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DEL.ICIO.USRicht: ESPN ‘didn’t do their homework’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For those of you wondering why ESPN didn’t run Knowshon Moreno’s hurdling highlight on either SportsCenter or its College Football Final shows highlights Saturday night, Georgia coach Mark Richt was wondering, too.
Moreno literally leaped over Central Michigan safety Vince Agnew in full stride during the Bulldogs’ 56-17 win at Sanford Stadium. You can see the play RIGHT HERE via YouTube. Afterward Richt said it was one of the most amazing moves he’d seen in all his years and he looked forward to seeing it on SportsCenter that night. Trouble was, ESPN didn’t bother showing it.
ESPN buried Georgia’s game deep within its broadcast and, when it finally got around to the nation’s No. 2 team, quickly ran through the 78-yard interception return by Demarcus Dobbs, the first TD catch by Mohamed Massaquoi and Moreno’s 52-yard TD run in which he stiff-arms a defender to spring him down the sideline.
But the play that left everybody awestruck was a no-show.
I asked Richt about its omission on his weekly Sunday teleconference call and it initiated a pretty interesting exchange between me, him, an “ESPN guy” and a “Fox guy.”
Was he surprised they didn’t show it?
Richt: “Yeah. They missed the boat or didn’t do their homework or whatever. I don’t know how they couldn’t have noticed that as thorough as it seems like that are most of the time. But it’s going to make our highlights for a long time.”
Then Brett Jensen of “TotalUGA.com,” a website that covers Georgia athletics for ESPN, piped in.
Jensen: “I spoke to some people up in Connecticut about that today. They said Fox, who had control of the game, didn’t put that in that highlight in the highlight package they sent up to the satellite.”
Richt: “You’re kidding me? [Starts laughing] Oh, so you throw Fox under the bus? I threw you under the bus and now you throw Fox under the bus. That’s the way it works.”
Then Dean Legge, whose website georgia.scout.com is in the Fox family, chimes in? “They had cameras there. They could have pulled it off the satellite.”
Richt: “Maybe it just wasn’t that good of a play. I don’t know. I thought it was pretty good.”
Another reporter asks: “So ESPN is back under the bus?”
Richt: [Laughs] “I think they’re both under the bus now.”
What do you think? Minor oversight? Major oversight? ESPN conspiracy against Georgia?
For what it’s worth, Moreno told reporters after practice Monday hadn’t heard about the oversight and doesn’t watch TV anyway. “I’m not here to make highlights,” he said.
Some other notes:
Demarcus Dobbs said he timed his 78-yard touchdown interception and it was “a respectable” 12 seconds… .
Saw Jeff Owens in the weight room Monday — yes, he’d been lifting — and he said he was undergoing knee surgery Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital. Said he was “a little scared” but not looking forward to no food or drink after midnight.
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By GWJ
September 7, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
Pretty amazing that ESPN could miss that play. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
By Ryder
September 7, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this
ESPN blatantly disses UGA? And in other news the sun rose in the East this morning.
Of course they are going to dismiss Georgia every chance they get. In their minds UGA is still some underachieving hick school in the Confederate South.
By Gator Bob
September 7, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
I guarentee you that if this was a certain BIG 10 school or USC - it would have been shown … and probably be make the intro of their show from this point forward.
By Knowshon knows
September 7, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
They know what they are doing and they are doing the best they can to downplay UGA and Knowshon. UGA wont help hype his heisman run and it looks like ESPN is gong to do their best to dance around it as well.
By 79Dawg
September 7, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this
If any run yesterday should be shown on SC that one certainly should have been. Not suprising though, they only care about USC, Ohio State and Notre Dame anyway.
By georgiagirl
September 7, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
They did not miss it, they only love USC and Ohio State and the Pac 10 Big 10 oh don’t forget the Gators and LSU. I think that the rest of the SEC is shut out by ESPN, they do not show must of anything about us. And the fan base needs to stop watching their sports reports. They are a bunch of butt kissers. Everyone know that this is true the last two weeks the highlights have been about every other team in the nation, and not much of anything about the SEC except for Fla. The SEC signed a deal with them and they shut us out. So to ESPN DELETE DELETE. And if they are around on game day make sure you have your sign letting them know how you feel. They are really are tuning us out but they have no problem taking our money. GO SEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Curt
September 7, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
If Tebow would have made that run the networks wouldn’t have been able to show it enough. ESPN loves Florida, the Big Ten, and USC too much to show the Dogs.
By 87dawg
September 7, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
You’d have thought they would have had at least one person watching the game and maybe that one person would tell someone that cared “Hey, did you see that Moreno run? Dang, that kid is good.”
You’d have thought florida, with their “performance” against a lacking Miami team was playing lights out with the coverage they were getting. I won’t go into claiming “no respect”, but it was pretty worthless. I kept looking for SportsCenter for highlights and must have looked away for 2 seconds each time our clip came up.
When a lot of the Heisman votes come from folks that get their information from ESPN clips, you’d hope they’d highlight something as spectacular as that. And 6 touchdown in 2 games? Dang, that kid is good.
By Dan
September 7, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
Really? ReallY? So, when does an individual play outshine team success? Now a coach is worried about what highlights are on the replay shows? Give me a break. Get in the film room, and prepare for the next game. You have a long road ahead of you, if you can run the table then you’ll be champs…that’s the main goal. Until then GET OVER YOURSELVES!
