ESPN at it again

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KnoxRealtorVOL said:
There was a point in time, I feel like it was somewhere around like 2010, give or take a few years either way, where ESPN heavily shifted from being the ultimate authority/experts on sports to “Man these people actually know very very little”

It’s worse now than it ever has been. Aside from a few hot ticket item players like Arch or Carson Beck, they just really don’t know much else. They would heavily benefit from the 247/On3 method where a few staffers were assigned to individual teams so they actually knew what they were talking about.
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When ESPN decided that they wanted to grow their audience beyond sports fans, to attract casuals and people who otherwise wouldn't watch sports, that's when the downfall began. That's around the same time they decided that people tuned in for ESPN itself, rather than the sports they cover. "ESPN IS the brand." It's not the teams, not the players, it's US." That's the mindset that sent them spiraling.

Gameday was a great barometer for this change. Compare the old 1990s two hour Gameday show, with three people and a brisk two hour look around college football, presented with the original version of "We Are Coming To Your City," the one with cheerleaders and more of a college vamp -- take that version, and then compare it with the 2000s three hour Gamedays where every other segment was a sad emotional story, they brought out more and more "celebrity guest pickers," and all of a sudden "We Are Coming To Your City" has some woman screeching at the audience and the hard rock was replaced with a softer pop version of the tune.

ESPN said "we don't need the sports fans, we need casual viewers" ages ago. And left the good quality sports broadcasting behind in the process.
 
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VolBallGuy said:
Not going to link the asinine articles. However they have Joey as the #17 qb in the country right now mostly due to his “recent interceptions”. Also have I believe 7 SEC teams as more likely to make the playoffs than us. I don’t think they watch the games or familiarize themselves with the reality of dynamic situations before writing articles anymore. Just bad.
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Just read that piece. I laughed. I guess if he threw 600 yards and no interceptions w 5 touchdowns, they might consider him in the top 10. Instead he goes 1500 and 15 tds through 5 games and he’s an afterthought/cute story. Geez
 
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Joey is just fine, the majority of his pics have been batted or mishandled passes or Stanley falling on his route.

I do not recall any of these being overly risky, reckless throws.

He stays calm and makes good decisions while keeping his eyes down field.

Tennessee is very fortunate to have him after the Ima-leave-ya hangin fiasco.

Good dude who reps UT well, humble, works hard, accountable, shares credit and appreciates the opportunity.
 
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It's an inverse relationship. The better we do, the more crap they are gonna talk about us. It will be better for JA if he got overlooked and ignored all year. If they notice you, they are going to try to tear you down. That's what they do.
 
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I care less about player rankings. You get a trophy because of what your team does and Joey has this team in position that if their kicker makes a makable field goal his team would be in the top 5.
 
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This......👆

GBO

djwes said:
Joey is just fine, the majority of his pics have been batted or mishandled passes or Stanley falling on his route.

I do not recall any of these being overly risky, reckless throws.

He stays calm and makes good decisions while keeping his eyes down field.

Tennessee is very fortunate to have him after the Ima-leave-ya hangin fiasco.

Good dude who reps UT well, humble, works hard, accountable, shares credit and appreciates the opportunity.
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VolBallGuy said:
Not going to link the asinine articles. However they have Joey as the #17 qb in the country right now mostly due to his “recent interceptions”. Also have I believe 7 SEC teams as more likely to make the playoffs than us. I don’t think they watch the games or familiarize themselves with the reality of dynamic situations before writing articles anymore. Just bad.
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So stupid smh lol
 
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VolBallGuy said:
Not going to link the asinine articles. However they have Joey as the #17 qb in the country right now mostly due to his “recent interceptions”. Also have I believe 7 SEC teams as more likely to make the playoffs than us. I don’t think they watch the games or familiarize themselves with the reality of dynamic situations before writing articles anymore. Just bad.
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They have Haynes King at #29.
The rankings are a complete joke.
 
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KnoxRealtorVOL said:
There was a point in time, I feel like it was somewhere around like 2010, give or take a few years either way, where ESPN heavily shifted from being the ultimate authority/experts on sports to “Man these people actually know very very little”

It’s worse now than it ever has been. Aside from a few hot ticket item players like Arch or Carson Beck, they just really don’t know much else. They would heavily benefit from the 247/On3 method where a few staffers were assigned to individual teams so they actually knew what they were talking about.
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There were literally 3 guys on ESPN's Get Up this morning that know more about the game than everyone here combined.
 
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VolBallGuy said:
Not going to link the asinine articles. However they have Joey as the #17 qb in the country right now mostly due to his “recent interceptions”. Also have I believe 7 SEC teams as more likely to make the playoffs than us. I don’t think they watch the games or familiarize themselves with the reality of dynamic situations before writing articles anymore. Just bad.
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The entire network = "Big-10 Homies". Throw in UCLA, USC, Oregon and you have the teams they actually care about. Major networks were that way back in the day, E$PN is now.
 
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McDad said:
JA is a GREAT story. An inspirational story. And he has been an absolute blessing to UT. His talent may not be a good as Nico, but his intangibles are much improved.

With that said, I can see why someone not watching carefully could put him at 17. His has a interception narrative which he or bad luck has not changed so far this year. His arm strength is not elite. He isn't going to win games with his legs like some others. And he has a habit of missing high which is dangerous. There is also the knock against UT offensive standouts that they are doing so well because of Heupel's system.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade him for anybody else. But I am not going to get offended by the opinions of others when I can see where they are coming from.
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Don’t entirely agree. If you were just looking at stats his are better than most. Only a few have 15 or more passing td, only a few have more yards, yes he has a few interceptions but so do the ones ahead of him. So just by stats he is much higher than 17
 
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UT97Vol said:
So he has 5 total INT?

However, three have been off tipped balls that the receivers failed to catch that they should have and another was because his receiver fell down. I've only seen what I thought was two ill advised throws. Both were caught by the receivers.a One was the deep ball to Matthews against ETSU and the other was that highlight reel catch Brazzel made back shoulder against Miss State. I still don't know how they completed that one.
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a lot of people make comments or pass judgement about interceptions that do ot even watch the game. They just see the stat sheets. Both int. Sat should have been a completed pass instead of an int. These passes were not off the finger tips they were in their hand and should have been ccaught.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Journalism is dead. Why should sports journalism be any different?
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My wife, who has been a JOURNALIST for almost 50 years (mostly retired now) says the new moniker is no longer JOURNAL-ism but AGENDA-ism. Sports coverage mostly has been infected with this debilitating virus too. At least it’s easy to spot and mute, not open, or let it die on the vine.
 
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