Periodic ESPN-bashing thread

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

I was flipping through the channels earlier tonight and stumbled across some Nike-sponsored 7-on-7 competition on ESPNU. Buncha blue-blue chip high school kids heading to SC, Bama, Florida, tOSU, etc. It was basically touch football with no pass rush and the QB had to throw within 4 seconds of the snap. Seemed like an entertaining way to get a cheap football fix in late July. Plus, Dan Hawkins was coaching one of the teams, and I wanted to see how terrible they'd look.

My buddy and I watched about four or five scoreless minutes of the first 20-minute half. Then, after a commercial break, they come back and pull the old "due to time constraints, we're moving forward in the game" routine, and suddenly it's 7-6 late in the first half. My friend and I both find it odd that they'd show us five scoreless minutes and then skip over two scores, but whatever. Maybe it turns into a shootout or something, right? Long story short, the final score was 14-6. So out of three scores in the game, they saw fit to show us exactly one of them.

Hawk's team lost, BTW. He looked as inept as ever.

[King Crimson]

i wonder if Dan brought his Boise Playbook? the one where you switch O's every year and in opposition to actual personnel.

Cody was awesome in 7 on 7. if he didn't throw over the actual LOS, he was tough to beat.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

If ESPN had any dignity whatsoever, they would respectfully let go of Lee Corso. Due to his condition, he can barely formulate a coherent thought, and it appears to have gotten worse this year. Yet they trot him out there to be a cartoon character, just like Lou Holtz.

Assholes.

[Dinsdale]

If ESPN had any dignity whatsoever

[MuchoBulls]

If ESPN had any dignity whatsoever, they would respectfully let go of Lee Corso.

And plenty of others after him.