By Bill
September 7, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this
Who is Knowshon?
By Uncle Dave
September 7, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this
Let’s talk about tailgaiting next week… Grilled poultry anyone?
By pj
September 7, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this
I agree with you guys that there is a significant anti-uga bias on ESPN. If Mark May had his way, we would go 5-7 this year. Herbstreit is not much better.
As far as this particular incident, however, its more about the bad blood between ESPN and Fox (and there is alot of it). Trust me, if Knowshon does that exact same move when ESPN picks up the Bama game, it will run over and over and over and over and over….
The fact that Fox did a bang up job on the broadcast (minus the color commentator - he was awful) is not something ESPN wants to draw attention to. Besides, us pounding Central Michigan wasn’t even one of the top 10 stories from Saturday. They are trying to build up matchups… we’ll get ours soon enough…. I hope.
By Lowcountry_dawg
September 7, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
Mark my words here. Georgia is unbelievably talented and deep. Georgia will win every game they play this year. Knowshon Moreno will win the Heisman.
By 87dawg
September 7, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this
Uh, Dan….I don’t thing Coach was worried about highlights from a team perspective. I think he believes his kid is the best and deserving of the attention. I would be proud of him if he played for me and I would certainly feel that he, the individual player, was slighted when, again, much of the Heisman notice comes from highlight reels.
Yeah, that’s right…”get over yourselves”.
……bonehead
By SanDiegoJacket
September 7, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this
It wasn’t worth showing!! THWG Every Day and in Every Way
SanDiegoJacket
By THE OLE BALL COACH
September 7, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this
Yep and most the nation is starting to see the ESPN bias… Morenos hurdle was not as impressive as Beanies hurt toe or The OSU clip on the Punt return… etc. well at least East Carolina is getting some well deserved high-lights….
By THE Ohio State Buckeyes
September 7, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this
Ryder,
“Of course they are going to dismiss Georgia every chance they get”. “In their minds UGA is still some underachieving hick school in the Confederate South”.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!!
By JB
September 7, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this
Dan, You are an idiot. This is during his next day teleconference. He is answering questions from the media. Why don’t you crawl back into your whole and don’t come out til you know what the heck you are talking about.
By S.E. Dawg
September 7, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this
ESPN does not want to put attention on anything we do well or that may overshadow their favorites. MO
By Ladydi
September 7, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this
Knowshon Moreno’s run in which he hurdles Central Michigan safety Vince Agnew was not shown on ESPN because they are too busy talking up Tebow who by the way was shut down most of the game by MIA. Moreno has a great talent which should be talked about as much as any other player ESPN is trying to promote.
Also, Coach Richt does not run up the scores on every game as he takes the opportunity to let other players show some of their talents. So UGA will let their wins do the talking!!! GO DAWGS! Shame on you FOX and ESPN…..
By Ryan
September 7, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this
Y’all are ridiculous.
ESPN actually has a ROOTING interest in hyping UGA and any other school from the SEC.
With that TV contract on the horizon, it’s in their best interests to promote the SEC as the premiere league in the NCAA.
By Moss
September 7, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
The first thing ESPN needs to do is tell Dr. Lou to take his false teeth and find a nursing home somehere. Mark May would probably be a better weather man than a sports talk show host. Neither one of them know a thing about football. GO DAWGS!!!!
By heyberto
September 7, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
It’s not as if ESPN couldn’t have known.. it spread on the ‘net like wildfire way before those tapes were put together.
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
Maybe someone will finally address these problems. You’d think ESPN would want to show the remarkable plays when they happen. I’m sorry, but it is hard to believe their lack of highlights for UGA Saturday was not intentional. Like the guy from Fox said, ESPN has cameras and could have pulled it off the satellite.
What is probable…ESPN and FOX didn’t think the game important enough to devote resources to watching it. They missed it. It is a shame that a Heisman candidate with an injury got more pub than a guy who is running and hurdling for 160 yards.
By uga_b
September 7, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
Speaking as someone who was actually at the game, the “Heisman Hop” was the best received play of the game. 3rd quarter was lagging and some people had left, but that was as loud as the stadium got. So, it looks like the fans, who are the people who supposedly watch and support ESPN, loved it. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but when i saw that I said that is the kind of play they show on a Heisman reel and somehow it wasn’t on ESPN. Btw, we were at a bar downtown when the Sportscenter review came on and everybody got quiet and watched the tv just to see that play. We ended up bringing it up on youtube because we all wanted to see it again…and again.
By ladawg
September 7, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this
Georgia has a four loss season with Joe T. and true freshman Stafford running the offense and we were constantly kicked while we were down by the ESPN bunch. Florida has a four loss season with Superman Heisman Tebow running their offense and all I heard last year were excuses from ESPN. This year they’re at it again with their hype machine running pedal to the medal for Tebow but they are very careful not to mention that THEIR Heis-man lead the lizards to four losses.
