The Wiz of Odds: ESPN's 'Game Day' Problem

[NUpolo8]

Espn isn't hyping them up even a little bit.

ESPN was all over Arkansas being better than they are. It was non-stop through the game, at halftime, and the short discussion(s) with the night recap. I'm beginning to wonder if you actually watch games or as someone else mentioned, are trolling.

It's not limited to the sec, case in point, once again, the 2010 Holiday Bowl.

Wait a minute, you can't defend your Georgia stance and this is the best you come up with? Come on dude, spare me the time if this is the best you have. The 2010 Holiday Bowl had to deal with playing someone twice in a 3-month span, after Sandusky-ing them on their home turf. No matter who it is, it's tough to beat a team twice in the same season. Washington proved it that year, Wisconsin proved it in 2011 and Alabama proved it against LSU years prior. With all the smack UW talked after that a$$-whooping in Seattle, there shouldn't of been one issue for motivation with Nebraska. None. Nada. Zilch. UW beat us, plain and simple.

B2B bowl games, 12 months apart, are a completely different discussion. UGA would've had a much better argument regarding motivation the previous bowl game. Yards away from a national title game and boom, dream season over and Capital One Bowl here we come.

I never said there wasn't any reason Nebraska SHOULDNT have been motivated for the UW game. I just said they weren't. And their post game quotes relayed as such. It was the typical "well we came out pretty flat......" Mantra that usually gets uttered several times a year here.
And you expect announcers to not build up and credit a team widely thought to lose and lose big hanging with and nearly beating top five teams? I am honestly wondering what kind of fairness doctorine you want Espn to adhere to at this point.

 

[HTO]

You're not defending your Georgia claim, and now you admit announcers were stroking Arkansas. As the world turns...

I'll give you one more try.

 

[NUpolo8]

You're not defending your Georgia claim, and now you admit announcers were stroking Arkansas. As the world turns...

I'll give you one more try.

There is a difference between crediting a team for playing beyond expectations of a game and some secret propaganda machine that makes them into a ranked team.

Georgia wasn't motivated for the game. There were reports and videos that showed the team partying past midnight the night before the early morning game. They were without their best players. Also, before that game even happened there was much discussion how good they'd be this year.

And you claim they're similar to us? Well hey! The rankings of late reflect that! So any bias given towards them must be applied to us too. And I'd also say there is some bias towards us, many times, we get a ranking because of our name.

 

[shyndy]

You're not defending your Georgia claim, and now you admit announcers were stroking Arkansas. As the world turns...

I'll give you one more try.

There is a difference between crediting a team for playing beyond expectations of a game and some secret propaganda machine that makes them into a ranked team.

Georgia wasn't motivated for the game. There were reports and videos that showed the team partying past midnight the night before the early morning game. They were without their best players. Also, before that game even happened there was much discussion how good they'd be this year.

And you claim they're similar to us? Well hey! The rankings of late reflect that! So any bias given towards them must be applied to us too. And I'd also say there is some bias towards us, many times, we get a ranking because of our name.

if we give up 400 yards rushing to someone and have two losses, our rankings wont be similar.

 

[HTO]

As I expected, you don't defend your stance on Georgia's pre-season ranking and utilize a straw-man type response. Matter of fact, you reference what the media stated about 2014 Georgia, once again, further proving my point. As I said before, you're exactly what ESPN targets, someone that can't think for themself and instead, take what they have to say as absolute truth.

Have a nice day.

 

[NUpolo8]

As I expected, you don't defend your stance on Georgia's pre-season ranking and utilize a straw-man type response. Have a nice day.

I will!

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

That game got TONS of play on ESPN - try again...

For that matter, Nebraska has gotten tons of play on ESPN this year, most of it positive. Certainly more positive than HuskerBoard treats its own team.

By some people's definition here, ESPN could even be accused of pimping Ameer Abdullah, Randy Gregory and the latest acrobatic (if meaningless) catch by Jordan Westerkamp.

Nebraska has its own Game Day Problem of falling out of relevancy well before the season is over.

If we win out, we become a good story. If the SEC gets spanked by teams in other conferences, that's a good story, too. Both stories are reliant on games actually being played. I don't see anyone keeping those games from being played at the moment, so I'm holding off on my outrage.

 

[NUpolo8]

Exactly. Hell there's still a hilarious scenario where there's a five way tie in the sec west and none of them get in the playoff

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Actually, I'm much more curious how Nebraska is going to do against Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

 

[Mavric]

But does anyone think Nebraska is 8 - 1 playing in the SEC West?

With Alabama's schedule, yes, I believe NU would be 8-1 at this point.

L O LWe'd have likely gotten crushed by Arkansas. Let alone the actual "good" teams in the sec.

And we are all admitting they're the best teams, the only way there'd be a bias is if they weren't and still got in.

And before there's a flip 2011 reference, name another team besides USC that belonged there. You can't.

crushed by Arkansas huh. Give me a break, the only other team on there id have been worried about is WVU. Honestly that schedule is a little better than ours overall but only because some of the teams on our schedule turned out to be absolutely terrible, like Illinois and fresno. Totally agree that we would likely be 8-1 with that schedule.

Yeah Nebraska has had a real success stopping power running teams. Especially coached by Bret Bielema. They're better than their record by a long shot. And I'd hate to have their schedule.

So your position is Nebraska (currently #16 in Rushing Yards Allowed per Game) is significantly worse than as a team and against the run than:

- A 6-3 Texas A&M team that is #86 against the run including giving up 240 yards on the ground to Rice and 268 to SMU

- A Georgia team that has lost to 4-5 South Carolina (giving up 176 yards on the ground) and 4-3 Florida (418 rushing yards) and is #42 against the run

- A 2013 Rutgers team that was 6-7

- A 2013 Florida team that was 4-8

- A 2013 Ole Miss team that was 8-5

- A 2013 Mississippi State team that was 7-6

... amongst the 14 other Power 5 teams out of the last 15 that Arkansas has played that they not only did not crush but actually got beat by?

#eyetest

 

[NUpolo8]

We really used last years teams to discuss a team this year?

 

[HTO]

We really used last years teams to discuss a team this year?

*******

No different than you claiming something and not backing it up when called on it.

 

[NUpolo8]

Well considering that isn't something I do....

 

[HTO]

Link me to your UGA high pre-season rating explanation. TIA!

 

[Mavric]

Yeah Nebraska has had a real success stopping power running teams. Especially coached by Bret Bielema. They're better than their record by a long shot. And I'd hate to have their schedule.

We really used last years teams to discuss a team this year?

You tell me.