[NU Sports] Who cares about bias?

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

The announcers were desperate to keep their audience since it was obvious early in th first quarter that the game was gong to be a huge blowout.

John DeGroat
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From: Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net>
> In direct answer to your subject line, Dennis, I care.  ESPN's bias 
> towards dOSU manifested itself in more than just the Laurinaitis intro.  
> That intro would have been fine (I actually would've been embarrassed by 
> it if I were an OSU fan, but then again, amybe if I was an OSU fan, I'd 
> also be more inclined to be a rasslin' fan), had they managed to find 
> someone to do one for NU.  But to have a live intro, and one so 
> completely over the top, followed by an N-Cat logo and the announcer was 
> unacceptable.  If you're going to be an impartial broadcaster, you have 
> to treat the teams equally.
> 
> But as I said, it was more than that.  The announcing tandem was 
> completely unfamiliar with the NU personnel.  One of kept pronouncing 
> CJ's last name "Boo-shay", and called Kevin Mims "Calvin." And they put 
> Kadela at defensive end.  Announcers butchering players' names is almost 
> a tradition, but getting his position wrong is just being unprepared.
> 
> -Michael
> 
> Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> > Yes, Laurinaitis the Road Bore-yer was a joke.  All of pro wrestling is a 
> joke.  Yes, it is dangerous.  So is Jackass.  Yet it draws huge audiences even 
> though the industry admits they script everything.  ESPN doesn't have to lend it 
> credibility.
> >
> > No one mentioned the game.  Perhaps that is because there was no game.  There 
> was Thermopylae with wimpy Spartans; Pickett in need of a charge.  We were 
> unqualified to be on the same field as Ohio State.  Speed and quickness they 
> have; we don't.  Size and strength they have; we don't.  Athleticism they have; 
> we don't.  Depth they have; we don't.  It doesn't matter who is making the 
> in-game coaching decisions.  As I posted earlier this week, recruiting charts 
> show it's not going to change in the near future.  Tyrell Sutton's absence was 
> no factor even if he had been upbeat along the sidelines.  (You were 
> hang-dogging it, Tyrell.)  This was a disgraceful but likely inevitable 
> performance that points out the inadequate talent on the NU football team (as if 
> Duke, losers yesterday to Navy and allowing 46 points, hadn't done that 
> already).  I fully expect the same treatment next week.  Hart will run for 200+ 
> yards in less than three quarters, and whoever plays quarterback will h!
>  umiliate our defense.  We will be lucky to score one offensive touchdown 
> against Michigan's first-string defense.  Again, I would dearly love to be 
> wrong, but I don't think I will be.
> >
> > RECRUITING!!!!  RECRUITING!!!!  RECRUITING!!!!  But do we even have a chance 
> at the best players with our ancient, rarely filled stadium, losing tradition, 
> and academic requirements?
> >
> > On an unrelated note, how 'bout them Wofford Terriers!  More reason to doubt 
> the quality of Big 10 football.
> >
> >   
> 
> 
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