By USCPNimESPNsux
September 7, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this
Based on the polls last week with UGA dropping because of the score OSU should drop from the rankings period. OSU sucks and so does USCPN, I mean ESPN. ESPN will take notice after UGA dismantles South Carolina and march through the rest of our schedule. Havent heard a word about UGAs defense putting a halt to CMs 3000 yaed passing and 1000 yard rusher. Maybe when UGA drops Teblow another six times ESPN will pay attention. Oh and lets not forget AUBURNs weak offense against USM
By georgiagirl
September 7, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this
Dan and Bill go back to your trash can and crawl in.
ESPN is not showing love to anybody but USC, OHIO STATE AND FLA.
All you Bama, Auburn, Tenn, GaTech and other schools around the south better take notice.
And Ohio State Buckeye, your are still 0-9 to the SEC. So please bring your a@@ to the south, because you have more hicks than we do. GO SEC!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By 2 Cents Jimmy
September 7, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this
Some of you Dawgs need to get a grip. ESPN (and all the other “liberal” media) is against you ? And it’s only you, right ? Some kind of conspiracy ? Yeah, right. The reason for the media’s lack of attention is that UGA is not and never has been a national marquee football program. Duh. Put a string of MNCs, or even near-misses, together like LSU, Florida, USC, etc., and you’ll get all the attention you want. In the meantime, grow some brains.
By JohninJax
September 7, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this
The problem is ESPN, CBS, Fox and the rest of the media that seem to know so much about college football really DO NOT have a clue. It is all about USC or Ohio State or OscarMyer. UGA is always getting disrespected by the media. This has always be the norm. UGA will prove it on the field like they always do.
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this
georgiagirl,
I too am concerned about the ESPN deal with the SEC. They have that little thing called, “Gameplan” where they sell their satellite feed annually or for a 22 bucks a game. Will the new deal mean there will be fewer SEC games on free TV?
Given the coverage ESPN has given the Dawgs when they don’t have rights to all the games, I shudder to think what will happen when they do.
By Ellen
September 7, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
Is that THE Ohio State who almost lost to Ohio? Yeah, I’d be proud too.
There is no excuse ESPN. That play should have been on every highlight show for the next week.
By KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this
Keep ‘em coming Georgia fans. This is hilarious. Listening to Ga. fans whine is great entertainment. Jeff Gordon whines, Kurt Busch is a cheater, etc… this is great! They don’t talk about us enough, etc….
By Conner
September 7, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this
The only reason they didn’t air it is because they are in love with Tim Teblow. They aren’t gonna give Knowshon any respect because they know he is a better player than Tim Tebow and they don’t want Knowshon winning the Heisman.
By KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this
Ga fans, you have a great player and team…why does it concern you what ESPN shown on its highlights. As long as you win, it doesn’t matter. You don’t put yourselves in a positive light when you’re so concerned about the attention the media gives you.
By JohninJax
September 7, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this
Hey j******* or kneejerk whatever your name is… its NOT whining its called speaking the truth. GO DAWGS!!!
By Joe
September 7, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this
Everybody calm down. We have what is known as the “SEC Network,” aka CBS. They will provide all the hype you can imagine.
Did you know that David Pollack and David Greene played little league together?
By Red and Black
September 7, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this
Lou holtz son is now coach for East Carolina.With that in mind im sure hes going to have to mention GA once in a while because espn is biased against teams in the south,except for UF,cause Lou Holtz and Spurrier are friends.He recently said in the past that he thought GA was overrated but not this year.Its about time Lou noticed a good team.Last year he kept putting down LSU.
By Fortune Teller
September 7, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
Ohio St. jumps GA for the #2 spot in the ESPN Poll. They had a great game against Ohio. You know everyone at Espn loves
1 vs. #2. So make it happen. Craig James has hated Ga for years(Don’t know why). That goes for Lee Corso also, who couldn’t win 6 games a year Coaching. You know why Herbstreit hates GA. With Lou Hotlz, that’s easy also. But, what is the deal with Mark May?By War Eagle
September 7, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this
dawg79, you left out Bama as a media darling. USC, ND, Ohio State and Bama will advance with ESPN, AP and NYT. example, Bama had the ball 23 min compared to Tulane 37 min, Tulane DOUBLED them in total offense and lost game with punt return, yet they moved up in polls with AP and ESPN has them in their Power 16.
ND cannot beat ANY team in the SEC, but moving up…UGA, Auiburn are forgotten people in news media..
By 2 Cents Jimmy
September 7, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this
I see that only a couple of you have grown some brains. I know those are in short supply in Dawg-land, so post your address and I’ll send you some.
By OldGold
September 7, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this
It’s about time.. Walker isn’t even in the NFL anymore.. now they can worship this guy for the next 30 years until they win a championship.
By georgiagirl
September 7, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this
BSC Slave, Thanks I’m glad someone else sees whats about to happen. ESPN does not want to cover anyone but USC, OHIO STATE AND FLA. The SEC fans need to take notice and I’m not just talking about Georgia fans. Their highlights are looking over all of us, or a few flashes. Many of the fans that I know (Auburn, Bama, South Carolina, Tenn, Vandy even Ga Tech have notice ESPN love affair for USC, OHIO STATE AND FLA. A Auburn fan sitting next to us watching the game, even said that ESPN is the big BUTT KISSERS. So thank again.
