ESPN Sucks.

Does anyone else remember when, ESPN actually covered sports? ALL sports! Not just the one's THEY telecast? Only, oh, ten years or so ago, you could watch, Sportscenter and get NHL scores, stories on ALL the teams playing college football or basketball. It used to be THE place to get your sports news at the end of the day. No bias, just reporting.

Then, Disney bought them. And ABC. And this year, The BCS. So it's only going to get worse.

The, "Entertainment/Sports Programing Network" that was founded in the 80's has now become the, "Endlessly Self Promoting Network" who only covers sports that are on THEIR network! And they put out a magazine, too. And it's unreadable, since it's just one big, "AD" for what's going to be ON, ESPN!

You think I'm lying? Go watch, Sportscenter, and see if they cover a non Top 25 college football game, any hockey, or boxing. Then get back to me.

And they did some good things for the Utes back in the day. National audience for our football and basketball teams. right up to the time we had proven ourselves on Thursday nights in football, and they decided they wanted to offer THAT night to the ACC and wanted us to play on Tuesday and we said no thanks. And went to CBS and, "The Mtn". Then they wouldn't cover us.

Tonight, they covered the BSU/Va Tech game, and at halftime, they showed a highlight reel of the best plays from the opening weekend of college football. Did they show, Blechen's interception of the first play of overtime that gave us the victory over #15 Pitt? Oh, HELL no! Did they show, TSDS's long touchdown pass against, UW? I think you know the answer.

If you were on one of THEIR channel's, you got on the highlight reel. If not? You don't count.

So, as the Utes join the, PAC, and the Cougars shoot themselves in the head, and go independent (which means, "no one wants to play with you") the Utes are going to have ALMOST as much time on the highlight reel as the, Cougars the next few years. At least on, "Endlessly Self Promoting Network". Because, ESPN will have to televise the PAC games, as it's bought the, BCS, so they have to keep the WHOLE country interested.

But, Disney which owns the whole, ESPN/ABC mess, has also, just BOUGHT the, Cougars! They offered them some money to be on, ESPN all the time, and, TSDS bought it. So now, Cougar fans, you will be playing home games on Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. At someplace where you can be broadcast live on the East Coast at MIDNIGHT!

I don't mind that they did that to YOU! You were complacent in it, and you deserve every bad thing that happens to you. You need an, "ego reduction surgery". But I don't like that they can do it to college sports. And you're not helping.

ESPN must die! We need a channel, carried on all cable/satellite networks that doesn't BROADCAST, live sports, just COVER'S sports. Like ESPN USED to do! The, CNN, or, NPR of SPORTS! "Just the facts, Mam" kind of coverage that we USED to get from, Exceptionally Self Promotion Network.

I bet that until I make my first BILLION that it's not going to happen. Disney runs the world. And now, it runs, TSDS.