Mouth agape at ESPN CFB Daily (ACC vs SEC)

FightWinDrink

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DC Bee said:
By golly, you're right. That improves the ACC's record over the SEC to 6-2 last year.
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If you're counting Notre Dame it was 6-3

GT > uga - rivalry week
GT > MSU - orange bowl
Clemson > SCAR - rivalry week
Florida State > UF - rivalry week
Louisville > Kentucky - rivalry week
Notre Dame > LSU - music city bowl
Clemson < uga - week 1
Louisville < uga - belk bowl
Miami < SCAR - duck dynasty bowl

I know the ACC isn't the strongest conference by any means and has fallen flat on its face on the big stage quite a few times, but I think they really showed some pretty good stuff last year. Only top of those games vs the SEC, BC also beat USC and one of our worst teams (UVA) played a very good UCLA team close. We just need to do our part and beat uga more and pick up some key wins in bowl games and vs Tennesse in 2017 etc.
 

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If you watch any CFB program on any channel, "most" just regurgitate the same "facts"! Not many have original ideas. If you throw enough spit against the wall, some of it will stick!
 

IM79

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You guys are forgetting something. The SEC east is so weak that it doesn't count in the SEC records last year or for this year. The REAL SEC is the Western Division. What those losers in the East do , doesn't count against the strength or reputation of the true SEC.

The anchor guy was surprised because it was Auburn vs Louisville he was talking about - you know Auburn from the mighty SEC West. In fact, I heard the NFL was going to replace the NFC South teams with SEC West teams.
 

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TheGridironGeek said:
I can never truly convince myself of media bias until it slaps me in the face. Because you always want to check yourself against wearing colored glasses.

For instance, my Dad always railed at the bias of the NFL establishment against the Cardinals organization, and I would protest that it's a small market team, TV people are just lazy, etc. Then the NFL Network ran a special on the 1947 NFL Championship. If you're not aware, the Cardinals had a star lineman DROP DEAD IN THE LOCKER ROOM the week beforehand, yet NFLN thought it was more important that Steve Van Buren's car broke down & he had to take a train to the stadium. THAT is bias.

So I'm watching CFB Daily last night, and the Louisville vs. Auburn game came up. Tom Lugenbill & the Three Stooges are sitting there, and the anchor man literally says:

"An ACC team beating an SEC team? I can't believe I'm saying this, but...it could happen!!"

Didn't the ACC go 4-1 against the SEC last year? The bias is undeniably real. Worse, it's to the point where ESPN basically just lies about the results on the field & hopes the fans don't notice.
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I've quit watching ESPN, in fact I've gotten rid of cable entirely. My quality of life has improved as a result. ESPN is not an "unbiased" news source - they are trying to drive eyeballs to the games they broadcast, primarily the SEC. If enough people outside of the SEC fans drop cable maybe they'll get the message.
 

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buzzn said:
I've quit watching ESPN, in fact I've gotten rid of cable entirely. My quality of life has improved as a result. ESPN is not an "unbiased" news source - they are trying to drive eyeballs to the games they broadcast, primarily the SEC. If enough people outside of the SEC fans drop cable maybe they'll get the message.
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Congrats. But, ESPN is far from the only culprit. It is almost all sports programming in the country.
 

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It has been that way for years. Best to just ignore it. Some people think that winning more might change the narrative. I personally don't think so. At this point I'm not really hoping to change the narrative, I'm just hoping for plenty of FU moments for the analysts that promote it. GT slaughtering Miss St was pretty satisfying. TCU utterly embarrassing Ole Miss was as well. Did it even dent the SEC is unbeatable narrative? Of course not but it was fun to watch.
 
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IM79 said:
You guys are forgetting something. The SEC east is so weak that it doesn't count in the SEC records last year or for this year. The REAL SEC is the Western Division. What those losers in the East do , doesn't count against the strength or reputation of the true SEC.

The anchor guy was surprised because it was Auburn vs Louisville he was talking about - you know Auburn from the mighty SEC West. In fact, I heard the NFL was going to replace the NFC South teams with SEC West teams.
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It was pretty funny to watch them use that argument in week 12, then use the SEC East's bowl victories as proof that they are still on top. So blatant in their hypocrisy, but they just don't care because the average person has a very short attention span.
 

wesleyd21

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Lugenbill is a total sellout...doesn't even pretend to have any allegiance to Tech or the ACC like any other announcer would or at least admits to.

That guy f-ing sucks. Complete SEC bootlicker.
 
Boomergump

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Well, we have an entire season to go and the games are right there in front of all ACC teams to play against SEC opponents. I'd rather actually win the games than have prognosticators say we are going to win them beforehand. I hate the SEC bias as much as anybody, but let's control the narrative by winning on the field.
 
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