KneeJerk your name fits great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this
Actually, I believe ESPN’s bias is not really about UGA alone. It is about money and markets and OSU, USC West, and Florida. ESPN does have a vested interest in promoting the SEC, but they don’t have to promote all teams in the conference. Which teams have the broadest national following? Which teams come from markets where they will be most widely watched? That is what drives ESPN most. The ratings drive ad dollars.
We really need to get media influence out of college football. Let them show the games and make their money, but don’t let their bully pulpit affect which teams play in bowls or NC games. Their promotion of teams should have no impact on college football.
By 98 Dawg
September 7, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this
Open your eyes dawg fans, we are having fun. Screw these people who have nothing but time to hang out on our blogs. I was there I saw it and still have Goose bumps. I was also waiting to see it again Sports Center and had to wait until OSU, FLA’s and major league baseball to see them ESPN talk about the Dawgs. I don’t think we are scheduled to play on the network this year “#2 team in the Country” there loss. Go Dawgs screw all that don’t believe! Lou Holts is a slobbering ND-USC loving blindman.
By Get Real
September 7, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this
Play a real team win the game and then come back on here crying. P.S you dog fans will really have somthing to cry about soon enough.
By 1DOG
September 7, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this
It surprised me that ohio st. didn’t grab the 2 spot this week. you know the media would have loved the hype of 1 vs. 2 next weekend
By cnb
September 7, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this
ESPN has lost all credibilty over the last couple of years. They let their hack announcers cover sports based on their own particular favorites, while ignoring the ones they didn’t grow up rooting for. The announcers are incompetent. Lou Holtz is a senile, babbling old fool. They spent 10 minutes talking about a penalty that no one outside of the state of Washington gives a s** about and 10 minutes coverage to the meaningless game between Rice and Memphis and then gave less than 15 seconds coverage to one of the best teams in the country. Fortunately I was able to switch over to Fox Sports Network and get some decent and professional sports coverage. That is where my remote will take me from now on.
By PAUL3084
September 7, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
It doesn’t really sprise me that Moreno’s highlights don’t make the ESPN highlight reel. If that had been Tim Tebo it would be on a Wheatie’s box next week. Why would anyone other than UGA fans want to see one of the best, if not the best running back in the nation carry the ball 18 times for 170 yards and 3 TDs (along w/ the hurdle and stiffarm and 56 yard gant in the 3rd quarter) that stuff is just boring. I had much rather see highlights of the BCS buster BYU (remember what happened to the BCS buster last year? I bet Colt Brennan does) win in dramatic fashion against poor old Washington with a terrible call by the refs. Now that is exciting!! ESPN sucks. GO DAWGS!!!
By Granny Moses
September 7, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
You UGA people need to Quit whining! I myself could have leaped over that patsy team and GSU too. Now UGA needs to go out and play a real football team and just maybe ,if Uga competes well enough, they just may be on the 11 o’clock sports highlights reel.
By Toccoa
September 7, 2008 8:18 PM | Link to this
A sad Larry fan
“Back in the good ol’ days,” after we all returned home from the war (Vietnam), Saturday mornings, on Game Days, we’d set up camp 4 miles deep inside a friend’s plantation in South Ga. down the road from Tville. Next to an isolated fishing pond with pecan groves halfway around, we’d light Smudge Pots (large Teaky torches) to beat back the gnats and mosquitoes, fire-up the grill and ice down the beer. It was a perfect place for us to stay out of trouble, cause “da boyz do get a little rowdy,” and, nobody really wanted to draw attention to themselves by destroying someone elses personal property. Our friend’s daddy (Dawg fan - Bird Colonel - WWII vet) said that our only requirement was to clean up the camp and not to throw bottles or beer cans into the pound — for that reason the clean-up crew normally spent the night.
In them days, the only way to enjoy the Dawgs, from a remote location, was to listen to Larry Munson - “The Voice of Georgia Football.” “The Dawg Camp” (that what we call oursleves) chipped in and bought one of those big AM FM Emergency Utility Radios hooked up to a pack of 12v batteries and 4 huge speakers. When we cranked it up you could hear Larry’s play-by-play clearly a hundred yards away. Man, we had some good times back then. Even today, like most of you, I’ll watch the game on TV, turn down the sound and listen to the game on the radio.
A situation came up yesterday were I had to listen to part of the game in the car, and that’s when I realized Larry’s play-by-play is slipping a little bit, and people are not getting “The Picture” like we used to. Today, I called around to talk to the boyz from “The Dawg Camp” to see if they too noticed the change. The consensus seemed to be that Larry’s about to step back. Larry’s been telling us what “The Picture” looks like all of our lives — and that’s reason why I’m sad.
I think ESPN did a terrible job. Dawgs look stout. Can’t hardly wait to see what the D has in store for SC.
GO DAWGS!
By Get Real?
September 7, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this
Get Real, this paper has a schedule for all the major college teams. Take a look at who everyone else in the top 40 play.
By GW
September 7, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this
Yes, this run should have been on ESPN. With that said, all Dog fans need to forget about polls, ESPN and its’ talking heads. Lets just help our team stay focused one game at a time.
By FLA DAWG
September 7, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this
Let’s see, end of last season and UGA has a bye week and falls three spots.
How does USC keep a No.1 ranking when IT DID NOT PLAY this week!?
By MP
September 7, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this
ESPN has morphed into something that is not at all worth watching (for anything).
