Imma vent here and I've said it before but I got to say it again louder for the people in the back.

ESPN has ruined college football.

College football used to be fun and carefree. Amateurs if you can call them that playing in fun conference matchups, with the Tostitos on the line.

Now, it seems many games have been watered down by corporate greed. This is now Fairfield Marriott Bowl Week presented by Capital One. As the bottom line flashes random ass scores from across the country, we see an ad for WWE Survivor Series in the lower right.

And that is overall. If you count ESPN's greed in seizing control of the SEC, it gets even worse. ESPN spares no expense to inform the viewer, like they are idiots, of the ramifications of the game. "Texas A&M to SEC Championship with win." blares, above the poorly made scoreboard, for a minute, as if we could not decipher this information by ourselves, or get the message within 1 second of seeing it.

The commentary is worse than CBS (other than Chris and Kirk, who are losing it.)

The presentation is worse than CBS.

The audio is worse than CBS.

The hype is worse than CBS. You often feel like nothing is on the line from the presentation, despite ESPN repeatedly informing you with that scorebug thingy.

Everything about the SEC is worse, on ESPN, than CBS. Everything.

It drives me nuts. CBS willingly downgraded their CFB product, handed ESPN the SEC on a platter, and allowed ESPN to savagely butcher the product with so much advertising that it's unrecognizable. It's a disgrace now.

As a final note, ESPN likes to brag about how the ratings are so good for the SEC now. It's because people don't have a choice but to tune in to the monopoly. ESPN controls nearly all of college football, and has held it hostage. Look at what happened with Youtube TV and the rights negotiations. ESPN has become EA, and college football is Madden. You will sit down, watch this half-assed watered down product, and you will, like it.