I made a point to catch ESPN’s College Football Live earlier today, being the official kickoff of the season. During the show they have a segment called, “Sound Off” where some psycho fan can record a poorly shot video hyping their team, with the hopes it’s the one of thousands that will be broadcast live.
I’m definitely ready to ‘sound off’ but won’t waste my time recording some anti-ESPN video those clowns would never broadcast.
A thirty minute special today on ESPN and absolutely ZERO mention of Miami’s game versus Charleston Southern tonight. Nada. Zilch. Zip. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN360.com, yet the talking heads still failed to offer any commentary about the Canes.
They did however put together a feel-good piece on Ryan Perrilloux, the former LSU quarterback who will suit up for Jacksonville State when they visit Georgia Tech tonight.
They referred to the highly touted prospect as the Tigers’ “the odds on starter until irresponsibility led to his dismissal”. During the piece, Perrilloux offered explanation for his dismissal, stating that a missed English class was the straw that broke Les Miles back.
They conveniently left out some of those other ‘straws’ that led to Miles giving him the boot.
Three violations of team rules between May 2007 and February 2008. Use of a fake ID. Involvement in a brawl outside a nightclub, where witnesses say he brandished a firearm, but due to a lack of evidence, charges were dropped.
Perrilloux said strike three came in the form of a missed English class, but reports last May stated that the highly-touted quarterback failed a drug test, missed team meetings, skipped out on some conditioning workouts — as well as ditching English class.
Funny how none of that made the ‘feel good’ piece ESPN put together, as Perrilloux attempts his rise from the ashes.
Meanwhile, Randy Shannon gets trashed all week for his suspension of Robert Marve for ‘thugging out’ and breaking a car mirror ten months ago – as well as six other Canes, who proved they were a ‘menace to society’ by doing such dastardly deeds as missing study hall or showed up late for team meetings.
I realize a lot of folks are sick of Miami faithful complaining about some sort of ESPN bias, but it’s hard to ignore it when College Football Live pulled a stunt like they did today.
ESPN did throw one little tidbit of exciting news out there, though. Florida’s all-everything wide receiver Percy Harvin will most likely be sidelined the first three games of 2008, meaning Miami probably won’t have to face him next weekend. Bad news for Harvin and the Gates, but good news for the Canes. Get well soon, Percy. Just not by September 6th.