HOWEVER, all you idiots have just reinforced your image (as a bunch of whining crybabies).
By Matt
September 7, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this
The highlight was in their College Football Final show. They teased it in their “bump to break.” But when they did the UGA highlights, Reece Davis thought he was doing the Auburn vs. Southern Miss game, and then they only had one UGA highlight - the Dobbs INT return. Looked like the producer screwed up and just axed the rest of the UGA highlights…and this from the “worldwide leader!”
By Matt
September 7, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this
The highlight was in their College Football Final show. They teased it in their “bump to break.” But when they did the UGA highlights, Reece Davis thought he was doing the Auburn vs. Southern Miss game, and then they only had one UGA highlight - the Dobbs INT return. Looked like the producer screwed up and just axed the rest of the UGA highlights…and this from the “worldwide leader!”
By 2 Cents Jimmy
September 7, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this
Atta boy, cnb. Fox Sports Network is the ticket. And for the best in fair and balanced news, let me recommend Fox News. Anyone with half-a-brain can tell you it’s the only source for truly un-biased reporting. For you Dawg fans, that “half-a-brain” part is the key portion of that last sentence.
By PAUL3084
September 7, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this
Dear CNB, you are correct Lou Holtz won a National Championship at Notre Dame 21 years ago (my hats off) and is so consumed w/ promoting Notre Dame (they are terrible again this year) he can’t see the forest for the trees. He and Mark Mays both hate UGA w/ a passion for whatever reason (maybe it was because Holts got drummed by UGA when he coached South Carolina) who nows. It doesn’t matter. UGA has to play hard and win convincingly every week and we in the Bulldog Nation can rest assured their (Mays and Holtzs’) hatred will continue to grow. GO DAWGS!!!!! Tech sux.
By BCD
September 7, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this
Chip, Okay, so someone, somewhere screwed up on the Moreno jump and they didn’t get it into Saturday’s broadcasts, BUT they have 30 minutes a day next week to talk college football. If the issue truly was that Fox messed up and we’re paranoid, then they’d better have it, and preferably on Monday’s show. You know they will have 10 minutes on how OSU almost lost to Ohio and how Miami gave Florida a run for three quarters. Heck, they will probably show Pete Carol in his house watching TV because they didn’t play Saturday and you’re required by law to show USC at least 5 minutes per show. Call us a bunch of paranoid’s if you’d like but that was a great run and deserves to be played.
BCD
By georgiagirl
September 7, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
GW You are right, we need to back our team and the he!! with ESPN, I just Delete them.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEC SEC SEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Greggo
September 7, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
GAWD….UGAg played a FREAKIN CREAM PUFF….You have a running back that most people can not even spell his name…
Give us a break FSU North…when you beat a real team then maybe, if you have not cried too much maybe someone will show your lowlights….
By paul
September 7, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
we should be mad this is just like last year all over again cause espn cost us a chance at winning the nc
By athensdawg
September 7, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this
i would like to make a couple of points…
last time I checked, everyone has the right to turn their tv on and off. if you don’t like it, don’t watch it. i am sick and tired of listening to the “georgia people” complain about the bias, but yet they huddle around the tv every saturday like a bunch of lemmings for more punishment. as einstein once said - to repeat the same action and expect different results is the definition of insanity.
grow up, people.
By Observer
September 7, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this
You people are the most comical collection of idiots I’ve ever seen.
As mentioned earlier, ESPN has a vested interest in promoting ALL of the SEC (yes, even UGA). They also make more money from advertisers when they get more viewers so that means it would be in their best interest to show that clip over and over - if they had it.
But no, I guess ESPN forgot about trying to make money because they have this secret network-wide conspiracy against UGA.
I always knew most dawgs were morons but I had no idea it was this bad.
By John1984
September 7, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this
They didn’t miss it - they just chose not to show it. I watched college football final this morning and saw the hurdle if ever so briefly - actually, it might have been Sports Center before GameDay, but I saw the leap and couldn’t believe it wasn’t #1 of the Top Ten plays and tops of all the other stupid stuff - the #1 was the blocked PAT in the Washington - BYU play, BTW, which we all would agree was MUCH more exciting…sorry for the sarcasm, I choose not to help myself.
Anyway, they definitely had the play and only used it once very briefly, much to my shock and surprise.
I, on the other hand, TIVO’d the game from ESPN gameplan, and I’ve watched it a dozen times. The defender is crouched but still at least 4 feet off the ground, and Moreno uses his left hand like he’s a gymnast doing a vault. Incredible athlete is an understatement. And that was only one of at least 5 unbelievable plays he made - the stiff arm on the 54 yard TD, and the would have been TD had Goodman actually fumbled on the 1, a real hustle play. One of my 5 big plays was a block he made where he launched himself at a linebacker and took him out like he was a heat seeking missile.
The guy is a leader by example.
By At least 10 wins a year.
September 7, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this
I’ll bet all the guys who are on here slamming Georgia, wish their teams got those 10+ wins a year. They are not getting them. That is why they are here and not on their Board. They are whining while they say we are whining. What ESPN says affects the Polls. Don’t think it doesn’t.Anyone who would listen to Loy Holtz doesn’t know much. He cheated every where he coached, except the Jets. Those guys were already getting paid.
