Will Herbstreit be reprimanded by ESPN for his not so

Thanks. appreciate it. I texted my buddy, who is a UGA fan, after we beat them, and said "so all of the teams in the SEC are taking a loss for that one right? only makes sense, seeing how they all take credit for a win anytime an SEC team beats anybody?" ... he replied and said "only works for the win column"

This run of SEC championships, somewhat augmented by the BCS framework, will come to an end soon (this year I think), and we have a golden opportunity to be the ones holding the torch while the so-called "empire" burns.

Funny how people have such short-term memory due to the recent ESPN-SEC partnership and the rising emphasis on conference affiliation. Take a look at a list of past national champions. Does anyone remember ANYTHING that even resembled "conference boasting" when FSU was so hot, Nebraska and Oklahoma were in their heyday, etc? I sure don't.

If we do end up winning it all this year, or sometime in the near future, I hope that we all remember that we represent Clemson, no one else.

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They may have a exclusive deal with the SEC

Sep 18, 2013, 10:15 AM

but there are only 3, maybe 4, REAL money makers in the conference (Bama, LSU, Florida, Georgia). There are only a few hundred thousand fans that follow that league. Then you have the ACC, B1G, Big 12, etc who have fans in the millions.
The SEC may be a big money maker for EsecPN, they still ahve the other conferences to worry about. Someone on that network has to show some kind of support for the other guys. The SEC contract couldn't support the entire network by itself.

I feel like Herbstreit was hired because he is a calm,rational, level headed guy. He gives credit where credit is due. When he sees good football, he commends it, when he's sees bad football, he criticizes it. While all the other talking heads a having ####### over the SEC hype, Herbstreit tends to call it how he sees it, which means he usually give a lot of credit to the accomplishments of other teams.
Since he is the ONLY person on ESPN that puts the SEC in an honest light and keeps his head on straight, I predict that he will be in sports casting a long time. When the SEC loses its power and stops being a money making machines, these idiots who rant and rave about the SEC being god-tier, unbeatable, above NFL quality teams will get thrown out the door.
Mark May, Mark Schlabaugh, David Pollack, and all the others who worship the SEC will be gone. No one will want to hear about a hasbeen powerhouse. But, Herbstreit,who is making friends with these other fanbases for giving them the credit they deserve, will stick around.

So no, he wont get reprimanded. He may have fostered some disagreement, but he calls it how he sees it.

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It happened on a show called Herd and Herb.

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This conference affiliation deal has come about just as

Re: Will Herbstreit be reprimanded by ESPN for his not so

Gotta love Herbie for this

They may have a exclusive deal with the SEC

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