My rant against ESPN

An October Saturday, it is my favorite time of year. The air has a crisp, cool, clean feel. The smoky smell of fire places being tested. The smell and heat off the grill in cool evening air. College football is on TV. I love college football. It is a game as pure as the autumn season it is played in. It is point of a pride for any fan and college alumn. It is the perfect ice breaker for any conversation. College football is as refreshing as the October weather. It is a celebration of student-athletes that are fortunate enough to play a game the nation loves.
I was a sophomore in college and ESPN began visiting the campus hosting college football's biggest game of the week. At Ohio State we saw this new traveling road show often. It was new, fresh, crisp and stirred as much excitement for the weekend's contests as the October weather. It was College Gameday and it was all about the sport I love, College Football. Who is playing who, who was ranked, who was hurt, who was on a win streak, who was on a losing streak. MAN did you see that game? That is how College Gameday connected to the fan. It allowed us to say wow, look at all of the college football out there. Man let’s check out that game!
Now, sadly, it has become a watered down, self absorbed, shell of itself. A political opinion, a corporate vehicle. Hopefully it will collapse the way our over extended credit card economy did. Hopefully, someday the enjoyment of the game will return. Hopefully, some day we can lose the computers, the “experts” opinions, the corporate force feeding of America through the exploitation of amateur athletics. Hopefully a backlash against ESPN and Gameday will give us back our game and let these kids be student athletes, not the backbone for corporate greed and abuse.
I have tried...and I really did at one time enjoy it...but anymore I can't stand ESPN and College Game Day...just shut up and play the games already.