By MP
September 7, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this
Just looked at the play on YouTube. It’s good but it’s not that great. In fact I would say it was a case of shoddy tackling as much as anything.
By freddy
September 7, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this
More and more, ESPN is biased against games they don’t cover. Fox has the game, ESPN shows a 10 second summary. Promote games they cover and set up potential ‘big games’ on ESPN has on the horizon. I am a Georgia fan, but I notice it across the board, not just with the Bulldogs. It’s not absolute, but there is a definite pronounced lean toward ESPN/ABC broadcast games. No more reporting & objectivity. Set up our own product.
By Greggo
September 7, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this
When is the last time UGAg won the BCS Title?
Womens tennis don’t count!!!!
The asnwer is Not in the last 20+ years or Wait till next year…
By BirdDawgFan
September 7, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this
I don’t buy the conspiracy theory about ESPN, I think they just fumbled the ball on the Moreno run. If its a great highlight, and it is, they will want to show it this week, hopefully. I wish ESPN would can Lou Holtz. He brings nothing to the table. I change channels every time he comes on. He missed his prediction about the Vandy game and will miss his prediction on the UGA game.
By KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this
Y’all sound like the old lady in the front row flipping off the Iron Sheik. You need a gimmick for attention. How about the old played out blackout again?
By Georgia Fan
September 7, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
My ESPN highlight comes from the first week of the season. Approximately half an hour after doing an entire segment on how Ohio State would use its game against Youngstown State to prepare for USC this exhange occurred in regards to Georgia:
Herbstreit: “We haven’t even talked about the #1 team in the country yet (Georgia).”
Fowler in a very dismissive tone: “Well they’re playing Georgia Southern.”
That was about all we heard about Georgia out of the vaunted game day crew all day. Do these clowns really think we are this stupid? Good god.
By uga sux 84
September 7, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
mark richt, please get a life. it was central michigan. uga sux
By KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this
Sure, we wish our team would win 10 games a year, but we’relad our fan base does not project the backwoods, idiotic image that yours does. y’all always have your own agent, Vern Lundquist that had a breakdown when Pollack got married. He wanted to be Mrs. Pollack
By BORAT
September 7, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this
F*CK ESPN! They have always hated on UGA. THey love the Buckeyes, Trojans and Gators though
By wiseoldawg
September 7, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
I hear ya Toccoa. Larry has been synonomous with Georgia football for my whole life and one of my most anticipated moments every year has been to hear him say “get the picture” for the first time every year. There have been so many great moments and highlights that Larry has talked us through, and I can tell you where I was and what I was doing on just about every one of them. Now that he is noticeably slowed down it makes me very sad, but I will be eternally grateful to him for all the memories that he’s given me. Good luck Larry and God bless you.
By animaldr
September 7, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this
Lou Holtz proclaimed Thursday night that SC has the best defense in the SEC!
Let’s hope this lack of respect serves as motivation for the troops this Sat.
GO DAWGS!
By thepagandaddy
September 7, 2008 8:58 PM | Link to this
Forget ESPN how did USC stay on n the top spot when they didn’t even play. I’m frankly shocked that OSU barely won and didn’t jump UGA in the polls.the way they are obviously dissing them.
By thepagandaddy
September 7, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this
Forget ESPN. How did USC stay in the top spot when they didn’t even play? I’m frankly shocked that OSU barely won and didn’t jump UGA in the polls the way the media are obviously dissing them.
By Dan
September 7, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
Slow news day down south? FYI - buy a Sports Illustrated and you’ll see Missouri TE Chase Coffman doing this exact same thing last week. You know who didn’t complain to the press when it wasn’t shown on ESPN? Gary Pinkel. There is football outside the south, fellas.
By uga_b
September 7, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this
All of the posters that don’t understand why people would complain about highlights apparently have no clue how Heisman voting and promotion goes. CMU spent 50k to support their player who we contained. Joey Harrington was on a billboard in time square. UGA has made the decision to not market Stafford and Moreno as Heisman contenders, which means they need national coverage to get to voters. Our local CSS doesn’t reach the west coast where a majority of the media works. And if you dont think regional bias affects voting you are just daft. Intentional or not (which is what I believe) it was a great play that a lot of people may not see unless there is a web groundswell. ESPN does advance its story lines like it should. Athensdawg has a point, we could ignore all media coverage but I think that viewpoint is limited at best. I want to know more about my team. I want to see all great college football plays including my own teams and the blocked PAT by BYU.
For the uneducated: here is the play
Maybe hurdling a safety at a dead sprint is not impressive to some people, but it is to me and was at the game. The crowd reaction who saw it live was phenomenal.
By Bob
September 7, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this
There are only two teams in the SEC as far as ESPN is concerned: Florida and LSU. The rest is just window dressing. In all fairness to LSU, it took two BCS championships for them to get on ESPN’s love list (it will probably take the same for Georgia). Florida has always been an ESPN favorite, even during the 8-5 Zook years.
I’m willing to bet a large sum of money that after getting beat over the head about Georgia’s tough and apparently impossible schedule, if they somehow manage to go undefeated or lose only one game ESPN will suddenly be singing a different tune about the Dawgs. This is an almost certainty if their precious Trojans and Buckeyes have similar records. Georgia’s schedule magically won’t be so tough anymore. They’ll be nitpicking at every thing they can find. You’ll see. I won’t because I don’t watch that garbage anymore.
