Whitlock undresses ESPN

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8853534/The-story-ESPN-doesn%27t-want-you-to-know

He makes a ton of valid points here. Curious what you guys thought.

 

I think we should bash him to piss off Gregg Doyel.

 

Is "ballstate0@aol.com" a joke?

 

Nate Davis might not be a frontrunning Heisman contender because ESPN is evil.

Or it might be because no one gives a fuck about Ball State.

 

Right war. Wrong battle.

Next.

 

A lot of good points that are buried in a column about his beloved alma mater.

Saying Fowler doesn't know college football is absurd. He's one of the best ESPN has.

Most of the other points are very valid.

 

Is the Heisman about who the best player in college football is? Or is it who we care about most?

Your answer is stupid.

 

And to that same point, one of the reasons we don't "give a fuck" about Ball State is because ESPN hasn't sent Chris Connelly out there to make us cry.

Face it: ESPN has a lot of influence in what we "give a fuck" about.

 

That was a pretty good read. I liked the shots he took at Fowler. It is reprehensible that Fowler dropped Ball State out of the top 25 after a win.

 

Last I checked, Ball State was a mid-major. Yes, they've had an incredible year, but thinking that they're going to be in the national conversation for the Heisman or the national title is absurd.

 

I'm still whimpering over this apparent statement of, ahem, fact:

Believe it or not, before ESPN purchased the majority of relevant sports programming and seduced most of the creative, independent-thinking, connected sports writers to join its evil empire, there was this magical time when substance and the little guy actually had a voice in the sports world.

Used to think I was independent-thinking. Guess not.

 

I thought it was an outstanding column.