ESPN Bowl Selection Show was an embarrassment...

[cto]

On the air for 2.5 hours... and practically all they did was gush over FSU. Most other bowls were hardly mentioned. Two hours into it, SU and Minnesota got less than 3 seconds.

Meanwhile, CBS' NCAA basketball selection show in March.... in one hour, they give each of 68 teams their due.

ESPN should take a lesson from CBS.

 

[Upstate]

If the bowl pairings weren't leaked beforehand, I'm sure it'd be a different show.

 

[690West]

Imagine the national championship matchup was all set the minute the CBS selection show came on the air for basketball. They wouldn't spend any time on anyone else. Good news is they'll spend time on 4 teams starting next year. Hopefully within a few years we get 8 teams, cuz that is definitely the ideal.

 

[rrlbees]

Probably the worst sports show I ever saw.

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[VictorJ24]

It was awful.

 

[sutomcat]

On the air for 2.5 hours... and practically all they did was gush over FSU. Most other bowls were hardly mentioned. Two hours into it, SU and Minnesota got less than 3 seconds.

Meanwhile, CBS' NCAA basketball selection show in March.... in one hour, they give each of 68 teams their due.

ESPN should take a lesson from CBS.

Not their best hour (or 2 hours, as the case might be).

 

[Timonen]

On the air for 2.5 hours... and practically all they did was gush over FSU. Most other bowls were hardly mentioned. Two hours into it, SU and Minnesota got less than 3 seconds.

Meanwhile, CBS' NCAA basketball selection show in March.... in one hour, they give each of 68 teams their due.

ESPN should take a lesson from CBS.

I'm surprised people even watch these. There's a million places to get better insights than the over produced talking head shows...and they don't exactly offer the benefit of "surprise" in this era.

 

[storange]

Problem with college football coverage on ESPN, they do not seem to be able to grasp the concept that there is more to college football then the BCS championship. At least next year they will spend the whole show talking about 4 teams rather then 2. It was also misrepresented in the ads. I was led to believe that the 8:30 to 9:00 period was to talk about the BCS games and the 9 to 11 was for the rest thinking each game would get a few minutes instead of the 3 seconds we got as CTO posted.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

Glad I spent my Sunday evening -- wait for it......reading a book.*


* and checking in periodically with syracusefan.com to find out which bowl we were going to.

 

[SmilinBob]

Problem with college football coverage on ESPN, they do not seem to be able to grasp the concept that there is more to college football then the BCS championship. At least next year they will spend the whole show talking about 4 teams rather then 2. It was also misrepresented in the ads. I was led to believe that the 8:30 to 9:00 period was to talk about the BCS games and the 9 to 11 was for the rest thinking each game would get a few minutes instead of the 3 seconds we got as CTO posted.

This is a big reason why a lot of people don't pay attention to the other bowls. Yes, a lot of them are with average to above average teams but they way they poo poo on those games has a lot to do with the lack of interest. They'll probably talk more about the NCG coin toss than they will the SU/Minn game. I have given up all hope in learning anything from these people...always an agenda.

 

[Chip]

If the bowl pairings weren't leaked beforehand, I'm sure it'd be a different show.

That's exactly why I didn't watch it. Had no interest. There will be plenty to talk about in the upcoming weeks, and I already knew all the results. That show is a waste of time.

 

[TheCusian]

ESPN seems to be under the assumption that most people are fans of CFB in general, rather groups of fans who follow a team 1st, conference 2nd, CFB 3rd.

The ACC blog is 90% top teams and maybe a nod towards the rest. If you care about your team 1st, then you get the impression ESPN doesn't care about your team at all - then ESPN loses your views and clicks. That may be an acceptable loss to them - but it still seems like a giant assumption.

 

[Stern]

On the air for 2.5 hours... and practically all they did was gush over FSU. Most other bowls were hardly mentioned. Two hours into it, SU and Minnesota got less than 3 seconds.

Meanwhile, CBS' NCAA basketball selection show in March.... in one hour, they give each of 68 teams their due.

ESPN should take a lesson from CBS.

Here is the difference. With March Madness every game matters!! The outcome of every game in March Madness is significant! With this bowl system, only 1 bowl matters and everything else is just filler where the outcome of the game has no significant impact. So CBS MUST give every game on their "selection show" some meaningful time and cover it. With college football you are going to dedicate the vast majority of the time to the BCS Title game, give the other bigger bowls a little coverage and pretty much ignore the rest.

Sad to say but nobody was tuning in last night to hear about the Holiday Bowl, the Heart of Dallas Bowl, or the Belk bowl. It was all about FSU-Auburn...as it should have been

 

[Cusefan95]

Not their best hour (or 2 hours, as the case might be).

Sadly it was probably pretty close to the best show they've done.

If its not an actual sporting event on the air, ESPN is a joke. Even if it is a live event, there's a 75% chance ESPN will it up. So glad they finally have some competition now...

 

[bevosu]

There was a time when there weren't 20 gazillion meaningless bowl games and coverage was split among a number of networks. Now? Look at Matt Sarz TV bowl list and who absolutely dominates coverage. Probably not a good thing.

http://www.mattsarzsports.com/Schedule/Weekly?week=17&sportYear=football2013

 

[baggerbob]

Didn't waste my time watching it, if Ohio St hadn't lost they would have spent the entire time explaining why an SEC team should have been in. After Florida St Annihilates Auburn, they will spend a week saying that Alabama was actually the best team in the country, and if not for the fluke they would have been in the game.

 

[rrlbees]

Here is the difference. With March Madness every game matters!! The outcome of every game in March Madness is significant! With this bowl system, only 1 bowl matters and everything else is just filler where the outcome of the game has no significant impact. So CBS MUST give every game on their "selection show" some meaningful time and cover it. With college football you are going to dedicate the vast majority of the time to the BCS Title game, give the other bigger bowls a little coverage and pretty much ignore the rest. Sad to say but nobody was tuning in last night to hear about the Holiday Bowl, the Heart of Dallas Bowl, or the Belk bowl. It was all about FSU-Auburn...as it should have been

Then advertise it right and don't tell teams to keep their bowl selection quiet until the show.

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[Millhouse]

I'm surprised people even watch these. There's a million places to get better insights than the over produced talking head shows...and they don't exactly offer the benefit of "surprise" in this era.

i will never understand the appeal of talking heads.

i don't watch CBS either. waste 60 min, know the brackets at 7:30. skip the show, know the brackets at 7:31

 

[Timonen]

i will never understand the appeal of talking heads.

i don't watch CBS either. waste 60 min, know the brackets at 7:30. skip the show, know the brackets at 7:31

I watch that because i like the "reveal" aspect. The nfl and nba drafts are my favorite shows of the year for this reason (plus the fantastic outfits, interviews, families and girlfriends). Throw out the states - Jan Vesely will always be a deserved lottery pick based on his girlfriend.

 

[Marsh01]

It was pathetic. Every guy on that show was a tool. Waste of time. March Madness trumps that by a million