AURainman 6 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 ESPN-Forde Yard Dash BCS: Less Conspiracy, More Transparency The Dash has two words for coaches who believe sinister forces are at work in the final weeks of the regular season: shut up. First it was Kansas' Mark Mangino (11) who piped up with some silly talk about why officials calling offensive pass interference on his guy late in a near-upset of Texas last Saturday. It was, at best, a ticky-tack call that helped the Jayhawks lose to the Longhorns -- but if the refs were really under orders to protect Texas' BCS position, do you think they'd have waited until the last minute to cook the game? Please. OU's Bob Stoops is way off base if he thinks ESPN has an agenda in the national title race. But at least Mangino was speaking in the heat of the moment, after what could have been his biggest win as a head coach. Oklahoma's Bob Stoops (12) has no such excuse for his ruminations this week about ESPN analysts pumping up Auburn as perhaps a more worthy Orange Bowl prospect than his squad. (The SEC has a contract with ESPN, the Big 12 does not. Neither, for that matter, does the Pac-10 and USC.) "All people ought to be aware who their contracts are with and what some of their agendas may be," Stoops said. Right. And if Stoops thinks ESPN is predisposed to favoring the Tigers over the Sooners, he's invited to peruse this web site in search of the weekly "Auburn: The Program" material. In light of all this suspicion, it is doubly discouraging that the American Football Coaches Association has voted to keep coaches' Top 25 ballots secret. Coaches are accusing referees and television networks of playing dirty politics, but won't make their votes -- which are vital to the outcome of the BCS system -- public? Sounds like a double standard to The Dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,029 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 In light of all this suspicion, it is doubly discouraging that the American Football Coaches Association has voted to keep coaches' Top 25 ballots secret. Coaches are accusing referees and television networks of playing dirty politics, but won't make their votes -- which are vital to the outcome of the BCS system -- public? Sounds like a double standard to The Dash. Sounds like many of the coaches are covering their butts because they have been propping up USC & OK. Oklahoma the team that could not win the Big 12 Conference Championship last year and still played in the National Championship game! OKLAHOMA the team that had their butts handed to them by LSU last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaTiger 0 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 i predict that the coaches' votes will be made public. the group will have an epiphany.... ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuNuma1 1 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 OU needs to hurry up and lose that Big 12 championship game because all this BCS crap is giving me a headache... And wow...Adriana Lima! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexbo 104 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 And wow...Adriana Lima! 123474[/snapback] Wow, those legs go all the way up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsuj2006 0 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Stoops is a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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