By Dear KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this
We are talking about Sports, not trash. Clean your mouth up. Yes, I am a Georgia Fan, but I don’t speak like you do. I’d really like to know what high class team you pull for.
By ofesperman
September 7, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
Everyone needs to send an email to the Ombudsman for ESPN. Her name is Le Anne Schreiber and she is on the home page on the left hand side of the page. Tell everyone you know to send her an email and she will start asking questions about it. Read her article that is on their now about ESPN bias towards the Yankees and Red Sox. ESPN SUCKS!
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
Observer,
LOL…yeah, we are a bunch of idiots…welcome to the board. I guess that makes you what…king of the idiots?
ESPN doesn’t have to give a team positive publicity. In fact, based on their ratings projections, they would do well to play up certain games over others and certain teams over others. They love underdog and cinderella stories for obvious reasons. That is why Alabama is going to get good pub until they lose. Their defense will be all world and their coach is the next Bear.
ESPN contract with the SEC may or may not lead them to promote the SEC more heavily. There are just so many hours a day and they still have their darlings to promote. This won’t be like ND and NBC.
Just because there is a contract it doesn’t mean they have to be fair in their reporting. They will do what is best for ESPN, not for college football. What, do you think they are objective in their reporting? I guess you really are king of the idiots.
By The Truth
September 7, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this
ESPN was to busy producing the next Tebow story and reporting on USC’s bye week to watch the UGA game. Forget about a single highlight what about a little bit longer than 30 seconds for a team that has looked very good in its first two games.
By Kevin Nix
September 7, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this
Take care of South Carolina. Forget ESPN bias, Mark May, Lou Holtz, and go win your title. Complaining about a highlight missed does not fit into the philosophy that has become Georgia’s creed - “finish the drill.” Distractions, distractions…
By Uncle Dave
September 7, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this
I do not think there is a conspiracy against UGA, but i think freddy is on to something. ESPN favors the teams that play on their network. That is why it took them so long to jump on the SEC bandwagon. They make money from the games on ABC and their array of channels. Why would they promote a league with an exclusive contract with CBS? Expect things to change next year in a big way. Corso and company will suddenly fall all over themselves to gush about everything SEC. As far as Moreno’s run, it was really great, but the one they showed of him diving for the pylon on a long touchdown was just as spectacular. Let’s lighten up a bit…. and I recommend grilled poultry wrapped in toasted visor as the recipe of the week.
By Mike
September 7, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this
This is one of those things where you HAD to have been there to REALLY appreciate what Moreno did..the ones who are dismissing it are the very ones who spend countless hours on a UGA blog when there own team ain’t worth watching..much less blogging about..I just find it funny that these people who more than likely have never stepped foot in a college classroom ( they are called ABC’s = Alumni By Choice) take all this time one their team’s enemy blogs and websites and not supporting their own teams…its either you hate us or you REALLY want to be one of us…which is it..till you figure it out go back to your own team’s website/blogs! The play was WORTHY of being replayed by ANYONE who has ANY lick of sense..even Stevie Wonder could have seen that the play was ALL THAT!
By bill and dan=insects
September 7, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this
gentlemen, instead they showed a tech running back jumping over a crack in the concrete……first time they have had a player to do so in 9 years…problem is the tech running back tripped after he jumped over the tiny crack…nice team jackets..you choo choo train drivers haven’t had a highlight reel in 10 years ….you nerds defend espn.. and they are totally mocking the conference you pansies play in..course so is middle tennessee state…ya think maryland knows what conference middle tennessee plays….good luck buggies your gonna need it against the dawgs this year..to stay within 40 points
By rob
September 7, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this
MARK MAY HATES GA. BECAUSE AS HE SAID WE(PITTSBURGH WHERE HE PLAYED)SHOULD HAVE PLAYED AGAINST ND IN ‘80 FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMP.I HEARD HIM SAY THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ALSO ESPN USE TO HAVE A GUY(TREV ALBERTS)WHO LIKED GA. WHERE IS HE NOW?
By boots
September 7, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this
Glad to see this article, because I watched both ESPN shows waiting for it. The funny thing was, during the promos during commercials on the college wrap-up show, they did show some stills of the “leap,” but they never mentioned it. Lame. Has to be one of the highlight clips of the month, and ESPN is too busy talking about Wisconsin, South Florida and Ohio State. The UGA highlights were about 3/4 of the way in to both programs. Crazy. I am starting to buy in to the whole ESPN conspiracy thing. What did we ever do to them?
By san diego jacket nerdo
September 7, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this
i’d move to san diego too..if i were a jacket fan…out there they get georgia tech confused with georgia and they think you are a fan of a good football team……is that what you tell the fairies in san diego?
By Nick
September 7, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this
So USC gets even more #1 votes this weekend after not playing and after seeing the only team they have played, Virginia, squeek by Richmond?? I don’t understand it at all. These are the same voters that ranked UGA #1 after the Sugar Bowl and officially did so prior to the season, then after one week (still a win) they drop them a spot, raise USC there and then keep them there after knowing that probably even GA Southern could beat Virginia. Give me a break. I realize it’s a long season and 1 or 2 doesn’t matter at the end of the regular season; you’re in with either ranking, but nonetheless it’s rediculous. Granted USC would have jumped up there after beating the crap out of OSU next week (who also showed how one-dimensional they are this weekend with the loss of ONE player). 1 or 2, I’d love to see UGA beat USC’s a* in Miami. Every Southerner would have to agree with that. Go Dogs!!
