ESPN announcers

[charleyhorse]

They are only concerned about playoffs. Please just announce the da... game

 

[chad954ut]

I think they are pretty decent. Just my opinion.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

They are only concerned about playoffs. Please just announce the da... game

I agree but at the same time...they're trying to keep people interested. Most of the audience likely doesn't care about a 3-6 UT team.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

What a farce the Championship is. Another year where a team can get in that not only doesn't win the conference, it doesn't even win it's division in the conference.

Who cares?

 

[C/O]

I agree but at the same time...they're trying to keep people interested. Most of the audience likely doesn't care about a 3-6 UT team.

This. They are trying to speak to a national audience. Not a losing program.

 

[volKano]

This. They are trying to speak to a national audience. Not a losing program.

Those fans are watching the other games right now.

 

[BreatheUT]

When you are 3-6 and playing a team in the top 5 then your program gets disregarded. They are predicting the outcome. It should frustrate any fan.

 

[lilesrt]

They are only concerned about playoffs. Please just announce the da... game

The Playoff system is destroying college football. The top of college football is extremely boring. Same teams on repeat.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

The Playoff system is destroying college football. The top of college football is extremely boring. Same teams on repeat.

If it was still the BCS it would be the same teams, not sure how it's the playoffs fault?

 

[volfannbama]

They are going to mention the playoff because TAM is in the hunt. Which is odd to me. Never understood being rewarded for not making a championship game

 

[chef3531]

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[chef3531]

They are going to mention the playoff because TAM is in the hunt. Which is odd to me. Never understood being rewarded for not making a championship game

Like Alabama a few years back?

 

[volfannbama]

Like Alabama a few years back?

Yeah, was talking about that this morning. To me they need to develop a PO system that only includes conference champs. My model would be 6 conferences. All six conference champs make it and the top seed has byes. That would stop teams being rewarded for not winning their conference and also give those teams that all the sudden have a good year to compete for a championship.

 

[valoisvol]

You do know we would never win this game
SEC will ensure that
This is all about playoffs

 

[igotworms]

Like Alabama a few years back?

Theyre not the only ones

 

[boeninghaus]

They are only concerned about playoffs. Please just announce the da... game

What are they supposed to talk about? How good we were in the 90s?

 

[I40VOL]

I don’t know if I could take them any longer if we had 2 or 3 Swiss Army knives

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

Like Alabama a few years back?

Or like Notre Dame in 2018?

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

They are going to mention the playoff because TAM is in the hunt. Which is odd to me. Never understood being rewarded for not making a championship game

Because it isn't about a championship... it is about:

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

So if FL beats Bubba... Northwestern beats OSU... and who cares about Clemson/ND... Do you have 3 SEC teams in the 'champioinship'? LOL

FARCE

 

[DarkAvenger]

The Playoff system is destroying college football. The top of college football is extremely boring. Same teams on repeat.

Needs expanded to 8

 

[VolsSportsFan]

If it was still the BCS it would be the same teams, not sure how it's the playoffs fault?

It's not, these type just love to keep repeating how the playoff is ruining college football, even though the BCS would be worse and at best no different. I mean it would have been pretty much Alabama/Clemson/Ohio St. in the BCS mix the past 5 years too.

Also the "same teams" argument is lame. Back in the 80s we'd complain it was always Miami/Nebraska/etc.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Needs expanded to 8

They could have done it this year and lent credibility to the whole thing. They are more interested in controversy and money.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

You do know we would never win this game
SEC will ensure that
This is all about playoffs

Then why'd they mess up and let LSU win last week?

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

It's not, these type just love to keep repeating how the playoff is ruining college football, even though the BCS would be worse and at best no different. I mean it would have been pretty much Alabama/Clemson/Ohio St. in the BCS mix the past 5 years too.

Also the "same teams" argument is lame. Back in the 80s we'd complain it was always Miami/Nebraska/etc.

It's no different now than it was. Popularity contest...