The USC hour, er, I mean College Football Live

As some of you may have guessed from the title, the purpose of today's entry is to bitch and moan about "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" adding a half-hour daily college football show to the programming schedule. Now, any other time, I'd be thrilled about such a program. In fact, when they first announced it, I was pumped. Who wouldn't want a daily dose of college football during the weekdays? It's a sure-fire hit. At least thats what I thought until I watched it. And what I saw was basically a half hour of fawning over USC. That wasn't a one-episode thing either, it has been every day. I knew we'd be subjected to this crap to an extent, but this is so blatant that it's sickening. This is from the same network that debated whether or not the 2005 USC team was the best ever, only to watch them get beat by Texas in the National Title game. This is the same network that said they were going for a three-peat when they've only won one crystal ball and then shut out Auburn when they were the real deserving champion. It's a one peat, not even legit back-to-back titles. But don't try to persuade Mark May and Herbie, they've got their head so far up Pete Carroll's ass that they can probably see out his mouth.

Am I asking for Nebraska coverage? Not at all. The Big 12 North just isn't sexy enough to cover right now, and that's understandable until we start beating top-10 teams. But that doesn't mean that the douchebags at ESPN can completely ignore everyone but the top 5 teams in the country. I just wish we could get an unbiased look at all of college football, not the worship of two or three programs, which is what ESPN does. Unfortunately, they have a near monopoly on coverage of the sport, so you have no choice but to watch them.

Oh and another thing: They talked about USC's schedule and had the people with internet access vote on which of their games will be the toughest to win. The game against the Cal Bears was first, the game against NOTRE DAME was second, and the tilt in Lincoln on September 15th was ranked third. Which begs the question, are these people f*cking retarded? Really? The Cal Golden Bears? The chronic underachiever of the Pac 10? The one whose stadium in Berkley holds 75,000 but frequently only plays host to 60,000? What the hell is so intimidating about them? USC beats their ass every year. And Notre Dame? Pretty sure that they are replacing their all-time leading passer, as well as their top 2 recievers and best tailback. Oh, and did I mention that their defense sucks too? What is so tough about this game? Ohhhhhh, now I remember. The Golden Domers will be led by reigning Biggest Douchebag in the Universe Jimmy Clausen. So apparently playing an already weak team with a freshmen QB will be more difficult than going into Lincoln and playing a deep and talented Husker squad in front of the Sea of Red. This goes to show just how stupid most of the public is. Either that or it shows that more people in Nebraska need to get internet access so we can out-vote them next time.