By Dawg stuck in Alabamastan
September 7, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this
Ok so ESPN totally sucks and after watching Final this morning I am even more upset. Before going to commercial break they do show clips..albeit briefly of Mo Mas’s 1st TD pass and Moreno’s leap. So if they had the video…why not highlight it during the show???? Evil pure evil.
By granny moses insect
September 7, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this
another insect gentlemen
By quaildawg
September 7, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
You have to be named Tebow, Have a Trojan as a mascot or Live in Ohio to get on ESPN. I guess us simple ol’ UGA fans just haven’t gotten that yet. I don’t know how we could have thought that Moreno’s run was more exciting than Ohio States “exciting” game they played yesterday. Nice bury job on UGA ESPN. 45 minutes into Sportscenter and we got ONE…Freakin ONE!!! Highlight. Number 2 in the country and that’s the best they could do. WHATEVER!!!
By T
September 7, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
Georgia beat up on the Sisters of the Poor and Knowshon jumps.. so what.. lets see how well he is jumping near the end of the season, and lets see how much woofing we hear out of Athens. I will bet… not much.
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 9:43 PM | Link to this
Uncle Dave,
Yes, I agree Freddy has hit it. But ESPN already says the SEC is the strongest conference. I don’t buy it that they will promote UGA more because they have a contract with the SEC. You could argue they promoted the Temple game this weekend, however brief it was. ESPN is trying to make money and like any company, they need to corner the market and diversify. That gets you more ad dollars. They know already that they have built in ratings with the fanbase in the SEC. They don’t have to promote UGA over USC or OSU and they won’t. So the problem remains…It is no conspiracy. It is just about money and it is not in ESPN’s best interest to promote one conference over another even if they have a broadcast agreement with one.
By markmaygay
September 7, 2008 9:43 PM | Link to this
get real=another insect …the tech blog is not cool enough because they play gardner webb in the upcoming schedule ……hope they aren’t in the same conference as middle tennessee state..tech is in trouble if they are
By KneeJerk
September 7, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this
OK, you figured it out…ESPN fired Trev Alberts because he “liked UGA”. Seriously, do you listen to yourselves? How can you think that an objective fan would NOT find your comments funny? YOU BEAT CENTRAL MICHIGAN. When you start beating schools without a direction in their name, you’ll get your due publicity. Your jealousy of USC sounds like Jan Brady, “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”
By MP
September 7, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this
The DAWGS lost a little more ground to #1 USC in the coaches poll this morning. Fewer first places votes to UGA, more to USC and a bigger lead overall. Why are ya’ll not just going nuts over that and saying that the coaches are $crewing us too!?
By quaildawg
September 7, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this
CHIP, Kudos for bringing it up!!! Bout darn time someone takes ESPN to task on a clear dropped ball. Bout as egregious as that PAC 10 blown call they went on and on about yesterday.
By ESPN SUCKS
September 7, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this
Typical.
I did see Bowling Green, USF and UCF, etc…
There should have been more highlights from the SEC PERIOD - but they are smitten with those sorry teams from the West that face teams with no Defense.
ESPN - you suck!
By by cream puff jr. insect
September 7, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this
the biggest cream puff we play is the cream puff right after thanksgiving
By hey cream puffs
September 7, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this
i can tell you where i was when tech lost to furman, laughing aloud with the furman purple monsters
By 2 Cents Jimmy
September 7, 2008 9:51 PM | Link to this
Alabamastan: Your idiocy precedes you.
By mr. t=insect
September 7, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this
another insect gentlemen, the cream puffs are here,,bzz,buzz, buzzzz, here we come into athens buzzing around with our flag boy the batton twirler…go nerds,, choo ,,choo,,,beat gardner webb, beat gardner webb
By True Braves Fan
September 7, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this
I used to have the utmost respect for Mark Richt. But the bush league antics that he pulled at the Florida game last year, and now crying about the publicity his team gets makes me lose all respect I had for him.
By mp=insect
September 7, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this
another insect gentleman,,he got off the train in atlanta and on to a real football blog…
By BCS Slave
September 7, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this
The teasers are meant to keep us…the UGA fans…watching. Ratings.
As for lightening up…I won’t until we have a playoff and a better system for ranking. I don’t mind stating my agenda right up front. I will point out perceived bias as often as I can because only fan pressure has any hope of changing things. As long as the sheepish fans allow themselves to be led meekly to BC$ slaughter, we are stuck with this crap.
It doesn’t matter to me which teams get promoted by the media so long as every team has an equal chance to compete for titles. That goes for every team in the nation…not just the SEC. The only way for this to happen is a playoff between conference champions who actually won a championship GAME.
I would settle for major reforms regulating voting criteria and a voting accountability system in the polls and a plus one format. All teams vying for the NC must have played in a conf. champ. GAME. Polling would begin the day after those games are played. Then teams would be slotted into the major bowls according to their rankings. Still not a perfect system, but better than we have now.
GIVE US A PLAYOFF SYSTEM.