coordinator and it is a premier job. In my opinion, he'd be crazy NOT to take it. What's the downside? He will ALWAYS be a sought-after DC...if he fails he will have his pick of jobs. In the meantime, he what...tripled his salary? About $2.5 million a year at Clemson and about $7.5 million a year at Oklahoma. So assuming he gets one more year, that's four years and an extra $20 million over what he would have received, PLUS a buyout of some sort.
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